Faith Forum: Sincerity Versus Stump Speech

UPDATE, Rick Warren admits McCain wasn’t in cone of silence, transcript and video seems to prove McCain know what the questions were before going into the forum. Click here

I was so happy to watch the faith forum.  It was a little different and more interesting then a normal debate or forum that I have seen before.  But, what we got from the candidates were very different.

Obama, seeing as how he had nothing to lose, he gave very sincere answers to the questions and gave deeper reasons into what he believe.  McCain gave his typical stump speech, I was definitely expecting more serious personal answers to questions that were asked of McCain.

Example, when asked is there evil and would you defeat it, negotiate it, or something else.  Both the candidates said defeat.  McCain just said defeat and mentioned radical extremist and then that was pretty much it.  Obama also said defeat it but also gave a more insightful answer about what evil is, how do we tackle evil and also gave us more of an intellectual conversation instead of acting as though the public is stupid by giving short answers.

Example, pro-life.  McCain said he would be a pro-life president, and just left it at that.  Obama gave reasons why he supports Roe V. Wade, explained its importance, and mention that he put in the democratic platform ways to reduce abortion rather then completely taken away a woman’s right to choose.

Other note, McCain gave his typical stump speech drill, drill, drill.  He said, he knew how to find Bin Laden, and yet didn’t mention Afghanistan.  He said that he wouldn’t raise taxes, even though a few weeks ago he said he would consider raising taxes.  Also he didn’t answer the question of what income is considered rich.  Obama, being specific said, $250,000 or more, which is top 5%.  McCain being very broad said, he wants everyone to be rich….YAY?, thanks for not answering the question.

Look I respect McCain’s service, but is that all he has to reference.  I love war stories and like to listen to old people talk about their war stories.  McCain could just not give us another aspect of his life besides war.  We know McCain’s a POW but, I would like to know more about his life besides war.

To get the gist, if you missed it, it was:

McCain was war, war, war, POW, Islamic extremist, stories, no substance, jokes, nothing to prove (mostly conservative evangelical audience), didn’t answer questions fully, man of few words, oh and vote for me because Im a veteran (guilt trip alert).

Obama was Jesus, god, christian, personal, intellectual, in-depth, substance, a little more serious, nothing to lose (evangelicals aren’t his base, most aren’t going to vote for him), bible quote, sincere, honest, talks a lot, answered questions, man of a lot of words, oh and values.

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AFL-CIO To The Rescue

Im not the biggest supporter of unions but I must say kudos to AFL-CIO. They are the champions against everything false about Obama.  They are the warriors of fighting the smears against Obama.  They are the wise elders of the village teaching the village to fight against the wild boar.  Maybe the last one is a bit much, but they are taking their actions to the mailboxes of the American people.

Today AFL-CIO annouced that they are sending mailers telling voters who Obama really is.  This mailer is great, because it peaks voters interest who don’t know about Obama.  Its starts off.. “HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT BARACK OBAMA?”  I mean that question alone makes those ill-informed voters curious.  And then towards the bottom it says “A MESSAGE FROM YOUR UNION”, this makes the mailer seem like it important, which will make voters read it even if they don’t care about Obama.

In the mailer they debunk the misconceptions out there about Obama.  They mention how he does wear a flag pin.  They also tell voters that Obama is a Christian. That he was sworn in on the Bible (not the Koran). Also that he was born in the United States and he places his hand over his heart when reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.  All these things, I think voter know but if they don’t then they weren’t going to vote for Obama anyways.

They also lay out Obama’s economic plan in the mailer which is very constructive.  Hopefully this mailer does work and Im happy that finally a group decides to be constructive with their support of Obama.

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