Debate 101/Obama: "Yeah, what she said."

This appears to be his only response in debates. After HRC has done the heavy lifting citing facts, names and dates, BO agrees w/ her and repeats her answer. How's that going to fly when he's talking with N. Korea or Russia's leaders? Not only is it NOT presidential, it's dangerous.

On those points, Obama was successful in outlining the differences.

how like him.

I'm just sayin.

should take your act on the road. Oh wait, you did.

:eyes:

:rofl:

:-)

voice.

If you agree with what the other person just said, why not just cut the bullshit and say you agree? I certainly have no problem with that, and in fact applaud it.

If Clinton has the right answer on a question, there is no need to attack her for it.
That signals to me that Obama is willing to consider opinions of even his opponents if they are valid.

sniping.

sorry- my mistake.


peace~

twist it as you will. I happen to agree with him that a secure person is willing to acknowledge when someone else is also correct.

are you saying you want a candidate that will never acknowledge when someone else is correct?

questions 1st? And then he did school her on several foreign affair points...seems her "vast experience" isn't all that after all.

That's the problem with being #2 - you have to do even more to show why you should be #1, and she ain't doing it - depsite the desperation and begging. Meanwhile he relaxes, looks thoughtful & presidential - and coasts into the GE.

deserve to lose.

1st......duh.

but he has time to learn these things, another 4 years.

and HC is the one who jumped in, was the aggressive one. This just illustrates he not-ready-for-primetime. Kind of like Bushie during the one debate against Gore when he didn't know many of the names of foreign leaders and got caught on it.

it was Hillary saying "yeah, what he said"???

Hillary needed to show clear differences and by agreeing with her, Obama was able to keep that from happening. It was exactly what he needed to do.

Would he do the same thing with world leaders? Of course not. Just as he doesn't speak the same way in a debate as he does on the stump. There's a time and a place for everything and in this particular situation, Obama was spot on.

her candidacy systematically dismantled by him.

Sorry but that is the truth. Anyway, wasn't the order of questions determined by coin toss? If so, that would make her objection somewhat disingenuous as well.

her advice and has now started to add a bit of substance.

She is a good teacher.

the order. Don't you?

it. Bad move on her part. Also, it doesn't do any good to complain and then say, "but I am not complaining" as she did. That makes it even worse.

She accomplished more as first lady then many statemsmen can during a term.

credit for the popular things of the Clinton Presidency - she has to take responsibility for the
unpopular things also if she is going to claim those 8 years - which she does. She really is trying to have it both ways and Obama called her on it. That is not whining, it is setting the record straight.

On edit: And what were her accomplishments as first lady? Refresh my memory.

the fact that she is usually asked the first question. It's to Obama's advantage for her to go first. Get it?????? BTW....she didn't "bitch". She said it like it is.

Look at the transcripts of the debates. She has been asked the first question 9 times, Obama has been asked the first question 8 times.

They were both at 8 going into the debate in Ohio.

Read the transcripts for yourself if you want:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_presidential_debates,_2008

. . . and, obviously, it wasn't my imagination: Obama's a me-too-er.

simply wasted everyones time listening to himself say the same thing???

You may have some legitimate issues with Obama- better to address them, than try and make up stuff that doesn't exist-


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peace~

but I've noticed this in the past. She answers and he responds with "I agree with Hillary" and then mainly rehashes what she said. While he has gotten better, I still find that he talks a lot but doesn't say much.

There is hardly any point in inventing disagreement for the sake of it, is there. If he agrees with something he is going to say it. They are going to agree on many points. Obama makes it clear where he doesn't agree. You just don't like it so you are looking for a wedge. Very Rovian of you.

Comparing this to debate class, where the debaters are given opposing viewpoints to defend, doesn't make any sense.

enumerate your observations with actual facts, comparing all questions and answers? Thought not.

I did like how he tried to make it about race.

"Hey, Jews! Remember, you liked Blacks before!"

More race-card playing.

Hey, if Obama gets the nod, maybe the moderators in the General Election will let him phone Hillary during the debates so she can tell him what to say.

He'll clearly be at a loss for words when he doesn't have Hillary to answer all the tough questions for him first.

"Uhhm, I agree with Senator Clinton on what she said a minute ago, and I really have nothing to add, Tim."

and in any debate, the person going second always has the advantage - why do you think they always ask Hillary first.

:sarcasm:

Hillary has her "Yeah, what he said" moments too, from the last debate:



Obama's just came of better!

MR. RUSSERT: But let me button this up. Absent the change that you're suggesting, you are willing to opt out of NAFTA in six months?

SEN. CLINTON: I'm confident that as president, when I say we will opt out unless we renegotiate, we will be able to renegotiate.

MR. RUSSERT: Senator Obama, you did in 2004 talk to farmers and suggest that NAFTA had been helpful. The Associated Press today ran a story about NAFTA, saying that you have been consistently ambivalent towards the issue. Simple question: Will you, as president, say to Canada and Mexico, "This has not worked for us; we are out"?

SEN. OBAMA: I will make sure that we renegotiate, in the same way that Senator Clinton talked about. And I think actually Senator Clinton's answer on this one is right. I think we should use the hammer of a potential opt-out as leverage to ensure that we actually get labor and environmental standards that are enforced. And that is not what has been happening so far.

"I disagree, Hillary, Dmitry Medvedev will not be a puppet president, with his strings being pulled by Putin. He's not a hand picked successor, either."

Yeah, that's not political suicide. :eyes:

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LOL! Line of the night!