Posted 08/18/2008 ET
Updated 08/18/2008 ET
Updated 08/18/2008 ET
No rational person could believe that John McCain did himself any harm at the Saddleback Forum on Saturday night. In fact, he did himself a lot of good with conservatives.
With the spiritual qualifications of Commander in Chief on the line, the back-to-back interviews of Obama and McCain was like comparing John the Baptist to Johnny Fever. McCain talked assertively and crisply about his moral failings, his moral compass, and the source of his moral strength, Jesus Christ. It was all done in the quintessential self-deprecating manner that Americans have become comfortable with. Saturday night was the best example of why so many independent voters like John McCain.
Barack Obama on the other hand, demonstrated once again why the more we get to see him, the less reason we have to identify with him. Polite people say Obama, the man who reads a great speech, simply doesn't come across as well as John McCain as a conversationalist because he doesn't have the Arizona senator's experience. On Saturday night, even the polite had to admit that, while experience is a key issue when selecting a president, it is our collective experience of Obama's character deficit that keeps us from boarding Barack Obama's Double Talk Express.
While McCain is the master of self deprecation, Obama is all about self- inflation. The result is deadly for someone seeking leadership. After he pumps up his balloon with the helium of his own vanity, he then lets it soar above the crowd. McCain looks you in the eye. Obama drops pellets in your eye, the pellets of condescension.
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With the spiritual qualifications of Commander in Chief on the line, the back-to-back interviews of Obama and McCain was like comparing John the Baptist to Johnny Fever. McCain talked assertively and crisply about his moral failings, his moral compass, and the source of his moral strength, Jesus Christ. It was all done in the quintessential self-deprecating manner that Americans have become comfortable with. Saturday night was the best example of why so many independent voters like John McCain.
Barack Obama on the other hand, demonstrated once again why the more we get to see him, the less reason we have to identify with him. Polite people say Obama, the man who reads a great speech, simply doesn't come across as well as John McCain as a conversationalist because he doesn't have the Arizona senator's experience. On Saturday night, even the polite had to admit that, while experience is a key issue when selecting a president, it is our collective experience of Obama's character deficit that keeps us from boarding Barack Obama's Double Talk Express.
While McCain is the master of self deprecation, Obama is all about self- inflation. The result is deadly for someone seeking leadership. After he pumps up his balloon with the helium of his own vanity, he then lets it soar above the crowd. McCain looks you in the eye. Obama drops pellets in your eye, the pellets of condescension.
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