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Obama rejects McCain's proposal on 'town hall' meetings

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Posted by Fred 2008-06-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

Posted by gorb 2008-06-14 01:32|| 2008-06-14 01:32|| Front Page Top

#2 Good. He will regret that when McCain's numbers top 50%.

Posted by McZoid 2008-06-14 01:52|| 2008-06-14 01:52|| Front Page Top

#3 Obama is Pulpit Pounder, not a debater.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2008-06-14 08:41|| 2008-06-14 08:41|| Front Page Top

#4 "...Obama's team only agreed to participate one town hall meeting..."

And the Obama team wanted it scheduled for July 4th. Do you think it has anything to do with that traditionally not alot of people watch TV that day? It appears as if Senator Lightworker is timid.

Posted by DepotGuy 2008-06-14 09:25|| 2008-06-14 09:25|| Front Page Top

#5 Or more from the fact that if you get this guy off his script and teleprompter, he shows what a ignorant buffoon he is.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-06-14 09:31|| 2008-06-14 09:31|| Front Page Top

#6 Gromwife tells me that I miss a lot by reading Obama speeches instead of listening to them---something about hypnotic rhythms etc...

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2008-06-14 10:03|| 2008-06-14 10:03|| Front Page Top

#7 the Mike Church show (on Sirius) has some of the best sound bites of obomba attempting to answer impromptu questions - very painful to listen to - for all the libz that say GWB is a horrid public speaker (which I agree with) obomba is just as bad if not worse w/out a teleprompter. Mcccpain is going to crush him in the debates.

Posted by Chaviter the Wicked aka Broadhead6 2008-06-14 10:46|| 2008-06-14 10:46|| Front Page Top

#8 "Barack Hussein Obama" clearly means "J. Danforth Quayle". At least when it comes to extemporaneous speaking.

Posted by eLarson 2008-06-14 11:08|| 2008-06-14 11:08|| Front Page Top

#9 Actually, if you take BO's speeches, every one of them, put them on a 33-1/3 RPM record, slow them down, and play them backwards, you find a subliminal message. It is the damnedest thing that you will ever hear. Trust me.

Posted by Alaska Paul back home 2008-06-14 12:08|| 2008-06-14 12:08|| Front Page Top

#10 Wuss! Spineless, limp wrist, effete, metro-sexual, Marxist, Commie Rat Bag, Nancy-Boy...WUSS! I hope this isn't overly nuanced.

Posted by One Eyed Ulese1266 2008-06-14 12:23|| 2008-06-14 12:23|| Front Page Top

#11 Out here "lightworker" does not and never had a good connotation: basically, someone who looks busy working but definately not working as hard as peers, collects same amount of pay as others who have to pick up his/her slack. ie; the worker going around picking up nails while everyone else is taking the shingles off the roof.

Posted by swksvolFF 2008-06-14 12:33|| 2008-06-14 12:33|| Front Page Top

#12 McCain should have his town hall meetings anyway and "debate" an Obama manakin. Start off by saying that there won't be any noticeable difference anyway.

Posted by AlanC 2008-06-14 13:38|| 2008-06-14 13:38|| Front Page Top

#13 I suspect Obama feels there's little use in looking stupid this early on. He will eventually have to debate Senator McCain. He's probably working out the details with the MSM in an attempt to ensure the event is orchestrated in his favor.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-06-14 19:04|| 2008-06-14 19:04|| Front Page Top

#14 Empty suit, teleprompter robot: His last week was a clue: he's not that smart

the more opportunities McCain has to get him speaking extemporaneously, the better.

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-06-14 21:16|| 2008-06-14 21:16|| Front Page Top

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