Vice-Presidential Debate Quiz, Part 2

[Our Series of Occasional Campaign Questions Continues:]

In 2003, Speaking on CNN, Senator McCain said:
“I Am a Deregulator. I Believe in Deregulation.”

Less than Two Weeks Ago on 60 Minutes, Senator McCain Said,
“I think the deregulation was probably helpful to the growth of our economy.”

Yesteryday Congress Voted Our $700 Billion Bailout of that same economy.

Democratic Vice-Presidential Candidate Joe Biden, speaking in last-Thursday’s debate, said that Senator McCain “recently wrote an article in a major magazine saying that he wants to do for the health care industry, deregulate it and let the free market move, like he did for the banking industry.”

QUESTION #3:
Should America Let Senator McCain Do for Health Care what he has done for the banking industry?

□ Yes
□ No
□ Now is not a good time to ask


QUESTION #4:
Would You Like the Arizona Senator to Deregulate Your Health Insurance?

□ Yes
□ No
□ I can’t afford health insurance


QUESTION #5:
If Senator McCain Ever Gets His Hands on Health Care, should the American people be expected to provide another $700 billion bailout?

□ Yes
□ No
□ Yesterday's bailout check hasn't yet cleared the bank



(Transcript source: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/02/debate.transcript.
Italics in Govrenor Palin's comments are by Channeling Barack Obama™ )

Why Did John McCain Cheat?

The American Voter Lost the First Presidential Debate. Each side—Republican and Democratic—has claimed victory. But read below to see how the American people clearly lost, and why.

The Debate Format Had Both Candidates Addressing Each Other in last Friday night's session. This would have given American viewers a chance to see how each candidate might serve our country in an actual negotiation setting. When the next President of the United States goes to meet with Vladimir Putin or President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the American people naturally don’t get to go with him. This debate was where we were supposed to see it.

But Senator McCain Balked. He Cheated. The Republican candidate for president broke his agreement on the spot. He gave no explanation, no warning. He would not look at Barack Obama. He would not meet Barack Obama’s eyes.


About His Refusal to Talk Directly with Barack Obama, Senator McCain asked Jim Lehrer, “Are You Afraid I Couldn't Hear Him?” Was this a self-deprecating remark about the Senator's age? Or a smirk at tricking Jim Lehrer, Barack Obama, and the American voter?

It Is Our Job as Voters to Make the Best Voting Choices We Can Make. This is our only job in any election. The disrespect that John McCain showed, whether deliberate or not, was to the responsible American voter, who made the time, at the end of the long work week, to honor our duty of making the best-informed decision possible.

All’s Fair in Love and War, goes the old saying. But this generally refers either to the enemies or to romance. And the McCain/Paling slogan is “Country First.” The question here is, which was it? Does cheating the American voter come under the heading of “All’s fair”? Or perhaps of “Country last”?


We Are the Real Victims of McCain’s Cheating. Our job of deciding on the best presidential candidate was deliberately thwarted, for unexplained reasons, by Senator John McCain. We were promised an opportunity to do our job in Friday’s debate. The opportunity was denied.

American War Hero John McCain Should Be Ashamed for putting himself above country, and above the duties of the American people, as he took that opportunity away.

It's 3:00 A.M. in America

It's 3:00 A.M. and You're a Candidate for the job of President of the United States. The Red Phone Rings. Do you answer it?

Or Do You Let Your Answer Machine Take the Call, while you postpone it? After all, you're busy right now with other things. Such as a debate with a political opponent. And a financial bailout package, the result of failed anti-regulation, free-market policies, is up for negotiation in Congress. Then there's the issue of your vice-president, whose feelings have been hurt yet again by the vicious partisanship of the media.

Do You Answer the Phone? Do you take the call? Do you carry on with the debate? Do you work on the bailout with Congress? Do you calm your vice-president (or arrest all of the partisan media)?

Or Do You Turn Over and Go Back to Sleep?

It's 3:00 A.M. in America. Mr. President, what are you going to do now?