Hardly anybody in America has not heard the media repeatedly describe Barack Obama as a master orator and spell-binding speaker. And how many people heard the same media describe John McCain as an inept and bumbling speaker when he is forced to use a TelePrompTer?
So why is Barack Obama afraid to debate John McCain in a Town Hall forum?
Could it be that the media, the majority of which appears to be in the bag for Obama, is necessary to protect him from difficult questions, especially those follow-up questions which may reveal Obama’s shallowness and lack of subject matter understanding?
According to published reports, Obama’s team will agree to only three debates and not a series of joint Town Hall-style match-ups.
The debate in bumper stickers …
A matter of style …
I personally would like to see Obama and McCain go head-to-head on any and all issues of importance. While Obama receives massive media coverage, little is really known about him, his supporters and his policies. Hiding behind his “hope and change” mantra and dry position papers that espouse public policies and positions that appear to be almost identical to Hillary Clinton’s far-left politics, I feel that I do not know enough about Obama to feel comfortable with him at the helm of our government. However, the one thing that I do know is that John McCain will never turn his back on America and will defend her to the death.
The process …
While informal Town Hall debates are fairly easy to arrange and conduct, full-scale Presidential and Vice-Presidential debates are masterpieces of logistical manipulation: controlled chaos if you will. Therefore, you might want to visit the CPD’s site and download their debate host application to see exactly how much time, effort and money goes into staging these massive events.
The Commission of Presidential Debates …
“The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) was established in 1987 to ensure that debates, as a permanent part of every general election, provide the best possible information to viewers and listeners. Its primary purpose is to sponsor and produce debates for the United States presidential and vice presidential candidates and to undertake research and educational activities relating to the debates. The organization, which is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) corporation, sponsored all the presidential debates in 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004.”
To see what it really takes to host a debate, check out the CPD’s downloadable debate host application. It is an amazing process requiring “big time” money and support.
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