Thinkin’bout Stuff

That was no townhall

What a sham and what a shame.  Shame on Tom Brokaw and shame on whoever stripped the townhall format of the townhall.

What a waste of time.

Obama played fast and loose with the truth and there was no opportunity to challenge him.  The questions were filtered and for the most part lame. The rules were ignored by both candidates. 

What a waste of time and what a shame because this did not provide either candidate an opportunity to really be tested, which was an advantage to the leader, Obama, and a big disadvantage to McCain.

Obama wins by default.

Update: I see some analysts are saying McCain wins on points, and that may well be true; unfortunately that’s not enough.  And Obama was able to get away with quite a few factual inaccuracies without challenge in this format.  Then he whined and got time to rebut McCain when McCain landed a good one on him.  Really bad format, really poor job of moderating.

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2 Responses to “That was no townhall”

1. Amy Proctor says:

   October 8, 2008 at 10:17 am

   I completely agree. I saw people dozing off in the middle of the debate, did you? But I don’t think it was the candidate’s fault. I think Tom Browkaw who chose the questions watered it down so much that it stunk.

   What a terrible debate.
2. thinkinboutstuff says:

   October 8, 2008 at 10:28 am

   Hi Amy… thanks for stopping by!

   I was mostly listening and watching when I could, so missed some of the visuals. Heard one analyst mention folks a few rows back dozing but didn’t notice myself.

   I agree, with the way they implemented the “townhall” format, wasn’t much the candidates could do. It seemed to frustrate Obama more than McCain and he essentially ignored the rules at times to get his message across and rebut, but there were things said by Obama that McCain either let go or didn’t see an opening to address that were easy targets, and that was frustrating to me… a lost opportunity.

   Brokaw was not the right choice to lead a townhall debate… he was essentially trying to steer it into a regular debate with a townhall title. We wound up with neither… like I said, a shame and a sham.

   Oh.. and by the way, it’s your fault I have less time to comment on your site But I am glad I opened up commenting here, it has been interesting.