Obama’s Mercy Saves McCain the Maverick From Being Broken

[Stingo]

Obama had an opening for a very hard hitting attack last night during the debate, an opening with the potential to destroy McCain’s candidacy and his viability as a voice for anything, much less the Presidency. There was a chance to break McCain’s spirit and his electability. By my reading, Barack Obama chose mercy, instead.

http://allspinzone.com/wp/2008/10/08/obamas-mercy-saves-mccain-the-maverick-from-being-broken/

[Stingo]

1. I forgot to add

anything about deregulation, the reckless policy born in the Reagan era and nurtured by John McCain for all of his years in the Senate.

[FSogol]

2. Wow, K&R. n/t

[Stingo]

3. I don't know what that means

K&R?

[FSogol]

5. Kick and recommend. By replying, even though I had nothing to add

moves your article up higher on the list or articles. Recommending it will move it to the greatest page if it gets 4 more votes.

[elocs]

4. Nice thought, but I don't buy it. I think Obama was sticking to his game plan

as well as the rules of the debate. There was no way that Obama was going to launch into a lengthy condemnation of McCain.

[Stingo]

6. He should have

Our country is in dire enough of an emergency that debate rules are a small thing to break.

[elocs]

10. Obama would not be allowed to go on and on. He would be called on the time

and he would look stupid trying it. It just would not have been a smart thing to do. Obama has a game plan and strategy and he should stick to it. There are constantly people trying to give advice saying, "Obama needs to do this" or "Obama needs to do that". I trust him to be smart enough to run his campaign without all the advice from the "experts".

[Stingo]

11. Like the moderator

had the stones to do so. Right.

[elocs]

14. Obama just wouldn't do it. It would be stupid. n/t

[Myrina]

7. ... I think he's smart enough to know ...

... that Dems and Undecideds are infinitely less attracted to hateful attacks. The CNN ticker thing showed it last night.

Not to mention, Obama going off on McLame would play into the GOP-Racist meme that Obama is 'an angry black man'. :eyes:

[Stingo]

8. Remember, I said

that if Obama had done so, McCain would have blown a gasket. But the word "Mercy" is in there for a reason. It's a good quality.

[populistdriven]

9. I was suprised Obama didn't bring up McCain's proposed trillion dollar Medicare cuts nt

[Stingo]

12. And he wants to deregulate healthcare

Look where it got our banking system.

[bemildred]

13. It's not mercy, it's integrity. There are enough assholes in politics already. nt

[Doctor_J]

15. He needs to needle McSame at the next debate

There should be no problem getting him to melt down, without being mean or nasty. He needs to seal this deal, now.

[Myrina]

16. ... all he has to do to needle McLame is smile at him ...

Obama's mere presence seems to really piss ol' Johnny off. :evilgrin:

[Stingo]

20. So just show up

and it's a win for Obama? With the increased pressure for McCain to perform a gamebreaker, will that alone take McCain into tantrum-land?

[Stingo]

18. A meltdown woul

Show Obama Presidential next to a psychotic, and might mean 15 percentage points in the polls or so. But it has the chance, bare and slim, of gathering sympathy votes. The right wing Christians would probably characterize their votes as some sort of ministry then.

[The Hope Mobile]

17. He would have (and McCain knew it) if McCain had breathed even

a single word about Ayers, Wright, et. al. Obama told him that if he was going to keep fighting dirty he was more than ready to fight back.:bounce: :kick:

[Stingo]

19. Obama would have to

respond with more than defense at that point, which is probably what kept McCain's mouth shut on the subject.

[The Hope Mobile]

21. Exactly!! But did you see how Obama called him out on it today??

McCain can either put up or shut up. If he puts up he gets it back in spades. If he shuts up he proves himself to be a coward and a liar.
Third option. McCain has an aneurism, Palin takes over and they get a total of 7% of the vote.

[Stingo]

22. Yes, Obama was fine today

I wonder what went on in that meeting where they thought to put this into his talking points at rallies. Could it be just as you said, that they want to nudge McCain towards uncontrollable anger?

[The Hope Mobile]

23. Makes sense to me. All around, it was a very smart move.