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Critical Moment in the Debate

One last debate note, from Jim Hu at Blogs for Industry, who pointed out this question from the debate last night:

MS. BROWN: We have time for just one final question and we thought we’d sort of end on a more philosophical question.

You’ve both spent a lot of time talking about leadership, about who’s ready and who has the right judgment to lead if elected president.

And a leader’s judgment is — is most tested at times of crisis. And I’m wondering if both of you will describe what was a moment — what was THE moment that tested you the most, that moment of crisis?

Jim wonders if that question could ever possibly be asked in a general election debate, with John McCain on stage with either Barack or Hillary:

I was struck by how the vapid both answers would seem if McCain was on the same stage with either of them.

No shit. The only appropriate answer for either Hillary or Obama would be to admit, “I got nothing after Sen. McCain’s answer.”

Posted by Robbie Cooper on Friday, February 22nd, 2008 | Trackback |

3 Responses to “Critical Moment in the Debate”

Whatever happened to Leon Trotsky?
He got an ice pick
That made his ears burn
Whatever happened to dear old Lenny?
The great Elmyra and Sancho Panza?
Whatever happened to the heroes?
Whatever happened to the heroes?

Whatever happened to all the heroes?
All the Shakespearoes?
They watched their Rome burn
Whatever happened to all the heroes?
Whatever happened to all the heroes?

No more heroes any more
No more heroes any more

Whatever happened to all the heroes?
All the Shakespearoes?
They watched their Rome burn
Whatever happened to the heroes?
Whatever happened to the heroes?

No more heroes any more
No more heroes any more

(The Stranglers, 1977)

Left by Pat on February 22nd, 2008 at 11:14 am

The Maverick hires a weasel to wiggle out of a signed agreement. My god, he’s so…trustworthy, yeah, that’s the word:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/21/AR2008022103141_pf.html

The implications of that could be dramatic. Last year, when McCain’s campaign was starved for cash, he applied to join the financing system to gain access to millions of dollars in federal matching money. He was also permitted to use his FEC certification to bypass the time-consuming process of gathering signatures to get his name on the ballot in several states, including Ohio.

By signing up for matching money, McCain agreed to adhere to strict state-by-state spending limits and an overall limit on spending of $54 million for the primary season, which lasts until the party’s nominating convention in September. The general election has a separate public financing arrangement.

But after McCain won a series of early contests and the campaign found its financial footing, his lawyer wrote to the FEC requesting to back out of the program — which is permitted for candidates who have not yet received any federal money and who have not used the promise of federal funding as collateral for borrowing money.

Left by Pat on February 22nd, 2008 at 11:29 am

I don’t think anyone disputes that he endured hell 40 years ago in Vietnam. That hardly guarantees that he is the most qualified man for the job.

As Pat alludes to, McCain has suggested that he has had life-changing moments- in Vietnam and after being implicated in the Keating 5 scandal- yet it’s not certain that his behavior actually changed in response to the life crises.

Left by Preston on February 22nd, 2008 at 11:51 am

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