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Originally Posted by ambler  If that is the case, it will favor Obama. If there is one huge advantage he has over Jmac, it's the oratory prowess.
As long as Biden behaves himself, it shoudl be a wash, plus there's only one of them.
I'd see BO taking 2/3 from Jmac, if not a sweep.
Again, even if the scenario I propose takes place, what state changes its vote because of it? |
Kerry and Gore were clearly superior orators to Dubya, and what did that get them? Faux intellectuals LOVE those guys, but try to think like a "chimp" for once (I know that this is going to be a stretch for a sophisticated ***** like yourself, but give it a shot!) --
The average American won't relate to a fancy Chicago lawyer with great enunciation and $5 SAT words, especially one with no real-life experiences to speak of. Has he ever worked a day in his life? Businessman? Laborer? Paper route?
Newsflash - most of Americans have had actual jobs outside of "fancy shmancy book learnin'" (
sorry, my inner zeke just came out there). What does the West Virginian that's out of a job have in common with Barack Obama?
McCain will come off as your tough, fair and likeable Grampa type and will resonate very well with the over 45 set (i.e. - people that vote).
Obama will oratorially bounce around questions usin' those high fallutin' words while McCain will give actual pointed answers to those same questions.
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I promise hope and change" versus "
I'm going to drill Alaska - and here are my VP's ecological impact and economic pro forma studies - set up windmill farms, build nuclear power plants and offer a $100,000,000 bounty to the first car company to make an affordable production vehicle that gets 100 MPG".