My Take on the Presidential Debate

I didn't get to watch the full Presidential debate. However, I have been glued to the television set for the past hour and here's what I saw:

Senator John McCain:

Pros:
Discusses experience. (And honestly, that's about all I saw)

Cons:

Constantly stating "Barack Obama doesn't understand."
**Barack Obama tonight showed that HE DOES understand**

Name-dropping
**"My friend Henry Kissinger."...etc. "I've been to Pakistan..." "I've looked into Putin's eyes..."**

Failure to Connect
**McCain looked primarily at Jim Lehrer, not at the camera, not to Senator Obama**

Hypocritical
**Pointing out Obama's lack of experience, while McCain's Vice Presidential pick Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin has less than five years of political experience**

Rediculous Statements
**The point he made about South Koreans being 3 inches taller than North Koreans??...Obama is not flexible enough.**


Senator Barack Obama

Pros:

Came in Swinging
**Senator Obama came into tonight's debate ready to battle and proved it time after time when taking shots at Senator McCain and was able to defend every single legitimate and illegitimate point made by McCain**

Connected with American People
**By using phrases such as "When I am President..." and continuously looking into the camera, at Senator McCain and into the audience, Obama made more of a connection than McCain managed to.**

Brought in Emotion
**Discussed his father in Kenya, talked about war bracelet initially brought up by McCain and used the opportunity to say no soldier dies in vain.**

Get the United States some R-E-S-P-E-C-T
**Obama talked frequently about the way the United States used to be viewed compared to how it is now. Senator Obama says "The United States is the greatest country in the world." (Another way he connected to the American people.) and said that he wanted to make the United States what it used to be, respected.

Cons:

Nuclear Scare
**Obama should have stayed away from speaking about the present threat of nuclear war in order to avoid more or less panic.**