Posted by
federal rb on Monday, March 03, 2008 11:43:50 AM
I was watching Russert this weekend and he was talking about the Dems' debate. And one segment was rather telling without even an utterance of a word. I missed it during the debate but it was so obvious during the replay.
Russert was talking about his "jump ball" approach to a foreign policy question about the new Russian President Medvedev. After he finished his question, addressed to noone, the next couple of seconds reinforced a growing consensus. There was a 2 second pause while both candidates thought about the answer and without even a sound from Hillary, Barack looked to her to answer the question. Now why would he defer to her to answer a legitimate question about the new Russian Pres?
It must be that he is a foreign policy lightweight and couldn't come up with an answer himself. Is that what we want as our President? Someone that is all prose and no substance. I think the Clinton campaign missed a big opportunity to hit him hard at this. Instead of complaing about getting the first question all the time, she should of made it a point that she, not Barack, can answer the tough questions. Not that she did an outstanding job, but the contrast was too much not to mention.
And he is becoming quite the one-trick pony, with every reason not to vote for anyone but himself because of the vote to authorize force in Iraq. Al Queda is still in Iraq...Well Al Queada wasn't in Iraq when you both authorized the war in the first place. Who do you want answering the phone...We want someone that will show the judgement that I showed in opposing this war. What about National Healthcare...We need someone that will save our money from the misguided war in Iraq. Oh come on already, do you have anything else to say. I guess not or we would see more of the deer caught in the headlights look that you showed us in the debate. Rather illuminating.