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Originally Posted by ericgtr
He nailed it. He was articulate, well spoken and spoke what he actually believes even to those that may not have wanted to hear it.
Hillary, pandered as usual and all the while threw both Al Gore and the democratic party under the bus at the same time. I'm sure the SD's are really going to appreciate that.
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Seems to me they both pandered, and both were a little uncomfortable doing so.
Again, Obama talked of things we need to do, like get parents more involved with kids' school work, but didn't say how he plans to make that happen.
The question that was not asked of either, and should have been asked of both:
Can you make decisions based on the constitution when it is in conflict with your religious beliefs?
The strange thing about all of this, to me, is that in this country the more religious one seems to be, the LESS compassionate or telerant one is.
We just went through the Terri Schaivoe fiasco, driven by people who put their faith above our rights. Our president has blocked stem cell research based on religious grounds.
When you get past the biases you had when the show started, again the two gave extremely similar answers to most of the questions they were both asked.
Both, for example, said abortion should be kept legal, but we should do all we can to keep it rare.
What neither of them said, to that audience, was:
Isn't the very first right a child has a family who wants a child?
They both disappointed me, but the forum itself disappointed me.
Compassion and religion are two different things.