From a friend's email...
Here’s my personal assessment of the candidates for President and VP. Obviously I’m very conservative, but I tried to remove politics from my assessment with the exception of three assumptions:
(1) that socialism and expanding government are bad things for the country;
(2) that a reduction in the size of government and the amount of money they take from our pockets is a good thing; and
(3) that
Note that I included the point that McCain is far more centrist than his opponents as being a good thing. I actually think it’s a bad thing—I’d rather see him far more conservative and move the country back to traditional family and social values instead of just watching the country slide further into far-left social liberalism. But I included it as a positive point because the ability to unify is seen by most people as a good thing.
Candidate | Pro | Con | Grade |
Obama | > He's black. | > No executive experience. | D- |
Biden | > Experienced in national politics. | > Disgraced in 1988 as a result of proof of plagiarism. | C |
Overall ticket | > First black presidential candidate. | > Obama's record and ideas and Biden's insider status completely negate any claims that Obama represents "change" from the usual business of expanding government and dirty politics. | D |
McCain | > High character credibility. > Strong debating skills. | > Media and publicity whore. > Long time | C |
Palin | > She's a woman. | > No foreign policy experience. > Unknown to most Americans until last week. | B |
Overall ticket | > First woman VP. | > McCain's stubbornness will be a big problem when he backs legislation that is clearly bad for | C+ |
Jeff in Chandler
Obama does stumble a lot in debates (without teleprompter). you are go back to some primary debate videos to find out
I notice this item is not listed in McCain or Palin's section. Does your friend think McCain or Palin are much better speakers than Obama without a teleprompter? Otherwise, he/she is clearly biased.