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Home Front: Politix
Obama rejects McCain's proposal on 'town hall' meetings
2008-06-14
(Xinhua) — U.S. presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and his Republican rival John McCain failed in reaching an agreement on Friday to hold ten "town hall"-style meetings where they are supposed to answer questions directly from a small audiences.

According to McCain's campaign manager Rick Davis, Obama's team only agreed to participate one town hall meeting before the Democratic national convention in late August. The Arizona Senator suggested shortly after Obama clinched nomination last week to hold 10 joint town hall meetings with Obama at locations that both teams agree to, starting with the one in New York City on June 12.
Posted by:Fred

#14  Empty suit, teleprompter robot: His last week was a clue: he's not that smart

the more opportunities McCain has to get him speaking extemporaneously, the better.
Posted by: Frank G   2008-06-14 21:16  

#13  I suspect Obama feels there's little use in looking stupid this early on. He will eventually have to debate Senator McCain. He's probably working out the details with the MSM in an attempt to ensure the event is orchestrated in his favor.
Posted by: Besoeker   2008-06-14 19:04  

#12  McCain should have his town hall meetings anyway and "debate" an Obama manakin. Start off by saying that there won't be any noticeable difference anyway.
Posted by: AlanC   2008-06-14 13:38  

#11  Out here "lightworker" does not and never had a good connotation: basically, someone who looks busy working but definately not working as hard as peers, collects same amount of pay as others who have to pick up his/her slack. ie; the worker going around picking up nails while everyone else is taking the shingles off the roof.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2008-06-14 12:33  

#10  Wuss! Spineless, limp wrist, effete, metro-sexual, Marxist, Commie Rat Bag, Nancy-Boy...WUSS! I hope this isn't overly nuanced.
Posted by: One Eyed Ulese1266   2008-06-14 12:23  

#9  Actually, if you take BO's speeches, every one of them, put them on a 33-1/3 RPM record, slow them down, and play them backwards, you find a subliminal message. It is the damnedest thing that you will ever hear. Trust me.
Posted by: Alaska Paul back home   2008-06-14 12:08  

#8  "Barack Hussein Obama" clearly means "J. Danforth Quayle". At least when it comes to extemporaneous speaking.
Posted by: eLarson   2008-06-14 11:08  

#7  the Mike Church show (on Sirius) has some of the best sound bites of obomba attempting to answer impromptu questions - very painful to listen to - for all the libz that say GWB is a horrid public speaker (which I agree with) obomba is just as bad if not worse w/out a teleprompter. Mcccpain is going to crush him in the debates.
Posted by: Chaviter the Wicked aka Broadhead6   2008-06-14 10:46  

#6  Gromwife tells me that I miss a lot by reading Obama speeches instead of listening to them---something about hypnotic rhythms etc...
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2008-06-14 10:03  

#5  Or more from the fact that if you get this guy off his script and teleprompter, he shows what a ignorant buffoon he is.
Posted by: DarthVader   2008-06-14 09:31  

#4  "...Obama's team only agreed to participate one town hall meeting..."

And the Obama team wanted it scheduled for July 4th. Do you think it has anything to do with that traditionally not alot of people watch TV that day? It appears as if Senator Lightworker is timid.
Posted by: DepotGuy   2008-06-14 09:25  

#3  Obama is Pulpit Pounder, not a debater.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2008-06-14 08:41  

#2  Good. He will regret that when McCain's numbers top 50%.
Posted by: McZoid   2008-06-14 01:52  

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Posted by: gorb   2008-06-14 01:32  

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