John McCain Zeros In on Barack Obama in Final Debate
Despite McCain's attacks, polls show voters preferred Obama in the last meeting before Election Day
Near the end of the 90-minute debate at Hofstra University in New York, McCain dueled with Obama over the use of school vouchers. McCain wants to emphasize vouchers, and Obama is skeptical of them. After Obama talked about the use of vouchers in Washington, D.C., McCain said dismissively, "I'm surprised that you didn't pay more attention to this."
McCain, the Republican nominee and a longtime senator from Arizona, quickly established a combative tone as he tried to force Obama into a major error. Obama, the Democratic nominee and a freshman senator from Illinois, attempted to seem reassuring and steady as he parried McCain's attacks and launched a few of his own.
McCain resurrected his criticism of Obama for associating with former antiwar radical William Ayers, who is now an educator in Chicago. Obama said, "Mr. Ayers is not involved in this campaign, he has never been involved in my campaign, and he will not advise me in the White House."
Both men repeatedly referred to an incident this week in which an Ohio plumber named Joe Wurzelbacher challenged Obama, complaining that the candidate wanted to raise his taxes. McCain kept coming back to "Joe the plumber" and said he would do more to improve Joe's life. Obama also chimed in, saying his policies would be superior. The two returned to Joe the plumber so often that eventually Schieffer, the debate moderator, said it was time to move on.
Reader Comments
Think even farther ahead
With people like you in America, it's no wonder that the rest of the world thinks we're idiots. I hate bad grammer!! Try writing it correctly, and maybe people can take you seriously.
I think, definitely, that we do need better teachers and some education reform. By the way, I am a teacher, and I do believe that McCain has more to offer education than does Obama.
think ahead
picture this if you pick mc cain that well drop die in like one more year then palin will be president,that doesnt know nothing
think ahead
Obama a Christian
You've really got to be kidding if you are a devout Christian and can believe in Obama. He has said that to judge whether an unborn baby is a human being is above his paygrade. He has supported abortion at every turn, including 4 times to vote against the Born Alive Infant Protection Act which tries to protect those poor children who are aborted, yet born alive. Right now in certain hospitals in Chicago, these children are left to die, sometimes in laundry rooms. This is the act of a Christian??? Not in my book. When questioned about his vote, he stated that if a woman came in for an abortion, she deserved a dead baby. It is unbelievable in America, where the rights of criminals are championed, that babies are killed indiscriminately.
Besides, maybe none of us make $250,000/year, but how are we supposed to trust that that number won't go lower in the future. The promise of Democrats is to raise taxes, not lower them. Wake up, people.
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