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Originally Posted by Bama
Plain and simple truth of the matter - If Obama's skin was white, he would not have beaten Hillary and it burns me up to hear people say "Don't vote for McCain just because he's a war veteran" while all the while pushing the button to vote for Obama simply because he's black.
I watched the speech last night and no, he's not a great public speaker, but his words did inspire and when he said he wants to stop sending 700 billion/year to countries that don't like us very much that was icing on the cake for me.
That's 700 billion to pump into our school systems and lord knows, we certainly need that.
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If Obama wasn't a gifted orator, he wouldn't have won. I think him being black helped him as much as Hillary being female helped her. They're both historic. Obama just happens to be a better orator and a "new" guy on the block.
McCain's speech certainly pulled on the heartstrings and his biography of sacrifice has a gravity that Obama's (and few on earth) can match.
However, if you were inspired by the rhetoric about not sending billions overseas, then you're ignoring McCain's track record of support for oil and non-support for alternative energy over his quarter of a century in Washington. In other words the 'icing on the cake' for you was nothing more than talk of 'change' lifted from the Obama camp.
All these speeches will be forgotten by next week and new events will likely determine who gets elected. I think as it stands the Electoral map is in favor of Obama and he's the favorite on betting sites, but this could change.