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Article: Chairmen of the bored.(POLITICS)(Brief article)
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- The American Conservative
- Article date:
- October 20, 2008
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The Politico called it the worst debate ever--with good reason. The second showdown between John McCain and Barack Obama produced no memorable laugh lines or game-changing gaffes. The war hero showed no fight. The candidate of change was colorless. But the substance was even worse than the style.
Each candidate promised things he could never deliver. Of the federal budget Obama told the audience, "I'm cutting more than I'm spending." McCain said he "would order the secretary of the Treasury to immediately buy up the bad home loan mortgages in America and renegotiate.... Is it expensive? Yes." No kidding. Instead of a policy adviser, under McCain, Paulson's ...