Liberty Maven

There is not much to say about the debate. It was status quo. They both talked about the issues and did some standard attacks, but not much new occurred. McCain proposed one new thing I haven’t heard before: allowing the Treasury Secretary to buy out bad home loans. Wow, and he also says he won’t raise taxes on anyone. I suppose the hidden inflation tax doesn’t count though does it John? Perhaps he should consult Ron Paul for his next debate appearance.

McCain also seemed to move away from the normal Republican base quite a bit in this debate. He promoted, on more than one occasion, when he voted against Bush/Cheney on things like climate change. On foreign policy he softened his tone a bit. It seems he was trying to appeal to the middle of the road undecided voters. It remains to be seen if he was successful.

Alex Castellanos, a GOP media strategist and CNN pundit pretty much sums up the debate in the video below.

Castellanos worked for Mitt Romney and George Bush in 2004. He is known as the “father of the modern attack ad.” Here he attacks both candidates to the joy of limited government third party candidate supporters of Bob Barr and Chuck Baldwin everywhere.

“McCain wants to buy everyone a house, and Obama wants to buy everyone health care. I think that’s remarkable for a country that is broke.”  – Alex Castellanos