NSBR: Likes/Dislikes about the Candidates

[vegaschristina]

I got an interesting idea for a thread from another board. We're all able to say what we like about our own candidate, but can we say what we DO like about the other guy/girl and what we DON'T like about our own.

I'll start:

McCain: He is as HERO as it gets. I have the utmost respect for his military service.

Palin: She is amazingly beautiful and for any woman to raise 5 kids and still hold down a job is a credit to all womanhood.

Obama: I'll need to paint a picture...I went to his Las Vegas ralley last week. Being shortly out of surgery, I was seated in the nosebleed - handicapped area. The podium was at home plate and facing the pitcher's mound. There were tons of people in the infield, but I was in the stands. During his entire speech, he spoke to those in the infield (and towards the cameras) only turning to wave to those behind him once the speech was over. OTH, he has a nice behind.

Biden: He sometimes has run-on-at-the-mouth disease.

[kjbstevens]

McCain: Even if he screws up his intentions are always set as putting the needs of the country first.

Palin: She is a real American. She worked her way up through steps that she gets criticized for because she didn't grow up with a golden spoon and is inspiring people that didn't go to Ivy League schools that they can acheive great things. She hasn't been groomed on being in public on such a large stage yet so she is fumbly.

Obama: He has sparked a renewal in minorities that they can achieve things in life and make a difference. I just don't think he gets that just because something sounds good to him, doesn't mean it is.

Biden: He has experience. I guess he's from Delmarva where I live unfortuntely it doesn't seem like many people here actually like him.

**Yeah sorry I messed up and did likes and dislikes for both. LOL

[lunafaerie]

These are gonna be great. Can't wait to read the responses

Things I like about the candidates I'm not supporting:
McCain: Hands down, he's a Hero and nobody disputes it.

Palin: She's brave and has a hard road a head of her and won't back down. There is some honor in that.

Things that bug me about the candidates I support:
Obama: He didn't choose Hilary Clinton for VP (I'm still hoping she'll be in his cabinet somewhere, and no I didn't vote for Hilary in the primaries, I just think they'd make a great team, if Hilary had won, I would have thought Hilary/Obama would have rocked just as much).

Biden: Foot-in-Mouth disease for sure

[thumper6423]

McCain: I'm starting to see his old self starting to emerge again. What I've always liked about him is he did what he thought was right and took names later. He's always made a decision, right or wrong, but he's definitely not wishy washy.

Palin: Good for her for being a working mom and working her way up through the ranks. She's got a lot to learn on the national stage, but that could be a good thing too.

Obama: I like that he's inspired so many people to get out and vote. It seems more people are paying attention this election than ones past. What I don't like is that he's always come across to me as the steroetypical slimy used car salesman. I don't know what it is about him, but I just get an icky feeling, and I have since the very first time I saw him speak

Biden: I don't know much about him other than he's long winded and likes to say he's from Scranton, PA. I do get tired of the Scranton thing. He supposedly moved away when he was 10. I wish they'd stop using that to try and sway the blue collars here in PA. And maybe part of it is that we hear it all the time since our local channels are out of Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

[Microferk ~ Miki Ferkul]

I don't understand this. Are we supposed to put pro and con for both the candidates we are voting for and the ones we aren't? Color me confuddled :giggle

[kjbstevens]

No I think it was bad on our own and good the other. I just did both because I don't think any are perfect.

[Scorpiosue1102]

I like this.

McCain: He is a good man who has done everything, but die for his country.

Palin: She has gone from mayor to governor in male dominated terrain.

Obama: I don't like the negative ads. I'd love one candidate to just leave it alone.

Biden: Does have a bit of foot in mouth disease.

[Stephanie Ogren]

Good things about candidates I don't support:
Obama: He can really connect with his audience. And he is the first African American to nominated by a major political party for president. A stellar accomplishment!

Biden: Experience and he became the fifth-youngest senator in U.S. history.

Bad things about candidates I do support:
McCain: His infidelity while with his first wife.

Palin: She doesn't appear as strong as Hillary and can easily be taken advantage of.

[vegaschristina]

No I think it was bad on our own and good the other.

Exactly. Each candidate has good and bad points. This is a way, I think, we can all come together a little and realize that we're not so far apart, after all, we are (most of us) still Americans, regardless of left or right leanings.

[Chreamps]

Good things about candidates I don't support:
McCain: In 2000 he made sense.

Palin: Can connect to your everyday "Joe" or "Josephine".

Bad things about candidates I do support:
Obama: How he didn't respond quick enough to attacks earlier in his campaign. Sticking to facts in ads.

Biden: Not taking a deep breath and thinking before he responds sometimes.

ETA: I'm also very thankful for Jon Stewart (http://www.thedailyshow.com/) and Stephen Colbert (http://www.colbertnation.com/home) for their humor during this mind-numbing, decision -making process.

[4noisyboys]

ETA: I'm also very thankful for Jon Stewart (http://www.thedailyshow.com/) and Stephen Colbert (http://www.colbertnation.com/home) for their humor during this mind-numbing, decision -making process.

They are hilarious!! Thank goodness for DVR's, because I never know when they come on!

[phenomshel]

Good things about candidates I don't support:
McCain: In 2000 he made sense.

Palin: Can connect to your everyday "Joe" or "Josephine".

Bad things about candidates I do support:
Obama: How he didn't respond quick enough to attacks earlier in his campaign. Sticking to facts in ads.

Biden: Not taking a deep breath and thinking before he responds sometimes.

ETA: I'm also very thankful for Jon Stewart (http://www.thedailyshow.com/) and Stephen Colbert (http://www.colbertnation.com/home) for their humor during this mind-numbing, decision -making process.

Sticking to facts in ads is a bad thing? :shrug

[tammy1999]

Great post!

Good things about candidates I don't support:
Obama has a way with the crowds and very good speaker. Reminds me too much of Clinton.
Biden has wonderful experience with foreign policies, but scares me when he wants to make nice to known terrorist leaders when it comes to nuclear arms.

Bad things about candidates I do support:
McCain really needs to stand up for his party more and make some serious statements. Bring out things that are talked about by everyday citizens.

Palin - sorry, but I can't think of anything right now. She seems to be coming out of her shell and letting American know what she stands for. Even if she disagrees with her party and McCain.

[gavins mom]

I DON'T like the fact that Obama wants to 'distribute the wealth'
I'll be darned if someone is going to take mine & my dh's HARD EARNED money & give it to people who won't get a job. I have a job. I EARN my money!!!! Have a little respect for yourselves & don't mooch of other people!!!!
I understand that some people fall on hard times & need help. I'm all for that. But there needs to be a limit. I would rather flip burgers then live off other peoples hard earned money.
I'm tired of some people saying they are OWED this. You are owed NOTHING!!!!
Welfare is out of control!!!!! Again, a little help is fine. But to live off other people for YEARS is ridiculous!!!

[Chreamps]

Sticking to facts in ads is a bad thing? :shrug

To clarify, I meant sticking to 100% facts, don't care for "stretching the truth" or also known as lying (which can be said for both sides). I try to base my decision on facts that have been verified.

[lsl_scrapper]

This is really a good thread. I like that people have to acknowledge that much as they dislike a person, there ARE good things to say too.

Since I don't support either, I'll have to do them all, I guess.

What I like:

McCain - He is a military person and has every reason to hate war, but knows it is sometimes necessary, too. He used to be able to think as an independent, and perhaps still can.

Obama - he has fought the odds and won. Many of the positions he seems to support are mine.

Palin - she is a hockey mom, which is probably as close to being a soccer mom or a swim mom if you live in Alaska. She seems like a real person.

Biden - I don't know him well, but he seems to be a man of honor and possibly a statesman.


What I don't like:

McCain - I feel like he has switched his views to broaden his base of support. He has taken on positions he did not formerly hold, and I don't know if it is because it is the only way he can get elected, or if he has legitimately changed his mind because of more research. I don't feel like I can trust what he says.

Obama - I feel like he manipulates the audience by saying what he knows they want to hear, and not telling the complete story if it may cost him votes. I don't like the politicians he has associated with on his rise to stardom in IL....Gov. Blagojevich and State Sen. Emill Jones. And i don't like how when I asked one question on an issue important to me, I was given a canned response on an entirely different issue.

Palin - basically most of her social positions; including being anti-choice. Also, much as I like her down home hockey mom personality, I am not confident she is ready to lead the entire country in event of national emergency.

Biden - again, I don't know him well enough to have a real opinion. I did think he was a very boring speaker during the debate...not very animated. But of course, that alone would be a poor reason not to vote for him.