Saturday, December 19, 2015

Democratic Debate
I just watched the Democratic Debate with Clinton, Sanders, and O'Malley.
It was very interesting in not only hearing their views and the ways they would solve various problems, but their actions, body language, and behavior.   
My observations are as follows (in alphabetical order):
 
Clinton 
Although she was the most verbal, she came on as a bully, constantly interrupting Sanders and talking over both of the moderators.   She practiced a lot of self control to keep from crossing the line of showing her to be the shrew that we know her to be, even shouting to be heard when someone else was speaking.   Her body language made me think that she was either not being very truthful and had a more devastating agenda.   She was pretty scary at times.  In spite of that, she showed that she was not only extremely passionate and driven in her bid to become President and that she was a powerful candidate.
Sanders
He came off as being the most sincere and believable of the three candidates.   Also, being very knowledgeable, his proposals were too extremely socialistic.   He seemed very likable, as though he was a friend just sharing his point of view.
O'Malley
Even though he was given the least amount of time to talk, his proposals made the most sense.   In addition he had the most experience in solving some of our social problems while he was a Mayor and the Governor.   The problem that I have with him was that he showed no power or strength compared to the others.

The bottom line (for me) was that there really weren't any winners or losers in this debate.
Obviously, O'Malley won't win the nomination and Sanders doesn't have as big a campaign machine as Clinton.   If Sanders will just ask us if we want Obama 2.0 then vote for Clinton.  If we're finally tired of the way Washington is working then we should vote for him.
 
   

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