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The first town hall meeting will be hosted by Fox News tonight at 7pm. The meeting will feature Republican Presidential nominee John McCain.
Live, from Federal Hall, it's Thursday Night!
At 7pm eastern standard time Fox News will host and broadcast the first presidential town hall meeting of 2008. The town hall broadcast will feature Senator John McCain, the republican presidential nominee at Federal Hall in New York City. Federal Hall is the historic place where George Washington first took the oath of office.
Barack Obama has been extended an invitation, there is still no word from the Obama campaign if they will accept. John McCain hopes to have a joint town hall meeting with Barack Obama in an attempt to revolutionize the election process. However, Obama has suggested the Lincoln-Douglas style of debate.
Town Hall style debates feature questions from citizens to candidates. Usually uncommitted voters are encouraged to ask questions rather than supporters to make sure that the issues addressed are not "soft issues." Some critics say that Town Hall debates are half-assed live blogging.
The Lincoln-Douglass style of debate is a more traditional debating style primarily used in High School speech and debate teams. The National Forensic League uses this debate style.
Both styles have pros and cons and personally I would like to see both.
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I like the question and answer style debates, it gives us a chance to see each candidate answering live questions instead of the prepared statements that the Lincoln-Douglas used.
Wasn't that when one person spoke for an hour, the other person spoke for 90 minutes and then the first person had 30 minutes to rebut?
I prefer live reactions to unexpected questions....otherwise it is nothing more than stump speeches.
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yeah Lincoln-Douglas is a lengthy type of debate, but I enjoy hearing those prepared and well thought statements as much as off the cuff. =)
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@ Samantha A. Torrence
yeah Lincoln-Douglas is a lengthy type of debate, but I enjoy hearing those prepared and well thought statements as much as off the cuff. =)
The only reason I don't is after an ungodly long primary campaign season, we have seen all the stump speeches, we KNOW their positions, so I just don't want to hear another stump speech from either one of them.
I want to see an unprepared, off the cuff, living breathing debate.
No teleprompter making it easier, no reading from a piece of paper, nothing to keep the people from seeing exactly how they do up close and personal.
Just my personal preference after listening and writing so much about their previous "prepared" remarks... I wanna see them unprepared. Not knowing what they are going to say. Not knowing exactly what is going to be asked.
To me, how they handle that will say a lot about how they will handle surprises once in the office where everything is not always 'scripted".
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@ Sue D.
The only reason I don't is after an ungodly long primary campaign season, we have seen all the stump speeches, we KNOW their positions, so I just don't want to hear another stump speech from either one of them.
I want to see an unprepared, off the cuff, living breathing debate.
No teleprompter making it easier, no reading from a piece of paper, nothing to keep the people from seeing exactly how they do up close and personal.
Just my personal preference after listening and writing so much about their previous "prepared" remarks... I wanna see them unprepared. Not knowing what they are going to say. Not knowing exactly what is going to be asked.
To me, how they handle that will say a lot about how they will handle surprises once in the office where everything is not always 'scripted".
Just my 2 cents.
that would be devastating for Barack Obama.... -
I wish PBS was hosting this Town Hall meeting otherwise there will be bias. Before the meetings used to be fair to both sides, now it is very obvious.
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PBS is just as bias as anyone else cgull. =(
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@ Samantha A. Torrence
that would be devastating for Barack Obama....
Then so be it. I am tired of his prepared crap, the few times we have seen him unscripted, he has floundered like a fish out of water.
Well the presidency isn't always scripted and I also want to see questions about his "judgment" get asked. Judgment about Rezko, about Wright, Pfleger, Meeks, Iran, now his judgment about Johnson, then having the " audacity" to do a forum on mortgage lending practices, the day his vetter to vet VP's, Johnson, was forced to resign because of lending practices.
I want to see, not a speech meant to distract from the issue, but an honest answer that will show everyone if he is capable of honesty.
@ Chris V. (cgull)
I wish PBS was hosting this Town Hall meeting otherwise there will be bias. Before the meetings used to be fair to both sides, now it is very obvious.
If they simply step back and let the people ask the questions and the politicians answer them, then it shouldn't matter at all who hosts it. -
@ Samantha A. Torrence
PBS is just as bias as anyone else cgull. =( It is sad then there is no fair media.
@ Sue D.
Then so be it. I am tired of his prepared crap, the few times we have seen him unscripted, he has floundered like a fish out of water.
Well the presidency isn't always scripted and I also want to see questions about his "judgment" get asked. Judgment about Rezko, about Wright, Pfleger, Meeks, Iran, now his judgment about Johnson, then having the "audacity" to do a forum on mortgage lending practices, the day his vetter to vet VP's, Johnson, was forced to resign because of lending practices.
I want to see, not a speech meant to distract from the issue, but an honest answer that will show everyone if he is capable of honesty.
If they simply step back and let the people ask the questions and the politicians answer them, then it shouldn't matter at all who hosts it. Yes, I hope so and also hope there will be a civil debate instead of going against one another like in blogs. -
@ Sue D.
Then so be it. I am tired of his prepared crap, the few times we have seen him unscripted, he has floundered like a fish out of water.
Well the presidency isn't always scripted and I also want to see questions about his "judgment" get asked. Judgment about Rezko, about Wright, Pfleger, Meeks, Iran, now his judgment about Johnson, then having the "audacity" to do a forum on mortgage lending practices, the day his vetter to vet VP's, Johnson, was forced to resign because of lending practices.
I want to see, not a speech meant to distract from the issue, but an honest answer that will show everyone if he is capable of honesty.
If they simply step back and let the people ask the questions and the politicians answer them, then it shouldn't matter at all who hosts it.
I think with this election this is the only way to possibly have a chance of hearing some real questions. If the previous pillow fight debates are any indication of what BS was on their minds for these debates as well. -
His town hall meeting wasn't that good. I wasn't impressed over all. SOme good comments but nothing mind blowing.
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First 2008 Presidential Town Hall Meeting Tonight Featuring John McCain
