Debate Post #1 - Domestic Issues

My candidate’s strongest answer was that we are 10.5 trillion dollars in debt. What made this answer so strong was that it had a lot of impact with our economic crisis and problems in the United States currently. Saying that then saying what the Bob Barr campaign would do to fix that definitely put the point home so that would make someone think that it was a good plan. He also put emphasis on the point that we are “10.5 trillion dollars in debt” so that also put more importance on the Bob Barr plan. Emphasizing his plan as well really made this answer the best with making the most impact to the audience.

The best answer for McCain was if the government was paying for rehabilitation there would be an overwhelming amount of people so it is better to keep going with the drug war because it would save money. What made this example so strong is that it examined the problem from another angle and explained it reasonably and it made sense. A technique that I would want to work on based on this is reasonable arguments and looking at the issue from both sides.

The best answer for Obama was to stop getting oil from Venezuela and the Middle East. That was the best answer because everything else didn’t have any base to rely on. A technique that I would want to work on based on this would be attacking the other candidates on their weak arguments that don’t have strong support.

The best answer for Nader was that we are spending 50 million annually for the drug war. This was the strongest because it was a statistic and that it showed that the drug war is an important money spending area. A technique that I would want to work on based on this would be clarifying a little. Who is this war between?

The best answer from McKinney was that we spend 700 billion on defense but only 300 billion on kindergartens. That comparison makes it seem that kindergartens aren’t really that important in the eyes of the government so it makes it stand out more and have an impact on the audience. A technique that I would want to work on based on this would be is comparisons between things that are really important and things that aren’t within government spending.