Comments on: The “Cone of Silence” Non-Story

By: AdrianS

AdrianS — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:50:53 +0000

Philip J. Berg, Esq. Files Federal Lawsuit Requesting Obama Be Removed as a Candidate as he does not meet the Qualifications for President.

http://www.nextgenerationcorp.com/NextGenBlog/?p=43

By: Chuck

Chuck — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:54:22 +0000

Oh, is McCain now mentioning something about reinstating the draft. There going to draft all his supporters families first!

By: Chuck

Chuck — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:41:04 +0000

Did a fine job defining more wars too boot!

By: Rubicon

Rubicon — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:08:53 +0000

The questions Rev. Warren asked will not change the shape of the world. In fact, the questions represent basics many Americans want to know. They were not national secrets, nor did they give away national policy or campaign strategy.
Will there be another type of session like this…. NO! Obama has already refused to do “Town Hall” style meetings or debates.
The reason is obvious. He does not do well when asked to respond to questions about issues extemporaneously. McCain does.
McCain does because he has been on the hot seat before and has the experience to know he must answer directly, honestly, and reasonably quickly. Stalling reveals a desire or intention to obfuscate.

By: j green

j green — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:40:52 +0000

Put more simply, Obama’s dunces say McCain cheated by not being in a “cone of silence” and not becasue he listened.

Well, did McCain ever agree to be in a “cone of silence”?

And no one accuses him of listening when he agreed not to listen, which begs the following obvious question, forgetting this “cone of silence business”: did he at least agree not to listen?

It doesn’t appear he broke any agreements so he did absolutely nothing wrong even if he did listen. And the questions were gut and feeling questions to which he should already have HIS OWN answers.

By: j green

j green — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:30:47 +0000

Regarding your update about the poll with the pro-Obama slanted choices, you are absolutely right. I selected the only logical choice (and the correct one): “The Obama campaign has started this meme to distract us from Obama’s bad performance.”

If you look at the results, as of my vote, 73% selected my choice, or 3,191. The complete results were 3%, 1%, 8%, 73%, 4%, 11%.

2nd place at 11% was: “We don’t know if McCain “cheated,” but the accusation of cheating is worse anyway, so Obama loses.” In other words, the second most popular position was that the accusation itself shows Obama’s true colors and that McCain’s alleged cheating is irrelevant overall.

3rd place at 8% also flatly say that because he was a hostage he is not dishonoarable enough to listen. They must have assumed no one wold ever choose this choice since it sounds corny, but apparently 339 people agreed with this.

Basically, 92% of the people on this slanted poll defend McCain. Though its not scientific, let’s hope it is an indication that the people won’t fall for Obama’s damage control.

This “cone of silence” bit was referred to by the host, and it sounded like he was joking or exagerating. When I heard it, I thought he was joking–I somehow didn’t expect that he was locked in the restroom of that studio. Furthermore, there is absolutely no proof that I have seen that Obama ever expected or even demanded that McCain be placed in a “cone of silence”. The notion itself is dumb, that a presidential candidate be placed for an hour completely out-of-touch with the entire world.

OBMAMA HAS NEVER EVER ASSERTED THAT MCCAIN CHEATED BY NOT NOT NOT BEING IN A CONE OF SILENCE, put in other words that he was not in some sort of locked dark incommunicado room as agreed in advance–this would be the logical assertion if McCain had actually cheated. Obama would be yelling “he wasn’t in that locked room as we agreed!!!” Rather, the accusation is that McCain cheated by listening, though apparently McCain was under no obligation to be tranquilized and dead to the world while Obama had his grand interview. Therefore, those were the terms that Obama the idiot agreed to, anbd they never included a provision that McCain would be sent to the dark side of the moon. If McCain listened, he should be given a medal, but I honestly think that McCain is too stupidly honorable to have listened, anyway, so this is all moot and Obama succeeeded once again at changing the subject. And we are still stuck with this dunce McCain.

By: john from cinncinati

john from cinncinati — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:35:34 +0000

MCcain had 5 years to think about how he felt, and 30 years to to put it in action.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:45:32 +0000

The “cone of silence” was used in the TV show, “Get Smart.” Something Obama needs to get really quick, smart. Hate to say this, no I don’t, but education doesn’t make you smart. Life experience makes you smart, provided one learns from it. Formal education just makes you, well, educated.

By: Dave II

Dave II — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:14:37 +0000

Jean-
Interesting point! I’m amazed for all the criticism and “jokes” McCain gets from the left for being OLD, out-of-touch, and physically barely able to walk (gee…Obama can shoot a 3-pointer! Did you see that?) that he could be smart enough to memorize all the questions, remember how Obama answered them, and then fire back a quick reply specifically to make Obama look bad!

Even I had trouble remembering the question after Obama got through with his “nuanced” answers!!!

Losers whine and cry “he cheated”, and winners simply smile and say, “Next question!”.

By: Jean Cole

Jean Cole — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:36:53 +0000

I WATCHED AND LISTENED TO THE CIVIL FORUM SATURDAY NIGHT, AUGUST 16. FOR SENATOR MCCAIN, THE QUESTIONS WERE GIVEN TO HIM VERY FAST, BECAUSE HE WAS ANSWERING THEM FASTLY (A MAN OF EXPERIENCE). THERE WAS NO WAY HE COULD HAVE REMEMBERED THOSE QUESTIONS THAT WERE GIVEN TO OBAMA, WHO HUMMED HAWED AROUND TO EVEN GIVE ANSWERS.