Gradumication
So, I got a letter today from the University informing me of my ability to graduate in December and that if I wanted to walk in the ceremony, I needed to sign up soon. Anyway, that is just one more thing making this whole graduating thing quite the reality. OH, and why does it cost an arm and a leg to rent a gown? I could buy a blue sheet for a lot cheaper...
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Watched the presidential debate. I feel pretty confident that with either man in the White House, that I will still wake up the next day and hope that God is working in my life. I can't speak completely as to who was better in the debate though...I guess I'm more of a political outsider (LOL), because I thought it was close, but polls suggest Obama easily won. How do you win a debate? It shouldn't be based upon eloquence, but issues...right?....right??
In the Summers Home Fellowship (my church small group) we are reading a Psalm a day for the next 14 days. The first Psalm was read today. I'll try to at least comment on them so I have some practice thinking about them and writing about them over the course of these two weeks.
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I imagine that they make the call partially based on a feeling, but there are definitely criteria to use: Who was more in control? Who provided better arguments? Who did a better job at answering his opponent's criticisms? Who answered the questions better?
Unfortunately, the way these two have been "debating," I think you could pull a decent speaker from a high-school debate team that would whip both of them.
Still, I'd give the win to Obama - He had more clear answers to the questions and more supporting reasons for his policies. Obama had better control over where the topic shifted and was less-concerned with personal attacks. Both were using oft-repeated rhetoric, but Obama did a little bit better at staying on topic.
That being said, I think both debated horribly and told the American people nothing that we didn't already know about their policies. I've lost interest in both and will be doing some research into the third-party candidates who might actually be deserving of a vote.
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