Effect of Presidential debates?

[retailguy]

Frankly I think the "people content to sit on their asses all day" image is a red herring concocted by Reagan that doesn't fit reality. Are there people like that? Of course, and they can be found in all classes and walks of life. But that extremely patronizing image doesn't fit the majority of poor and lower-middle class people/families any more than the companion image of the poor as the salt of the earth.

I don't think you can hold a meaningful, intelligent national debate over something this fundamental with positions that are based on extremely superficial stereotypes like yours.

Well, this is about the response I expected. Those people DO exist, I had a bunch of them say they wanted to work, I put them to work, only to find out that they didn't know how, and didn't want to learn...

Also I ran across plenty of people who enjoyed the job they did, and didn't want a new career and didn't care that it didn't pay well.

Keep denying the point if you wish, but plain and simple, THERE WILL ALWAYS BE PEOPLE LEFT BEHIND. Some due to circumstances, (those we need to help), and some due to their choices. We need to let them enjoy the benefits of their decisions while at the same time suffering the consequences of them too.

[GoPackGo]

McCain convinced me his ideas are better than Obama's tonight.

[Partial]

2 min per topic is ridiculous. I don't get why they don't have several open discussions together and have a less rigid forms.