The 3rd and Final Debate...

17. Watch a Presidential Debate - I caught most of the 1st debate and missed all of the 2nd debate because I was out of town, so I was forced to watch all of the 3rd debate to knock this goal off, since it was my last chance. I'm really glad I did and I doubt I will ever miss another debate again based on my experience with this one.

I did not like the 1st debate very much. It was sort of like a quarterbacks' first start (you know me with the sports analogies). It was very unorganized, sloppy, and just didn't feel right. This one was a night and day difference.

I was proud of both candidates for helping the moderator keep the pace of the debate and for their attitudes about having a great debate. I thought they both held their own very well and both acted like they should be President.

I don't want to get into the actual issues so much as I want to just break down the debate itself, like I did with the VP debate. So again, just a few quick hits:

- I prefer the sitting at a table debate, it feels like they are right there with us as Americans, and it shows them off more as businessmen trying to sell their product to the viewers as opposed to standing and pointing fingers as if theyre already a dictator. I think all debates should be sitting at a table.

- I loved how the first question of "What are your new plans to help the economic crisis" ended with the 2 discussing how much they were going to cut taxes for small businesses and those making X amount salaries. It's funny how off base they can get..

- The moderator I thought did a terrible job of letting them interrupt one another. They really need to get someone like myself in there who will tell them both to shut the hell up when the other is speaking. It is SO annoying as a viewer to have to listen to them both talk at the same time. That garbage needs to stop.

- The health care topic was a debacle, both of them did not make any sense with their answers, and they both kind of avoided the topic by changing the subject.

- The abortion topic was one of the most interesting, and I did respect Obama for saying that he's not for abortion and promotes adoption even though he votes for women's rights. It did make sense..

- The education issue was the most important in my opinion, since my fiancee is going to be a school teacher, and I loved McCain's policies far more than Obama's. Obama's "trade 4K in college tuition to students for community service" made absolutely no sense, it could never happen, and it seems so far out of this world. The only thing that would do is increase the deficit drastically. I loved McCain's strategies of awarding those good teachers out there, letting military personnel go straight into training for their teachers' certificates, and having more choices among charter schools to attend. I feel that these 2 candidates are going to be putting into place the school system that will be there when my kids are old enough to go to school..

All in all I highly enjoyed the debate last night. I absolutely LOVED John McCain's aggressiveness. He made Obama look like a little girl up there as he kept backing down from McCain's attempts to get him to respond to his threats.

I can not stand how often that Obama ad runs. He has spent so much more money on advertising than McCain has. In this time when our economy is falling apart, thousands are losing jobs, Obama is running the same ad bashing McCain on every channel about every other 15 mins. I watched the Cowboys-Cardinals game that McCain and Obama referred to, and the commercial got so annoying. At least change it up. And I am so glad that McCain pointed that out.

McCain won this debate in a landslide in my opinion. Don't you dare call me biased either because I said Biden beat Palin in a landslide as well. I watched these debates as non-biased as I could, and I could not help but see McCain as our future President while Obama kept avoiding issues, asking McCain to stop asking him questions essentially, and backing down from the fight.

When we are attacked by terrorists or threatened by other countries, I don't want a man up there who won't step up to the fight, I don't want somebody up there who has zero experience in foreign policy and who will let others push him around while avoiding the issue. I want a war veteran, a man who will call out his debate partner and won't back down until he gets answered, I want a man who will step up to the terrorists and enemies and call them out as Reagan did.

Those of you who want Obama to win because of George W. Bush's administration, I quote John McCain last night as he once again looked Obama in the eyes and put him in his place: "If you wanted to run against George Bush you should have ran 4 years ago, I am not George Bush."

John McCain won that debate and John McCain will get my vote on November 4th.

No matter who you vote for though, make sure you get out and vote and do your part..