The First Presidential Debate

Overall, I think that the debate was pretty good. Several people said that they thought that this first presidential debate was boring, but I think that it was pretty interesting. I do think it was boring. How exciting can a presidential debate be? I could have thought that this debate was good because it is really the only presidential that I have ever seen. I have just started getting into politics since this presidential election came about. I think that there being a black man and a woman running for president made me more interested in this election. Also, I am older now and can understand politics a lot more than I could in the past. This election is also more appealing (I think) because of all the problems going on in the world today. With the financial crisis going on, the war in Iraq, and gas problems, this election is a very important one. I used to think that politics was boring, but now I think that it is pretty interesting. I think that both of the candidates were right when they both agreed that the bailout plan would put a lot of pressure on the president and cause him to have to cut government spending. With that amount of money being spent, they would have to put a limit on government spending. Many people say that the government could make money from this whole bailout plan in the long run, but as of right now, they would have to cut government spending. I disagree with McCain wanting to basically leave the soldiers in the Middle East in the war as long as it takes for us to win the war. I do not think that it should be this way. I think that we should end this war as soon as possible, no matter whether we win or lose. In my opinion (and in the opinion of several other Americans), too many people are dying in this war. Also, entirely too much money is being spent for this war. That money could be spent else where, such as on education and other domestic things. With the economy being as bad as it is now, we really do not need to be spending extra money on a war that we really do not have to fight. I do not think that we should have gone to war in the first place. There are other ways of solving issues other than fighting. I agree with Obama saying that McCain was wrong for invading Iraq. I think that it was funny how Obama kept trying to interrupt McCain when he was talking and Obama disagreed with what he was saying. I think that neither one of the candidates won the debate. I think this because both of them did really good when they answered the questions. Neither one of them really neither stumbled over their answers nor showed that they had a hard time answering any of the questions. I think that it was pretty rude of McCain not to look at Obama during the debate. Those are my thought about the first presidential debate.