Obama is funny! Candidates Weakness Answers from the NV debate

[gdaerin]

At a rally . . . , Mr Obama seemed to take a leaf out of his wife’s book after she had introduced him, drawing a sharp contrast with Mrs Clinton, suggesting she was not truthful and was "willing to say anything to get elected".

In what bordered on a comedy routine, Mr Obama chuckled and the crowd of 300 roared with laughter as he mocked his opponents in Monday’s debate, John Edwards and Mrs Clinton, for their responses to a question about the candidates’ biggest weaknesses.

He recounted how he had answered honestly "because I’m an ordinary person" that "I don’t handle paper that well, my desk is a mess" after being given the question first.

"The other two, they say, 'I’m just too passionate about helping poor people' , 'I am just too impatient to bring about change in America' . If I’d gone last, I’d have known what the game was.

"And then I could have said, 'Well, you know, I like to help old ladies across the street. Sometimes they don’t want to be helped. It’s terrible'."



I did think Clinton's and Edward's answers to that question were lame and total cop outs!

[Thrill]

1. LMAO thats a good one

[ShortnFiery]

2. Obama does have a delightful sense of humor and a truly "extraordinary" wife.

I bet Michelle is as witty?

They are a lovely couple. :loveya:

[gdaerin]

6. They are a lovely couple! I love seeing their whole family, the 2 girls are so cute!

[Frances]

3. I don't find it funny when a candidate disses other

candidates on something that is so open to interpretation. I think Edwards was telling the truth.

[gdaerin]

4. The point was that the answer Edwards gave wasn't a real weakness, it was

a "I'm so good it causes me problems" kind of weakness.

All right, you can look at it this way.

Obama wasn't criticizing the two other candidates, he was just illustrating a sharp a contrast that exists between him and the other two candidates: Edwards and Clinton gave BS answers and he didn't.

Edwards and Clinton draw contrasts between their self and others all the time, I think it's what Clinton calls "vetting".

Their statements were not open to interpretation, they were obvious BS answers, they weren't real weaknesses.

And, the point Obama was making was that if he had gone last he would've known the right type of answer to give.

[Benhurst]

5. Yeah, a messy desk is a serious flaw.

I couldn't vote for anyone who had one.

:rofl:

[gdaerin]

8. What? on edit: are you being sarcastic?

c'mon that is a real weakness, I can totally relate, even if their was a little BS in his answer, it definately wasn't as bad as Clinton's and Edwards

[Benhurst]

10. All three answers sucked. But it was a stupid question, so it hardly matters.

:shrug:

[jefferson_dem]

9. Edwards said his biggest weakness is being too empathetic toward the poor.

You honestly believe that?

[AtomicKitten]

7. He can disagree with humor without getting ugly.

I like that.

[Bucky]

11. It's a stock job interview question. There is a "right" answer to it.

The right answer, word for word, is...

"I'm a hands-on manager, so a few times in the past I have slipped into micromanaging my subordinates. While it's important for me to see how the "big picture" concerns I have play out in the details, I've learned that it's really important to build trust within a team by taking the time to delegate the right tasks and allow your people to experience their own successes."

That is the only answer to ever give in a job interview.


There is also a "wrong" answer to that question...

"Kryptonite."