(NOTE: This article originally appeared in the September 17, 2008 edition of Central Michigan Life.)
Crosswait said he felt uncomfortable with a statement from Republican Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin, where she referred to Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama as “not being one of us” during her acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention earlier this month.
“I’m not surprised at all with the discussion my remark generated,” Crosswait said. “I was bothered with what she said but considered just brushing it off.”
The event, which occurred Tuesday in the Bovee University Center Auditorium, was facilitated by Merlyn Mowrey, a philosophy and religion associate professor. It is the first in a series of five events that will focus on different issues of the presidential campaign.
The theme of this forum was, “Un-spin That Sound Bite!: Let’s Analyze the Campaign Talk.”
The evening began with playing excerpts of each candidate’s nomination acceptance speeches and playing a number of official campaign ads. Following the videos, there was a panel discussion and a question-and-answer session.
One of the panelists, Nathan Inks, a Lincoln Park sophomore and vice chairman of the College Republicans, stressed several times that Palin’s speech needed to be viewed within the original context. But was impressed with the forum itself.
“I thought the presentation was very fair,” he said. “We met before and timed out the video to within a second to make sure that the candidates’ speeches and campaign ads got equal time. With events like this, the panels tend to slant left, but I thought this panel analyzed everything in a very fair light.”
Mowrey also said she thought the event went smoothly.
“I thought the students were very knowledgeable and very willing to respond and counter-respond, and that is our goal,” Mowrey said.
The next event is entitled “Race, Class Sex, & Orientation: The 2008 Election” and will take place at 7 p.m. Oct. 2 in the UC Auditorium.
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