Debate Thread

[sociallyunacceptable]

How do you think the candidates will do? Obama has been away at Debate Camp all week practicing with a high powered attorney, so I don't think that he will bomb.

[Porterville]

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

Cowboy up Butch. You don’t like that he mentions something you don’t agree with him on? Well guess what, no candidate will agree with you 100%, so stop picking nits and start focusing on winning.

We need moderate voters to win. Something many on this board can’t seem to come to grips with.

[KeatsforFirstDog]

OMG OMG OMG!!

Ballpark one for McCain on the foreign policy Iraq/Af point

[Brian_Baldwin]

This always makes me laugh - the Obama line about Iraq bad, we aren’t looking at Afghanistan or doing something there yadda yadda - hmmm...

each time I talk to an Obama-bot, they are not only against USA victory in Iraq, they are against us being in Afghanistan, or anything or anyplace - they just blame USA, they want us to lose EVERYWHERE.

So this bull crap from the Obama camp about we need to focus on Afghanistan is crap - the Democrats want to pull out from every place, and just blame America. That is their base, that is the left-wing base.

So the Obama argument is crap.

[informavoracious]

Someone is feeding 0bama answers. Several times I have seen him looking into the distance - not like he was thinking, but like he was listening to someone (and not McCain). He has also put his finger up a few times like he was telling his handlers just a sec, he will make the point they are feeding him.

McCain needs to SEPARATE himself from Bush and Bush policies. 0bama has said at least 3 times that McCain is a continuation of the last 8 years.

The ignorant sheeple will drool over 0bama's ability to lie and fake sincerity so convincingly. They just love actors.

I am very disappointed in McCain's performance. I was so impressed with him at Saddleback. Sigh.

[bobby.223]

you got that right, 100% right.

[southernindymom]

don’t know, I do hope that Palin cleans up with Biden

[ElCid89]

I thought “the war” started in 2001 when terrorists flew planes into the Twin Towers.

[Brytani]

Why the HELL are the moderators getting away with allowing Obama so much more time AND interrupting McCain during his answers.

This is BS

[muawiyah]

Do the Republicans get time for an equal response to this thing?

Not sure McCain's "me to ism" is all that useful.

Maybe it kind of balances Obama's circumlocular BS.

[CaptRon]

I know that they told McCain to keep his temper, but I think it’s now time to give Barry the John Wayne stare.

[dalebert]

why is Obama taking control of the debate> and they are letting him.

[Porterville]

You awfully new to be stupid.

[Thane_Banquo]

Hooah! “I’m afraid Senator Obama doesn’t know the difference between a tactic and a strategy.”

[Right_Handed_Writer]

Did BO just basically say his big time subcommittee on European Affairs is a worthless entity?

And the war began on 9/11/2001, not March 2003!

[southernindymom]

I caught that also

[sociallyunacceptable]

Tactic vs. Strategy!!!!

[Chuzzlewit]

next debate.. John M, look at your opponent. you need to stare him down.. make eye contact.

[itsthejourney]

O is the better debater. He's going after McC stating “you're wrong about 1,2,3..” McC’s rebuttal is merely a nice story. Get with it, man! Go for the jugular.

[workerbee]

Bambi keeps making commetns under his breath. Gawd, I hope people out there see how petulant that is. If Lehrer was a real moderator he’d be telling Bambi to STFU.