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McCain - Obamalama debate LIVE THREAD
Me | 9/26/08 | GeorgiaDawg32

Posted on 09/26/2008 2:16:10 PM PDT by GeorgiaDawg32

Mods, if one already exists (I couldn't find one), please delete this one..many thanks in advance..

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To: tiredoflaundry

Kraut was wrong on Palin
Wrong on this debated
Wrong and a washington insider to boot.

I usually love Kraut and Hume but always, always, always in 2000, 2004 and now they make you want to peel your forehead BACK WITH THEIR INSANITY.

Did they just watch the same debate

Kraut man go to bed, have some soup, take an alka seltzer and stay asleep till Nov 5th.


4,081 posted on 09/26/2008 8:06:28 PM PDT by TurtleStink
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

Obama had a failed strategy, and that was to pin the Bush administration on McCain. And McCain saw it coming from 50 miles away.


4,082 posted on 09/26/2008 8:06:43 PM PDT by valkyry1 (McCain/Palin 2008)
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To: cleveland gop
In football terms....

Obama came on succint, forceful, and on message on the bailout issue, while McCain was sluggish and vague. McCain was hampered by a need to remain bipartisan, given his theme, and the ongoing development of a bill.

Obama: Two well-orchestrated drives, McCain on his heels: 14-0 Obama at halftime.

As the debate turned to foreign policy, McCain pounded home his message using the reliable running game, and ultimately crammed it down Obama's throat, dictating the nature of hte contest. Obama made it respectable, however. Well-fought contest. Final score McCain 28, Obama 21.

4,083 posted on 09/26/2008 8:06:56 PM PDT by Monti Cello
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To: Yaelle
"Sadly it seemed Obama pwned McCain in this one. "

Huh? Have you been drinking the DU Kool-Aid?

4,084 posted on 09/26/2008 8:07:03 PM PDT by CASchack
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To: Truthsearcher
I thought Obama's lack of respect was dreadful. Common decency requires a certain level mutual understanding.

He repeatedly interrupted Senator McCain and made faces.

We all understand that News organization who are behaving as undeclared 527's for the Obama campaign , will spin his performance.

A reasonable person can not call Obamas presence during this debate presidential.

Winning a debate means nothing. Actually having belief in the words spoken during the debate does.

Obamas constant agreement with Senator McCains statements during exchanges did nothing but reduce the differences between them. I got the impression, if Obama hears a good idea, his only recourse is agreement. If he had not articulate this position in the past, why does he agree? A debate is a forum to validate positions, not find one you have not already researched and discarded. And if he already agreed, why not explain how he came to that point and tell why his reasoning is different.

4,085 posted on 09/26/2008 8:07:14 PM PDT by highpockets
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

Go to cnn.com and FReep the poll.

AOL poll:

http://news.aol.com/elections/debates/article/obama-mccain-face-off-in-first-debate/172887?icid=100214839x1210164180x1200633766


4,086 posted on 09/26/2008 8:07:19 PM PDT by conservativeinferno (My SUV is the urban squirrel's worst predator.)
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To: Chet 99

LOL. Ya think Obama and Biden had a little conference about ROOSEVELT?


4,087 posted on 09/26/2008 8:07:23 PM PDT by floriduh voter (Hurricane season is over November 1.)
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To: TornadoAlley3
"“I hope I do as well as Barack did against Palin.”

Obama debated Palin?

Damn, Joe needs another drink.

4,088 posted on 09/26/2008 8:07:23 PM PDT by rintense (Palin 2012 for President!)
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To: Laverne

Gotta keep Obama in the lead.


4,089 posted on 09/26/2008 8:07:34 PM PDT by eyedigress
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To: traviskicks

Yes, he talked about cutting taxes so that business would have a reason to stay in the U.S. and not move to countries like Ireland (his example) with lower tax rates.

Great job Sen. McCain. However, you should have taken it to the Democrats on causing the banking mess with forcing loans to unqualified borrowers and then blocking reform!


4,090 posted on 09/26/2008 8:07:38 PM PDT by edge10
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To: God luvs America

I should take lessons...just switched on local news to watch HS football recap and am having to suffer through Barry soundbites.


4,091 posted on 09/26/2008 8:07:38 PM PDT by dixiebelle
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To: mass55th

I have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about or who you’re talking to...have you wondered off the DU board?”

Yeah, I’ve hung around here for 11 years just so I could wander off DU after it was created :-)

My comment was in response to Obama’s saying he was for clean coal production. I probably should have explained it a bit better.


Well YEAH! No harm no foul I’ve been called worse but I just don’t know WHY I’m a doofus! ;)

I don’t know what you were responding TO, or even if it was me...I bet I’ve left several dozen comments and the only time I mentioned Biden, as I recall, was in relation to bambi going off the rails with chinese spacewalks which tails in nicely with his VP who thinks our one of our top priorities should be fixing AMTRAK of all things!

These two are so scary it’s truly criminal.


4,092 posted on 09/26/2008 8:07:39 PM PDT by tpanther (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. Edmund Burke)
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To: tiredoflaundry

A lot of pundits wants to hedge their bets.


4,093 posted on 09/26/2008 8:07:44 PM PDT by Truthsearcher
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To: retrokitten
Sheesh--this is just like after the debates in '04. Most of the commentators are saying "it was a draw", "no clear winner".

I didn't even watch most of this debate and I saw a clear winner!

I saw a man who KNEW what the hell he was talking about, and a man-child that didn't!

4,094 posted on 09/26/2008 8:07:48 PM PDT by silent_jonny (it's O-ver)
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To: silent_jonny; dfwright

That would be great!!

The thread is moving so fast that I am missing so many great comments.


4,095 posted on 09/26/2008 8:08:04 PM PDT by retrokitten (I love lamp)
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To: LibertyRocks

Freeped - McCain up 85%

In other news - Politico Obama 47 McCain 46

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4,096 posted on 09/26/2008 8:08:09 PM PDT by IMissPresidentReagan ("I have a bracelet too, from uhh, umm, well, umm I have a bracelet too!" Obamaamamamamamma)
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To: Laverne
Krauthammer is getting to be a joke. Yesterdays words from Krauthammer on high were that today would be doomsday on Wall Street if no agreement was had.

WTH is the matter with these people?

4,097 posted on 09/26/2008 8:08:14 PM PDT by jwalsh07 (MSM Lied, Journalism Died. RIP 2008)
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To: relee
Overall, i think Lehrer did a fine job.

And the audience was very well behaved too.

Lehrer was pretty fair for a liberal. Usually they're so biased it's sickening. Guess he didn't want to do a "Charlie Gibson"....

4,098 posted on 09/26/2008 8:08:19 PM PDT by GOPJ (Let free markets work - stupid companies SHOULD go belly-up - including Frannie and Freddie.)
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To: B Knotts
What color is the sky on your planet?

I have a McCain Palin sticker on my car. I'm definitely voting for him!

But I was really hoping for more of a fight from McCain. I'm glad my opinion seems to be in the minority because Obama is not genuine and this rehearsed, final-exam-style he had tonight is not really presidential, but I fear it was enough to fool a lot of people.

McCain missed some great opportunities that I thought he was going to hit.

4,099 posted on 09/26/2008 8:08:23 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: silentreignofheroes
"McCain is the adult between the two .

It was so immature how Obama just kept interrupting.

4,100 posted on 09/26/2008 8:08:25 PM PDT by Spunky ((You are free to make choices, but not free from the consequences))
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