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PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE #2 LIVE THREAD
10/07/08

Posted on 10/07/2008 2:01:24 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3

While the two presidential candidates, Senators John McCain and Barack Obama, prepare for their second debate on Oct. 7 at Belmont University in Nashville, Tom Brokaw gets to sift through questions submitted by you. In addition to queries from a group randomly selected by the Gallup organization, Brokaw will be fielding questions submitted online at mydebates.org, the site created by the Commission on Presidential Debates and Myspace. The focus of the town hall-style debate will be domestic and foreign policy, Brokaw's specialties.



TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: 2008debates; bailout; debate; failout; financialcrisis; jumpingthegun; mccain; notbreakingnews; obama; obamatruthfile; prematurethreadage
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To: CASchack
McCain is giving a straight, heartfelt answer to the inane question.

I agree. All the questions, I think, except the Navy guy's were idiotic.

4,781 posted on 10/07/2008 7:36:35 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: proud American in Canada
Ugh...horrible, horrible debate. McCain did bad, really bad. But Obambi was pretty rambling, and stuttering and all over the place towards the end.

You can bet this wasn't a game changer.

4,782 posted on 10/07/2008 7:36:36 PM PDT by Boagenes (I'm your huckleberry, that's just my game.)
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To: hugorand
I think McCain did quite well. On more than a few occasions “ The One “ was rambling, not making any sense at all.
4,783 posted on 10/07/2008 7:36:37 PM PDT by warsaw44
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To: valkyry1

That was a powerful, powerful closing statement. The number one and number two things people remember in something like this is the last thing said, and the first thing said, in that order.


4,784 posted on 10/07/2008 7:36:40 PM PDT by Thane_Banquo ("They aren't people! They're the ACLU!" - General Patton in An American Carol)
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To: Para-Ord.45
WHERE`S THE ATTACK !!!??? WHERE`S THE AYERS CONNECTION!!!!??? REZKO !!!!???

I think McCain and Palin are playing good cop bad cop with Obama.
4,785 posted on 10/07/2008 7:36:40 PM PDT by Master of Orion
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To: Para-Ord.45

I had just said, “Shame on McCain for not mentioning No! SCREAMING ‘Ayers’!”


4,786 posted on 10/07/2008 7:36:41 PM PDT by kinsman redeemer (The real enemy seeks to devour what is good.)
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To: KTM rider

Good synopsis


4,787 posted on 10/07/2008 7:36:41 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of the Masses Could be Farts)
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To: CASchack
Classic!!! Obama blocking Brokaw's view of the teleprompter!!

-PJ

4,788 posted on 10/07/2008 7:36:46 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (You can never overestimate the Democrats' ability to overplay their hand.)
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To: Libertarian4Bush

Libertarian4Bush wrote:

we don’t have enough time for what obambi doesn’t know.”

Roflmao!!!


4,789 posted on 10/07/2008 7:36:48 PM PDT by redstateconfidential ("Go to the mattresses")
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To: Bender2

With all due respect, “undecided” and “independent” voters just means people who aren’t paying attention.

They don’t know whether they are for big government or for limited government. It depends on the suit or the smile or the gut feeling or their personal opinion.


4,790 posted on 10/07/2008 7:36:48 PM PDT by Eric Blair 2084 (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shouldn't be a federal agency...it should be a convenience store.)
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To: DaveLoneRanger

I think we all can agree that Brokaw needs to stop...and cindy looks stunning in blue.


4,791 posted on 10/07/2008 7:36:49 PM PDT by Hillary's Folly (Imagine there's no Hillary. It's easy if you try.)
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To: txflake

“Another opportunity” sounds like a reference to his military service


4,792 posted on 10/07/2008 7:36:49 PM PDT by Terrence DoGood
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To: CASchack

Very nice closing by McCain. I didn’t really follow Obama’s little story, but I’m not going to buy his books to read about it. My loss, I suppose.


4,793 posted on 10/07/2008 7:36:53 PM PDT by Ilya Mourometz
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To: Para-Ord.45

Pay attention.....those issues have been delegated.


4,794 posted on 10/07/2008 7:36:54 PM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . Off With her head.....)
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To: DataDink

also - i don’t believe for a second that these people are UNCOMMITTED. It is BS designed to shape the opinions of the viewers at home.


4,795 posted on 10/07/2008 7:36:56 PM PDT by zwerni (*** PALIN/mccain 2008 ***)
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To: 1curiousmind

Hit the polls hit the polls


4,796 posted on 10/07/2008 7:36:57 PM PDT by Texas4ever ( Who is the real Obama?)
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To: All

I don’t usually watch Brokaw, but he actually did a good job, at least the part of the debate that I watched. This may be one of the rare news anchor performences that the reporter shouldn’t be ashamed of.


4,797 posted on 10/07/2008 7:36:58 PM PDT by MathDoc (Obama: "end the war" ... or McCain/Palin: "win the war" ... easy choice)
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Mac held up well and maybe even scored some good hits.

Overall, I think the audience went to sleep.


4,798 posted on 10/07/2008 7:36:59 PM PDT by Tarpon (Barrack Obama will ban all the guns he has the votes for ...)
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To: Darth Republican

True!


4,799 posted on 10/07/2008 7:36:59 PM PDT by HonestConservative (Go Baroke with Barack)
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To: longtermmemmory

NO! LBJ and Carter too make this Idiot look like a Jerk!
Now he is babbling about food stamps and how poor his Granny, the Bank SVP in Hawaii was, poor thing!
So how did he pay for dropping out of Occidental and meandering thru Columbia in the most expensive city in the World and then Harvard Law School while never working!!

WHO was and is Obambi’s Sugar Daddy?????

Billy AYERS???????


4,800 posted on 10/07/2008 7:37:00 PM PDT by NOBAMA in 08 ( OBIE HUSSEIN IS A CORRUPT,DECAYED BRAIN and BODY with NO Redeeming Value!)
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