[TornadoAlley3]

The Presidential Debate at Belmont will be held in the Curb Event Center, home of the NCAA Division-I Belmont Bruins basketball and volleyball teams and host site of the live CMT Music Awards show two years in a row. With a generous gift from the Mike Curb Family Foundation, The Curb Event Center opened in 2003. Seating 5,500 and equipped with state-of-the-art lighting and sound systems, the versatile, in-the-round facility is ideal for the Town Hall format, in which citizens propose questions directly to the candidates. The debate is expected to attract more than 2,500 members of the media to Nashville, along with the candidates campaigns and supporters, and will be viewed by millions worldwide.

The CPD was established in 1987 to ensure that the debates provide the best possible information to viewers and listeners. Its primary purpose is to sponsor and produce debates for the United States leading presidential and vice presidential candidates and to undertake research and educational activities relating to the debates. The nonprofit, nonpartisan organization sponsored all the general election debates in 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004.

Civic organizations and state and local government officials have supported Belmont's bid for the presidential debate. Former Nashville mayor Bill Purcell, Tennessee governor Phil Bredesen and senators Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander, and congressman Jim Cooper all wrote letters in support of Belmont and bringing one of the debates to Tennessee. In his letter to the CPD, Governor Bredesen wrote, The Presidential Debates would find a compatible home at Belmont University where students with inquisitive minds take their roles as future citizens of our community, nation and world very seriously.

Hosting the debate at Belmont will engage our students in the political process through invaluable first-hand participation, Dan McAlexander, Provost at Belmont, said. Belmont takes seriously its mission to prepare its students for success in the real world, and serving as host site for the presidential debate will give our students invaluable tools in critical thinking and practical experience as they take an active role in what will surely be an historical election.

For additional information, visit the Web site for the Commission on Presidential Debates.

[50cal Smokepole]

Bump for later (Hi TA3!)

[Norman Bates]

9:00 Eastern, right?

[prolifefirst]

The fact that there are idiots that need this debate on 10/7 to make up their minds is . . .

[tatown]

Chris Wallace just spoke to a McCain debate prepper and he suggests that McCain won’t go after Obama too hard. Nothing like Ayers, Wrights, etc... WTF is he thinking?

[pctech]

Here’s hoping we don’t burn up another server. Jim, if that happens, I apologize ahead of time for my complicity in helping it happen.

[Reagan Man]

Tonight McCain needs to be focused like a laser beam and hit Obama on his liberal ideology. Specifically, attack on key policy issues -— Obama’s promise to raise taxes that would hurt small businesses; Obama’s promises to add a trillion dollars in new spending, that would increase the size and scope of the federal bureaucracy; and expose Obama for being weak on military matters and national defense. This is what McCain has been dealing with for the last 20 years in the Senate and its what he knows best.

[RabidBartender]

Comments 214, 476, 722, 1304, 1687, and 1907 will probably say it best. Comment 104 needs to be removed by a moderator.

(I’m going to miss the debate in lieu of my six-year-old’s Cub Scout meeting.)

Please, please, please John, give ‘em hell.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Highly relevant thread:

CONFIRMED:Obama LIED about his relationship to Bill Ayers

Viewable Video at Youtube:

ObamaAyers...CNN Report

[Born In America]

I suggest McCain begin the debate with a right hook(Ayres) followed by a left upper cut to the glass jaw of 0bama(Freddie Mac/Fannie Mae) in the first round.

[RoseofTexas]

HERE thou this!! Was looking for thee...gotta bookmark the thread as I'll be out for the evening but WILL definitely hook up and read all the posts! Father God help us defeat the enemy, give us victory tonight. Confuse the false black messiah’s mouth, may he spew nothing but gibberish. Let the people see the truth and bestow wisdom and fire upon McCain!! I know my deliverer lives the Lord Jesus Christ in whom we put our trust in. Thank you Father for hearing our cries in our time of need.

[pie_eater]

What are our drinking game key words?

“Gutwrenching”=1 drink
“unprepared” = 1 sip
“William Ayers” = 1 drink
“Reverend Wright” = 1 drink
“Wall Street & Main Street” in one sentence = 1 drink

[randita]

In a related story, McCain/Palin are coming to Lehigh University (Stabler Arena) in Bethlehem, PA tomorrow for a rally. I heard on the radio that all tickets were gone within hours of being offered.

[Spunky]

Here is a video I ran across that I have never seen before.

Kenyan Youth

[Road Warrior ‘04]

I’m watching Foxnews, Chris Wallace and Carl Cameron, and if you ask me, which you haven’t, I see no reason for a debate as the pundits are already saying what each is going to say. They’re saying McCain won’t touch Ayers, Wright or Rezko. What a shame!

[Dan Walsh]

McCain needs to say that this racist traitor who has friends like Willliam Ayres and Bernadine Dohrnand and slanders our troops doesn’t deserve to run for president or to be a US Senator and walk out!

[VlPu]

This debate is the last joke.
Right after, both leave the stage.

[murron]

I’m not going to be home tonight. I’ll have to TiVo it.

[TomGuy]

This is usually the CNN MS Player stream that has the response bars during the debate:

http://cnn-cnnlive-2-primary.wm.llnwd.net/cnn_cnnlive_2_primary

[ArrogantBustard]

How many lies will 0bama tell?

How many words will he utter, before telling his first lie?

What else is 0bama lying about?

[Norman Bates]

The McCain List.

Senator John McCain debates Barack Obama in the Presidential town hall debate this evening at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee at 9:00 pm Eastern.

Go John!!