Presidential Debate #3 Live Thread - 9:00 Eastern

The Collective Wisdom of Free Republic ^ | 10/15/08 | TonyInOhio

[TonyInOhio]

Let's light this candle!

[floriduh voter]

Keep Senator Government out of the White House. Vote McCain-Palin!

[Gene Eric]

oh, ok.

[Gondring]

It doesn't take any research. Just go by the equivalent definition, and leave out the Asperger's or other spectrum diagnoses, and you still have dramatically increasing numbers.

And as I pointed out, direct longitudinal observation by professionals confirms this. I have spoken with such professionals myself, so there's convincing professional anecdotal evidence, perhaps even formal clinical research.

There's a lot of good and bad research on autism, but I'm sure you can go through it to see if it can provide support to your assertion. Burden of proof is on you--who made the initial claim.

[mass55th]

"What a horrible thing to say. "

It's true. He's pro-abortion and embryonic stem-cell research, yet he's against the death penalty. He's a liberal on domestic issues.

[ferri]

okay, this probably isn't important to anyone but me, but i noticed tonight that both O and McCain are left handed.

as you were...lol

[RasterMaster]

COMMIE-hammer the KRAUT-weenie is a tool for the LEFTIST Carter commies to bring down the conservatives by pretending to be one. Too bad we see through the mask he wears, huh?

[Chatlee]

That was a bridge too far as far as I was concerned. I guess he felt he had to do it but I wish he had not.
At the very least he could have pointed out (more strongly) that the economic crisis has been building for decades.

[cleveland gop]

Joe the Plumber may be just what the doctor ordered!

[mwl8787]

what’s in it for Fred and Kristol? They profit from selling more subscriptions of the Weekly Standard if BO is elected.

[LibLieSlayer]

fred barnes said during the 2004 primaries, “kerry is toast at 4%... it's over for him." I hate him.

LLS

[igoramus08]

Dick Morris making good sense - Joe the Plumber, tax increases. Acknowledges that the Luntz group can’t be disregarded but this isn’t over. Thinks McCain was fabulous tonight. Tonight was not a game changer but lays the basis for a McCain victory. Tax issue is very big!!!

Thank goodness for Joe the Plumber. It allowed McCain to talk in length about how increasing taxes on small businesses will effect everyone else. The message is still a little scattershot but it is a start.

[truthluva]

We are a family of small business owners as well. Obama will break small businesses and it is obvious he nor anyone on the FOX panel have ever been involved in running one. If they had they would understand the value in the words of John McCain tonight not just on taxes, but on healthcare also.

Keep the faith. You are correct that small business owners see through the junk Obama is putting out there.

[mass55th]

"The Kraut used to be a liberal."

He supports abortion, embryonic stem-cell research, and is against the death penalty. Sounds like he's still liberal to me.

[Becki]

Krauthammer: It was a dead draw which means Obama won resoundingly.

That's when I finally turned it off. The debates are the first time I have watched FNC in years, literally.

I guess I haven't missed much.

Becki

[tina07]

Freep Greta’s poll:

http://gretawire.foxnews.com/

[LibLieSlayer]

charles is McGovern on wheels.

LLS

[TXBlair]

I thought these people were supposed to ferret out the truth...

Ferret? More like gerbilling it out, I think. Excuse my crudeness, but DANG I'm mad at these people tonight!

[bayliving]

it probably wouldn’t have changed a whole lot if Obama “won” either.

I have to disagree. If McCain came out anything less than the fighter that he was and lost tonight then I would say (and honestly so) that McCain/Palin would probably lose on Nov. 4th.

Given the fact that McCain showed life and a willingness to MIX IT UP with Nobama shows me that he is energized and has not thrown in the towel.

Now, I am what you would call "Joe Six Pack" and if I can see this and get emotional about how well McCain did tonight (I have not been his biggest fan), then it means that he connected positively with me tonight.

Now, if he accomplished this with me, then he also reached a TON of others that were paying attention tonight.

So a Nobama win tonight would have meant certain doom for McCain/Palin.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

Autism is indeed a real issue. It is an x-linked genetic disorder. What triggers it is what remains to be discovered.

[Chatlee]

Hmm. It’s a strategy I suppose. But not a winning one.