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Wednesday, October 8, 2008

 

This doesn't look so good.


Posted by Will Bunch @ 12:11 AM  Permalink | 49 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:47 AM, 10/08/2008
    Can someone explain how, in a country of this size, these are the candidates we have running for president? That wasn't a "debate," it was merely two robots parroting talking points. Neither of them answered any of the questions asked. Both did Sarah Palin proud with their complete vacuousness.
    Talking point sleuth
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:48 AM, 10/08/2008
    A "Bosniac" could have turned in a better debate performance.
    Talking point sleuth
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:58 AM, 10/08/2008
    HA! I didn't waste my time on the debate, so I'm one up on y'all. Well, maybe not quite one, but I did get a couple of loads of laundry done.
    SteveMG
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:20 AM, 10/08/2008
    All I know is, if I were on that stage next to a guy middle-named Hussein who pals around with terrorists and who's surely trying to destroy America by stealing the White House and handing it over to Chavez and Ahmadinejad, I'd risk everything to save my country. Why did McCain wimp out?
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:37 AM, 10/08/2008
    Obama was fantastic even when McCain couldn't remember his name and called him "the other?" Oh my God! McCain certainly showed his true colors! Would not even shake Obama's hand! Obama has class and he will be our next president!!!! Fantastic!!!
    nuffera
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:37 AM, 10/08/2008
    Montani, who are you really, sarah palin. Enough with the phony frightwing talking points. Thought you were better than that. Guess I was wrong. How about debating real issues, something that mccain won't do.
    mike l
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:18 AM, 10/08/2008
    The debate was terrible because the media filtered the questions. If they are going to do that they might as well just have Brokaw ask the questions himself. For God sake, I'm a Jew and even I see that the only interesting 'debate' this cycle came at an evangelical church. I hope they fly Rick Warren in for the last debate. At least he knew how to lead an interesting discussion.
    bon
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:23 AM, 10/08/2008
    nuffera - he called him "That one" that wasn't him forgetting his name, that was him using a euphemism for n***er.
    Bender
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:06 AM, 10/08/2008
    I don't think so, Bender. As for the debates, why would they answer the questions? There's no penalty for sidestepping, so they'll always do it. Perhaps the only positive about Palin.. she was upfront that she didn't at all care about the questions.
    Politburo
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:18 AM, 10/08/2008
    But McCain and Obama had already shaken hands and briefly embraced immediately after the debate ended — in fact, they were standing so close to each other that Brokaw had to ask them to separate so that he could see the TelePrompter. Whatever it was, it wasn’t a snub.
    E Plebnista
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:01 AM, 10/08/2008
    "Perhaps the only positive about Palin.. she was upfront that she didn't at all care about the questions...." Lol!
    Talking point sleuth
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:27 AM, 10/08/2008
    "Can someone explain how, in a country of this size, these are the candidates we have running for president?" Looks like we finally agree on something, Tps.
    legatus
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:31 AM, 10/08/2008
    "I hope they fly Rick Warren in for the last debate. At least he knew how to lead an interesting discussion." Why not do away with the moderator completely. Let the candidates ask each other questions and simply have a timekeeper to keep the answers and rebuttals in check.
    legatus


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