Debate is ON!

[denisenh]

McCain: ......"Not gonna raise taxes....today." yes, clarify that!

And "fixin'" ........ok, Sarah is rubbing off.

 

[denisenh]

Obama: middle class tax cut.

 

[denisenh]

McCain on the bailout: suspended his campaign to make sure that it was done right

Obamas fault......Democrats fault.....no surprise.

McaCain stood up against it.

 

[Brianne]

McCain: ......"Not gonna raise taxes....today." yes, clarify that!

And "fixin'" ........ok, Sarah is rubbing off.

I just heard a "betcha" from McCain.

I like how Brokaw reminded them both about keeping it within the time limit; something Gwen Ifill definitely failed to do last week.

 

[denisenh]

Obama is up: McCains fault..."i never promoted fanny may"...

OK whos lying?

 

[denisenh]

McCain addressed OBAMA....WOW.

new Question: How can we trust either of you with our money when both parties got us into this crisis?

GOOD question!!!

Obama blames Bush/McCain

 

[denisenh]

McCain blames "Washington" we need reform

McCain is laying out Obamas budget requests... 3 million for an overhead projector! holy cow.

 

[islangrl]

Ahh, I am already bored. They are just repeating the same things over, and over. And it's all just what they think we want to hear. My mind is already made up, the VP debate was what I really needed to see!

 

[denisenh]

Ahh, I am already bored. They are just repeating the same things over, and over. And it's all just what they think we want to hear. My mind is already made up, the VP debate was what I really needed to see!

yep...just what I was thinking.....ready to sign off and go to sleep.

Well, after I finish writing a paper.....ugh.


's all!!

 

[Aisling]

McCain addressed OBAMA....WOW.

new Question: How can we trust either of you with our money when both parties got us into this crisis?

GOOD question!!!

Obama blames Bush/McCain

I liked McCain's reference to his history of bipartisanship, and Obama's lack, as a reason for us to trust him. That satisfies me for that particular question.

My friends with me are taking shots everytime Obama said "aaaaaand...", but they're going to have to stop, it's like 50 already, they had to reduce to sips!

 

[rparmfamily]

Hey we are having a drinking game over in the Obama support thread! Come on over!!!

(well, I'm not drinking, it's only 3pm here in Obama's homestate of HAWAII!)

 

[rparmfamily]

I liked McCain's reference to his history of bipartisanship, and Obama's lack, as a reason for us to trust him. That satisfies me for that particular question.

My friends with me are taking shots everytime Obama said "aaaaaand...", but they're going to have to stop, it's like 50 already, they had to reduce to sips!

See, we have for McCain:
Maverick (it's coming LOL)
Overhead projector (twice so far)
my friends (3 or 4 times?)
cronie and cronism (at least 3 or 4 times)
earmarks (off the page!!)

 

[Obi-Wan Pinobi]

Go Tom! He's had plenty of practice with debates like this that he can keep a reign on potential POTUSes.

 

[DebbieB]

Tell me what you are going to do. Don't tell me what you think the other guy will do. That drives me crazy in these debates (both sides).

 

[corndog]

Obama loses any credibility on tax policy by expressing tax rate changes in dollar amounts and not in percentages. He acts as if (1) the money, a priori, belongs to the government, (2) that tax rates do not affect behavior or decision-making.

 

[Obi-Wan Pinobi]

Does anyone else think McCain seems tired? He seems more like an "old man" than usual with his stiff gait and deep breathing.

 

[Brianne]

If I hear "my friends" one more time, I swear I'm going to go nuts. The "umms/uhhhs" are bad enough, but I hate the saying "my friends". Say it enough times and it starts to sound insincere.

 

[bicker]

Does anyone else think McCain seems tired?

That's what it seems to me. I really was expecting him to show that this is his medium, but he just doesn't seem Presidential, like Obama does.

 

[Aisling]

Does anyone else think McCain seems tired? He seems more like an "old man" than usual with his stiff gait and deep breathing.

The way he leans back against his chair without actually sitting on it...I'm afraid the chair is going to slide back, and down he'll go!

 

[Columba]

Tom: So Sen. McCain how would you rank the following by importance...
McCain: *Well we must do them all. I'm not avoiding the question at all by the way.*