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HelloDare Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:40:07pm |
McCain better nail Obama on the surge. If not on that what?
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mean Gene Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:40:22pm |
[Link: www.mailonsunday.co.uk...]
Radical cleric Bakris daughter is HOT!
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Dar ul Harb Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:40:40pm |
"We are winning in Iraq. And we will come with victory and with honor."
-McCain
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ornery elephant Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:40:48pm |
178 minutes on financials...and with 2 minutes left Lehrer asks...do you think the Iranians will kill us all with nukes?
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hillbilly geek Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:41:01pm |
McCain can speak with authority on military matters.
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devil in baggy pants Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:41:04pm |
McCain stumbled a little here on Iraq.
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Occasional Reader Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:41:06pm |
McCain on Iraq, something of a shaky start, but warming up now.
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mean Gene Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:41:29pm |
Finally, foreign policy.
Come home as a winner....McCain.
0 want TIME TRAVEL so we can go back and lose it cheaper.
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Noam Sayin' Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:41:37pm |
That feels better.
And my new comments button came back.
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politicalinsomniac Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:41:42pm |
obama of course is questioning whether we should have gone to iraq... dead horse, barry..
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arethusa Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:41:44pm |
Barry. We're in Iraq. You can't change that. So tell us what to do now that we've almost won?
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Zim Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:41:44pm |
you were here in Illinois wrecking this state Barry
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Dar ul Harb Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:41:51pm |
Obama explains his Iraq policy. Or tries to.
"Distraction"
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mean Gene Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:42:17pm |
Weird.
0 says he can walk and chew gum at the same time but our military cannot!
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willowone Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:42:22pm |
and right after 9=11 you believed we should Understand the suffering and pain of the terrorists!
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Biff Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:42:42pm |
Obama: "Orgy of spending ... that's hard to swallow."
What?!
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politicalinsomniac Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:42:45pm |
I wonder if McCain's somber tone was a deliberate effort, in light of the economic situation; or is he just tired?
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MrSnuggles Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:42:45pm |
He asked about the surge you stooge, way to dodge the question.
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HelloDare Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:43:05pm |
Obama also said that if he were in the Senate he may have voted differently. I don't know why people don't remind him of that.
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reine.de.tout Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:43:09pm |
Obama has some nerve talking about the cost of Iraq, when he and his advisors seem to have had so much influence in the current financial mess
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Celtic Templar Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:43:11pm |
Obama said 6 years ago? What in Illinois? or as a community organizer?
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arethusa Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:43:19pm |
Huh? His lesson in Iraq is we should never hesitate to use military force? He was against it, right?
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Occasional Reader Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:43:28pm |
Okay, McCain, if I can somehow beam this into your head: LOOK AT OBAMA AND SPEAK DIRECTLY TO HIM. It makes you look assertive and on your game.
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Biff Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:43:37pm |
re: #4 Cheeseland
On 202 between Wilmington, DE and West Chester, PA
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Palandine Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:43:40pm |
Yes, Barry you bravely stood against the war 6 years ago.
When you were a state senator for Chicago.
Man, the reprisals you must have feared.
Doofus.
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Dar ul Harb Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:43:53pm |
Whooo.
McCain is listing all of Obama's conflicting positions on Iraq.
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moonflower Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:43:55pm |
Anyone who says Iraq is a distraction cannot read a map
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David IV of Georgia Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:43:55pm |
When the new comments button disappears, clicking where it ought to be sometimes works.
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JSK1121 Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:44:09pm |
Obama didn't even vote on Iraq, he was still in Chicago. What a doofus.
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Killian Bundy Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:44:11pm |
Six years ago, I stood up and opposed this war when it was politically risky.
/I'm sorry, wasn't he a state representative that no one had ever heard of six years ago?
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politicalinsomniac Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:44:34pm |
he's using biden now to cover his shortcomings; not sure if that's going to work
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Bobibutu Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:44:41pm |
0 has more military science and tactics expertise than the JCS?
Wow! I am impressed!
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devil in baggy pants Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:44:53pm |
"You morons need to understand..."
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Killian Bundy Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:44:56pm |
Biden!
/yeah, let's partition Iraq, see how that works out
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Dar ul Harb Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:44:56pm |
Above my pay grade.
Not through my subcommittee.
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Occasional Reader Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:44:58pm |
Obama's position is still "we should go back in time!".
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mean Gene Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:45:04pm |
0 comment about no NATO meeting .
Not my pay grade.
He called a strategy a tactic!
Idiot!
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Fat Jolly Penguin Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:45:09pm |
I had a scare moment there. I misheard Barry and thought he said he would never use the military, when he said he would never hesitate to use the military.
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iceman1960 Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:45:11pm |
Obama is sounding like a little bitch now lol
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rw in san diego Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:45:15pm |
Rather flimsy excuses from Obama on his lack of committee hearings.
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PAgirlinNC Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:45:23pm |
Totally avoided the point McCain made about not having a meeting with the committee he is supposed to be the head of..
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politicalinsomniac Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:45:25pm |
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capitalist piglet Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:45:31pm |
May I call Obama an effing punk? Thank you.
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newsjunkie_ky Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:45:41pm |
obambi talks over McCain and jim lets him.
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reine.de.tout Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:45:49pm |
Obama is acting like a spoiled 5-year-old kidl
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Occasional Reader Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:45:49pm |
re: #38 newsjunkie_ky
Worst moderated debate ever.
Yes, Lehrer is not being unfair, but he's not being effective, either.
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mgscheue Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:45:53pm |
"Let's get back to our core issue because I don't want to talk about how I didn't do my job."
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arethusa Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:45:54pm |
I like McCain not looking at him. I don't want to look at BO either.
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Noam Sayin' Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:45:58pm |
re: #52 mean Gene
0 comment about no NATO meeting .
Not my pay grade.
He called a strategy a tactic!
Idiot!
And McCain got him with it. Sweet.
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devil in baggy pants Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:46:01pm |
LOL
difference between tactic and strategy... mccain nailed him!
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rw in san diego Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:46:17pm |
OOh, doesn't understand the difference between a tactic and a strategy. Ouch!
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Fat Jolly Penguin Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:46:18pm |
Yeah, Barry, McCain's acting like the war started in 2007, huh?
Where were you, and thus how much weight does your argument that you opposed the war from the beginning carry, when it actually did start?
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eon Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:46:21pm |
"Who is best equipped as the next President to decide how to use our military?"
NOT YOU, BARRY!
cheers
eon
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HelloDare Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:46:37pm |
In 2007, Obama sponsored a bill would have mandated the total withdrawal of troops by March 31, 2008
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iceman1960 Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:46:49pm |
Obama is gettin his liberal crap handed to him on a plate lol
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conrad Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:46:51pm |
BHO unfortunately remembers that the general public has been fed a line of BS big enough to fertilize the entirety of Iraq about the Iraq war. Luckily, the people in the undecided ranks mostly have relatives in the war and are not happy being called wrong and their sacrifices as wasteful. Hit 'em hard, John!
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newsjunkie_ky Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:46:52pm |
new comments button no worky. have to post to get new comments.
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Bobibutu Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:46:55pm |
re: #67 devil in baggy pants
LOL
difference between tactic and strategy... mccain nailed him!
BANG! *whack*
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Catttt Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:47:00pm |
Did you see Barry smack into his microphone? Hahahahahaha. /childish gloating.
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mgscheue Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:47:09pm |
So he was planning on having Biden do his work for him the entire time he's been in the senate?
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Cartman Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:47:09pm |
BHO's the ultimate troofer. Still stuck on WMD.
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reine.de.tout Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:47:11pm |
Ore: #60 newsjunkie_ky
obambi talks over McCain and jim lets him.
Yes.
Obama has had more time to talk, it seems to me, and Lehrer himself a minute ago seemed to be interrupting McCain to let Obama cut in.
This is awful
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vxbush Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:47:15pm |
But Obama completely avoided the NATO subcommittee question. Big nono. Of course, he could probably do nothing else.
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pat Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:47:20pm |
Filibuster and interruption rules are in place. The one where only leftists get to do both.
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Killian Bundy Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:47:25pm |
Ask Joe Biden what the best foreign policy is and then do the exact opposite.
/it's worked for 30 years
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hillbilly geek Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:47:35pm |
Looking for Barry O to stumble here... in 3, 2, 1...
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joecitizen Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:47:41pm |
obama "doesn't understand the difference between a tactic and a strategy"..DRINK!
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rw in san diego Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:47:49pm |
Obama likes interrupting when McCain's points are being made.
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BlueCanuck Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:47:56pm |
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conrad Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:47:57pm |
Good Lord! The big O just snorted and chortled and tried to interrupt! What an unmitigated ass!
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pingjockey Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:47:58pm |
Goddamn slow ass computer. Put in a comment and the little icon just spins and spins!
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newsjunkie_ky Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:48:13pm |
obamalama, loud does not make you right.
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capitalist piglet Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:48:17pm |
I can't stand Obama. I just can't stand him. He is a PUNK.
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Intrepid Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:48:19pm |
Obama has cut in several times now while McCain was speaking.
Yet McCain remains calm. Obama's trying to get McCain rattled so he loses his temper. Not working.
But it is extremely rude.
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Celtic Templar Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:48:22pm |
Biden wanted to cut Iraq into 3 - he's an idiot as is Obama
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Killian Bundy Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:48:29pm |
Obama just refereed to himself in the third person.
/the royal we, troubling
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moonflower Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:48:29pm |
Like Bambi knows the difference between tactics and strategy.
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FightingBack Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:48:37pm |
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unclassifiable Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:48:57pm |
Barry should just drown in his BS.
Afghanistan.
Inside baseball?
You head the committee and you never went there?
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mean Gene Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:49:03pm |
0 is a ''rear view mirror'' guy.
Not a leader.
He's stuck in the past.
And now he slips in the ''empire building'' myth about Iraq.
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reine.de.tout Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:49:05pm |
Obama thinks he's smart because so many people have told him he is.
So he keeps cutting in (he's smart so he's entitled, doncha know)
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iceman1960 Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:49:06pm |
He's lost lol. Is anyone in the crowd fainting now? lol
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rw in san diego Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:49:06pm |
Obama attributes a number of questionable quotes to McCain.
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MrSnuggles Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:49:10pm |
Still stuck on the ridiculous "16 months" idea.
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Occasional Reader Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:49:15pm |
"Give Iraq back its country".... McCain needs to hit that HARD, "NO, Obama would have given Iraq to AQ in Iraq."
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eon Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:49:27pm |
Obama admits we need more troops in Afghanistan.
/ The Koslings are krapping their Mickey Mouse didies right now, I'm sure.
cheers
eon
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vxbush Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:49:29pm |
McCain is putting up with the lies, and he's just putting out the details. Obama is the one losing his cool, who won't let things hang out there. Looks very bad.
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joecitizen Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:49:31pm |
since when did the war on terror begin in afghanistan?
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hoffmonster Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:49:40pm |
you cannot win a war on a budget Obama,, What a fool!
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lookout Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:49:47pm |
"Senator McCain" again. Obama's new found respect for "John"
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ciaospirit Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:49:55pm |
He said so we can capture and kill bin laden? What about his fair trial?
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Bobibutu Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:50:04pm |
0 is flapping his gums ...
Yeah Mac - deeper!
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arethusa Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:50:04pm |
I'm ready to smack BO for the interrupting. I'm amazed McCain is so calm.
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Occasional Reader Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:50:05pm |
Interesting how Petraeus is rhetorically above reproach by both of them.
If he wants a political career after his military one, he's got it.
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newsjunkie_ky Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:50:06pm |
tell obama to shut up and let mccain speak.
this is really pissing me off.
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ted Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:50:10pm |
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Fat Jolly Penguin Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:50:12pm |
STOP TALKING, BARRY! YOUR TURN'S OVER NOW!
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FightingBack Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:50:13pm |
I can't believe people are still watching this...
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DeliLama Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:50:17pm |
I think we're screwed here. Obama is just talking authoritatively about crap and not being adequately addressed by McCain. McCain is losing this one.
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iceman1960 Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:50:31pm |
McCain is shuttin him down lol he's bitch slappin him all over the place
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frank14 Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:50:38pm |
I must have missed the history lesson where Roosevelt bought all the houses and sold them after the Depression ended.
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BlueCanuck Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:50:42pm |
Woof, this is just too much. How did Obama even get this far?
/oh yeah, right. Chicago politics.
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ted Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:50:46pm |
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HoosierHoops Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:50:47pm |
McCain..
I don't need no skinking lipstick..
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vxbush Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:50:48pm |
re: #125 JacksonTn
Is Barry wearing eyeshadow?
That's what I wondered! Doesn't he look sinister, like his eyebrows have doubled in size? It must just be a side effect of the lighting on stage.
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ciaospirit Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:50:49pm |
What did BHO just say? I heard him talk but what did he say?
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Junior Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:50:54pm |
Man... I really wasn't expecting this... but McCain is slaughtering Obama
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Killian Bundy Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:51:14pm |
Send two battalions to Afghanistan!
/Biden said so
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Sharmuta Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:51:21pm |
I'm still pissed about 0bama saying al-qaeda is stronger now than they were in 2001. Bullshit!
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rw in san diego Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:51:26pm |
I'm liking Jim Lehrer. Very even handed and allows a real debate.
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JacksonTn Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:51:27pm |
wtf did you just see the watch parties ? white/black
racists
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suntzuyou Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:51:38pm |
Wbhat could possibly be the reason McCain REFUSES to look at Obama?!?
It is making him look frustratingly lame!
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Catttt Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:51:41pm |
aaaaand.....
drink!
that guttural thing Barry is doing to keep from uhing....
drink!
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unclassifiable Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:51:42pm |
Jim Lehrer is doing the best right now.
Of course asking the questions is easier than answering right Barry?
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joecitizen Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:51:45pm |
I believe he's actually turning pale before our very eyes...he's toast and he knows it
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Bobibutu Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:51:48pm |
Afgh - poppies.
Turn the Marines loose. Simple as that.
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TnTx13 Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:51:52pm |
He has NO idea what to do with Afghanistan - if BO is Commander in Chief, Pakistan will end up nuking us....
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Fat Jolly Penguin Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:51:54pm |
So the n00b wants a troop surge in Afghanistan?
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reine.de.tout Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:52:05pm |
Obama now planning military strategy LOLOLOLOL.
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devil in baggy pants Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:52:07pm |
Obama,
do you even know how big a battalion is?
/just wondering
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ciaospirit Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:52:11pm |
re: #149 Sharmuta
I'm still pissed about 0bama saying al-qaeda is stronger now than they were in 2001. Bullshit!
Yes, he should have been called on that.
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Basho Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:52:13pm |
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Catttt Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:52:21pm |
re: #142 vxbush
That's what I wondered! Doesn't he look sinister, like his eyebrows have doubled in size? It must just be a side effect of the lighting on stage.
That's the reason he looks like Ernie. He has Ernie eyebrows.
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Celtic Templar Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:52:21pm |
Iran and Radical Islam is our greatest threat Obama
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FightingBack Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:52:24pm |
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SFGoth Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:52:28pm |
McCain needs to figure out how to call Barack on not calling him Senator, as he is calling BO. Also, McCain needs to call him on the Bush stuff: "My friends, Barack keeps trying to tie me to President Bush. That's because all he knows is cheap shots."
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DM Glampers Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:52:30pm |
9/11
no al queda
blah
red herring
/getting frustrated
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Palandine Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:52:38pm |
Lehrer's really got to get the Messiah to not interrupt when Senator McCain is talking.
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mean Gene Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:52:46pm |
0 forgets the flypaper that Iraq was for al Qaeda.
In Afghanistan it was a waste of time....was that rock over there yesterday, dear?
Pakistan is shooting at us, 0!
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eon Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:52:49pm |
O wants two to three additional brigades in Afghanistan.
Will he let them enter Pakistan to prosecute, or is this going to be Laos all over again?
/he's not the only one who can use a Vietnam parallel
cheers
eon
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Intrepid Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:52:50pm |
I'm just seeing this - John McCain remains calm and resolute, Barack Obama is in a major mode of panic.
Keep it up, John. Keep calm, and let the little puppy nipping at your heels keep nipping while you remain firm!
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moonflower Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:52:52pm |
So we should invade Pakistan or cut off their aid? What a numbnuts.
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devil in baggy pants Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:52:54pm |
PAH KEE STAHN
TAH LEE BAHN
Damn, you are so NUANCED!
//////
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Cartman Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:52:58pm |
Liberals have no answers on how to deal with the here and now, because they are forever mired in the past.
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hillbilly geek Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:52:58pm |
Come mister talleybon, talley me banana...
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JSK1121 Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:53:22pm |
David Morris said 'the Paki government' earlier. Isn't that some sort of racial slur in Londonistan?
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politicalinsomniac Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:53:25pm |
re: #156 suntzuyou
Wbhat could possibly be the reason McCain REFUSES to look at Obama?!?
It is making him look frustratingly lame!
Yes, I agree... maybe he'll laugh if he looks at him, so he just looks away.
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frank14 Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:53:28pm |
Is Barry going to invade Pakistan now? I want to see the Left faint when he promises that one.
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:53:34pm |
My wife describes 0bama as sounding like a college essay.
McCain sounds confident and knows what he's talking about.
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Fat Jolly Penguin Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:53:42pm |
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Celtic Templar Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:53:44pm |
If things go bad in Afghanistan, is Obama gonna retreat like he wants to do in Iraq?
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Occasional Reader Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:53:49pm |
Good lead in on our ignoring Afghanistan after the Soviets left. Makes you think about what Obama would do to IRaq.
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rightside Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:53:50pm |
re: #187 hillbilly geek
LOL, that's just what was going through my mind!
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Dar ul Harb Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:53:51pm |
How does Obama plan to deal with new Pakistani government?
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JSK1121 Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:54:15pm |
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vxbush Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:54:15pm |
re: #186 Cartman
Liberals have no answers on how to deal with the here and now, because they are forever mired in the past.
If I could double or triple ding you, I would.
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Pepper Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:54:23pm |
Nice.....BO does not understand tactics vs. strategy.
Maybe Iraq and Afhanistan are both tactical fronts on the War on Terror.
BTW, how many trips on BOs campaign ventured by any soldiers?
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Catttt Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:54:29pm |
re: #184 devil in baggy pants
PAH KEE STAHN
TAH LEE BAHN
Damn, you are so NUANCED!//////
One thing I love about Sarah Palin is she says "Eye"raq.
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Egfrow Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:54:30pm |
Obama just got schooled on the art of dimplomacy. Don't tell your enemey what you are going to do out loud.
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Sarge1984 Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:54:33pm |
"You don't say that out loud."
Priceless. Called him stoopid.
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Occasional Reader Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:54:34pm |
re: #198 Celtic Templar
If things go bad in Afghanistan, is Obama gonna retreat like he wants to do in Iraq?
McCain is hitting that RIGHT.... NOW.
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mean Gene Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:54:36pm |
The difference in war between doing something versus saying you'll do it.
Good for you, John!
It is the difference between winning and losing.
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unclassifiable Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:54:38pm |
You are cooked Barry.
McCain actually talked to Alexander the Great :)
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ted Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:54:39pm |
re: #184 devil in baggy pants
PAH KEE STAHN
TAH LEE BAHN
Damn, you are so NUANCED!//////
Ah-ruh-gull-a
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HelloDare Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:54:50pm |
re: #201 Dar ul Harb
How does Obama plan to deal with new Pakistani government?
The President of Paki is nuts. Obama understand him perfectly.
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rw in san diego Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:55:00pm |
I've been to Wazirastan (sp)! Gotch ya.
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JSK1121 Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:55:09pm |
re: #208 Catttt
One thing I love about Sarah Palin is she says "Eye"raq.
And nuke-cue-ler. That actually makes me cringe, but I'd still make out with her.
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hillbilly geek Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:55:11pm |
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lone_wolf_in_illinois Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:55:37pm |
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DeliLama Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:55:40pm |
I worry that McCain is coming across as flustered in the same way that Stockdale did as Perot's VP. McCain isn't sounding presidential here. He's being too defensive and not taking the offense.
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Killian Bundy Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:55:49pm |
We have to deal with Pakistan
/just don't ask me how
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Celtic Templar Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:56:00pm |
re: #225 DeliLama
I worry that McCain is coming across as flustered in the same way that Stockdale did as Perot's VP. McCain isn't sounding presidential here. He's being too defensive and not taking the offense.
You're nuts.
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politicalinsomniac Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:56:01pm |
re: #171 Catttt
That's the reason he looks like Ernie. He has Ernie eyebrows.
Stage lighting provided by Jill Greenberg...
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descolada9 Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:56:05pm |
McCain begins the schooling of Barry O. And Barack continues to glower.
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vxbush Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:56:05pm |
"If John wants to disagree with us, he'll let us know..."
Wow. Such arrogance.
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Dar ul Harb Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:56:07pm |
"Nobody talked about attacking Pakistan."
--Obama
Oh yeah?
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rw in san diego Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:56:13pm |
I don't think that's what you said, Sen Obama.
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DM Glampers Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:56:18pm |
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kevinmumaw Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:56:26pm |
I'm certain Obama said he would invade Pokyston before.
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Bobibutu Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:56:29pm |
No one has talked about attacking pakistan.
LIAR! You did ass!
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Fat Jolly Penguin Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:56:32pm |
Barry is acting like McCain's just this stupid old man and that he's so much more intelligent and nuanced. Smug, elitist asshole.
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Catttt Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:56:36pm |
re: #221 JSK1121
And nuke-cue-ler. That actually makes me cringe, but I'd still make out with her.
I forgive you. I think Todd Palin is HOT.
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witness Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:56:36pm |
I am so impressed with how JM is handling this debate.
I apologize for calling him McLame in former posts.
I will not forgive him for his immigration stance, but he's got my vote now
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ArmyWife Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:56:41pm |
If John disagrees with me he can let me know? Clue, Barry. He does not care if you agree with him or not...
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lone_wolf_in_illinois Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:56:43pm |
Barry finally did it,.....
"Coming from you (looking at McCain)..."
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Basho Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:56:59pm |
re: #221 JSK1121
And nuke-cue-ler. That actually makes me cringe, but I'd still make out with her.
She actually stopped saying that. Good move by McCain's team.
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reine.de.tout Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:57:06pm |
Young Reine just now:
Obama looks like a bobblehead.
BOBBLEHEAD OBAMA>
That must be why McCain won't look at him, he'd burst out laughing
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vxbush Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:57:09pm |
re: #225 DeliLama
I worry that McCain is coming across as flustered in the same way that Stockdale did as Perot's VP. McCain isn't sounding presidential here. He's being too defensive and not taking the offense.
Obama is pushing to sound presidential. To us, though, he sounds pushy and clueless. Unfortunately, to the rest of the state that doesn't follow politics, they'll think he sounds authoritative and knowledgable. And presidential.
Yuck.
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Occasional Reader Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:57:11pm |
re: #225 DeliLama
I worry that McCain is coming across as flustered in the same way that Stockdale did as Perot's VP. McCain isn't sounding presidential here. He's being too defensive and not taking the offense.
I think that was partly true on the first part (financial crisis), not so now.
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Fat Jolly Penguin Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:57:11pm |
NOOO! My new comments button died again! BBIAM
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conrad Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:57:12pm |
Obambi thinks that AQ only exists in Afghanistan. No where else! Just Afghanistan. What a moran! Oh yeah, he also thinks the surge in Iraq was a bad idea, AQ wasn't in Iraq before we went in there (That's why so many senior soldiers from AQ were being treated in Iraq during our invasion.) I bet he thinks that Saddam was a good guy too...
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HelloDare Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:57:16pm |
I haven't been watching closely. Has Obama given McCain the finger yet?
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ModerateWolverine Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:57:23pm |
re: #207 MarkX
"you don't say that out loud..."
*smack
Totally agree. Not only is McCain finding his footing...he's laying it on right now.
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ibmkeyboard Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:57:27pm |
Obama-I think we should take em out.
Where frigging McDonalds?
BWhahah
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iceman1960 Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:57:28pm |
I will invade pak eeeee stan. What an idiot barry is
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jake341 Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:57:29pm |
re: #227 Killian Bundy
apparantly by attacking in a non warlike fashion.
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Yidwithlid Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:57:31pm |
mccain keeps letting him off the hook
Obama sounds more authoritative than mccain
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Sharmuta Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:57:37pm |
There it is again! They're not stronger, barry!
Damnit John- call him on that shit!
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Moody leo Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:57:38pm |
re: #193 frank14
Yeah, that's what he said.
Mom is up to 100 decibels at times now.
I do have ear plugs thank goodness
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David IV of Georgia Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:57:49pm |
How many times has Obama said that McCain is right tonight?
"Um, John, you're right, but..."
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DeliLama Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:57:58pm |
re: #228 Celtic Templar
You're nuts.
I sincerely hope so. I really don't want Obama to win. The guy is empty and spineless. But watch all this from the perspective of someone who is neutral and who doesn't follow this stuff at all.
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Catttt Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:58:04pm |
"The problem, John," said the snooty professor, as the students squirmed at their desks....
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lone_wolf_in_illinois Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:58:07pm |
re: #257 ibmkeyboard
Obama-I think we should take em out.
Where frigging McDonalds?
BWhahah
That's where I took my prom date.
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rw in san diego Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:58:14pm |
I don't have much faith in Sen Obama going after Al Qaeda.
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arethusa Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:58:21pm |
McCain makes a good point about Musharraf's rise to power.
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Watcher Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:58:31pm |
McCain refers to Obama as Senator Obama; Obama refers to McCain as John.
Kind of disrespectful on Obambi's side.
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reine.de.tout Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:58:34pm |
need to post this to get new comments, sorry
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vxbush Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:58:35pm |
McCain has to be careful not to sound like your grandfather's storyteller. "Back in my day...." "When I was a young senator...."
May backfire.
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JSK1121 Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:58:41pm |
re: #248 Basho
She actually stopped saying that. Good move by McCain's team.
Hey, didn't affect my vote. Like I said, I'd still make out/vote for her.
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puckish and beguiling Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:58:49pm |
McCain is bringing up his experience and strength, his record. And what have you done, BHO?
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FloridaAnole Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:58:58pm |
I'm listening, rather than watching. McCain really landed a haymaker re: Obama's declaring he wanted to bomb Pakistan.
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Celtic Templar Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:59:05pm |
re: #264 DeliLama
I sincerely hope so. I really don't want Obama to win. The guy is empty and spineless. But watch all this from the perspective of someone who is neutral and who doesn't follow this stuff at all.
I see an elitist versus a realist ... Someone who imagines what will be, and someone who knows what is.
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kevinmumaw Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:59:07pm |
Someone in the Obama camp needs to let the big O know AQ exists throughout the world, not just Afghanistan.
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mean Gene Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:59:13pm |
Here's what's wrong with holding this debate.
Tonight and tomorrow Congress and the President must cobble together a bi-partisan solution to the economic crisis.
How can they after tonight?
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Taqiyyotomist Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:59:18pm |
He's gonna have to pull some serious shenanigans....
......to get out of the next three debates.
Bad sh*t to follow, worsen the crisis, create another, get the media to make one, cause this sorry commie wannabe can't handle another round.
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leftover54 Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:59:26pm |
Obama has that "Nixon" look - the lighting tonight is not working for him - almost looks "devilish" at times ... and not in a cute way.
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mahatma coat Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:59:31pm |
McCain is doing well by continually referring to his history and experience which Obama simply can't counter
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HelloDare Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:59:51pm |
McCain should challenge Obama to a series of town hall meeting.
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ibmkeyboard Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:59:51pm |
re: #249 reine.de.tout
Young Reine just now:
Obama looks like a bobblehead.
BOBBLEHEAD OBAMA>That must be why McCain won't look at him, he'd burst out laughing
ha.
Barry is getting a briefing.
/and a full face wedgie.
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Palandine Fri, Sep 26, 2008 6:59:53pm |
This isn't the home run I wanted to see, but McCain's doing a good job and the Messiah's lips are turning blue, which can't be a good sign.
Looking forward to Governor Palin schooling Biden here in the Lou next Thursday.
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frank14 Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:00:18pm |
I love Barry getting deeper and deeper into attacking Pakistan.
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Cartman Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:00:24pm |
Charles - s3 dot amazonaws dot com sure takes up a heck of a lot of the page load time.
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snowcrash Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:00:29pm |
The Dem's want to paint McCain as a warmonger and a hot head. This is their narrative. McCain is not falling for it. He has command of the information he just isn't losing his cool.
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shinken Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:00:35pm |
"paahkeestahn"
Why do liberals have to pronounce country names in such wierd, unnatural, and non-English ways? What's he trying to prove?
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ciaospirit Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:00:36pm |
re: #286 HelloDare
McCain should challenge Obama to a series of town hall meeting.
I hope he does and puts him on the spot. Make him say no on national TV.
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nyc redneck Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:00:43pm |
barry is looking like an 8th grader
mccain is looking like a confident statesman w/ experience
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Basho Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:00:51pm |
Oooooh Obama is done with those old timey 20th century American imperialistic policies. Looks like a lil' bit of the radical came out.
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conrad Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:00:55pm |
Come on John! Throw a grenade at Obambi, don't just answer his questions. Ask some! When you ask the question, YOU control the debate. Right now, you are doing too much stuttering. You're making O look good.
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Killian Bundy Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:00:56pm |
YOU GO JOHN!
/who gets sent more KIA bracelets to honor?
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rw in san diego Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:00:56pm |
McCain has so much more credibility in this whole area.
I've got a bracelet, too? Pathetic.
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vxbush Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:01:01pm |
"I've got a bracelet, too."
Heh. I've got a sob story to match yours. That's the one downside to that story, Senator McCain.
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TnTx13 Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:01:04pm |
Geez - Obama can't remember the name on his bracelet!
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reine.de.tout Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:01:06pm |
Obama =
I've got a bracelet, too!
nyah-nyah-nyah
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Miss Trixie Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:01:15pm |
"I've got a bracelet too." Oh, brotherrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
What a bloody bonehead.
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Sharmuta Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:01:15pm |
Oooo- barry has a bracelet too. Recently, though. So- whatever barry.
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Occasional Reader Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:01:18pm |
Uh, yes, Barry, soldier die in vain if you pull the rug out from under them. Which you wanted to do, and would do as President.
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nyc redneck Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:01:22pm |
i've got me a bracelet too. lol
shut up barry
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Noam Sayin' Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:01:22pm |
And new comments button is grayed out again.
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politicalinsomniac Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:01:24pm |
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arethusa Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:01:25pm |
Barry also has jewelry of dead soldiers now? Is he a copycat?
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David IV of Georgia Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:01:27pm |
0bama is going to be able to negotiate with Pakistan after saying he's going to bomb them?
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devil in baggy pants Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:01:27pm |
SOLDIERS ARE VOLUNTEERS
That soldier's mother didn't understand that, obviously.
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Ackomanyuki Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:01:35pm |
The One should apply to PBS after he loses the election, he pronounces
foreign names such as Pockeestahn with such emphatic reverance and respect.
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HelloDare Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:01:45pm |
Barry has a bracelet. He doesn't wear it but he has one.
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Palmetto Patriot Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:01:46pm |
"John, I've got a bracelet, too. The name on it is ... uh ... um ..."
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MarkX Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:01:48pm |
"I got a bracelet too.."
Stuttering now.....
ROFLMAO
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nyc redneck Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:01:51pm |
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ciaospirit Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:01:51pm |
Troops have performed brilliantly, but al queda is stronger that ever! Can't have it both ways BHO.
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mich-again Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:01:52pm |
Obama's lips are turning blue. Whats up with that.
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BlueCanuck Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:01:53pm |
Jeez two bracelets. I like how Obama stumbled over the name and story of his bracelet.
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ibmkeyboard Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:01:55pm |
re: #284 leftover54
Obama has that "Nixon" look - the lighting tonight is not working for him - almost looks "devilish" at times ... and not in a cute way.
like a duck that his been hit on the head.
Abe Lincoln.
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anubis_soundwave Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:01:58pm |
Senator McCain sounds like...an adult. I want him in charge of the country.
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Cartman Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:01:58pm |
re: #225 DeliLama
I worry that McCain is coming across as flustered in the same way that Stockdale did as Perot's VP. McCain isn't sounding presidential here. He's being too defensive and not taking the offense.
You must be watching a different debate.
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PAgirlinNC Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:01:58pm |
Looks like Obama had to look at the bracelet the mother gave him to remember her son's name.... (as if he's even wearing it...)
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Fat Jolly Penguin Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:02:11pm |
re: #286 HelloDare
McCain should challenge Obama to a series of town hall meeting.
He already did. Barry chickened out.
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Miss Trixie Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:02:13pm |
You don't muddle through a Presidential campaign either, tootsie.
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hillbilly geek Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:02:24pm |
Barry is a mind reader.
Tolly bahn!
Drink!
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vxbush Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:02:27pm |
I wish they had talked about the meeting from yesterday. That would have been funny.
Quick slam on the subcommittee again. Good.
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Occasional Reader Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:02:28pm |
"I've got a bracelet, from a mother who says make sure no more boys die"
Um, so you're a pacifist, Barry?
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Dar ul Harb Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:02:41pm |
Osama's not sending out videotapes...
Fat Boy Gadahn isn't sending out videotapes...
Mullah Omar isn't sending out videotapes...
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rw in san diego Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:02:42pm |
Obama lecturing McCain on war tatics and strategy is laughable.
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TnTx13 Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:02:42pm |
re: #319 Ackomanyuki
The One should apply to PBS after he loses the election, he pronounces
foreign names such as Pockeestahn with such emphatic reverance and respect.
Yes, but he stutters too much to qualify....
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witness Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:02:49pm |
Hillary. Expect a call tomorrow. BHO is desperate at this point.
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MJBrutus Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:02:50pm |
The Toll-ee-bahn, led by Wile-ee-coyote, I suppose.
I pity the idiots who support O-ba-ba-ba-ma. The stuttering fool is getting his ass kicked!
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Egfrow Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:02:52pm |
McCain needs to nail him on Obama skipping his visit to our injured troops because the cameras were not allowed and and he went shopping instead.
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conrad Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:02:53pm |
Yeah, I bet you have a bracelet. It probably says "Patient: Arcane Asylum, do not release"
Oh yeah, he just complimented the death of soldiers and blamed them all on W. Way to keep it classy...moron...
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Cartman Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:02:58pm |
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NomadOfNorad Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:03:00pm |
re: #306 hillbilly geek
oooh! he has one too! (bracelet)
It's the battle of the bracelets! Muahahahahaha...
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FloridaAnole Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:03:07pm |
Ah so! you have to post in order to get new comments. Such a deal! Chicago Jesus's voice sounds a little tense. Somebody say something if he gives McCain the finger.
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nyclady Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:03:13pm |
i got a bracelet too! my name is barry and i got one too!
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reine.de.tout Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:03:15pm |
re: #329 BlueCanuck
Jeez two bracelets. I like how Obama stumbled over the name and story of his bracelet.
sorta like he was making it up as he went along?
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iceman1960 Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:03:16pm |
Obama doesn't know jack shit and McCain just gave it to him
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ciaospirit Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:03:22pm |
Oooh, got him on not going to Afghanistan even tho he's so concerned. Good one.
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Blackacre Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:03:28pm |
OK, first real shot landed by Johnny Mac: Barry should have gone to Afghanistan. . . . Finally!
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HelloDare Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:03:34pm |
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nadnerb Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:03:43pm |
This is like a kid trying to debate a seasoned, wisened adult. Obama comes across as a sixteen year old.
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Occasional Reader Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:03:50pm |
Iran. McCain will be direct, Obama will be wafflemania.
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eon Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:03:55pm |
"Are we making good judgments about keeping America safe?"
If all the jihadis are doing is sending out home videos now, vs. crashing airliners full of innocent people into buildings full of more innocent people, I'd say, YES.
"To these aged eyes, that's what victory looks like"- Richard Harris, The Lion in Winter.
cheers
eon
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Celtic Templar Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:04:21pm |
Obama couldn't get to Iraq or Afghanistan because he's too busy fighting Americans here.
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Watcher Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:04:24pm |
I just love how McCain keeps pounding "Senator Obama doesn't understand..."
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iceman1960 Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:04:26pm |
I wonder if Obama has a mood ring to go with that bracelet
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MarkX Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:04:29pm |
re: #361 Ward Cleaver
LOL, because 5,000 lizards are typing at once.
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Palandine Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:04:29pm |
League of Democracies.
I love this man at times.
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reine.de.tout Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:04:37pm |
sorry folks, only way I can get new comments is to post a new comment even when i have nada to say
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ornery elephant Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:04:56pm |
re: #346 kevinmumaw
When did the Taliban become the Tolly-Bon?
That's how you pronounce it when you attend a madrassa in Indonesia
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JSK1121 Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:04:57pm |
John gets my vote on his opinion of Iran alone. I'm Jewish, so...why are 57% of my fellow chosen people still supporting Barry?!
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ibmkeyboard Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:04:58pm |
re: #328 mich-again
Obama's lips are turning blue. Whats up with that.
purple,
all the hot air has escaped from his body.
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TnTx13 Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:05:03pm |
The Messiah's socialism will probably inspire him to GIVE nuclear weapons to Iran and every other country - it's just not fair for only a few of us to have them!
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Yidwithlid Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:05:09pm |
Yes but my wife gave me my bracelet. It has my name on it. (but I have to look at it sometimes to know my name also)
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Cheeseland Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:05:15pm |
He was in Greenbay two days ago. So he has a pretty new bracelet.
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rw in san diego Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:05:17pm |
Group of countries with common values...great idea...dump the UN.
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hillbilly geek Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:05:19pm |
...whatta ya gonna do about Mr Dinnerjacket?
is he calling for a competing organization to the UN?
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DM Glampers Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:05:19pm |
0bama's right, the last video tape attack was nearly as devastating to this nation's security as the box of toothpicks that I snuck past the TSA on my last trip. I shudder at what I might have been able to do.
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Bobibutu Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:05:26pm |
Oooooo here Julius - hold this ...
But 0 ran out out and got him a bracelet and he won't put his hand over his heart for the national anthem.
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Intrepid Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:05:33pm |
Go John, on the threat Iran poses. "Iran with nuclear weapons is an existintial threat to Israel".
Speak straight, Mav!
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arethusa Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:05:38pm |
I think I know more about foreign policy than BO. Just from following the news.
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nyc redneck Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:05:40pm |
mccain is flying high
obama is bumping along
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BlueCanuck Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:05:41pm |
Go Senator McCain. Wish I could vote in your election.
/wonder if ACORN will help me out. ;)
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politicalinsomniac Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:05:42pm |
re: #335 Basho
LOL! I have a bracelet too. What a dufus.
He kept that one in his hip pocket for the moment when McCain mentioned his bracelet.
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Killian Bundy Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:05:46pm |
Oh wait, Obama's got a bracelet too.
/what a mistake by the next of kin
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Basho Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:05:50pm |
Honestly, I thought Obama was doing pretty well. Until he showed off his bracelet for the first time. HAHAHA! He just looked desperate.
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David IV of Georgia Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:05:51pm |
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kham Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:05:55pm |
I predict another round of b.i.o.b from Obama on the issue of Iran
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HelloDare Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:05:56pm |
Barry really wants a cigarette right now. Oh, man...
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Occasional Reader Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:05:58pm |
re: #382 reine.de.tout
sorry folks, only way I can get new comments is to post a new comment even when i have nada to say
So now you understand Obama just a little more...
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mich-again Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:05:58pm |
League of Democracies. I like that idea as long as it coincides with us getting out of the UN.
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Brigman Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:06:08pm |
A Tale of Two Bracelets
One from a mother who understands patriotism, duty and sacrifice.
One that just wants everything to be fixed magically and all the little boys and girls to stay home.
No offense intended to those who have lost loved ones in battle.
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Ward Cleaver Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:06:11pm |
re: #378 MarkX
LOL, because 5,000 lizards are typing at once.
I don't remember it going so slow during the 2004 debates.
BEAT THE HAMSTERS!
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Solly Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:06:11pm |
Yes, but Obama had to look at his bracelet to remember the fallen soldier's name.
That's the difference between a sincere gesture by McCain and the use of a prop by Obama.
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eon Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:06:11pm |
re: #294 shinken
"paahkeestahn"
Why do liberals have to pronounce country names in such wierd, unnatural, and non-English ways? What's he trying to prove?
He's trying to sound cosmopolitan. Sort of like calling your aunt your AUHnt, don't you know.
/just sounds pretentious to me
cheers
eon
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newsjunkie_ky Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:06:14pm |
mccain sounds commanding. obambi sounds like a flustering incompetent.
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Dar ul Harb Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:06:19pm |
Mentioning Iran's intervention in Iraq.
Go John McCain!
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FightingBack Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:06:25pm |
iran?
meet with them without preconditions, eh, O?
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Pullus Iulius Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:06:34pm |
re: #401 nyc redneck
Not over yet. Now, CHANGE and HOPE. Feh.
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capitalist piglet Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:06:40pm |
Senator Present has no authority on this topic. It’s like listening to a teenager debate his WWII-veteran dad.
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Nancy Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:06:44pm |
Actually, Obama is doing better than he has done in interviews
Not impressed with his answers but he handling it better than I expected.
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vxbush Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:06:53pm |
So how many times tonight has he said, "I have consistently said so" in response to McCain pointing out one issue or another demonstrating his wrong position? That would be good to count.
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conrad Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:06:59pm |
re: #355 Cartman
Yeah, I noticed that. Looks like he drank the blue state kool-aid hahahaha
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Sifty Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:07:00pm |
Obama: Protect the troops! Disband the military!
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FightingBack Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:07:09pm |
re: #402 BlueCanuck
Go Senator McCain. Wish I could vote in your election.
/wonder if ACORN will help me out. ;)
do you speak Spanish? Something can be worked out....
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Killian Bundy Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:07:16pm |
Iran is a terrorist organization
/a little light on political taxonomy there
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mich-again Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:07:21pm |
Nuclear Iran would be a game changer? This aint no game Barry.
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Dar ul Harb Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:07:22pm |
Obama's basically arguing for having Saddam as a strategic counterweight to Iran.
Good plan, Barack.
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MJBrutus Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:07:22pm |
O-ba-ba-ba-ma's strategy, if the deer wanders in to our gun sights we should pull the trigger. That's one hunter who will starve to death.
McCain: Don't advertise that you're going to perform COVERT ops in Paki, it kinda defeats the covert part.
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Sharmuta Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:07:27pm |
barry- we cannot tolerate a nuclear Iran.
But you're the one who wants to talk to them without preconditions!
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TnTx13 Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:07:28pm |
Oops - I forgot - everything is George Bush's fault! All those new centrifuges, etc......
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PAgirlinNC Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:07:32pm |
Obama consistently said Iran was an enemy. Except for that one time when he said they were "just a little country..." and had to backtrack the next day.
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ciaospirit Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:07:36pm |
McCain is absolutely right. Yes, Barry, he is.
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HelloDare Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:07:39pm |
Can you imagine the arms race if Saddam were still in power. Iran would have more reason to get nuclear weapons. Why doesn't anybody bring this up. Or am I just crazy?
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MrSnuggles Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:07:43pm |
So if Saddam was still around and Iraq was a terror funding state, Iran would be prevented from creating nuclear weapons? What hole does obama have his head up?
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Pepper Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:07:47pm |
Soldiers can die in vain because of a CinC. The soldier is noble, not the death!
He should have visited the troops before the campaign for President. He has no creds!
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Celtic Templar Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:07:47pm |
Comrade Obama can hang with the commies, he's one of them.
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JSK1121 Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:07:50pm |
I'm about to take down a bottle of wine and I'm ready to buck Obama in the face.
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nyc redneck Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:07:53pm |
obama clarifying that he thinks the republican guard is a terrorist entity.
barry is very defensive abt. that point
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stuck in california Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:07:54pm |
an arms race in the middle east? No shit?
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Pullus Iulius Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:07:56pm |
re: #424 Nancy
Actually, Obama is doing better than he has done in interviews
Not impressed with his answers but he handling it better than I expected.
He's been closeted with Hollywood's best drama coaches for a week, while McCain has been working.
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vxbush Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:07:57pm |
re: #427 conrad
Yeah, I noticed that. Looks like he drank the blue state kool-aid hahahaha
Could be lipstick forced on him by the makeup artist. Just a thought.
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politicalinsomniac Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:07:58pm |
I wish they'd ask these guys what they think of CNN interviewing Ahmadinejad... if, as Obama concedes, the Iranian gov't is a terrorist organization.
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Watcher Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:08:05pm |
Obambi: Iran is bad, bad, bad.
Yet he's willing to talk to them without preconditions.
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frank14 Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:08:08pm |
Ouch! Barry didn't want to make the Iranians mad. He thinks we can talk them out of nuking Israel.
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brickthruplateglasswindow Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:08:12pm |
O says, "Israel...stalwart, pause, ally."
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DM Glampers Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:08:13pm |
i'm sold. the tough diplomacy card has been played
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The Pulchritudinous Patriot Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:08:15pm |
ohhhh.....it's the lets have a tea party with the dinnerjacket line.
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ornery elephant Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:08:16pm |
here we go...."Let's sit down and talk with the Iranians"
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joecitizen Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:08:17pm |
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jaunte Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:08:17pm |
Obama's foreign policy strategy is going to be to keep the status quo, kick the can down the road, and call it tough direct diplomacy.
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kevinmumaw Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:08:19pm |
re: #387 ornery elephant
That's how you pronounce it when you attend a madrassa in Indonesia
Poky-Ston...Tolly-Bon, but no Off-Ghany-Stan? Oh, that's right, he hasn't been there yet.
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Biff Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:08:25pm |
Out policy toward's Iran over the last eight years has been to trust the UN to deal with it, which is exactly what Obama wants to continue to do, as well as having tea with mini-Hitler.
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Miss Trixie Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:08:25pm |
♪ ♬ NOTION! ♪ ♬
DRINK!
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nyc redneck Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:08:44pm |
he wants the have dialogue w/ iran and play patty cake
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eon Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:08:50pm |
Note how O stumbles over calling Israel our stalwart ally.
/sounds like a tell to me- he doesn't really believe it, or else knows how much calling Israel an ally pisses off his base
cheers
eon
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blastforth Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:08:57pm |
I wish they would asked Obama, "would we be better off if Saddam was still in power."
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TnTx13 Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:08:58pm |
re: #425 vxbush
So how many times tonight has he said, "I have consistently said so" in response to McCain pointing out one issue or another demonstrating his wrong position? That would be good to count.
Yeah, any time he says "consistently" or always," he's lying through his teeth. Works in speeches and interviews, too!
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Sharmuta Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:09:10pm |
barry's starting to look like his wife with that prissy mouthed look.
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Ackomanyuki Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:09:11pm |
re: #328 mich-again
Obama's lips are turning blue. Whats up with that.
Too many whipits and gum rubs with flake in the green room.
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Sifty Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:09:32pm |
B-Ho sounds like a smug prick with a briefcase sitting in a coffee shop talking down to the waitress about giving him the wrong dressing on his salad.
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politicalinsomniac Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:09:34pm |
re: #411 Brigman
A Tale of Two Bracelets
One from a mother who understands patriotism, duty and sacrifice.
One that just wants everything to be fixed magically and all the little boys and girls to stay home.
No offense intended to those who have lost loved ones in battle.
Good synopsis.
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Killian Bundy Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:09:34pm |
Tough direct diplomacy with Iran
/why not just masturbate, it's usually more successful
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nyc redneck Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:09:37pm |
i love how mccain botched iminamoodtojihad's name
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hillbilly geek Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:09:54pm |
Narry Obama is correcting Jim's pronunciations. Kewl!
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vxbush Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:10:11pm |
"I reserve the right as president of the US"
YOU'RE NOT THE PRESIDENT YET!
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spidly Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:10:15pm |
Obama is obvously full of shit to the nth degree
but sorry, looking at this dispassionately trying to see this through the eyes of someone who doesn't know any better, he's ahead
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joecitizen Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:10:19pm |
this thing should be split screen the whole time...the american people are gonna wipe that smirk right off his face..
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Occasional Reader Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:10:25pm |
I, me, me, I! I am President of the United States!
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Killian Bundy Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:10:35pm |
OBAMA'S GOING TO TALK TO THE MULLAHS!
/that ought to be fun
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reine.de.tout Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:10:40pm |
"I reserve the right as President of the United States"
Has he won the election already?
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devil in baggy pants Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:10:40pm |
re: #485 vxbush
"I reserve the right as president of the US"
YOU'RE NOT THE PRESIDENT YET!
DING DING DING DING!
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reggiefu Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:10:44pm |
a time and place of my choosing. The world kneels at my feet.
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Sharmuta Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:11:02pm |
Notice he just said he reserves the right as President- didn't phrase is as "if/when I'm President".
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MrSnuggles Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:11:03pm |
He is actually defending the "no preconditions" idiocy?
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Noam Sayin' Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:11:04pm |
Wouldn't that be a precondition then, Dumbass?
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unclassifiable Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:11:05pm |
Barry should STFD, STFU, and take notes.
Ohhh and Barry's advisers NEVER disagree with The One.
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Sifty Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:11:23pm |
Barry will hug the world better and suck-start the peace process!
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Outrider Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:11:27pm |
Slamming dinnerjacket! Way to go Senator!
Ernie says blah blah blah blah......................Seems to misunderstand the entire diplomatic process regarding Iranian sanctions. Guess they forgot to cover that lesson.
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zerodamage Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:11:33pm |
How are da Hamsters? Probably doing better than Obama who is being schooled by McCain.
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Dar ul Harb Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:11:40pm |
"I was called naive."
And Obama's just falling apart on this question.
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David IV of Georgia Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:11:43pm |
"No preconditions..."
"Of my choosing..."
Which is it Barry? You just said two opposites.
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pingjockey Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:11:46pm |
Iran is not a rogue regime. It is a regime of murderous sociopath mullahs.
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FloridaAnole Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:11:53pm |
As President of the United States Bambi's going to reserve the right to meet with anyone he wants to! Tho take that, McCain!
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nyc redneck Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:11:53pm |
preconditions for mccain
obama said as potus he has the right to meet w/ anyone. w/ PREPARATIONS
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politicalinsomniac Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:11:57pm |
how can anyone possibly buy Obama's "negotiate at all costs" approach to foreign policy? how does he get away with this?
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vxbush Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:11:57pm |
re: #498 MrSnuggles
He is actually defending the "no preconditions" idiocy?
Yes. He thinks that means we have a stronger position afterwards when Imanidiot bombs Israel.
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joecitizen Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:12:05pm |
re: #486 spidly
Obama is obvously full of shit to the nth degree
but sorry, looking at this dispassionately trying to see this through the eyes of someone who doesn't know any better, he's ahead
i'll have what your smoking..gotta be better than yuengling..
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Palandine Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:12:24pm |
Is Senator Obama aware that his glorious international community has been in talks with Iran and North Korea for YEARS and have accomplished jack shit?
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gringotipico Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:12:27pm |
Michelle: So how'd the debate go hun?
Barry: It was tough baby, but I pronounced PAHKEESTAAN just like we practiced- I bet the little blue line on CNN went through the roof!
Michelle: Great baby! Did they respect you more with your fake new grey hair patches?
Barry: No.
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HoosierHoops Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:12:31pm |
This has been like a heavy weight fight..
Both boxers have thrown some solid punches...and full on also..
great debate!
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hillbilly geek Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:12:32pm |
Yeah, and NorK is a threat because we wouldn't talk to them how...?
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Miss Trixie Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:12:33pm |
He's flapping his gums furiously but not making any sense.
A**hat.
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Dar ul Harb Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:12:36pm |
I just have to make this general point... uh... uh...
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NomadOfNorad Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:12:39pm |
Hmmmm.... If Ameanadinnerjacket isn't the most powerful person in Iran, who is?
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devil in baggy pants Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:12:40pm |
So does Obama really believe that if we had "talked to" N. Korea, they would have, like
STOPPED
all of their nuclear shenanigans?!?!?
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conrad Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:12:52pm |
Oooooooh. Anyplace at my choosing. uhhhhh...yeah, right. You show weakness to the dinner jacket and the dinner jacket will be on your back faster than an ACORN activist on an extra absentee ballot.
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FightingBack Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:12:54pm |
re: #512 nyc redneck
preconditions for mccain
obama said as potus he has the right to meet w/ anyone. w/ PREPARATIONS
Yeah, Preparation H
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TnTx13 Fri, Sep 26, 2008 7:12:55pm |
Oh god - he is SO stupid. This N Korea stuff is all the fault of Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton - Bush had to unwind it all.
