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Final Presidential Debate 2008, Thread 2

Politics | Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 6:15:51 pm PDT

Another thread for the final Presidential Debate of the 2008 election, with live video.

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1 noshariaincanada  10/15/08 6:16:55 pm reply quote

hamsters working overtime, eh?

2 arethusa  10/15/08 6:17:04 pm reply quote

Every time Obama speaks I switch to the Phils. Who are up 3-0.

3 Charles  10/15/08 6:17:14 pm reply quote

Our profligate ways!

4 arethusa  10/15/08 6:17:42 pm reply quote

Yay, Palin taught McCain how to ignore questions!

5 CapeCoddah  10/15/08 6:17:43 pm reply quote

Will either of them answer this damned question, it has been asked in each debate!

6 skree  10/15/08 6:17:46 pm reply quote

I sent in my ballot today -- McCain /Palin got at least one here in Northern California

7 Palandine  10/15/08 6:17:59 pm reply quote

The Messiah is physically incapable of mentioning where he would make budget cuts.

McCain's doing pretty well, and just brought up Senator Clinton. Good strategery.

8 anotherindyfilmguy  10/15/08 6:18:04 pm reply quote

the poor poor hamsters...

9 noshariaincanada  10/15/08 6:18:06 pm reply quote

McCain is energetic and on-target tonite.

10 zombie  10/15/08 6:18:06 pm reply quote

McCain shouldn't have mentioned the Depression as if he was in it personally. Made him sound ancient.

11 The Pulchritudinous Patriot  10/15/08 6:18:21 pm reply quote

re: #3 Charles

Our profligate ways!


Damn, and I wanted to add that fifth mink coat to my wardrobe this winter, too!

12 CapeCoddah  10/15/08 6:18:25 pm reply quote

OK, a little headway.

13 RTLM  10/15/08 6:18:28 pm reply quote

Look into the camera, John.

14 Who Watches the Watchmen?  10/15/08 6:18:30 pm reply quote

I am Joe the Plumber.

15 jcm  10/15/08 6:18:44 pm reply quote

Ethanol!

Let's burn our food!

*spit*

16 Racer X  10/15/08 6:18:46 pm reply quote

Hatchet and a scalpel.

Good one John.

17 skree  10/15/08 6:18:50 pm reply quote

McCain brings up specifics! W00t!

18 rw in san diego  10/15/08 6:18:53 pm reply quote

At least McCain is naming programs. Did Obama do that?

19 lawhawk  10/15/08 6:18:53 pm reply quote

Looks like the hamsters are thankful that there are only 3 debates (4 including VP) and not 10...

20 Jetpilot1101  10/15/08 6:19:08 pm reply quote

John, the line item veto was declared unconstitutional.

21 The Pulchritudinous Patriot  10/15/08 6:19:10 pm reply quote

It's nice to see Mac giving some details...where as BO isn't giving any.

He's all hat and no cattle

22 HelloDare  10/15/08 6:19:13 pm reply quote

Hatchet then a scalpel. A swiss army hatchet.

23 astronmr20  10/15/08 6:19:16 pm reply quote

Back to the projector...

24 Crimsonfisted  10/15/08 6:19:18 pm reply quote

and Mac's record shows he cuts pork.

25 Who Watches the Watchmen?  10/15/08 6:19:18 pm reply quote

OK, enough about the planetarium.

26 anotherindyfilmguy  10/15/08 6:19:19 pm reply quote

McCain needs to get away from the "great depression solutions" they only ran us deeper into debt until WW2 came around...
sheesh...

Good direct nailing on earmarks!

27 Ward Cleaver  10/15/08 6:19:22 pm reply quote

There's less than 4000 peeps online. Why is LGF so sloooooow?

28 RTLM  10/15/08 6:19:27 pm reply quote

...that grin.

29 Catttt  10/15/08 6:19:27 pm reply quote

Ha! After the pork remark, Barry started to stutter again.

30 Shug  10/15/08 6:19:34 pm reply quote

Senator Obama thinks that Pork is haraam

31 arethusa  10/15/08 6:19:35 pm reply quote

Neither of you is getting a line-item veto.

32 Ojoe  10/15/08 6:19:40 pm reply quote

re: #10 zombie

No, the experience of age counts mightily. He should mention all he's seen. It's gravitas.

33 Outrider  10/15/08 6:19:40 pm reply quote

uh, uh, uh, uh Excellent!

34 skree  10/15/08 6:19:41 pm reply quote

re: #18 rw in san diego

At least McCain is naming programs. Did Obama do that?

No-- he thinks programs are underfunded

35 Neo Con since 9-11  10/15/08 6:19:42 pm reply quote

Eliminate ethanol subsidies? hell yeah, great idea, but McCain just lost Iowa.

36 CapeCoddah  10/15/08 6:19:43 pm reply quote

Still no answer from 0.

37 Occasional Reader  10/15/08 6:19:46 pm reply quote

Oh, not the frickking overhead projector again. Come on, John, Big Picture here.

38 Catttt  10/15/08 6:19:48 pm reply quote

Uh uh uh

39 unclassifiable  10/15/08 6:19:49 pm reply quote

Obama does not want to cut anything but profits.

40 rawmuse  10/15/08 6:19:53 pm reply quote

Methinks "the scalpel" in Obama's hands would be applied a little differently than in McCain's.

41 guzziguy  10/15/08 6:19:54 pm reply quote

O stammering. can't talk. Focus on R programs.

42 ArmyWife  10/15/08 6:20:08 pm reply quote

How come McCain had to give specifics and Obama talked about spending more on college education for all to go to jobs that won't exist!

43 astronmr20  10/15/08 6:20:09 pm reply quote

Screwy things that YOU spend out money on, asshole.

44 skree  10/15/08 6:20:18 pm reply quote

BUSH-- DRINK!

45 CapeCoddah  10/15/08 6:20:21 pm reply quote

no answer...

46 Ward Cleaver  10/15/08 6:20:22 pm reply quote

re: #30 Shug

Senator Obama thinks that Pork is haraam

SPAM!

47 HelloDare  10/15/08 6:20:28 pm reply quote

McCain has got to find a way to get Obama off his memorized talking points.

48 RTLM  10/15/08 6:20:28 pm reply quote

Note to Obama:

BUSH IS NOT RUNNING!

49 Miss Trixie  10/15/08 6:20:29 pm reply quote

Blame Bush ... yada yada yada .. ya dum idjit.

50 Jetpilot1101  10/15/08 6:20:30 pm reply quote

Obama is one to talk about history seeing as how he is no student of history.

51 ArmyWife  10/15/08 6:20:36 pm reply quote

Its Bush's fault! DRINK!

52 Ward Cleaver  10/15/08 6:20:39 pm reply quote

re: #20 Jetpilot1101

John, the line item veto was declared unconstitutional.

We gotta get it in the Constitution.

53 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  10/15/08 6:20:43 pm reply quote

Burn him, John... go in for the kill.

54 Who Watches the Watchmen?  10/15/08 6:20:46 pm reply quote

Uh oh, McCain has that "gotcha" look again.

55 Shug  10/15/08 6:20:47 pm reply quote

When the Most Liberal senator is conning half of Americans into believing that he is the fiscal conservative of the two, then we are surely fu*ked

56 astronmr20  10/15/08 6:20:49 pm reply quote

Bob Schieffer doing okay so far.

57 Catttt  10/15/08 6:20:49 pm reply quote

uh screwy uh millions for a projector uh

58 mattm  10/15/08 6:20:55 pm reply quote

The CNN ticker had McCain up on the cutting programs question. Mmmmm..

59 MJBrutus  10/15/08 6:20:56 pm reply quote

Gads, the questions and the friggin' answers are the exact same ones as the last 2 debates! Nice job Schieffer. Way to cover new ground.

60 Occasional Reader  10/15/08 6:20:58 pm reply quote

I am not President Bush... heh.

61 rw in san diego  10/15/08 6:21:00 pm reply quote

Obama is teaching us history! Don't make me laugh. Oh, it's only history since Bush took office.

62 skree  10/15/08 6:21:04 pm reply quote

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! GO MCCAIN!

63 Catttt  10/15/08 6:21:04 pm reply quote

Slam him!

64 Who Watches the Watchmen?  10/15/08 6:21:06 pm reply quote

OH SNAP!

65 Fat Jolly Penguin  10/15/08 6:21:07 pm reply quote

New direction!

/drink!

66 ArmyWife  10/15/08 6:21:11 pm reply quote

That stung! Holy Cow!

67 joecitizen  10/15/08 6:21:11 pm reply quote

scold his ass johnno!

68 The Pulchritudinous Patriot  10/15/08 6:21:11 pm reply quote

Dear BO,

We hadn't been attacked by Al Quaeda when Clinton left office...dumbass.

We are at WAR. It's expensive.

YESSSSS


I am not Bush!

69 JSK1121  10/15/08 6:21:12 pm reply quote

HOLY SHIT!

70 Catttt  10/15/08 6:21:16 pm reply quote

Barry looks mad. :D

71 arethusa  10/15/08 6:21:18 pm reply quote

"Senator Obama, I am not President Bush."

72 jorline  10/15/08 6:21:19 pm reply quote

I'm not George Bush...lmal

73 Fat Jolly Penguin  10/15/08 6:21:20 pm reply quote

DAMN!

74 Sleepyone  10/15/08 6:21:21 pm reply quote

"I am not President Bush"

take that.

75 astronmr20  10/15/08 6:21:22 pm reply quote

"if you wanted to run against bush you should have run 4 years ago."

YES!

76 CapeCoddah  10/15/08 6:21:25 pm reply quote

Why did'nt Schaeffer MAKE 0 answer like he said he would?

77 Miss Trixie  10/15/08 6:21:26 pm reply quote

WOOT! Senator Obama I am not President Bush!

Yeeehawwwwwwwwwwwww!

78 zombie  10/15/08 6:21:27 pm reply quote

Damn, LGF is practictally frozen, it's so slow.

79 Palandine  10/15/08 6:21:28 pm reply quote

W00t!

I am not President Bush.

There's the fire, Mac. Keep going!

80 rw in san diego  10/15/08 6:21:29 pm reply quote

Way to go! Bush is not running!

81 anotherindyfilmguy  10/15/08 6:21:31 pm reply quote

Bush Bashing!

Hey Obamassiah does the term "WARTIME ECONOMY" mean anything to you?

82 saberry0530  10/15/08 6:21:32 pm reply quote

SOmebody wake up the auxillary hamsters!

83 rosh  10/15/08 6:21:33 pm reply quote

If you wanted to run against Bush you should have run 4 years ago.

84 guzziguy  10/15/08 6:21:36 pm reply quote

I'm not President Bush. Best McCain line so far.

85 Racer X  10/15/08 6:21:39 pm reply quote

YEAH!

I'm not President Bush!

Fuck yeah!

86 mattm  10/15/08 6:21:41 pm reply quote

Ow. McCain I am not bush.

87 David Simon  10/15/08 6:21:47 pm reply quote

Wanna cut spending, gentlemen? How about entitlements?

88 The Pulchritudinous Patriot  10/15/08 6:21:50 pm reply quote

BO just got bitch slapped!

89 Dasher  10/15/08 6:21:51 pm reply quote

If you want to run against Pres Bush you should of done it 4 years ago... Great one

90 ArmyWife  10/15/08 6:21:55 pm reply quote

all he needed to add was the z formation! Go John!

91 gibsonz  10/15/08 6:22:02 pm reply quote

Has Obama parted the sea yet and showed the way to the voting booth to the "disenfranchised" and "downtroden"...well yes he has.it is pronounced ACORN...!

92 zombie  10/15/08 6:22:02 pm reply quote

Get 'im, John.

93 anotherindyfilmguy  10/15/08 6:22:03 pm reply quote

Good smackdown! Hope this is a trend!

94 Occasional Reader  10/15/08 6:22:14 pm reply quote

Oil companies are the big villains. Hm.

95 RTLM  10/15/08 6:22:16 pm reply quote

Obama looks like a pissed off Paris Hilton.

96 Jetpilot1101  10/15/08 6:22:21 pm reply quote

re: #88 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

BO just got bitch slapped!

I'm sure it's not the first time, he lives with Michelle.

97 Who Watches the Watchmen?  10/15/08 6:22:21 pm reply quote

Obama's face is turning red.

98 legalpad  10/15/08 6:22:27 pm reply quote

Whammo! I am not President Bush. If you wanted to run against him, you should have rum 4 years ago!

99 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  10/15/08 6:22:31 pm reply quote

SMACK

How's that feel, punk?

100 zombie  10/15/08 6:22:35 pm reply quote

O is smirky. Yee-uck.

101 rw in san diego  10/15/08 6:22:41 pm reply quote

I especially like the way McCain is directly addressing Obama.

102 Sleepyone  10/15/08 6:22:45 pm reply quote

Barry's getting antsy..

103 jorline  10/15/08 6:22:50 pm reply quote

If you wanted to run against George Bush you should have run for President four years ago....GREAT!

104 CapeCoddah  10/15/08 6:22:53 pm reply quote

Zing! Gotcha, good one, John, I am not Pres. Bush!

105 saberry0530  10/15/08 6:23:01 pm reply quote

Hey Bama, you sure you didn't vote present?

106 Shug  10/15/08 6:23:03 pm reply quote

Barack YOU HAVE NO ACCOMPLISHMENTS !

ZERO !

107 Taqiyyotomist  10/15/08 6:23:04 pm reply quote

When the One closes his eyes and looks down when Mac is talking, I can't help but thinking, "Mork Calling Orson...come in, Orson..."

"Barak calling Soros, come in, Soros..."

re: #27 Ward Cleaver

There's less than 4000 peeps online. Why is LGF so sloooooow?

It might seem slow since your PC is also streaming this video? (I'm using C-Span.org's feed, and LGF is a bit slow, too.)
-Taq

108 mattm  10/15/08 6:23:06 pm reply quote

Obama down in CNN tracker in McCain response.

109 Who Watches the Watchmen?  10/15/08 6:23:08 pm reply quote

Charter schools. We know how well those work. *eyeroll*

110 sloggin420  10/15/08 6:23:09 pm reply quote

Kick him McCain, kick him in the balls...

111 arethusa  10/15/08 6:23:12 pm reply quote

Yes, O, tell us when you have stood up to your own party. Or anyone, really. Including Michelle.

112 eon  10/15/08 6:23:16 pm reply quote

re: #27 Ward Cleaver

There's less than 4000 peeps online. Why is LGF so sloooooow?

Ads.adbrite.com, r.sharethis.com, etc.

Mozilla FF3 is especially slow when they launch, and is often diverted from the intended objective because they cause it to stall.

cheers

eon

113 Catttt  10/15/08 6:23:17 pm reply quote

Hot dam. Senator McCain is taking advice I just heard on O'Reilly!

114 Occasional Reader  10/15/08 6:23:17 pm reply quote

Tort reform? Charter schools? Clean coal? I'm guessing these are not going to "fact check" out.

115 Random_Lizard  10/15/08 6:23:19 pm reply quote

Excellent, "you should have run four years ago if you wanted to run against president Bush."

116 Miss Trixie  10/15/08 6:23:21 pm reply quote

NOTION!

*drink*

117 TheMatrix31  10/15/08 6:23:21 pm reply quote

"The notion that..."

118 Crimsonfisted  10/15/08 6:23:22 pm reply quote

Obama has a history of reaching across the aisle? WHAT?!?

119 Jetpilot1101  10/15/08 6:23:23 pm reply quote

Reaching across the aisle? Who is he friggin' kidding?

120 livefreeor die  10/15/08 6:23:26 pm reply quote

re: #99 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

SMACK

How's that feel, punk?


Finally! Cindy must have poured a fifth of bourbon down his throat tonight.

121 ArmyWife  10/15/08 6:23:28 pm reply quote

Just one, Barry. Give me one! Here, I'll make it easier. Just tell me one time that you voted.

Barry is getting defensive!

122 rw in san diego  10/15/08 6:23:32 pm reply quote

Obama's got a history of reaching across the aisle? Who knew?

123 Catttt  10/15/08 6:23:38 pm reply quote

Hot damn - Barry is rambling!

124 astronmr20  10/15/08 6:23:42 pm reply quote

Obama has a history of reaching across the iasle?

What?

125 neocon hippie  10/15/08 6:23:44 pm reply quote

The MSM will say that McCain's "I'm not President Bush" comment is "angry"

126 CapeCoddah  10/15/08 6:23:44 pm reply quote

I would love to see John lean over and say Barry, I'm John, not George!

127 rosh  10/15/08 6:23:49 pm reply quote

the notion has been disputed.
he avoided saying debunked.

128 zombie  10/15/08 6:23:51 pm reply quote

They're all sitting too close. Makes even me uncomfortable.

129 Iron Fist  10/15/08 6:23:54 pm reply quote

Um, uh, uh, mmmmm George Bush!

130 TheMatrix31  10/15/08 6:23:55 pm reply quote

Shut the fuck up, Barack. Talking about FOX News. What about all the other media that ignores your BULLSHIT?!

131 Catttt  10/15/08 6:24:05 pm reply quote

and he's STILL stuttering!

132 conrad  10/15/08 6:24:06 pm reply quote

The idea that you actually voted is surprising. Oh, never mind, you vote "present".

These core values that0bama is talking about is Capitalism.

133 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)  10/15/08 6:24:09 pm reply quote

More pressure... cracks are beginning to show.

Welcome to the Boyd Cycle, Zero... time to go to school.

134 mattm  10/15/08 6:24:09 pm reply quote

re: #102 Sleepyone

Barry's getting antsy..

Yep.


Obama Dras out Bush/McCain again.

135 pre-Boomer Marine brat  10/15/08 6:24:16 pm reply quote