a thread to discuss the 9/26 debate

[chuck]

wtf is mccain on.

totally ignores Obama's critique - and goes back to Iraq.

Obama is killing him here.

[chuck]

jesus. mccain loves them now - he's totally lost it.

he sounds like he's running for student council president.

[chuck]

Yeah - but McCain didn't say anything. It was just the same old shit. And he ignored the points that Obama made.

Obama to me - came across as having a broader vision, more strategic, more statesmanlike.

which is what a president is meant to be.

[chuck]

And we should do this in an irc channel or something next time.

just not twitter - coz tweets are rubbish.

[Deckard]

Originally Posted by chuck

And we should do this in an irc channel or something next time.

We should.

[chuck]

Just watching the part 2 of the Couric - Palin interview - where she talks foreign policy - or attempts to talk about it.

She says much the same as McCain - "second holocaust", the exact same argument about diplomatic talks with Iran - Couric even calls her on the Kissinger detail - and she repeats the line that Obama is naive to want talks without pre-conditions.

Same argument - but still pointless.

[dubman]

i think neither f them came out for better or for worse. obama stammered a lot but trout-slapped mcfudd on occasion, mccain brought up some grasping points and was generally the classic GOP antagonist, but no one made any gaffes that would ring crazy outside of the supersensitive crowd, it just comes down to policy and global outlook for whoever watching, and who mirrors their attitude best.

in short, it wont (or shouldnt) change anything.

[kagenaki koe]

a plus for Obama: on post-debate news Biden is available for his points, Palin is not.

ha!

[Troy McClure]

Might as well post my opinion for history. Neither one did so well / so bad that they'll gain / lose support in the polls. McCain stuck to his script. Obama seemed to adjust better. But Obama didn't go after McCain about his poor voting record on recent veteran's funding and not support the new GI Bill. Obama should have gone for the jugular then. McCain not looking at Obama when Obama was engaging him was a clear dick move by McCain, but I doubt most people noticed.

Jason

[kagenaki koe]

Obama could've scored big if he had attacked McCain when Johnny dipped into the Petreaus/Victory In Iraq puppetline by talking about Petreaus' more recent comments that there is no "victory" in Iraq:

This is not the sort of struggle where you take a hill, plant the flag and go home to a victory parade... it's not war with a simple slogan."