Last Debate Liveblog
1:32: The SBS guy is just offloading everything he remembers about the debate. McCain scribbled a lot. Alright, I’m out of here.
1:31: Michelle Obama is really rocking the florets lately. I hope that’s not coming back in. Is that back in?
1:30: GOOD JOB, GOOD JOB, GOOD JOB! Cut their mics!
1:30: Bob is the new Dan Rather with his folksy anecdotes.
1:29: Middle class for Obama in the closing - good.
1:28: Brighter days are still ahead. Isn’t that a Reagan quote? Kennedy?
1:28: Damn McCain he put the ‘if you can trust us’ - that’s a dog whistle for all his ads.
1:27: McCain: Please vote for me. I will keep your tax dollars safe. By spending nothing on anything, except hatchets.
1:26: McCain just did creepy laugh plus a SNORT! Bob is unfamiliar with websites.
1:24: ‘…precious children who have autism. Sarah Palin knows about them’. I think that’s my favorite quote of the debate.
1:23: McCain: Reauthorize NCLB - well there go the teachers that Obama pissed off earlier.
1:22: ‘You, I, Cindy, and… your wife…’ That’s Michelle.
1:21: ‘I don’t think America’s youth are interest groups’ - if McCain’s adviser really said that thing about the interest groups, that’s absurd.
1:19: McCain likes Teach for America? I’m kind of surprised by that.
1:16: McCain: ‘We’ve achieved equal access to schools?’ Oh, I see now that this is going to vouchers. Oh, it went to charter schools. And then to vouchers. Right.
1:15: No freaking way. Education. Thank you.
1:15: Oh, I didn’t know that ‘health of the mother’ meant killing babies. Who knew? When did McCain get so crazy pro-life? He sounded more extreme than Bush when it came up in his races. I guess he’s trying to keep what’s left of the Appalachia vote.
1:13: Here’s another 10 minutes of the debate gone on this issue. That’s 30 minutes total on nonsense.
1:12: ‘Extreme aspect of the pro-abortion [faction] of this country’ - Jesus, McCain.
1:10: ‘Proudly pro-life’, McCain? Not in 2000. Why is this now about abortion? And why is McCain bothering to shore up the pro-life vote? That’s what Palin is for.
1:10: The Ledbetter decision. Obama brings the rest of the women home to the Dems. That was a seriously bullshit decision.
1:08: ‘Rights shouldn’t be left to state referendum…popular vote’. Well put.
1:07: Why does Obama hate Breyer so much? Why? McCain: I impose no litmus test, but Roe v. Wade means they are a bad judge.
1:05: ROE V WADE. Screw you, Bob. Screw you. Education. Education. Our kids are stupid. Only 13% of voters vote on abortion.
1:04: Senator Government! If you chose to add ‘Joe’ to your drinking game. You now cannot get health insurance because of your pre-existing liver damage.
1:02: Holy shit. What are you talking about John? We’re all communists or something, and Joe knows. But is rich, so will not be part of the Revolution. Gold-plated Cadillac health care. I don’t think we’ll have that in Communist America.
1:01: I bet Joe doesn’t exist. Or if he does, that his last name is Sixpack.
1:00: ‘Here’s your fine: 0′ Freaking awesome. Obama knows he’s doing well. He’s getting looser. McCain just looked stunned by that. And another nod to Joe.
12:59: The entire debate is directed only to Joe the Plumber. And ‘my friend’ - I’m glad I’m not drinking.
12:58: You know what? Screw you, McCain. What about Americans that get dumped from their plans? Or can’t get healthcare.
12:55: Health care: “The issue that will break your heart over and over again.” This is true. This is why I chose Obama. No more discrimination.
12:54: Le sigh. Barack and Hugo - pallin’ around together. Can this debate just end now. Obama wants to restrict trade and raise taxes. Obama is Hoover.
12:54: Obama - shoring up the Rust Belt vote.
12:52: Okay, I though this was the domestic debate. We are now delving into the finer points of foreign free trade agreements.
12:51: Yeah, Colombia does import a lot of our stuff. Like corn. Like the corn that we pushed on them for years at prices that made cocaine a cash crop!
12:50: Drill, baby, drill.
12:48: Obama’s delivering his foreign oil answer directly to the camera. Something smells of a talking point.
12:46: ‘Canadian oil is fine.’ Canada - not foreign like those brown people in the Middle East and Venezuela.
12:45: Bob: “We’re running a little behind.’ Um, yes. That’s because we’ve spent the last twenty minutes on nonsense.
12:43: Obama’s trying hard not to say that Palin is woefully unprepared to be president. That’s awesome. McCain’s hatchet would undermine the very programs President Palin will implement for our nation’s autistic.
12:42: ‘Bresh of fresh air’? I think McCain was thinking about something else… heh… heh… Oh, does Todd get to be president, too?
12:41: ‘Palin’s a role model to women and other reformers all over America.’ Jesus. Speak for yourself, John.
12:40: Obama: ‘Workin’ families’ - well, Palin’s definitely had an impact on the campaign. Notice how Obama’s talking about policy, Sheafer?
12:39: OMG. Why are we now talking about both of them being dead? EDUCATION.
12:38: Okay, we’ve been talking about this for ten minutes now. Maybe we can move on now, Bob.
12:37: ‘Let me tell you who I associate with’ - Nice. Good answer, Obama. The explanation of Ayers, Acorn, etc. good, too. ‘It says more about your campaign than it says about me.’
12:34: I don’t care about an old washed up terrorist, but it’s like totally important! ACORN is going to steal the election! Like 2000! But bad.
12:32: What the hell is McCain talking about? Veterans with hats?
12:30: I guess McCain’s not going to talk about the Ayers thing. I’m surprised Obama’s brining up the rallies. It’s kind of scary to watch Obama list off the horrible things that people are saying about him.
12:30: Joe the Plumber. Drink. Le sigh.
12:30: Way to get points with the base, McCain. Stem cell research - yeah!
12:28: Man, Obama is so cool. He’s quoting McCain’s own campaign. Hurt feelings, etc.
12:27: EDUCATION SOMEONE TALK ABOUT EDUCATION!
12:26: Public financing. I guess. Watergate? Why?
12:24: Yeah - high road question. Here comes Ayers! Shit this is going to be interesting. Oh seriously? Townhalls? Really? Get over it dude. This is McCain’s shot for the Ayers thing and he’s talking about Lewis? WHAT? McCain’s repudiated them? He didn’t even repudiate Palin’s terrorist comment!
12:22: Obama’s about to slam that back. Nice tie it to the economy and Bush. And now McCain is arguing that he’s not Bush - he really should have left it.
12:22: Obama’s a maverick!
12:19: Can you balance the budget? YES. Okay! McCain’s answer about running against President Bush is the single best sound bite he’s had in the last four weeks.
12:19: Obama has a nice answer on the earmarks thing. ½ of 1 percent. I love how much Obama wants to talk about the deficit, but not what programs he would cut.
12:18: Holy hell - that was the randomest answer to an honest question I’ve ever seen. He discussed like his entire platform in a minute and a half.
12:17: Why do you need a scalpel after a hatchet? Wait. McCain wants to eliminate his program on hating ethanol?
12:16: Question: what would you cut? McCain’s answer: I want to talk about homeownership. John McCain: “And now I will randomly list off words that have to do with energy’.
12:15: ‘Once we get out of this ecomonic crisis”? Um, Obama - it’s gonna be awhile.
12:15: Man, Obama’s already starting to go grey. What’s he going to look like at the end of eight years? Silver FOX!
12:13: Bob’s taking another crack at the ‘what will you cut’ question. Let’s watch them dodge and weave again, shall we?
12:12: Oh noes! We’re going to lose all our businesses to Ireland? Shit. New potato famine brewing.
12:10: OMG. How did this debate become about Joe the Plumber? It’s the most bizarre item in a drinking game ever - but I guess it should be added, if you’re playing. Seriously, I already hate what’s going to be the newest and coolest internet meme.
12:08: I wonder how they make red frogs. Is it like a mold? The coolest thing ever on Mr Rodgers was going to the crayon factory. I’m not drinking, I swear. Obama’s just going through his economic policy again.
12:07: McCain is either really nervous or this desperate shit is just making him sound like a goof. Obama needs to watch the smirking though.
12:07: Yay, we’re going to forgo the asking each other questions. Erhm, McCain is using anecdotes about people Obama has run into?
12:06 - Oh dear, I think this debate’s random wandering is going to be McCain blankly blinking into space.
12:05 - I like the stripyness of this year’s ties. Ha! The fundamentals of the economy were weak. Nice.
12:05: McCain is wearing a black tie - it’s like he’s wearing Palin’s soul.
12:04: Oop, oh he does.
12:04: Ha, Walnuts doesn’t want to talk about his plan that Republicans hate again.
12:02: Ah, McCain’s trying to be nice. ‘Nice to see you, Senator Obama?’ You know, we’re really not all victims of Wall Street greed - some of it is our own greed.
12:02 - Well, at least McCain didn’t slap Obama. Oh shit, another bad day on Wall St? I didn’t get to check the web before the debate.
12: 01: At least the candidates won’t be able to walk in front of Bob Sheafer. Oh, follow up questions - that’s a nice change…
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October 17th, 2008 at 3:43 am
I thought that McCain spitting out ‘health of the mother’ like it was a bad word sounded just like him conceding the election. Or maybe he has a special “no moderate women” plan to win the election.
(Oh yeah I forgot, her name is Sarah and she can see Russia from here!)
You left out my favorite McCain trope: Using ‘eloquence’ as if it meant ’sophistry.’
(And McCain’s tie was navy and gray.)
October 17th, 2008 at 10:17 am
Yeah, he definitely picked up a lot of Clinton voters with that one. Where on Earth did his anti-choice positions come from? What is the point of picking Palin if you just have to go court the evangelicals anyway?
Neil, I think you overestimate the audience - a) they don’t know what ’sophistry’ means and b) think eloquence in general is a bad thing.
Finally, it appears I must adjust the colors on my television.