First Presidential debate running commentary thread

[Thomas Jackson]

I don’t even have a seal yet! LOL!

Out of the Park HOME-RUN!

[Volrath50]

I can't believe I'm feeling nostalgic for Bush's 30 second pauses, "You forgot Poland", and random "Let me finish". That at least added character to the debate.

I think what made (at least to me) the '04 debate more interesting was (in addition to Bush's gaffes), the tone of the '04 debate was more broad in scope, and less about details and particulars that few people care about. That, and Bush brings everything down in overarching tone, for better or for worse.

[Sbane]

"I don't even have a seal yet"


asshole

That was a good line actually.

[skoods]

McCain did actually just "pwn" Obama...

Ouch.

[Thomas Jackson]

Obama is FURIOUS NOW!!!

[Reluctant Republican]

I think Mccain's gotten better, but he's sounding too mean for the average voter I think. May be  a turn off.

[skoods]

Not a hack, but McCain *owned* Obama there.  Seriously.  The audience laughed at his mocking of Obama.

I, for once, agree. He did finally wake up from his snooze and attacked him.

[Thomas Jackson]

Obama really got beat up with the Kissinger exchange.

 

[skoods]

I don’t even have a seal yet! LOL!

Out of the Park HOME-RUN!

Most voters have no idea about the "obama - seal" incident.

[Sbane]

Ooh that last bit was rough. Of course irrelevant but that doesnt matter. Ahmadinajad would never say " destroy israel" while meeting with an American president. Of course logic does not matter. The cnn audience didn't like it though.

[Reluctant Republican]

At this rate T. Boone Pickens won’t have any energy policy to discuss after the debate. I think McCain may have mentioned energy once, but that’s it.

[Iosif]

Everybody's pwning and owning everybody.

[Kalimantan]

Not a hack, but McCain *owned* Obama there.  Seriously.  The audience laughed at his mocking of Obama.

True, if I was the kind of person who would use the word 'owned'

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McCain doesn't want to meet with the President of Iran, because then there would be TWO lunatics in the room.

[Ban my account ffs!]

I think McCain has woken up in the past few minutes... but of course I think Obama is doing really well.  McCain sounds like he's uncomfortable or something.

[Thomas Jackson]

McCain has successfully defined Obama with this debate.

"Obama just doesn't understand."

He has nailed that line several times, in the midst of explaining policy issues that Obama clearly knows nothing about.

[Kushahontas]

i hate that whenever obama is talking to mccain, mccain doesnt make eye contact he just has that idiot grin and looks at his notes or looks at the moderator. has mccain even looked at obama once?

[Firefly]

One thing here is for certain.  This debate is much more heated than we've seen in a while and much more heated than I expected when it was apparent whom the two nominees were.

[Thomas Jackson]

Obama: "Yeah I agree with what he just said."

[Sbane]

McCain has successfully defined Obama with this debate.

"Obama just doesn't understand."

He has nailed that line several times, in the midst of explaining policy issues that Obama clearly knows nothing about.

Too bad Mccain is the one who doesn't understand.

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McCain is crazy negative and lying. Amazing that George W Bush ran an honest campaign in comparison.

[Lunar]

i hate that whenever obama is talking to mccain, mccain doesnt make eye contact he just has that idiot grin and looks at his notes or looks at the moderator. has mccain even looked at obama once?

Some of the reporters' liveblogging I'm reading, like Marc Ambinder, note McCain has never met Obama's gaze.  Weird.

[Thomas Jackson]

Hillary has got to be watching and thinking, “How did I lose to this guy?”

[Sbane]

YEAHHHH Obama just endorsed Nuclear!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Kalimantan]

McCain has successfully defined Obama with this debate.

"Obama just doesn't understand."

He has nailed that line several times, in the midst of explaining policy issues that Obama clearly knows nothing about.

and yet, Obama has then demonstrated amazing knowledge of every issue that thisline has been used on. I am in fact, incredibly impressed with his grasp of the facts and of his positions, more so than my partisan leaning would suggest.

Now go back to trolling...