Live Blogging During Debate
9:01 PM
Bob Schieffer has grown on me as a reporter over the last few years. I’m looking forward to a great debate.
Ooh…things we haven’t heard, says Bob. Yah right, man. We’re going to be talking about the same stuff.
I love Obama’s ears.
McCain, please don’t tell me you’re going to have the governments buy up all the ‘bad mortgages’. It’s the work of bad lenders and gullible homeowners. That’s a $300 billion taxpayer burden we don’t need.
9:05 PM
Way to mess up “Hofstra”, you idiot, Obama.
Looking straight into the camera. Talking straight to the American people. Slow down, Obama. You’re talking too quickly. But good talking points.
9:08 PM
Risky strategy by McCain going after someone who Obama met as an example of someone whose taxes might be raised in an Obama administration.
Keep hammering that middle-class tax relief stuff. 95% of the middle class.
9:11 PM
Zack and Manoj respectively think that McCain and Obama are being ridiculous in terms of their respective facial expressions.
9:13 PM
I’m getting bored already, but interesting discussion on, “…spreading the wealth around”.
9:14 PM
I like Bob Schieffer’s questions so far tonight. Good and pointed questions.
Obama’s being boring even when talking about investments that need to be made…cuts that need to be made…etc. But I guess that’s what gotten him through this campaign.
9:17 PM
Obama has NOT opposed “offshore drilling”, McCain. It’s too bad McCain’s talking points about cutting government spending don’t really connect with American people.
9:19 PM
Obama said “screwy”. I like it.
Neil Hathi sends me this GTalk gem:
“what the hell is with McCain’s eyebrows.
9:21 PM
I like Obama’s comebacks to standing up against the Democratic Party. In reality, the issues that he has distanced himself from the party are fringe issues…and McCain even says that his argument isn’t “very convincing”. I kind of agree, but Obama did enough to brush off McCain.
HAHAHA…”Even Fox News disputes the claim” that Obama voted for a bill (or multiple bills) that raised taxes on individuals making >$42,000.
9:26 PM
John McCain…is really hurt by John Lewis. Almost on the verge of tears. It’s kind of bad that McCain’s been shit on by John Lewis and others, because he’s really a good guy.
9:29 PM
John McCain’s campaign has been noticeably more negative than Barack Obama’s. I am absolutely convinced of that. Obama’s giving a brilliant answer about the negative tone of this campaign. He absolutely ignored the accusations about the town halls that McCain brought up.
9:32 PM
Obama is not repudiating John Lewis. This is a big risk. As usual, Obama walks a fine line between distancing himself from John Lewis but maintaining the point that Lewis was trying to make.
9:35 PM
Who wants to take this shitstorm of a presidency job, anyway? Two wars. The economy. Healthcare. Seriously…no one should want this job.
Ayers ALERT!!!
9:38 PM
Obama is ON FIRE (cue NBA Jam announcers).
9:40 PM
VP credentials/plans? This is an Obama softball.
9:44 PM
Obama is hitting hard at the ’special needs’ claim that McCain is putting out there by saying that if McCain were President, research spending would decrease. Yikes.
9:50 PM
Energy. Snooze. Both would do the same on energy.
9:53 PM
Okay, this is boring. I’ll update if something cool happens.
10:16 PM
Obama called sex a “cavalier activity”. As Manoj said, “Is that restricted to sex with the Cleveland Cavalier girls?”
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