Until I get bored or the sushi rice is ready, whichever comes first.
We’re watching this bad boy in HD so we can see how long Barack’s nose grows during his answers, how much baggage Lehrer is carrying under his eyes, and how many times McCain grimaces at one of the many stupid things Obama will say.
Lehrer quotes Eisenhower. “We must achieve both security and solvency,” blah blah blah. Where do the candidates stand on the socialism plan? Obama can’t think of a better time to talk about the country. That’s all he does is talk, ever. “Present!” 1) We have to have oversight. “700 billion dollars potentially is a lot of money.” I guess it depends on inflation? 2) Taxpayers, when they’re putting their money at risk, need to have the possibility of getting that money back. Yeah, like the *possibility* we have of getting back what we’re putting into social security? Oh, plus we should get back gains if there are any. Let’s all just wish in one hand and wet in the other and see which one fills up first. 3) None of the money should pad CEO bank accounts or pay for golden parachutes. And 20% to ACORN for all! 4) Help homeowners, because the root problem is the foreclosures. Really? I thought the root problems were greedy people borrowing more than they could pay back and the government passing anti-capitalist laws that forced banks to make bad loans. Maybe it’s just me. I really don’t like this guy.
That was the longest 120 seconds EVER.
McCain gets to answer. Platitudes, best wishes to his dearly beloved friend Senator Kennedy, more platitudes to the host. He’s pleased about the bipartisan meeting yesterday and all the negotiations. The plan has to have transparency, has to have oversight, has to have the option for loans to failing businesses rather than the government taking them over (YES). Yes, I went back to Washington, and I’m not sorry. This isn’t the beginning of the end, this is the end of the beginning of the crisis, and we have to help America financially, partly by reducing our dependence on foreign oil. SarahK would also like to add that any Americans left jobless after this whole nightmare should get their pick of jobs currently held by illegal aliens.
Break for making sushi, brb.
Lehrer not happy with responses. Are you in favor of the plan or not? What plan, Lehrer? It’s defunct!
Obama wants to ask questions about how we got here in the first place. Holy crap, I should not be allowed to listen to him lie his way through debates. He’s saying that regulation would have helped. Regulation was a freaking HUGE PLAYER IN THIS! McCain doesn’t hit Barack nearly as hard as he should. Obama responds with more regulation and more and more. SarahK’s brain explodes. Lehrer tells Obama to speak directly to McCain, and Obama says his name but won’t look at him, because he’s scared he might pee his pants. McCain: we have to fix the system. Main Street paying penalty for excesses and greed on Wall Street. Stricter interpretation, consolidation of regulatory agencies (what?? Smaller government? You fascist!).
Ok, sorry, was rolling sushi. Highlights from when I was listening in the kitchen: Senator Obama, a good number of people making over $250,000 are small business owners who employ a lot of people and need to keep some of that money invested in the business so they can afford to keep those employees. Also, lots of LOL moments at Barack’s talky-talk. “I’m not doing earmarks right now.” But um, you’re running for president. McCain doesn’t do the earmarks even when he’s not running. And yeah, he opposes Bush and conservatives a *lot*, which is why we pretty much hate him. I don’t remember all of the LOLs I was guffawing over, but they were many. I will try to continue typing while I eat smoked salmon rolls. You wish you were me.
Ok, we’re behind, so McCain is just now pwning Barack on the war, in case you’re wondering where we are. And so Barack is going and talking about how wrong it is for us to be in the war in the first place. He, apparently, doesn’t understand that we’re not debating whether we should be in Iraq. That debate happened like almost six years ago. Yes, Obama, let’s go take the Iraqis’ “surplus” (fact check, please?) so they can flourish as a democracy with no money. McCain tells him the next president won’t have to worry about why we got in the war because, you know, we’re already there.
There’s so much stupidity flying out of Obama’s mouth right now I don’t know where to start. McCain cannot be beat on this issue, unless your audience is only smelly hippies, and thank God most of us aren’t. Obama: “We still have more troops in Iraq than we did before the surge.” That’s why it’s called a surge — we put more troops there on purpose, and it’s working. McCain: Petraeus said Obama’s plan is dangerous. YES. Obama: “We cannot separate Afghanistan from Iraq.” THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING! “Afghanistan and Pockyston.”
Good point from McCain: After we helped Afghanistan against Russia, we left and washed our hands of Afghanistan, and what we got out of that was the Taliban. (For the Obamas out there, it follows that if we just jump out of Iraq, we’re going to be dealing with it again in twenty years.)
LOL, McCain: “You don’t say that out loud.” You can hear “you MORON” running through his brain, yes? “I would not publicly state that I’m going to attack Pakistan.” “No one talked about attacking Pockyston.” Obama says McCain has no credibilty because he’s sung about bombing Iran and talked about wiping out North Korea. He doesn’t see the fundamental and very important difference that North Korea and Iran are not our allies. But hey, he’s been to a rock concert in Germany, so go Obama!
“You have a bracelet? I have a bracelet too! Let me read what my bracelet says… the name is… hang on… it’s turned around backwards… almost got it… it’s that… uh… kid…” Hey, he supports the troops enough to not visit them when he’s right around the corner, so I believe he wears that bracelet out of respect.
I have offended a concerned conservative because I called Barack a retarded monkey. I’m sorry that you’ve been called a monkey as a racial epithet, but my point was that my calling him a retarded monkey has nothing to do with race. It’s those crazy flappy ears! I know plenty of white people with those ears, so I promise this has nothing to do with race. But I’m sorry you were offended by my remarks because someone else (not me) was racist toward you.
Barack implies (or at least I infer his implication) that we are evil for taking down Iraq, because it makes Iran happy. Well, I’ll be happy for us to take town Iran to make Iraq happy in return. Tit for tat.
McCain is nailing Obama on wanting to meet with Ahmadinejad, Chavez, and Raul Castro without precondition, therefore giving these nutbags more credence and legitimacy in the world. Daaaaaang. McCain is blowing my mind on foreign policy. Obama: But wait! Ahmadinejad isn’t the most powerful person in Iran, so I want to sit down with him, because it will make me look diplomatic but will mean little. Speaking of little, that Ahmadinejad is so tiny. Every time I see him on TV, it’s like I’m in an airplane, and he’s on the ground thousands of miles below me. OH! Barack will get to choose the time and place! That makes it less capitulatious. I just made up a perfectly cromulent word.
LOLOLOL! “I’m not going to set the White House visitors’ schedule before I’m elected president. I don’t even have a seal yet.” It’s too bad that awesome pwnage will be lost on most of America. But hey, McCain, I almost like you for it.
Cadet Happy commented on the League of Democracies. Hey, I think it’s a great name. Makes me think of that yummy Oliver Queen on Smallville. Plus, there would be loud, booming megaphones shouting in bass voices, “Welcome… to the LEAGUE… OF… DEMOCRACIES!”
LOLOLOLOL. McCain: “Ah. Please.” He’s totally kicking Barack’s ears.
How does Barack see our relationship with Russia? Our Russian approach blah blah blah, I totally lost interest. McCain basically calls Barack a naive n00b who doesn’t understand that Russia committed major aggression in Georgia. Barack probably thinks he means the Georgia that’s right above Florida.
Barack can’t even call gasoline “gasoline.” He has to call it “petrol,” because that’s what the Europeans call it.
I call that debate a WIN for McCain.
You’re awesome! Go McCain!
Careful who you call a monkey, some of us conervatives are dark skinned and have been called a monkey as a racial epithet. Also, please check your facts. The current situation is a direct result of the dergulation that occured with the repeal in 1999 of a Depression-era law that separated banks from brokerages. In legislation supported by former President Clinton and Robert Rubin, now a top Obama adviser and Treasury secretary in the Clinton administration, this separation was ended – allowing banks and insurance companies to sell securities. But while regular banks were strictly regulated by the government, Wall Street banks and other non-bank institutions – many of the same institutions whose abuses led to the current crisis – were allowed to operate with less regulation.
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I hate sushi rice. Too sweet.
It would have been better if McCain would have just bitch-slapped him at the end…
What was with Obama basically calling himself the President and assuming every leader in the world would just drop what they were doing to talk to him???
I liked how McCain laughed at him for assuming that the Pres could just sit down with Ahmadinejad. “You mean your going to sit down with Ahmadinejad and when he says, ‘I’m going to destroy Israel’ you’re just going to say ‘No, you’re not”? (sic)
And Obama called McCain “John” while McCain used a respectful “Senator Obama”.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Take a Chillax, Frank. I’m sorry that so much idiocy is flying out of the nice Democrat man’s mouth. If we’re lucky, we can defroth the left long enough to get a few people to explain to us why he’s a good idea. Maybe it has to do with being a community leader and those ties to that weatherman guy. I’ve always wanted to know which way the wind blows. Just scoop some “In My World” material.
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Awesome commentary mister, except for the monkey comment. Really not all that cool, as it DOES, whether you like it or not, have shi**y strings attached. Am anti PC in the extreme, but I do draw the line. Not Cool. ESPECIALLY when there are so many other, wonderful adjectives/curses out there: douchebag, f***wit, and my fave, you f***ing lying C*** (I am a woman, but I grew up in UK so I use the last with some frequency).
“You have a bracelet? I have a bracelet too! Let me read what my bracelet says
hahahaha maybe its a freindship bracelet. And Ayers has teh other one.
Nice summation. I was waiting for McCain to bitch-slap Obama about the mortgage crisis: “I knew there was a crisis three years ago, which is why I proposed regulations that your Democratic-controlled Congress rejected!”
It also bugged me how Obama kept interrupting McCain.
Thought McCain kicked ass. That monkey comment appears racist. You really should correct it.
Whoever wrote this is a racist loser. Go back and join the KKK. You are pathetic writer to have to resort to racist zingers.
The monkey comment is not racist, and I will not correct it.
Wait, there was a debate on?
“You have a bracelet? I have a bracelet too! Let me read what my bracelet says… the name is… hang on… it’s turned around backwards… almost got it… it’s that… uh… kid…”
LOL
Yet another obvious Gaff being overlooked so far by all the cable pundits arguing about who won or lost.
Marko, no. It was more like a spanking. Wait, is it racist to say spanking?
I thought ‘monkey’ in the IMAO context meant a little, nasty, flea-bitten, brain-deficient, hominid who causes mahem and poops everywhere without cleaning it up, much like many trolls that are seen here, except spacemonkey, of course, who is an advanced lifeform from d e e p s p a c e where nobody can hear him scream.
God, that debate sucked.
Probably.
Obama just kicked McCain into outerspace. Game over. Right wingers Palin dreams just went up in smoke. Romney in 2012!
ps sarahk is lousy writer.
[SO’S YOUR FACE! — SK]
Right after Obama said, he would “Take out” Pakistan, my husband said, “I would like to see McCain ads with Barry saying “Take them out” about Pakistan. Saying that (Take them out) about a country with nukes, What more could you say to put them(Pakistan) at a defensive posture? You must remember they are our allies, why make them our enemy. We must have their cooperation, you can’t do that if we are aiming nukes at them, how must citizens of Pakistan who have just watched this debate feel now?”
I really want Palin out of there so Romney can be at the top of ticket in 2012. She’s just so stupid sounding on interviews. We don’t need someone who is no smarter than the average person running the country. I agree 100% with Kathleen Parker.
McCain is supposed to be the foreign policy expert but he wasn’t able to defeat Obama. Most are saying it is a tie. I bet McCain really brings it on the next debate. He was probably holding back today and was tired from all traveling.
“We don’t need someone who is no smarter than the average person running the country.”
Right. Government “of the people, by the people, for the people”–screw that. It ought to be government “of the rulers, by the rulers, for the rulers.”
Oh, wait–that’s Europe.
Trish – I think most people want a really smart person as president or vp and Palin is really smart!! Don’t fall into their trap by saying Palin is ordinary. She’s brilliant!
Drat the fly by media and their fake polls: http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/09/26/politics/horserace/entry4482028.shtml
“CBS News and Knowledge Networks conducted a nationally representative poll of approximately 500 uncommitted voters reacting to the debate in the minutes after it happened.
Thirty-nine percent of uncommitted voters who watched the debate tonight thought Barack Obama was the winner. Twenty-four percent thought John McCain won. Thirty-seven percent saw it as a draw.
Forty-six percent of uncommitted voters said their opinion of Obama got better tonight. Thirty-two percent said their opinion of McCain got better.
Sixty-six percent of uncommitted voters think Obama would make the right decisions about the economy. Forty-two percent think McCain would.”
Obama: If elected I promise government funded unicorn research, puppies and rainbows, and strawberry-scented welfare checks for everyone. Oh yeah, and China just had their first space walk…we can’t let them get ahead of us so let’s step up the space race. We can’t afford to do everything we need to do, so we must do everything we have to do. Hope….change…. uh….ummm….tax breaks for 95% of Americans…can I go back to finger-painting now? I missed snack time for this.
@OldEngineer: that is REALLY sad. I gotta admit, I’m not laughing so much anymore.
Here’s hoping he can’t screw too much up in 4 years or that we can keep this bad idea out of office and he can go on to a life of supporting Habitat for Humanity and stumping for the Palestinians in the Middle East. . . and yes, the governmentt was what did a lovely job getting us into this mess.
w00t. It’s official. Barack Obama won the debate per a CBS NEWS POLL. I just saw it on the news. ALL RIGHT BABY YEAH!!!!!!!!! I’m bending over right so you right wingers can kiss my buttox.
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Actually, I think the best way to respond to that is. . . I like reason, and if we can get the American Left to use it, we’re better off. If that strain causes them to cease to be the American Left as we know it, that’s just a (very very nice) side-benefit.
It’s hardly fair. Obama got to practice like 30 times against Hillary. Hope the idiots cbs was polling tune in for the next debate because McCain may not be as rusty.
OldEngineer–
You misunderstand. I think ordinary people are very smart–far more sensible than inside-the-beltway politicians.
Some of the 500 people CBS talked to think Obama won? Stop the election! The 500 have spoken!
Trish-
lol – it’s like that show the 4400 but with less people.
Polls from CNN and CBS show Obama is winning all the independents in this debate with his top rate performance. That’s how you win elections folks. That’s how you done. That’s how you do it. That’s how you win. That’s how Obama will win. You people got your clocks cleaned tonight and it feels damn good to be a liberal tonight!
Oooo, polls from who? CNN? CBS? Such non-partisan sources! Would you like a glass of wine before you start?
Obviously you people who don’t like the monkey comment don’t understand it. Stop with the crap.
See what I did there?
Very good stuff, SarahK, thanks!
Can we relax about this racism stuff? It’s beyond me how someone can be serving in the U.S. Senate and still be oppressed. If someone says “I hate black people,” then you can criticize their racism. Otherwise it’s conjecture. The civil rights struggle is over. Was over a decade or two ago.
Anyway, the debates are important for undecided voters. For the rest of us, it’s just entertainment. Or bad entertainment.
Thank G-d for IMAO!
McCain won last night and has been winning all along because he’s a true American, while Barak Hussein Obama is a Citizen of the World.
But I fear that McCain will lose in November, despite anything he says or does between now and then, because the the Republicans squandered their majority in Congress. The subprime mortgage fiasco will be the final nail in the Republican coffin, even though both parties are guilty.
So start studying French and Spanish, cuz Barry O is gonna lead us out of the darkness and into the light.
And those guns on your wish list? Buy them now.
“That’s how you win elections folks. That’s how you done. That’s how you do it. That’s how you win. That’s how Obama will win.”
there’s no place like home… there’s no place like home… there’s no place like home…
sarah sounds jealous that the troops love obama probably more than mccain. does sarahk have a brain? no! she must not have read that a cbs poll shows our impressive man who can talk like a god and looks like a male model just kicked mccains butt all over the place with independents? do some reading next time. victory is ours and loserdome is yours. your dumb alaskin slut is going to have go back home to her jesus igloo and she will be let back out again briefly in 2012 only to have the GOP give the nomination to someone else.
Why couldn’t just one presidential debate fall on “Talk Like A Pirate Day”? That would be an awesome debate.
I though both candidates did poorly. This is a bad election. There is no one likeable or trustworthy on either side.
All I can say SarahK is this was a wonderful post. You said it all, right down to his little monkey ears. You know I bet when he was little, he flew with those ears before he could walk!!!
LOL!!!
Wilomena, I’m really envious of your grammar skillz. How do I learn to write like you? Is there a special class at the special school?
Sarahk – it looks like Wilomena went to lolcats school.
Rockstar–
Just for the sake of curiosity–and I’ll probably kick myself for asking this–who WOULD you consider to be likable and trustworthy?
Notice how it’s the trolls calling SK a racist?
But if you have a little, nasty, flea-bitten, brain-deficient, hominid who causes mahem and poops everywhere and flings it… If the foe shits, wear it.
No bailout without repeal of carter’s CRA.
I prefer the term “homunculus” to “hominid.”
Now that the Senate has passed the 700 billon bailout has Wall Streets destiny been sealed?