Town Hall style debates are supposed to be McCain’s thing, so he’ll be referring to us all as “his friends” I’m sure. Tom Brokaw is moderating and there will be no follow up questions allowed. Let’s do dis.
Oh, being a school night and all I guess we shouldn’t really get too crazy with the bingo words. Although when else would a mental health day be better spent?
– Great Depression
– Wall Street/Main Street
– Ahmadinejad
– Darn right
– Gosh (usually followed by ‘ya/you know’)
– Middle class
– Taxpayer
-Affordable health care
– General Petraeus
UPDATE: Cronyism!
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October 7, 2008 at 7:57 pm
Let’s get this started!
October 7, 2008 at 7:59 pm
I hope Obama wipes the floor with grandpa.
October 7, 2008 at 8:00 pm
weeeeee! I’m on MSNBC – and almost a whole bottle of wine – this could get nasty!
October 7, 2008 at 8:00 pm
O-BA-MA! I’m ready!
October 7, 2008 at 8:00 pm
Once again, I am stuck at work.
Hmph.
October 7, 2008 at 8:01 pm
This is going to be rough. I have an irrational dislike for Tom Brokaw. Peter Jennings, FTW.
RIP.
FWIW, FYI, IMHO, YMMV.
October 7, 2008 at 8:02 pm
uh, wtf happened to Brokaw’s eye sockets?
October 7, 2008 at 8:02 pm
Penfolds in hand and I’m tuned to NBC for now.
October 7, 2008 at 8:02 pm
80 undecided voters my ass. Who the fuck is undecided at this point?
October 7, 2008 at 8:03 pm
#7 – Kadinsky – think it’s the awful and harsh lighting. Jeebus.
October 7, 2008 at 8:03 pm
Clever, have you seen photos of young Peter Jennings?
SWOON.
October 7, 2008 at 8:03 pm
i only have a glass of wine yet!
October 7, 2008 at 8:04 pm
hey there blue eyes
October 7, 2008 at 8:04 pm
@spicytamale – drink faster! :)
October 7, 2008 at 8:04 pm
McCain is already furiously scribbling…
October 7, 2008 at 8:05 pm
Notaclever- i heard Brokaw was for McCain.
UGH.
October 7, 2008 at 8:05 pm
#15 – I see that! He’s totally cramming!
October 7, 2008 at 8:05 pm
@MsScarlet- i have hot chocolate and kahula!
October 7, 2008 at 8:06 pm
Yes! They – AIG execs – should be fired! I’m all for mani’s and pedi’s but not with my tax $$
October 7, 2008 at 8:06 pm
we just found out that AIG wastes money?!?!?
not good, not good.
October 7, 2008 at 8:06 pm
@spicytamale – YUMMMMMM! Be right over! :)
October 7, 2008 at 8:06 pm
stfu McCain!
October 7, 2008 at 8:06 pm
I don’t think the question was what do you want to do. The question was HOW will you make things better? Pray tell.
October 7, 2008 at 8:07 pm
WTF?? Energy independence for the bailout?
October 7, 2008 at 8:07 pm
@Lipstick: Hulu has streaming video of it.
October 7, 2008 at 8:07 pm
Oh good god. I’ve already stopped paying attention.
October 7, 2008 at 8:07 pm
Does anyone else hear McCain’s breathing? Like Darth Vader!
October 7, 2008 at 8:07 pm
McCain looks great for a corpse.
October 7, 2008 at 8:08 pm
MsScaaaaaaaaaaaarlet, I am your COUSin.
October 7, 2008 at 8:08 pm
Cate, I’m actually watching on ABC Live, but am interrupted every two minutes.
Gah.
October 7, 2008 at 8:08 pm
john, what the fuck does energy have to do with not having any credit?
stop complaining about old people who can’t pay their mortgages.
unrelated: i think he has a coat hanger in the back of his jacket.
October 7, 2008 at 8:08 pm
@MBB – I just blew wine out my nose – thanks cuz!
October 7, 2008 at 8:09 pm
oooh…not you Tom. (Fumbling in an oh-shit moment)
October 7, 2008 at 8:09 pm
FUCK. I forgot to get all my snacks gathered before the debate started.
October 7, 2008 at 8:09 pm
@MsScarlet- LUKE…i am your great grandfather.
October 7, 2008 at 8:09 pm
@kadinsky: I was wondering about his shoulders. The coat hanger makes sense.
October 7, 2008 at 8:10 pm
I love the + – system in place on CNN. Hi;are! McOld got minuses w/in the 1st sentence.
October 7, 2008 at 8:11 pm
@spicytamale – HA!!!!!
October 7, 2008 at 8:11 pm
Hi Biscuit. I love when you make a cameo.
October 7, 2008 at 8:11 pm
i hate you tom brokaw
October 7, 2008 at 8:11 pm
Man, Brokaw is a hard-ass moderator.
Oliver Clark is wearing a hot-ass suit.
October 7, 2008 at 8:12 pm
AHHHH! Main Street!
October 7, 2008 at 8:12 pm
Oh.My.God. Suspended campaign. DRINK.
October 7, 2008 at 8:12 pm
Not only does he have a coat hanger under his jacket – the way he’s walking looks like he’s got a broomstick up his ass.
October 7, 2008 at 8:12 pm
DRINKKKKKKKKK
October 7, 2008 at 8:12 pm
Whaddup B4D!!
Y’all better lay of my Tommy Brokaw. I have an irrational oldman oldski crush on him.
October 7, 2008 at 8:12 pm
There’s no coat hanger. He just can’t STAND UP STRAIGHT. Because he is OLD.
October 7, 2008 at 8:13 pm
oliver is like, ‘uh, yeah i heard of freddie and fannie before, you motherfucking racist.’
October 7, 2008 at 8:13 pm
Whoa – don’t tell the young black man he don’t know Freddie/Fannie. Wrongful.
October 7, 2008 at 8:13 pm
Me too, BDJ, me too. I heart Tom.
October 7, 2008 at 8:13 pm
McOld whistles on his ‘s’ sounds. Why? Cuz he’s fucking old. Like, Whistler’s Mother old.
October 7, 2008 at 8:13 pm
barack looks like he wants to cut him.
October 7, 2008 at 8:13 pm
@#48 – I know – I was like WTF – Oliver prolly has a phat house in Nashvegas, you asshole.
October 7, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Oh shit – no he didn’t. Obama needs to punch him in the mouth!
October 7, 2008 at 8:14 pm
@myrtle 49: Seriously. For all he knows, Oliver works in the fucking financial sector. Asshole.
October 7, 2008 at 8:14 pm
obama: thanks, john. i will actually answer the question now.
October 7, 2008 at 8:15 pm
“need to correct McCain…not surprisingly!” HELL YEAH!
October 7, 2008 at 8:15 pm
Oliver- go for Obama. He wont treat you like a fucking manchild.
October 7, 2008 at 8:15 pm
Obama keeps saying “regulate”. REGULATOOORS! Mount up!
October 7, 2008 at 8:16 pm
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT GRANDPA IS WRITING
October 7, 2008 at 8:16 pm
@k: he’s reminding Cindy to pick up his Metamucil.
October 7, 2008 at 8:17 pm
what the hell, is that a dotted white line surrounding them on the stage??
a) where one of their campaigns will die tonight
b) spirit line to keep out the evil spirits
i choose A, final answer.
October 7, 2008 at 8:17 pm
@Kadinsky 60:
“Talking points:
– Rev. Wright.
– William Ayers.
– Terrorists.
– IMPENDING DOOM.”
October 7, 2008 at 8:18 pm
@Biscuit- bwahaha!
October 7, 2008 at 8:19 pm
oh lord.
October 7, 2008 at 8:19 pm
I totally saw this lady on the news the last time there was a tornado. “It sounded like a train!”
October 7, 2008 at 8:19 pm
Has anyone noticed how close Gramps is getting to the audience? Looked like he was going to sit down in the lap of that first guy. His attempt at “connecting personally” reminds me of when my first grade teacher taught us to go tell someone when a grown up was making us feel uncomfortable.
*shiver*
October 7, 2008 at 8:20 pm
@Bewildered – I KNOW!!! It’s scaring the piss out of me – I’m afraid he’s going to lunge at someone in the audience!
October 7, 2008 at 8:21 pm
Go Barack!
October 7, 2008 at 8:21 pm
Can we just vote now and call it a day?
October 7, 2008 at 8:21 pm
I am surprised McCain hasn’t said Maverick.
October 7, 2008 at 8:21 pm
McCain: I have been in Washington for 26 years, part of that “broken” system. Dork.
October 7, 2008 at 8:21 pm
i know one thing – i do not ever want to be that close to John McCain.
October 7, 2008 at 8:22 pm
Does McCain seem to be getting a little flustered/confused?
October 7, 2008 at 8:23 pm
@Brigid72: I know! If your party is that crappy, why are you a part of it??
October 7, 2008 at 8:23 pm
mccain’s sugar voice is making me irrationally angry.
October 7, 2008 at 8:23 pm
also, he says “inergy” instead of energy.
and he just said nuclear right.
October 7, 2008 at 8:24 pm
he can’t remember 3 things?
October 7, 2008 at 8:24 pm
I AM NOT YOUR FRIEND, McCain. Stop saying that. It makes me feel gross inside.
October 7, 2008 at 8:24 pm
don’t bullshit mccain – just say you’re going to slash and burn!
October 7, 2008 at 8:25 pm
LEIBERMAN DOES NOT COUNT. i hate that fucker.
October 7, 2008 at 8:25 pm
Working with Lieberman is SO not reaching across the aisle.
October 7, 2008 at 8:25 pm
Finally someone says it: You are not getting the same social security that granny got. Thank you for being honest while you fuck me over.
October 7, 2008 at 8:25 pm
WHAT?? 700 Billion in terrorist hands? WTF?
October 7, 2008 at 8:25 pm
Hee hee from Red State: “Why McCain so close to people? THAT’S CREEPY.”
October 7, 2008 at 8:26 pm
what did he just say? what about part of the $700 billion going to terrorist organizations? Am I drunk or just stupid?
October 7, 2008 at 8:26 pm
nice! quote the local gas price!
October 7, 2008 at 8:27 pm
@kadinsky – and he had a nice little “twang” when he said Nashville!
October 7, 2008 at 8:27 pm
“broken healthcare system” should be a bingo term.
October 7, 2008 at 8:27 pm
@Ms. Scarlet —
You might be drunk, but yes, he said it.
October 7, 2008 at 8:27 pm
Aw, guys, don’t take away my earmarks. Earmarks are giving me two more lanes on my interstate highway.
October 7, 2008 at 8:28 pm
i hope obama repeats “net spending cut” because people are still buying into this “liberal big spenders” bullshit.
October 7, 2008 at 8:28 pm
okay, time out – who the fuck thought ONE MINUTE would be an acceptable time per round?
October 7, 2008 at 8:28 pm
LMAO that last lady sounded like she had an aneurysm mid-question…
God if I wasn’t pregnant I would be drunk by now.
October 7, 2008 at 8:29 pm
@bewildered – I’ll drink for both of us! Am actually already on that track! :)
October 7, 2008 at 8:29 pm
Overhead projector. DRINK.
October 7, 2008 at 8:29 pm
“earmarks” “pork barrel”…
October 7, 2008 at 8:29 pm
Y’all are crackin’ my shit up. It’s nacho night, so I’m listening intently, but not watching per se. WHISTLER!
October 7, 2008 at 8:29 pm
we’ll drink for you bewilderedhousewife!
October 7, 2008 at 8:30 pm
McCain: the deal for the $6.8B tank was corrupt, I didn’t get anyone thrown in jail but I did save us a bunch a money by switching to Geico.
October 7, 2008 at 8:30 pm
What ARE the priorities of which you speak McCain? elaborate please!
October 7, 2008 at 8:30 pm
Ouch. Someone’s a little touchy about doing two things at once!
October 7, 2008 at 8:30 pm
Oh, and I’m drankin’ Ovaltine instead of booze. I know, I know, but I had five hours of sleep on seven hours of drank last night. I need to take it easy.
October 7, 2008 at 8:31 pm
“Doin'” – he’s dropping the “g” just like Crazy Aunt Sarah! Jesus Christ!
October 7, 2008 at 8:31 pm
LMAO @ Geico!
October 7, 2008 at 8:31 pm
Overhead projector – 2, McCain – 0
October 7, 2008 at 8:31 pm
Barack has a very shiny wedding ring.
October 7, 2008 at 8:32 pm
I’m sorry, I don’t speak “candidate.” Did Walnuts says he’s gonna cut programs but get us health care at the same time?
October 7, 2008 at 8:32 pm
weatherize is a sexy word.
October 7, 2008 at 8:32 pm
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS “CLEAN COAL”!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAARRRG!!!!!!!!!
October 7, 2008 at 8:32 pm
lol @ BFD
October 7, 2008 at 8:33 pm
AA for everrbody!
October 7, 2008 at 8:33 pm
Everyone is drunk!! Wall street, americans…woo-hoo!
October 7, 2008 at 8:33 pm
Wall Street got drunk, so is Buttercup Punch Boulevard…right now.
October 7, 2008 at 8:34 pm
@Bowling – You betcha!
October 7, 2008 at 8:34 pm
that dude in the green tie is freaking me out.
October 7, 2008 at 8:35 pm
@kadinsky – he’s got a pornstache! yikes! and some strange tic!
October 7, 2008 at 8:35 pm
$38,000 for teachers out here in Arizona
October 7, 2008 at 8:35 pm
Nice metaphor – hatchet vs. scalpel
October 7, 2008 at 8:35 pm
the wine is gone. On with the booze!
October 7, 2008 at 8:35 pm
@ brigid1 #118: How the hell does anybody live on $38K anymore?
October 7, 2008 at 8:36 pm
jaysus, McCain sounds petty.
October 7, 2008 at 8:36 pm
No, McOLD, nailing YOU is like nailing jello to a wall! Old…
October 7, 2008 at 8:36 pm
McCain: Hoover was a friend of mine…so was Roosevelt. We used to drink together.
October 7, 2008 at 8:36 pm
FUCK YOU WALNUTS! O isn’t proposing to raise taxes across the board you fucking liar!
October 7, 2008 at 8:36 pm
Hey! It’s about time we had a president who promoted protectionism.
I say this, thinking protectionism = encouraging the use of condoms.
October 7, 2008 at 8:36 pm
John needs a cane, remembers Hoover because he went to grade school with him.
October 7, 2008 at 8:36 pm
has McCain looked at Obama at all?
October 7, 2008 at 8:37 pm
@#126 – Protectionism – yes – but NOT projectionism! Think of the overhead projectors!
October 7, 2008 at 8:37 pm
Do furkids count on that child exemption, McPain?
October 7, 2008 at 8:37 pm
Do you smell bullshit? It smells like… tax credits…
October 7, 2008 at 8:37 pm
What about the tax on health insurance benefits!!!! Talk about it shithead!
October 7, 2008 at 8:37 pm
UGH i hope Obama rips into his healthcare plan.
October 7, 2008 at 8:37 pm
Oh HELL NO.
October 7, 2008 at 8:38 pm
I can’t believe these are the best Tennesseeans they could find. Give me some B4D. Give me some BDJ. And where the hell is that hot piece Phil Bredesen?
October 7, 2008 at 8:38 pm
@paisley:
Lol! But McCain is my senator! I have enough money to buy beer for tonight…
And now I wish Brokaw would stfu!
October 7, 2008 at 8:38 pm
Brokaw: 1 Obama: 0
October 7, 2008 at 8:38 pm
Obama got Brokaw Blocked.
October 7, 2008 at 8:38 pm
@MBB – Amen cuz!
October 7, 2008 at 8:38 pm
Panda, you want me to choke on my own spit and die laughing, ZOMG! Why are you so funny right now?
M is v. angry about this $7K kid thing. RAGE!
October 7, 2008 at 8:39 pm
@ brigid1: Yes, but will you have a pension when you retire, or will you ever own a home on $38K a year? Magic Eight Ball says, “Not if McCain is Elected.”
October 7, 2008 at 8:40 pm
Gramps has got gas. I can tell by the way he keeps retreating momentarily to the back of the stage when Obama speaks.
October 7, 2008 at 8:40 pm
lost a wheel!
October 7, 2008 at 8:41 pm
@SBJ#140: Why give tax breaks only to parents? What about those of us who don’t have kids? are we just there to fund the Iraq war?
@Barack: Way to let a good question slide on by.
October 7, 2008 at 8:41 pm
Fuck you McCain!
October 7, 2008 at 8:41 pm
Obama is speaking sloooooowly, so peeps can understand and not twist them there words around.
October 7, 2008 at 8:41 pm
REAGAN – drink!
October 7, 2008 at 8:41 pm
Social Security is not that tough? Really? How then would you fix it if it’s so easy?
October 7, 2008 at 8:42 pm
Why do you want a commission? Isn’t that more bureaucracy? I thought you were slashing that shit? I am soooooo confused!
October 7, 2008 at 8:42 pm
@paisley — oh, I know :-) I was being sarcastic. You can’t afford shit here. As for buying, only the rich folks from Phoenix (ie, McCain) can buy (2nd)homes in my neck of the woods.
October 7, 2008 at 8:42 pm
“i’ve taken on my own party..”
SO WHAT? all that means is you bastards fight amongst yourselves. big whup.
October 7, 2008 at 8:43 pm
@SBJ: Better than choking on your….. dispair.
October 7, 2008 at 8:43 pm
You go, girl!
October 7, 2008 at 8:43 pm
He forgot her name.
October 7, 2008 at 8:43 pm
@amazon: haaaaaaaaaa!
October 7, 2008 at 8:44 pm
If we had “friend” as a drinking keyword, I would be hammered right now.
October 7, 2008 at 8:44 pm
You know if I was doing the seating chart for this party I would have put some Vietnamese people in the front row to see if McCain has gotten over all of his tendencies to refer to them with racist epithets.
Now THAT would be a show!
October 7, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Navy ships have nuclear power plants? Really?
October 7, 2008 at 8:44 pm
McCain: “i traveled all over the world (IN A JET) examining the effects of climate change..”
October 7, 2008 at 8:45 pm
I was on ships that had nuclear power…that might explain why I keep stuttering.
October 7, 2008 at 8:45 pm
Am hypersensitive or did he start talking like an elementary school teacher in response to that African-American woman’s question?
Bad, McCain…BAAAAD!
October 7, 2008 at 8:45 pm
John McCain’s record is a wax cylinder. Obama has an iTunes play list!
October 7, 2008 at 8:45 pm
Did Walnuts just scoff at O’s concern that nuclear power should be safe?
October 7, 2008 at 8:45 pm
@pais: OMG!!! OMG!!! The gooks! Not the gooks!
McCain sez: Nucular power iz cleen! Nukes not gooks!
October 7, 2008 at 8:45 pm
Snort, Kadinsky! My, John, what a big footprint you have.
October 7, 2008 at 8:45 pm
ok, I take it back, it’s not a hanger under his jacket – it’s a sandwich board.
October 7, 2008 at 8:45 pm
I wonder if he bought carbon credits while he was flying around in that jet.
October 7, 2008 at 8:45 pm
@Brigid#158: That explains a lot.
Barack… you sound like my mom. “An obstacle is just an opportunity to build a ladder.”
October 7, 2008 at 8:46 pm
Nice job Barry!
October 7, 2008 at 8:47 pm
@MBB: It’s the all that Straight Talk. Releases lots of CO2 (hot air?) into the atmosphere.. Like a field of cows farting.
October 7, 2008 at 8:47 pm
New here, but I’ve been reading and enjoying your site for a while and had to jump in here:
I cannot believe he forgot her name! Way to reduce the perception of racism, moron.
October 7, 2008 at 8:47 pm
Ships that ran on nuclear power…but a power PLANT? I’m confused.
October 7, 2008 at 8:47 pm
@ JoeSixPack: HA! What’s a few flipper babies when we can all have a new way to line the pockets of the uber rich once fossil fuels run out?
October 7, 2008 at 8:47 pm
Tom is about to explode!
October 7, 2008 at 8:47 pm
Brokaw Blocked!
October 7, 2008 at 8:48 pm
you can totally see McCain clenching his jaw.
October 7, 2008 at 8:48 pm
I miss Tim Russert.
October 7, 2008 at 8:48 pm
Um, I don’t think we should build a bomb to heat our homes, Tom.
October 7, 2008 at 8:48 pm
he needs tom to waive at him so he will stop? He can’t even read a stop light?
October 7, 2008 at 8:48 pm
Which bill was loaded w/ the Bridge to Nowhere money?
October 7, 2008 at 8:49 pm
“THAT ONE. THE NEGRO.”
nice, john, real subtle.
October 7, 2008 at 8:49 pm
That one? WTF
October 7, 2008 at 8:49 pm
“That one”? REALLY?
October 7, 2008 at 8:49 pm
He won’t look at Obama, but he’ll point and call him, “that one.” Classy.
October 7, 2008 at 8:49 pm
Ugh, John. Stop talking down to me. And acting all snarky and high and mighty about the young man from Illinois.
October 7, 2008 at 8:49 pm
Talk about being bought off – let’s talk about Keating shithead!
October 7, 2008 at 8:49 pm
“That one”?
October 7, 2008 at 8:50 pm
@ brigid1: I miss Tim Russert, too. :(
October 7, 2008 at 8:50 pm
Ugh another idiot Tennesseean. This one has magnets attached to her right earlobe and right shoulder.
October 7, 2008 at 8:50 pm
Ooooooooh!!! Lindsey Trella is trying to get McOldie’s healthcare plan thrown undah da bus!
October 7, 2008 at 8:50 pm
Sorry Barry – there is no money in this lady’s budget for healthcare – I just do without it!
October 7, 2008 at 8:51 pm
Uuuuuuuum.
October 7, 2008 at 8:51 pm
@ MsScarlet: See, my problem with their healthcare plans is that we just keep feeding the same monster that’s gotten where we are now. Also, why should I pay for a plan I won’t use because they don’t cover alternative healthcare? Sheeeet…
October 7, 2008 at 8:52 pm
aha! the healthcare tax!!!
go, O!!
October 7, 2008 at 8:52 pm
oh yeah, Tim is greatly missed. He would be awesome right now.
October 7, 2008 at 8:52 pm
Way to list women’s issues, Barry!!
October 7, 2008 at 8:52 pm
Please god let us have universal healthcare…I’m going broke as a small business owner…!
October 7, 2008 at 8:52 pm
Way to list women’s issues, Barry!!
(That’s not snarky, btw.)
October 7, 2008 at 8:53 pm
@single-malt: WORD. MATERNITY, fools!!! Rekkonize!
October 7, 2008 at 8:53 pm
@ Bowling: Hillary would have gotten us The Big U. *sigh*
October 7, 2008 at 8:53 pm
Health records onlin? WTF? We HAVE walk in clinics. We still have to PAY FOR THEM.
October 7, 2008 at 8:54 pm
if McCain spins around much more – he fall down go boom?
October 7, 2008 at 8:54 pm
the fundamental difference between myself and senator obama is that I dont want to be in the same clinic as him in a nationalized healthcare system.
October 7, 2008 at 8:54 pm
@B4D; let’s just build the BCP compound on Canadian soil, then. Bring yo small bidness.
October 7, 2008 at 8:54 pm
5K would cover MY DEDUCTIBLE. That’s it.
October 7, 2008 at 8:54 pm
WWTF?? MY health insurance is ONLY for Arizona, you dork! I can’t use it out of state, unless I pay for it!
October 7, 2008 at 8:54 pm
why yes, john, i DO cross state lines to buy my meth.
October 7, 2008 at 8:54 pm
Apparently McCain’s people were so upset with his performance at the last debate, that they totally ignored the blogosphere’s veto of striped ties! Sheesh! I may have a seizure! And I have NO EFFING INSURANCE IF I DO, MCCAIN!
October 7, 2008 at 8:55 pm
I’ll shop around, alright.
“gold plated” plans?! LIKE YOUR OWN, MCain? How many houses do you own again?
October 7, 2008 at 8:55 pm
@203 – bwahaha!
October 7, 2008 at 8:55 pm
a five thousand dollar tax credit for people who are already on earned income credit and their adjusted gross income is already zero?? That makes absolutely no sense.
October 7, 2008 at 8:56 pm
@ B4D & BDJ: How’s about a big, big boat for the compound…INTERNATIONAL LAW!
October 7, 2008 at 8:56 pm
@PaisleyPJs#208: I KNOW! WTF? Is he trying to hypnotize us into voting for him?
October 7, 2008 at 8:56 pm
DAMN right, it’s a right, O!
October 7, 2008 at 8:57 pm
Ooooh go Obama – talkin about your mama!
October 7, 2008 at 8:57 pm
I’m not asking for much – just a dental visit, a gyno visit, and some birth control pills! FUCK!
October 7, 2008 at 8:58 pm
@ single-malt: I suddenly…feel…like…voting…for…the croney…stop me, people!
Yeah, the suspicious eye blinking and now the strobing ties–this is what I want them to talk about on the post debate on CNN!
October 7, 2008 at 8:58 pm
@pais: Maritime, bay-bee!
October 7, 2008 at 8:58 pm
@MsScarlet: LMAO
October 7, 2008 at 8:58 pm
Shhhh…best not to mention Delaware.
October 7, 2008 at 8:59 pm
McCain’s “jokes” are annoying.
October 7, 2008 at 8:59 pm
@Ms.S#216: I just want to know that if Iget hit by a bus, my medical bills won’t put me into debt for a lifetime or in bankruptcy court.
And I have a healthcare plan provided by a major corporation known for its top-notch benefits.
October 7, 2008 at 8:59 pm
McCain “We aren’t a peacemaker Phil – sit down!”
October 7, 2008 at 8:59 pm
I cannot believe after what we’ve been through with Wall Street that they would even consider slapping a Band-Aid on healthcare as it is! OY!
October 7, 2008 at 9:00 pm
Amurica: we be the peace keepers with the biggest nukes.
October 7, 2008 at 9:01 pm
@singlemalt – I feel you! I had to put a $3000 emergency room visit on my credit card – God know when it will ever get paid!
October 7, 2008 at 9:01 pm
So, he is saying that only someone with knowledge can answer the question about economic distress and peacemakers? So, who is going to answer the question then!?
October 7, 2008 at 9:01 pm
“We’re a nation of good.” Riiiight.
Good and broke, my friend.
October 7, 2008 at 9:01 pm
Kasava. Sounds like a crunchy cereal.
October 7, 2008 at 9:01 pm
OMG, Obama has a SHORT CAREER?? And Palin has….????????
October 7, 2008 at 9:02 pm
mccain’s gonna explode.
October 7, 2008 at 9:02 pm
@ MMB #229: Or one of those drinks you have in a coconut shell in a sweat lodge in New Mexico before hallucinating and talking to God.
October 7, 2008 at 9:02 pm
Palin just has a short.
October 7, 2008 at 9:02 pm
@K: I KNOW!!!! WTF?
October 7, 2008 at 9:02 pm
Man, Election Twitter crashed. It’s out of control.
October 7, 2008 at 9:03 pm
you guys, why am I just now seeing Harry Potter in the back row there?
October 7, 2008 at 9:03 pm
@paisely – You are cracking my shit up!
October 7, 2008 at 9:03 pm
@Bewildered #233: Short attention span? Short memory for what’s not a note card? Short temper with anyone who calls her “Caribou Barbie?”
October 7, 2008 at 9:04 pm
Palin better be taking notes on the McCain and Obama Doctrines.
October 7, 2008 at 9:04 pm
@ MsScarlet: GOOD! ‘Cause I don’t get to drink tonight. *sigh* Have fun for me.
October 7, 2008 at 9:04 pm
@paisley – too much wine! can’t spell!
October 7, 2008 at 9:05 pm
Oooooooh, O dropped the Holocaust!
October 7, 2008 at 9:05 pm
Okay, y’all, is it just me, or is McCain coming off like a cranky grandpa again?
October 7, 2008 at 9:05 pm
But Dick Cheney said we COULD be everywhere all the time. Watching, waiting.
October 7, 2008 at 9:06 pm
@McCain: I’m not your friend, guy.
October 7, 2008 at 9:06 pm
Oh Brigid1 – Palin doesn’t need to study gosh darnit – she’s just need some stilettos and a wink!
October 7, 2008 at 9:06 pm
someone ask about supreme court nominees!
October 7, 2008 at 9:06 pm
@ BDJ: See “Holocaust” should be that big square in the middle on Debate Bingo…everybody should get that one!
October 7, 2008 at 9:07 pm
It requires Cool Hand Luke. Clearly.
October 7, 2008 at 9:07 pm
Senator Obama would have brought our troops home in defeat? Why the hell are they there in the fist place? Lets address THAT issue.
October 7, 2008 at 9:07 pm
In what regard CHURLY?
October 7, 2008 at 9:07 pm
Also, does McCain not understand that when O was talking about a lack of a mandate for his healthcare plan, he meant that there isn’t a fine?
October 7, 2008 at 9:07 pm
Reagan? My hero? WTF?
And please shithead, define victory!
October 7, 2008 at 9:08 pm
@Pais: Can we get a bonus block that says, “My hero, President Regan”. BWAHAHAHAAAAA!!!
October 7, 2008 at 9:08 pm
McCain obviously doesn’t watch the news with this load of tripe about the war…go home gramps, they’ve got a hot water bottle and the water glass for your teeth ready for ya!
October 7, 2008 at 9:08 pm
@myrtlebeach: “what we have here, gentleman, is a failure to communicate”
October 7, 2008 at 9:09 pm
@married…not to mention the fact that even Patraeus (sp?) said that we can’t hope for “victory” in Iraq.
October 7, 2008 at 9:09 pm
Because, y’all, remember how well Reganomics worked out for us all! Give McCain the keys to the country NOW!
October 7, 2008 at 9:09 pm
POKISTON!!!
October 7, 2008 at 9:09 pm
McCain: American blood is our best asset. I need it to keep my skin from sliding off and Cindy bathes in it every day.
October 7, 2008 at 9:10 pm
@MBB: Totally. Pockets-tahn? Is it MsDirector’s country now?
October 7, 2008 at 9:10 pm
@MBB: you know what I like, baybee
October 7, 2008 at 9:10 pm
What about “earmarks” as a bingo word?
October 7, 2008 at 9:10 pm
@ BDJ #254: Anyone says “Reagan,” and you get to steal squares from the player next to you.
October 7, 2008 at 9:10 pm
Good call, Mrs. JoeSixPack. We DO have a failure to communicate.
And you know, polygamy isn’t legal here. Because *I* am married to Joe Six Pack, for real.
October 7, 2008 at 9:11 pm
evening ladies. let’ recap what I’ve missed:
Brokaw is an ass
McCain wants to nail jello to the wall
the section someone is seated in when asking a question is important?
October 7, 2008 at 9:11 pm
@ Truculent #252: Oh, hon, no. That flew over that hair-baren head of his.
October 7, 2008 at 9:11 pm
i was a model UN nerd. Its nice when people can say foreign countries names correctly.
October 7, 2008 at 9:11 pm
You can’t have two heroes! Pick one – either Reagan or Roosevelt! Stabbing myself in the eye!
October 7, 2008 at 9:11 pm
EWWWWW! I don’t want to hear about McCain’s “big stick”. Bad form, Peter.
October 7, 2008 at 9:11 pm
Hero? TR? What happened to Reagan?
Did Barry ONCE say he was going to attack Pakistan?? I did not hear that.
October 7, 2008 at 9:12 pm
@Paisley–At least he doesn’t paint on his makeup like a trollop, you cunt!
October 7, 2008 at 9:12 pm
General Petraeus – draaaaank!
October 7, 2008 at 9:13 pm
brokaw stfu
October 7, 2008 at 9:13 pm
Pokemon is my hero.
October 7, 2008 at 9:13 pm
Oooooh, McCain, you fucking whiny bitch. Let the follow-ups happen w/o all that bitchassedness!
October 7, 2008 at 9:13 pm
@truculent — I am waiting for McCain to have a public explosion on Palin and/or Cindy.
October 7, 2008 at 9:13 pm
Why does McCain keep acting as if the “freedom fighters” and the Taliban are different groups of people?
October 7, 2008 at 9:14 pm
@276 – BDJ – McCain’s gonna take his toys and go home. He’s about to blow.
October 7, 2008 at 9:14 pm
o this is goooood
October 7, 2008 at 9:14 pm
Ohhhh shit – here it comes! Throw down the mics and have a good old fashioned street fight!
October 7, 2008 at 9:15 pm
BALM BALM BALM EEEH-RAHN
yes, so sexy, keep talking…..pockiston….yesssss
October 7, 2008 at 9:15 pm
This is the shittiest town hall meeting ever. Is there a parallel universe U.S. town hall prez debate going on right now with kick ass candidates, moderator, and participants?
October 7, 2008 at 9:16 pm
“Not true, not true” – is that like “liar liar pants on fire”?
October 7, 2008 at 9:16 pm
@brigid1–I hate Palin, but I can’t imagine the verbal abuse she’s taken. Can’t wait until her tell-all comes out on November 5!
October 7, 2008 at 9:16 pm
john has known how to “get” osama all this time, y’all!
October 7, 2008 at 9:16 pm
how’s he going to get him? he hasn’t gotten him YET!
October 7, 2008 at 9:16 pm
once again, i find it BLOW MY BRAINS OUT DEPRESSING that in order to win an election in US america both people have to talk about CRUSHING and DESTROYING.
October 7, 2008 at 9:16 pm
@ B4D #279: Nah. Cindy slipped him one of her mickies before he came on stage. He’s going to have that scary grin of his pinned to his face until this thing is over.
October 7, 2008 at 9:16 pm
@K: It isn’t right how fucking funny this is. Hooked on phonics, moe foes.
October 7, 2008 at 9:17 pm
are they still talking about foreign policy?
is it wrong that I do. not. care?
October 7, 2008 at 9:17 pm
One way or another. I’m gonna find you. I’m gonna gitcha gitcha gitcha gitcha.
October 7, 2008 at 9:17 pm
This “he wants to announce that we’ll attack Pakistan” is a FUCKING LOSING ARGUMENT. McCain knows it, we know it, DOGS KNOW IT. Why does he keep talking about it? Christ!
October 7, 2008 at 9:17 pm
#283 – MBB – LOL. I agree. Let’s see some ass kicking dammit.
October 7, 2008 at 9:18 pm
@ inchworm #288: Too true, too true. Makes it kinda easy to understand why the USA is hated in the world, doesn’t it?
October 7, 2008 at 9:18 pm
@MBB/292: LOL
October 7, 2008 at 9:19 pm
ARG. MCCAIN. HE WILL NOT SAY HE WAS WRONG ABOUT THE SURGE BECAUSE HE NEVER SAID THAT WHICH YOU ARE SAYING HE SAID.
October 7, 2008 at 9:19 pm
Tim Russert is my hero.
October 7, 2008 at 9:20 pm
@truculent — You betcha. I bet her tell-all is part of Rove’s grand plan to bring McCain down. Wonder if Todd will snowmobile over McCain if he mouths off…anyway…back on topic.
Petrodollars?
KGB? Palin saw his looming head.
October 7, 2008 at 9:20 pm
DID MCCAIN JUST SAY RUSSIA’S TOO RICH TO ACT THE WAY IT DOES?
WHAT.
THE.
FUCK.
October 7, 2008 at 9:20 pm
Speaking of Russia – did anyone see the report about Putin’s video “Kung Fu w/ Putin” (or some shit like that?)?
October 7, 2008 at 9:20 pm
bwaha! OBAMA is accused of being too eager to attack? Project much?
McCain is insane.
October 7, 2008 at 9:20 pm
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
October 7, 2008 at 9:20 pm
hey john, a tip; in war there are NO WINNERS.
AGAIN with the KGB, IT’S NOT EVEN CALLED THE KGB ANYMORE YOU DUMBSHIT. GAH!
October 7, 2008 at 9:20 pm
a Kay, a Gee, and a Bee? Every kiss begins with K, McSame. I’ve got your number.
October 7, 2008 at 9:20 pm
Hey, jackass…McKeirnen said that the “surge” strategy wouldn’t actually work in Afghanistan.
Not to mention the fact that the reason why the surge “worked” is because Sunnis and Shias have been killing each other off and/or driving each other out of their neighborhoods. Entire enclaves are gone.
OH GOD, he’s talking about the KGB bullshit and Putin’s eyes again.
October 7, 2008 at 9:20 pm
Let us collectively bear down on Russia.
October 7, 2008 at 9:21 pm
@ MsScarlet #301: Yes, and people who want to be taken seriously as world leaders should at least wear a tank top to cover the MOOBS!
October 7, 2008 at 9:22 pm
As I said in the last debate, Putin is old school KGB shithead – you don’t want to go there. He’ll cut your old ass!
October 7, 2008 at 9:22 pm
@307 – MBB – I can see Nashville from my house.
October 7, 2008 at 9:22 pm
@ K #304: Showing his age with that retro remark.
October 7, 2008 at 9:22 pm
GEORGIA IN NATO?!!!! DO YOU GUYS WANT TO GO TO WWIII OVER FUCKING GEORGIA?!!!!!
October 7, 2008 at 9:22 pm
@K so true.
another truth:
you cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war. something that i GUARANTEE mccain has never, ever been able to wrap his wrinkly old head around.
October 7, 2008 at 9:23 pm
THANK YOU, Obama, for telling the truth about the Russia/Georgia conflict! CHRIST!
October 7, 2008 at 9:23 pm
You know what, y’all. Obama has evolved over this election cycle. McCain is blurting the same crapola that didn’t work early on as though it is going to ring true this time and it’s pitiful to watch! Who in the FUCK is voting for that guy?
October 7, 2008 at 9:23 pm
My eyes have officially glazed over.
October 7, 2008 at 9:24 pm
Bowling, I can see Bermuda from my house. I’m watching Catherine Zeta Jones play golf right now.
October 7, 2008 at 9:25 pm
hhahahahah terry sherry hahahaha
October 7, 2008 at 9:25 pm
PUSSY. MOUTH.
October 7, 2008 at 9:25 pm
@317 – MBB, I will trade with you!
October 7, 2008 at 9:25 pm
@kat–I missed that. Did they both say that???
October 7, 2008 at 9:25 pm
OK, I’m done. I’ve been up since 5 and I’m officially getting bored of this debate and incoherent. I love you all. Goodnight and good luck.
October 7, 2008 at 9:26 pm
@inchworm–I said the same thing.
October 7, 2008 at 9:26 pm
Terry Sherry? AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
October 7, 2008 at 9:26 pm
night, Panda
October 7, 2008 at 9:26 pm
Step. Away. From. The. Audience.
October 7, 2008 at 9:26 pm
“…a threat to the stability of the entire Middle East…”
*shakes head*
October 7, 2008 at 9:27 pm
i think the real question on everyone’s minds is, what would jesus do? hmmmm? mccain thinks he’d obliterate all the browns.
October 7, 2008 at 9:27 pm
Thank god I Tivoed the Real Housewives of Atlanta to watch after this trainwreck.
October 7, 2008 at 9:27 pm
bridge – did he just say bridge?
October 7, 2008 at 9:27 pm
stop with the whole “My Friend” thing!
October 7, 2008 at 9:27 pm
PRECONDITION PRECONDITION STINKING CORPSE PRECONDITION PRECONDITION!!!!
Can someone explain to me what they even *mean* by “precondition”?
October 7, 2008 at 9:28 pm
@truculent you are KILLING me
October 7, 2008 at 9:28 pm
So, was McCain’s answer yes or no to offer U.S. troop support to Israel if Iran attacks?
October 7, 2008 at 9:28 pm
@Bowling – Ohhh – they’re rerunning it at 11:00 – maybe we should keep the live blog running?! :)
October 7, 2008 at 9:29 pm
Obama: we should use all the tools at our disposal (includes diplomacy)
McCain: they called us names and said they hate us! bomb ’em!!
October 7, 2008 at 9:29 pm
@ JoeSixPack #334: HA! I forgot the question he rambled so much! I don’t think he answered…exactly.
October 7, 2008 at 9:29 pm
@MBB, B4D: I can see a Toyota dealership. But if I drive a bit, I can see Cuba!
We needed this question 45 minutes ago. It’s a good time for a potty/snack break.
October 7, 2008 at 9:29 pm
@kadinsky – they hate us for our freedoms – Palin said so!
October 7, 2008 at 9:29 pm
@ joesix 334: i believe his answer was “that’s a hard question.”
October 7, 2008 at 9:30 pm
@inchworm–You should’ve heard me the other night! I don’t understand how foreign policy is supposed to be this asshole’s strong suit.
October 7, 2008 at 9:30 pm
Donald Rumsfeld: “we now know there are many unknowns, there are the known knowns and the unknown…”
October 7, 2008 at 9:31 pm
@ MsScarlet #339: I thought Palin said, “Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful…”?
October 7, 2008 at 9:31 pm
What don’t you and know and how will you learn it? God, we will be here all day! Plus McCain will be dead before he is done with his list.
October 7, 2008 at 9:32 pm
@MsScarlet – you know it will be way better than this.
October 7, 2008 at 9:32 pm
I got this question in a job interview once. I just looked at them and stammered something about being a quick study.
They also asked me how many phone booths I’d build in NYC. I want to see John McCain try to answer that one.
October 7, 2008 at 9:32 pm
@paisley – Nooooo silly – I said that! Although, she probably stole it!
October 7, 2008 at 9:33 pm
is mccain saying he doesn’t know… the unknown?
October 7, 2008 at 9:33 pm
What I know well is what McCain will never know: What is means to struggle financially.
October 7, 2008 at 9:33 pm
I’d don’t want to hear about your dark times – really – not anymore!
October 7, 2008 at 9:33 pm
no, john, yer daddy was gone because he didn’t like yer mama.
October 7, 2008 at 9:34 pm
OMG IT’S SO HARD TO BE A MCCAIN!
October 7, 2008 at 9:34 pm
No McCain – no more opportunities!
October 7, 2008 at 9:34 pm
he said we will be talking about some countries that we hardly know on the map! Um, you might want to learn that. Like The Czech Republic instead of Czechlosavakia.
October 7, 2008 at 9:34 pm
Did McCain think it was Easter? Get off the cross!
October 7, 2008 at 9:35 pm
Tom: You’re blocking my script. Good night.
October 7, 2008 at 9:35 pm
Brokaw: GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY SHOT ASSHOLES.
October 7, 2008 at 9:36 pm
Good god, who was the producer of this thing? It was shiiite.
October 7, 2008 at 9:36 pm
I’m disappointed that McCain didn’t blow his top. I was hoping for it!
October 7, 2008 at 9:36 pm
Damn good thing I had you bitches, or I’d be waking up to random applause from the TeeVee right now. BOOOORING!
October 7, 2008 at 9:36 pm
no shit, what a snoozer.
October 7, 2008 at 9:36 pm
McCain won’t shake O’s hand.
What a fucking baby.
October 7, 2008 at 9:37 pm
And Cindy wouldn’t touch the commoners.
October 7, 2008 at 9:38 pm
A rare misstep for Michelle in the wardrobe dept. tonight.
October 7, 2008 at 9:38 pm
@amazon – he has absolutely no respect for Obama. It’s ridiculous and rude!
October 7, 2008 at 9:38 pm
Obama actually answered some questions. McCain attacked. Surprise.
October 7, 2008 at 9:38 pm
@MBB – I concur. At first I thought it was a cute sweater – didn’t realize it was a dress.
October 7, 2008 at 9:38 pm
@ Amazon: He snubbed Obama for The Bubba Voters.
October 7, 2008 at 9:38 pm
I have an inexplicable love for Michelle Obama.
October 7, 2008 at 9:39 pm
Chris Matthews is talking about when Brokaw asked about Treasury Secretary and McCain said “Not you, Tom.” He said it was weird. Because it was.
October 7, 2008 at 9:40 pm
@B4D–It’s not inexplicable. She is fucking awesome.
October 7, 2008 at 9:40 pm
Well, I’m certainly so much more enlightened! NOT.
October 7, 2008 at 9:41 pm
Carville is on CNN.
He says O won. Cajun style!
October 7, 2008 at 9:41 pm
Awwww – cutest shot of beer-bellied Bubba taking pic w/ Barry and Michelle!
October 7, 2008 at 9:41 pm
#371 – Truculent – it’s a little out of control for me is what I meant. :P
October 7, 2008 at 9:41 pm
OMG – I LOVE Carville!
October 7, 2008 at 9:41 pm
Just like any other primetime series: Get a good draw with rumors of something good in the first 2 episodes (debates) then the downward slide. There better at least be some bitch-slapping on the 15th!
October 7, 2008 at 9:42 pm
@MsScarlet–I know, so cute!
@B4D–I understand! She’s gorgeous.
October 7, 2008 at 9:43 pm
Not that I like Pat Buchanan, but I like to see him w/ Rachel Maddow.
October 7, 2008 at 9:44 pm
@ B4D: There was a fantastic article on Michelle this time last year in Vogue. One of the photos was a profile spanning 2 pages and all I could think was: JACKIE-O! Such a lovely person through and through.
October 7, 2008 at 9:45 pm
Did you guys notice that the McCains have already left and Michelle and Barack are still there?
October 7, 2008 at 9:47 pm
Isn’t interesting its Obama hangin’ with the Bubbas?
October 7, 2008 at 9:48 pm
Maybe they ushered McCain out because his mood elevators were wearing off?
October 7, 2008 at 9:48 pm
Bubbas for Obama!
October 7, 2008 at 9:51 pm
People are picking up on the “that one” comment that McCain made.
October 7, 2008 at 9:52 pm
Ummm – I’m still watching MSNBC and they just had some chick who is a “registered” democrat but voted for W? WTF?!?!?
October 7, 2008 at 9:52 pm
They must’ve let Palin out while McCain debated:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081008/ap_on_el_pr/palin_media
October 7, 2008 at 9:52 pm
@MsScarlet–Yeah, my husband yelled “You’re a fucking moron!”
October 7, 2008 at 9:53 pm
@385 – Truculent – my media friends are all over that and the Freddie/Fannie McCain remark. Also that McCain wouldn’t shake Obama’s hand and pawned him off on Cindy. Ooooh. Is McCain racist or just angry?
October 7, 2008 at 9:54 pm
@B4D–Both.
October 7, 2008 at 9:54 pm
@Bowling – he’s both! And it’s pathetic!
October 7, 2008 at 9:56 pm
The Obamas are still there hanging out.
The McCains skipped out.
October 7, 2008 at 9:59 pm
I never thought I’d long for the days of a Palin-Biden deathmatch, but that sucked hard.
October 7, 2008 at 9:59 pm
For the first time, I really adore Chris Matthews. He’s being very complimentary!
October 7, 2008 at 10:00 pm
Jeffrey Toobin’s on CNN ripping on Brokaw and the format.
October 7, 2008 at 10:00 pm
Oh shit – Olbermann is all over “That One”
October 7, 2008 at 10:10 pm
I missed the “that one” comment during the debate, but CNN just played it after discussing how condescending and patronizing it was.
Wow. What an ass.
October 7, 2008 at 10:50 pm
Anyone know when or if they rerun it? I figure they will eventually-if not, it may be on iTunes for free or something.
I haven’t watched any of the debates because 1) they make me nervous 2) they make me bored and 3) I like naps. So. Now that I know it went OK, maybe I can watch it and not feel nervous.
October 7, 2008 at 10:52 pm
I thought Obana KILLED, you guys! I worry, though.
October 7, 2008 at 10:55 pm
lala, I think CNN is going to going to replay the debate in a few minutes, if you think you can stay up long enough.
October 7, 2008 at 11:08 pm
Thanks, Amazon. I’ve turned over there, and it’s already putting me asleep. Maybe my nap wasn’t long enough.l I’ll see if I can flip back and forth between it and something else more stimulating. Which sounds like I mean porn, ha.