McCain-Obama debate 9/26/08 live coverage (everybody loses! edition)

They're both stiffs and incredibly bad. Frankly, McCain isn't exactly spry. BHO is, as usual, a smirking [person of negative repute] and I don't think anyone outside his circle is going to appreciate him laughing at McCain in the background. Both are stumbling over their talking points.

However, I think the upshot to most people will be that McCain took Obama to school.

I also wonder why we're doing things like this when their policies are crafted by others and formulating their responses to various actions would take far more than two minutes. Why not, for instance, "cross-examine" their advisors and give them time to formulate a response? Wouldn't that accurately model how either of the two stiffs would govern?

Also: How would one write that vocal tic Obama just engaged in? "Ek-ek ek-ek-ek"?

McCain gave a very heartfelt speech in support of the troops, and BHO launched into his stock speech about his father from Kenya. Kenya? After McCain just discussed support for our vets?

Clear win by McCain.

UPDATE: America's favorite former Secretary of State, phoning in from one of the countries that don't have arrest warrants for him, says that Obama lied about his stance on speaking with Iran: link. Ten days ago, Hank said that, per UPI (link), 'the next president should initiate high-level discussions with Iran "without conditions.' That might not be a contradiction; by "high-level discussions" he might mean diplomats and not the president.

Also, I should have mentioned before the moment when BHO had to look down to see whose name it was on his bracelet:

UPDATE 2: The mother of the sargeant BHO mentioned is "ecstatic" about being mentioned on TV, but apparently the sargeant's father - her ex-husband - isn't. She also sent an email to the BHO campaign earlier in the year asking him to stop using her son's name (link, link).

Politics · Fri, 09/26/2008 - 17:23 · · Importance: 1