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Oh. My. God.

McCain's half of the debate had me absolutely howling. It honestly was comedy of the highest order.

There were plenty of classic lines, but my personal favorite was this: "I actually did look Putin in the eyes, and what I saw were three letters: K, G, B!" Apart from that, his constant "let's cut spending" broken record trope (all with the delicious irony of picking Ms. Bridge To Nowhere as a running mate lying beneath the surface), hilarious mispronunciation of "Ahmadinejad," completely ignoring Obama's astute mention of "Bomb Iran," his childishly devoted clinging to Reagan while never mentioning Bush once, his ludicrously loud pen-scribbling (was he using a Sharpie, or what?!), his FACES...all accidental comedy gold.

Congratulations, John, you have officially turned into a parody of yourself, or rather, your former self. And if the reaction isn't exactly like I'd predicted months ago, basically Kennedy/Nixon redux, I shall promptly find a ten-gallon hat to eat.

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Oh dear. That was brilliant. (And, yes, perhaps it was Freudian...surely his cheatin' ways haven't fully died.)

But the way I see it, McCain doesn't need Obama to point out that he's acting like a loose-screw reactionary in terms of foreign policy, since he did quite a good job of that himself, and in a way that wasn't completely lost on a large audience. I mean, he talked like everyone's patronizing but senile grandpa, and threw a lot of bureaucratic mumbo-jumbo into his speech, while Obama was clear and lucid the whole time.

I can't wait for the matchup between Biden and Palin(' In Comparison)

inyourpanorama said:
Oh dear. That was brilliant. (And, yes, perhaps it was Freudian...surely his cheatin' ways haven't fully died.)

But the way I see it, McCain doesn't need Obama to point out that he's acting like a loose-screw reactionary in terms of foreign policy, since he did quite a good job of that himself, and in a way that wasn't completely lost on a large audience. I mean, he talked like everyone's patronizing but senile grandpa, and threw a lot of bureaucratic mumbo-jumbo into his speech, while Obama was clear and lucid the whole time.

I can't wait for the matchup between Biden and Palin(' In Comparison)

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"We're ill about this position."

Dope.

inyourpanorama said:
Oh. My. God.

McCain's half of the debate had me absolutely howling. It honestly was comedy of the highest order.

There were plenty of classic lines, but my personal favorite was this: "I actually did look Putin in the eyes, and what I saw were three letters: K, G, B!" Apart from that, his constant "let's cut spending" broken record trope (all with the delicious irony of picking Ms. Bridge To Nowhere as a running mate lying beneath the surface), hilarious mispronunciation of "Ahmadinejad," completely ignoring Obama's astute mention of "Bomb Iran," his childishly devoted clinging to Reagan while never mentioning Bush once, his ludicrously loud pen-scribbling (was he using a Sharpie, or what?!), his FACES...all accidental comedy gold.

Congratulations, John, you have officially turned into a parody of yourself, or rather, your former self. And if the reaction isn't exactly like I'd predicted months ago, basically Kennedy/Nixon redux, I shall promptly find a ten-gallon hat to eat.
Why even watch the debates, Cat? You've already got your mind made up going into it all.

I know, I just don't understand it. I'm one of those stuck in the middle, so I am using the debates as a way to decide between the candidates.

But they're most excellent entertainment!

And I love watching others' minds be made up. Mind you, I've never been a fence-sitter in these kinds of things.

knkwzrd said:
I don't think fence sitters exist. Either you violently care about politics or you're indifferent and you're just voting because it seems like something you ought to do.
Fence sitters definitely exist. Given how close the two parties actually are on so many issues it makes sense that there are some people who care about politics but are undecided about which candidate to support. Fence sitter actually means someone who cares about the country enough to see past the "moral" issues that most of this lousy place votes on and concentrate on areas where such absolutism doesn't exist. People who violently care about politics often seem to be the worst informed.

If these people were actually willing to look past the bullshit moralism and were actually informed, they'd all be voting for third party candidates. American politics IS bullshit moralism.

generalmalaise said:
Is that a tacit admission you're voting for Nader?

We haven't yet opened the US presidential vote to the Canadian Annex. Given how many of us would move there in a heartbeat if we had the opportunity, and if George Bush gets 4 more years, maybe we should let Canadians vote in our election. Probably be more fun than us voting in theirs. Although I underrstand that they have a No Preference party running this year...we need a "none of the above" vote here, I swear to god.

beelzbubba said:
generalmalaise said:
Is that a tacit admission you're voting for Nader?

We haven't yet opened the US presidential vote to the Canadian Annex. Given how many of us would move there in a heartbeat if we had the opportunity, and if George Bush gets 4 more years, maybe we should let Canadians vote in our election. Probably be more fun than us voting in theirs. Although I underrstand that they have a No Preference party running this year...we need a "none of the above" vote here, I swear to god.

Oops. Momentarily forgot he was Canadian. Sorry knk, I know how that can smart. I know next to nothing about Nader's policies, but he seems to get treated in a very similar way to the Liberal Democrats in the UK i.e. a vote for Nader is a wasted vote. I won't get into the whole Bush-Gore thing.

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