Megorious

Even though John McCain has already won the debate he is putting the country first tonight and going through with it anyway. What a patriot!

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FINAL THOUGHTS: While many of the pundits on various channels were quick to anoint John McCain the winner, I don’t see it that way. Barack Obama didn’t win but he did stand his ground. Neither candidate knocked this out of the park.

Obama preformed much better than I thought he would. He seemed comfortable, at ease, and presidential at many times.

McCain, on the other hand, didn’t come off as presidential once. He never looked at Obama and he seemed to be condescending, but not in a wise, learned elder sort of way.

I guess you could call it a draw, a tie, whatever. But McCain, who has had two bad weeks in a row, has a lot more to lose from an even debate.

10:37:55 PM – And scene! Michelle Obama and the bride of Frankenstein come out to greet their husbands. Cindy McCain’s dress is blinding, like fire in my eyes.

10:37:01 PM – POW! BAM! ZAP! McCain finally pulled out the POW card.

10:35:48 PM – Kenya dig it!

10:35:10 PM – McCain: “I know the veterans and I know them well… I will take care of them.” Riiiight.

10:34:35 PM – Jim Lehrer just had the most dazed look on his face.

10:33:40 PM – Obama looks and sounds more presidential than McCain.

10:32:22 PM – Iraq has all of our money.

10:30:56 PM – Reagan! Reagan! Reagan!

10:27:06 PM – Shout-out to Joe Lieberman!

10:25:27 PM – Obama shouldn’t be interrupting McCain but McCain is a liar, liar, pants on fire.

10:22:21 PM – McCain does know that Georgia attacked Russia first, right?

10:18:45 PM – They’re talking about Russia – isn’t that Sarah Palin’s field of expertise.

10:15:38 PM – Boy, they are really bickering right now.

10:13:03 PM – McCain: “I don’t even have a seal yet.” I think he was referring to Obama’s failed seal from a few months ago. But all I can think about is Sarah Palin’s wasteful seal DNA research.

10:12:14 PM – “On Shaky Ground” sounds like a Steven Seagal movie.

10:10:01 PM – McCain’s repetitive shuffling of papers and scribbling of notes is distracting. I haven’t noticed Obama with paper and pen all night. Though, Obama is considerably taller and we can’t see his podium. But still, I haven’t heard any shuffling or scribbling coming from him.

10:08:08 PM – Jim Lehrer asks, “Senator, what about talking?” Then McCain tries to say Ahmadinejad three times fast.

10:07:17 PM – Is an “arms race” a race of people made out of arms or a race similar to that of the three-legged race.

10:05:22 PM – I wonder which house McCain will sleep at tonight?

10:03:20 PM – An existential threat, a second holocaust, and straight talk all in one breath. Impressive.

10:02:26 PM – Look out! McCain’s got a Sharpie!

10:01:11 PM – Obama: “I have a bracelet, too.” Was that a jab at McCain’s medical alert bracelet?

10:00:07 PM – I smell a “POW” reference…

9:58:55 PM – McCain has “a record.” And a record player.

9:58:00 PM – McCain just mentioned Ronald Reagan. Every Republican in America just got hard.

9:56:00 PM – Damn. Obama just called out McCain for his “Bomb Iran” song. When you say Iran correctly, like Obama does, it doesn’t really fit with “Bop- a- ran.”

9:54:04 PM – Don’t say anything out loud! Keep it super secret.

9:53:38 PM – McCain is still not looking at Obama. He’s only looking at Lehrer.

9:52:49 PM – I can’t believe it’s been almost an hour. Time flies when you’re having fun.

9:51:44 PM – The truth about Iraq is like hemorrhoids that won’t go away. Get a donut!

9:51:01 PM – Obama says “Taliban” and “Pakistan” like a Muslim. A clandestine Muslim with a controversial Christian Pastor.

9:49:37 PM – Obama keeps pointing out every lie McCain keeps saying. He’s said “that’s not true” several times.

9:48:45 PM – Why is McCain smiling and grinning?

9:47:04 PM – Charlie just pointed out: “It’s amazing how the Republicans have been able to spin it to say it’s unpatriotic to say we’re not winning the war.”

9:45:39 PM – Barack Obama calls John McCain “John.” John McCain calls Barack Obama “Senator Obama.” And why won’t McCain look at Obama?

9:44:54 PM – “The war started in 2003.” That was five years ago for everyone at Emerson.

9:43:57 PM – Obama just gave a shout-out to Joe Biden, who hopefully is watching at home on his TV.

9:43:22 PM – Sheila: “I like how Obama looks into the camera.. like he’s speaking directly to ME.”

9:41:41 PM – “Put Al Qaeda to rest.” Is that like letting them take a nap? Are they tuckered out?

9:40:14 PM – Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran!

9:39:36 PM – McCain has a “good partner” in Sarah Palin. And Sarah Palin has a friend in Jesus.

9:38:54 PM – “An orgy of spending.” Obama is making this sexy.

9:38:00 PM – Jim McCain!

9:37:07 PM – I disagree with Jim, who thinks McCain is winning: so far this is a draw. Obama seems more at ease than McCain.

9:36:06 PM – Josh Marshall points out: “McCain’s been called out on that $42k lie a hundred times. Telling it again.”

9:34:08 PM – Sheila points out: “McCain blinks about as much as bush when he speaks.”

9:33:46 PM – Hasn’t McCain already suspended Veteran affairs? He doesn’t seem to care about his own…

9:32:52 PM – “Google for government” sounds funny when you say it out loud. Go ahead, do it!

9:32:30 PM – Lehrer just called them both out.

9:31:18 PM – McCain knows how to do everything. He just doesn’t actually do it. Like how he knows how to catch Bin Laden…

9:29:46 PM – McCain is going to reacharound the aisle.

9:28:24 PM – Aaron wants to know: Why doesn’t McCain look at Obama when responding?

9:25:18 PM – Obama needs to be polite. Do not interrupt McCain and stop grinning.

9:24:29 PM – I can’t imagine what would have happened had social security been privatized this week – there’d be nothing left.

9:22:47 PM – Pizza’s here!

9:19:01 PM – Josh Marshall just pointed out that Obama is wearing a flag pin on his lapel. McCain is not.

9:18:01 PM – Obama gets to tell the entire country that he will cut 95% of taxes, despite McCain’s months and months of lying about the facts.

9:15:55 PM – McCain just said that he has a “pen.” Well, Bob Dole had a pen.

9:15:10 PM – “Earmarking is a gateway drug.” That’s an interesting way to put it. I wonder if he talked to his own vice presidential nominee.

9:14:14 PM – McCain should stop saying “fundamental.” It’s only reminding everyone of what he said last week.

9:12:42 PM – McCain got a laugh by making a crack about his hearing.

9:12:12 PM – I can’t help but think that on a Friday night so many people are glued to television sets watching a presidential debate.

9:10:28 PM – McCain: “A lot of us saw this coming.” But did nothing..?

9:08:53 PM – McCain’s voice was quivering during his opening remarks. Not quivering due to his concern for Ted Kennedy though. McCain is obviously nervous.

9:06:18 PM – McCain is despicable. His remarks about Ted Kennedy were strictly an insincere political stunt. Sickening.

9:04:12 PM – Lehrer has already cornered both candidates — but McCain especially — with the first question about taking a stance on the economic crisis.

9:03:51 PM – A black man and a white man walk into a presidential debate…

9:02:09 PM – Jim Lehrer representing! He’s making big hands like Jesus.

This Politicklish entry was posted Friday, September 26th, 2008 at 8:41 pm.
Tags: 2008 Election, Barack Obama, debates, Iran, Iraq, Jesus, Jim Lehrer, Joe Biden, John McCain, Sarah Palin