This should be interesting. Which McSame will show up? I’m betting on Sunny Reagan McSame.
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I’m rooting for the audience. In the hope that if McCain tries to evade a question or change the subject they boo him.
That would be cool.
Tom Brokaw is such an uptight a-hole.
lol. I’ve always liked Tom. Back in the day I liked him better than Rather and Jennings.
I don’t like any of the current anchors.
McCain’s liaison has selected questions.
blood red tie and extra botox for Brokaw tonight
Brokaw in the tank for McCain. He’s a POW no criticisms allowed.
McCain with a warm greeting. One lesson learned.
Obama’s tie is very Elite. McCain’s looks like something he’d wear to the Rotary Club meeting.
Good line about getting the money back from the AIG execs and their boondogle.
I have no idea how his answer really answered the man’s question though.
McCain comes out snide.
Looks like McAngry showed up tonight…snide remark to Obama right out of the gate.
Do something about home values? Progressive McCain?
here is my prediction
john mccain is incoherent and twitchy
john mccain has a stroke…possibly tonite…right on the floor of the debate.
newt gingrich steps in as the candidate.
McCain has a better answer than Obama – to buy up the mortgages. Much more personal to people.
sounds good but can’t fool Americans you can buy up all the mortgages. No money.
It wasn’t McCain’s idea. It was Obama’s two weeks ago.
John McCain is going to stabilize home values to fix everything, my friends…He knows how to do that.
what did he just say to brokaw?
the nervous laugh after was weird
yeah, that “joke” dropped like a lead balloon
Meg Whitman for treasury secretary?
Why does McCain whistle when he speaks? Don’t his dentures fit right?
I was wondering the same thing.
eBay just announced layoffs. Real assuring pick there.
Meg Whitman is McCain’s standard answer. Not the first time.
especially since ebay just laid off people today.
Obama not answering the question on Treasury Secretary and changing the subject.
well, you don’t announce until you announce.
He totally changed the subject.
Neither should have to carry the burden of another person in their campaign now. They already have whatever their Vice President and staff says. No – good move on Obama’s part.
i liked he didn’t announce. why announce before he wins?
He didn’t have to announce. But he changed the ENTIRE subject. A la Palin.
did brokaw just spank obama?
Would I be wrong to say that McCain is doing very badly?
yes wrong
I don’t think either of them are doing well, to be honest.
Me either although this answer by Obama about what the crisis is all about is getting better.
im drinking homemade limoncello….how bout you?
oh YUM. I have some non-homemade. I may have to break it open to get through this.
Red wine. Maybe you could share your limoncello recipe so I’m better prepared for the last debate? 🙂
my big batch limoncello recipe for holiday gifts
4 bottles 100 proof vodka
peels (no white pith) of 40 lemons
soak together in glass container(s) for a month
add 4 more fifths of vodka and soak for another month
drain thru cheesecloth and add simple syrup
simple syrup – 16 cups sugar plus 16 cups water heat and stir till melted then cool and add to vodka.
bottle it up….makes 13 bottles of limoncello.
if you want to get fancy add vanilla pods or lavender shoots to the second month of soaking.
That makes watching this debate worthwhile.
Cool. When you say no white pith with the lemon peels, are you saying none of that white stringy stuff should be on the peels?
yes….you have to buy a really good peeler and protect your hands and nails by holding the lemon in a cloth.
Thanks, if I start now I’ll have some at Christmas. Perfect.
Jim Beam and Coke Zero.
Based on my personal experience, I can already tell a John McCain presidency would be a boon to many businesses – in particular, anyone brewing or distilling alcohol.
iced green tea. Still on my diet.
Oliver Clark wants to know what’s in the bailout package that will actually help regular people.
McCain talks platitudes and goes back in history and blames Democrats.
Why can no one actually explain the theory behind this bailout package to ordinary Americans?
i can
the continuing transfer of wealth from the middle class to the ruling class that started with ronald reagans trickle down economics
At least McCain isn’t speaking so fast that I can’t keep up.
mccains tie makes me want to hand him a clown nose and some big shoes
obama better be ready with a good comeback to the freddie fanny stuff
we’ve to buy up these mortgages….McCain rails against Fannie and Freddie. Yet it’s Freddie that will have to buy up these loans.
You’re not interested in hearing politicians pointing fingers. NO KIDDING BARACK.
This is a better answer than McCain’s.
That was the best line of the night so far.
That whistling from McCain is making me crazy.
McCain’s makeup seems caked on to me — and I don’t have Hi Def. I can’t imagine what he looks like in that.
I am watching in HD. I envy you.
Oh god, the carnage.
for some reason i have kinko the kid loving clown playing in my head as i listen to mccain and keep looking at that tie.
CNN’s graph is distracting….mostly they like Obama’s answers and I think they fall asleep when McCain drones on and on
Let us know if there’s a big jump for anything.
The negative stuff just tanked with the audience. They don’t like mean old guy.
CBS is showing a split screen – nice closeup of Obama.
I think McCain is listless.
I thought there was a rule that they had to stay inside a zone and not approach the audience? It’s kind of creepy how he’s right on top of them.
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Brokaw is framing the question to Obama reframes it softball for McCain Why?
Mr. Obama, are really saying that the economy is about to explode and we’re all going to lose our homes and die?
sleaze
McCain keeps saying he knows how to fix things, but he never says how….
You noticed that too?
McCain can’t talk tonight.
God Dammit John, we are not “your friends”.
Oh yeah, invoke the name of Joe Lieberman as working across the aisle.
Entitlement reform is a pressing national security issue?
McCain says he’ll cut entitlements
Obama= Jetsons
McCain= Flintstones
McCain is so low energy, I can’t imagine him making it to lunchtime without needing a nap.
the people in Ohio with the graphs, really do seem to like Obama way better than McCain…
Obama is being very specific. Like that
he is a little too wonky for dumbass america
I hope McCain says Old People have to sacrifice Social Security payments and Medicare.
That would require more honesty than John McKKKain possesses.
brokaw just spanked obama again on time
thats pissing me off
Brokaw is in the tank for McCain. He’s a POW – show respect.
Ooh, poor people will sacrifice. Thanks, McCain.
Oooh, the women don’t like talk of a spending freeze.
Trying…not…to make…shopping joke…
In many households the woman manages the budget (not to mention single women). They are pretty savy about what happens during a spending freeze.
spending freeze!!!!!!!
no college loans, no fixing bridges, no new energy spending
cmon obama
what did bush do at the outset that was smart?
america is hungry for intelligent thinkers
Interesting – by wandering around and refusing to sit in between, McCain is robbing himself of screen time. When Obama does it – he gets the split screen.
Unfortunately for McCain, this format makes him look old. He keeps getting up and tottering around.
good fucking answer obama….use a scalpel
yeah, it was a great answer.
Have you noticed how the audience is all dressed in their Sunday best?
they continue not to like the negative mccain
McCain flat-lines on his jokes. Did someone tell him he was funny? They lied.
There’s a new thread up.
????????the rules are pretty loose????????????
for brokaw
Everyone agrees? Tom, everyone agrees on Medicare. Not Social Security.
Stark. Obama is specific in his answers. McCain vague. I know how to fix it.
New thread here
A commission!!!! What a great time wasting idea. Because Congress always passes the ideas that commissions come up with.