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Tonight's Debate
| Tue, 10-07-2008 - 10:21pm |
is anyone watching the debate? What do you think so far? Who is 'winning'? They don't seem to be answering many audience questions.
| Tue, 10-07-2008 - 10:21pm |
is anyone watching the debate? What do you think so far? Who is 'winning'? They don't seem to be answering many audience questions.
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>>IMO, it's also in bad taste for obama to say something like 'when i'm president'.
That is a very common thing to say. Each of the candidates say it on a regular basis -- heck, they started doing it in the primaries. (I have noticed that Palin says something really long about being privileged, etc., etc.) It doesn't bother me at all to hear either candidate say, "When I'm president..."
Laura
>>I also felt Brokaw was slanted towards McCain. There were a few times Obama wanted to call McCain on lies he was telling, and wasn't allowed to respond.
I disagree. I think Brokaw was desperately trying to get the candidates to adhere to the rules they had agreed to. I felt badly for him. I also felt that he didn't handle things very gracefully. But I don't think he showed any bias toward either candidate.
Laura
What bothered me about McCain, and my 28 yr old son was watching with me and will be voting for the first time, was counting all the times McCain said "My Friends" and "I know how to do that"
I thought it was pretty boring. There was no new information, more political babble. I thought Obama looked most comfortable. I thought McCain looked angry and sounded patronizing at times ("that one" and "you probably didn't even know what Freddie Mac and Frannie Mae were"). Not a good night for him.
I wish we could have heard more specifics. If I were undecided, I'd be very frustrated at this moment.
Laura
Edited 10/7/2008 11:22 pm ET by jjcruise3
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