Dems are putting Biden out to counter. Reps? Guliani. Not Palin. Oi.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
One commentator said McCain had no "senior moments." Gee, that's setting a high bar. Yay, McCain didn't soil himself!
Also, MSNBC said McCain won.
One of the talking heads hit a point I'd noticed: McCain was trying to paint Obama as a risky choice, but Obama didn't give him any evidence for it. Obama looked less experienced, maybe, but still a safe enough choice.
Huh. The poll on the MSNBC site has Obama beating McCain in the debate, 74.5% to 19.5%.
I like Obama and I thought he held his own nicely in what should have been his weaker debate area, but I didn't think he did that well.
DH just made a good point - neither one of us quibble that McCains experience spans decades. Why were so many of his examples from the 80s?
And Obama showed more of a grasp on foreign policy than Bush. IMHO.
CNN says Obama won big. An CBS scientific (phone) poll of undecideds had Obama winning 40 to 22.
I considered watching the debates but just couldn't handle it. Watched Across the Universe instead. Equally surreal but with much better music.
I think the Republican attempt to paint Obama as young and inexperienced may have set up some lowered expectations for him. The way the GOP was talking about Obama pre-Palin, you would think he couldn't talk about Russia because he wasn't in office during the cold war. Clearly that wasn't the case.
Okay, thank you Olbermann for pointing this out - McCain stating that he will make sure the US never tortures a prisoner again. The Pakistan was a failed state and we all know it thing - not to mention getting the President's name wrong - is probably worse, but much less likely to be picked up on.
Watched Across the Universe instead.
Nice. I wish my disc hadn't gone walk-about. Ended up watching the debate with half attention. I kept wanting Obama to hit back at the "judgement" accusations with "do you think choosing Palin showed good judgement?"