our debate will have not only a 3rd party candidate, but a 4th and new this year a 5th party candidate..stupid Green party.

canuckistani

Im not watching unless they let 3rd party Candidates in the debate.

Which they won't.

alman783

@josho2001: I'm stuck at work until 6am. I'll be checking this out.

PollockRoc

Got home too late. I guess McCain is showing up now?

outinthedark

Nobody should be stuck at a desk this late at night unless they're stranded on another continent. Even in Cali, you go to work early on a day like this.

josho2001

@shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog: Actually, I'll probably be watching it.

shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog

But I'd rather be stuck at my desk reading this.

shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog

CNN is streaming it, CSPAN is streaming it. I'm listening to it right now on NPR via the web.

tyskkvinna

Wow McCain looks a mess in that picture.

br4nd0n

@br4nd0n:

Exactly what I was thinking. That guy's fucking OLD.

dead_red_eyes

Canuck, the Green part wont be part of it.

And the debate is useless, Harper will win anyhow since he's the best to lead.

Dion? C'mon... Layton? Tss...

Thanks Gizmo, was looking for a feed of the debate! :D

freakerz

on a mac. Flip4Mac is flaking out on me... so I'm in Parallels watching it on CNN. what a disgrace.

LazyPanda

@br4nd0n: Would you get a load of those captions, though. Brilliant!

GarciaConcern

Man, McCain is getting torn up. Obama is floating like a butterfly and stinging like a bee. Jim Lehrer's trying to put both of them in headlocks, though. Lehrer kicks so much ass.

GarciaConcern

Obama is getting crushed…he's stumbling, bumbling and making no sense. The guys is no good without a teleprompter. He should have had Biden handle this debate for him.

joepa1

If I'm stuck at my desk at night, I'm not going to be watching two men "debate" (i.e., spouting canned answers.) I'm going to be watching the content proffered by our good friends at Fleshbot.

Ron-Mexico

@joepa1: Are we watching the same thing? All McCain seems to be doing is belittling Obama & praising the troops. We GET it - you're a war veteran. Now, bring on Palin vs. Biden!

FubarGuy

@joepa1: he's getting crushed? all mccain did was try to pull sob stories out of his ass the entire time. you could actually start a drinking game called "The Point" .. and take a shot for every time McCain says "The point is...". He had to blatantly state he was going to make a point and then never delivered.

azshall

@joepa1: I wish I had one of those alternate-reality TVs.

TKWarrior

@azshall: Ironically he also said that "I don't think Obama understands," when he clearly understands that at this point and time, resolving international relations and focusing on domestic policies are more important than pursuing a war effort we've already won by congress's loose standards.

evangelistc01

@joepa1:

How was McCain crushing anybody? Many analysts opined that Obama seemed to hold the edge, but even by the most conservative standards it was more or less even. And you mention stumbling and bumbling phrases and names- Were you even watching the debate?

WhatsUpDoc

The whole 'tell it directly to him' thing Lehrer kept trying was very off-putting.

I call this debate a draw to a minor advantage to McCain for the fact he was able to finally get *some* facts out about Obama's voting/pork record that the media has failed to pass along due to their obsession with Palin.

When word starts to get out that the financial meltdown was not only a result of the 'hands-off' approach by the Bush Admin, but the major push to get subprime mortgages forced on lenders by the Democrats (Obama included) it'll be enough to stunt some of the economic advantage. Link Obama to Dodd and Reid in the current climate could be more toxic than the McCain to Bush talking point.

+ Watch video

It's going to be an interesting drive to the finish, that's for sure.

Dancing Milkcarton

Obama just got literally pwned.

He just made 'ol G.W. sound like Kelsey Grammer. I've never heard so much stuttering in my life.

Diskoboy

Who else is recording the Biden-Palin debate?

I'm thinking about going to a bar for that one. Its going to be hilarious.

I think Biden would win with duct tape over his mouth.

diabolusunknownTheSecond

@joepa1: Dude, im an independent, but no doubt your a right wing nut job. That comment is straight from the republican talking points. You must have been watching this on Fox news somehow, where the commentators were no doubt saying McCain crushed Obama.

Now i don't think Obama did that well, but he edged out McCain by a little.

McCain pleased his base with his jabs at Obama, and Obama held his own throughout the jabs, and dropped a few of his own. It was decent, but nothing new was introduced.

Quite frankly, a tie in this debate goes to Obama, because its McCain that needs a win, and he needs one bad.

diabolusunknownTheSecond

@Diskoboy: Vote for McSame and you pwn yourself.

johnnyabnormal

@joepa1: Well, that's not how people polled right after the debates felt:

CBS News poll of Undecided voters.
40% of uncommitted voters who watched the debate tonight thought Barack Obama was the winner. 22% thought John McCain won. 38% saw it as a draw.

CNN (voting) Poll as of right now:
John McCain 34%
Barack Obama 52%
Tie 6.1%
Not sure 8.2%

Basically, McSame needed a victory tonight on what is supposed to be his strong issue, foreign policy. Maybe he should have cut and run after all.

johnnyabnormal

@diabolusunknownTheSecond: He'll win if she opens her mouth.

johnnyabnormal

@josho2001: Speak for yourself. Sometimes I go to work on the weekends just to work in complete silence. Friday is an awesome stay at work late night, nobody else is around.

shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog

@Dancing Milkcarton: I actually think Lehrer did a pretty good job. Even the audience was good. Regarding the Palin/Biden debate: McSame talking up inexperience and pork barrel spending is not going to help Palin next week. Not to mention that she can't even handle a basic question from Katie Couric:

+ Watch video

Biden is going to eat her ALIVE.

johnnyabnormal

Google "Giant Pool of Money".

phreakincool

@Dancing Milkcarton:

I agree. The Democrats act like they had nothing to do with it. It's hilarious and scary to watch at the same time. Dodd is a perfect example... who gets a "preferred" mortgage from Countrywide just for being a Senator??? No one should and the fact that he lied acting like he didn't know.

What a fuck twat.

yoshi

Will someone please tell Obama to stop stuttering?

The guy is worse than stuttering John on Jay Len (former Howard Stern).

Can he not make a point without launching "Uh" attacks on the world?????

yoshi

@joepa1:

How many times does Quobama have to say "John is right?"

Obama can't fucking speak without a teleprompter. It's amazing!

yoshi

@diabolusunknownTheSecond: @Diskoboy:

We can vote for McSame or Quobama BUT STOP THE FUCKING STUTTERING, WILL YA??

GEEZ US... the guy can't get a point across without assualting the mic.

yoshi

@yoshi: his stuttering is only better than your mumbling!

hindsight2020

@Diskoboy: Hardly... the media and those who were actually paying attention would say the opposite.

Jpesci

@yoshi: McCain stutters just as much if not more. Big deal.

Jpesci

GarciaConcern: "Obama is floating like a butterfly and stinging like a bee."

You must have seen a different debate. The one I saw featured Obama lying like rug and stammering like a feeb.

Commenter with too long a name: "I think Biden would win with duct tape over his mouth."

You apparently haven't been listening to the "Gaff Master" lately. Biden is an embarrassment to Obama, and definitely would benefit from a gag.

GadgetPlay

@GadgetPlay: Hey Gadget, where have you been?

re: Debate...what really matters is convincing swing voters. Obama won the debate in all the polls, including pure polling of undecided voters. Look around and let me know if you find a legitimate polling that says otherwise.

re: Biden/Palin...yeah, Biden makes gaffes sometimes, just like any other old fart (like McSame's endless list of gaffes) Palin IS a gaffe. I think you're trying to project the embarrassment of the McSame campaign on Biden. Palin is going to get destroyed on national television next Thurs. It's going to be a bloodbath.

johnnyabnormal

@yoshi: Yet, in every single poll, he still won the debate.

johnnyabnormal

@johnnyabnormal: Ummm, I'm a libertarian. Bob Barr's getting my vote

Sorry. I don't follow mob mentality.

The definition of insanity - trying the same thing over and over again, an expecting different results each time.

IE - Republican's and Democrats.

Diskoboy

@Jpesci: No just idiots who drank the Obama Kool-aid.

Diskoboy

Amazing, I never would have thought that we had McCain supporters on Gizmodo, I thought we were all a bit smarter than that. I thought that the only people supporting McCain were senior citizens and moronic, un-educated Christian Zealots, (pretty much the entire middle of the country). Thank god for the 55 + 31 electoral votes that California and New York have, if it weren't for that, I'd definitely have to start a secession movement to get California to secede from the union.

estephanovich

@estephanovich: Hey man, I've always said British Columbia and California, and I guess the rest to the US west coast should be our own Nation, with awsome weed.

duckballs

@estephanovich: We can all share that dream of the Republic of California.

johnnyabnormal

@Diskoboy: Uh, I'm not affiliated with any party.

Sorry, I don't follow your generalization.

Definition of ignorance - Lack of knowledge or information.

IE the summary of your comment.

FYI, Obama isn't the same shit all over again. Maybe if you actually knew what you were talking about I'd take you seriously. Especially since you aren't voting for Ron Paul, who deserves a vote more than McSame or your buddy, Rosanne Barr.

johnnyabnormal

@duckballs:
yeah we could become the United States of Canada, seperating ourselves from Jesus Land, what do they really contribute anyways? [en.wikipedia.org]

estephanovich

@estephanovich: They are the premier exporter of religious lies, racism, ignorance and moral hypocrisy. United States of Canada!

johnnyabnormal

@johnnyabnormal:
Amen to that!

estephanovich

Nononono you got it mixed around. The saying goes... that if you're not a democrat when you're 20 you have no heart... and that if you aren't a republican by the time you're 30 you have no brain.

Pantone

@Pantone: McCain/No Brain '08!!!

johnnyabnormal

@Pantone: Hopefully you're just cleaning up idioms and not actually espousing to the above phrase. It really is possible to be over 30 and vote with a conscience.

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