Debate Liveblog

Saturday, September 27th, 2008

From my liveblog twitter account:

  • 21:04 What a great opening question Jim Lehr…..zzzzzzzzzz #
  • 21:07 McCain: This is the first time Democrats and Republicans have sat down together? #
  • 21:12 I should have added “Main Street” to our drinking game terms. We’d already be wasted! #
  • 21:15 What does McCain know about gateway drugs? #
  • 21:19 It would be nice if they said things that aren’t in their commercials. #
  • 21:27 I think that round goes to Obama. McCain looked shifty and evasive where Obama gave context. #
  • 21:33 Fuck you, McCain, for pretendding like you care about veterans. #
  • 21:34 Anyone else bothered by John McCain’s whistle? #
  • 21:35 “Rule the country,” Lehrer? Really? #
  • 21:36 Fuck you, McCain, please hand the health care industry over to the government! #
  • 21:39 Is that the first time the word “orgy” has been used in a presidential debate? #
  • 21:41 I think McCain wants to fellate Gen. Petraeus, #
  • 21:47 “Let us win?” Sounds like a fairy tale – which explains why Obama leads among active military. #
  • 21:50 When you put a cop on every corner, there will be less crime. The surge only works if you can dial it down without crime picking up. #
  • 21:54 McCain: “You don’t say it out loud” That’s right, you do it from your secret bunker underground, Dick Cheney. #
  • 21:56 “Gen. Patreaus says…” “Under Gen. Petraeus…” John McCain sounds like the guy arguing politics by saying “My father says…” #
  • 22:00 Ooh, smack down of the dead soldier mothers! Take that John McCain. #
  • 22:00 Ooh, smack down of the dead soldier mothers! Take that John McCain. #
  • 22:01 I have a bracelet, two rings, a toe ring, 14 dog tags and three necklaces given to me by dead soldier mothers! #
  • 22:03 McCain: “When I’m in charge of a subcommittee, I take care of my responsibilities” – you mean, like when you ran the Commerce cmte? #
  • 22:04 McCain: “A League of Democracies” – greatest superhero team ever! Way better than a “Coalition of the Willing” #
  • 22:07 By not talking to Spain… #
  • 22:10 Chavez and Ahmadinejad were democratically elected. We may not like it, but they ARE legitimate. #
  • 22:15 Obama: These issues are more complex than stupid talking points. McCain: Stupid talking points. #
  • 22:20 McCain is hinting that his gut instinct lead him to a better position on Russia. Didn’t his gut also tell him to cancel this debate? #
  • 22:25 Call him on the lies, Obama! #
  • 22:28 9/11 and bipartisan are words on our drinking game rules. It’s time to get drunk! #
  • 22:31 How many times is McCain going to say “Obama still doesn’t understand” or “he still doesn’t get”? #
  • 22:33 Obama is making a great point that no one will understand. #
  • 22:37 That was disappointing. Lehrer should have asked more questions relate to the financial crisis. #
  • 22:39 Also, there’s more to foreign policy than just the war. Where’s the discussion of NAFTA, free trade, China, etc.? #

In retrospect, those comments probably don’t make much sense outside of context.

Anyway, my analysis, McCain might have won in the short term, but it doesn’t matter because foreign policy is a distant third as far as priorities go for the voting public right now. Game total still goes to Obama.

Also, to explain the typos, here were the rules for our Debate party drinking game:

Take a drink every time one of these things happens:
1. McCain refers to the American people as “folks”
2. Obama refers to the American people as “brothers”
3. Anyone mentions the name “Carly Fiorina”
4. Anyone mentions the 9/11 attacks
5. Jim Lehrer asks a question about McCain’s health
6. Jim Lehrer asks a question about Obama’s religion
7. Anyone uses the phrase “pulling out” (note: drink twice if this is not said in relation to troops in Iraq)
8. McCain refers to himself as a “maverick” “POW” or “geezer”
9. Obama refers to himself as “humble” “agent of change” or “homeboy”
10. McCain mentions “Gov. Palin”
11. Obama mentions “Joe Biden”
12. McCain mentions “George Bush”
13. Obama mentions “Hillary Clinton”
14. Jim Lehrer asks a question about abortion, gun control, gay marriage, or evolution
15. Either candidate threatens war against Iran, Russia, Pakistan, Colombia, Spain, Canada or a country that no longer exists like the USSR or Czechoslovakia
16. Jim Lehrer asks a hard-hitting question about why McCain suspended his campaign.
17. Every time Obama reminds the audience that he opposed the war
18. Every time McCain reminds the audience that he supported “the surge”
19. Every time Obama tells us his tax plan will cut taxes for all but the very rich
20. Every time either candidate or the host praises or thanks the fine people of Mississippi

For the heavy drinkers, try to keep up with a drink each time these words come up:

  • Bailout
  • Experience
  • Working Class
  • Out of Touch
  • Change
  • Four more years
  • China
  • Terror/Terrorist
  • Evil
  • God
  • Bipartisan
  • Hope
  • I disagree
  • We agree on…

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