Topic: The Debates (Read 17104 times)

Arc · « **Reply #240 on:** October 15, 2008, 09:12:11 PM »

Wha... What the hell?

... um... Moving on:

Obama Wordle

McCain Wordle

Thad · « **Reply #241 on:** October 15, 2008, 09:17:49 PM »

See, from my perspective, to call it "lopsided" would be an understatement. I thought Obama DESTROYED McCain.

The "likeable" ratings and so forth aside, the actual poll numbers CNN produced were identical to before. But this was a clear win for Obama, 3-for-3.

I'm not ready to say it's over. I think Obama needs to run the next three weeks like he's 10 points down -- and he has the cash to do it.

But it's PROBABLY over.

As for my favorite line, it was McCain saying, of Biden, "He has made some serious mistakes in foreign policy, which is supposed to be his strong point."

Also, "People who make six figures shouldn't share the wealth" is a stupid, stupid platform to run on in this economy.

Detonator · « **Reply #242 on:** October 15, 2008, 09:21:26 PM »

Quote from: Thad on October 15, 2008, 09:17:49 PM

I'm not ready to say it's over. I think Obama needs to run the next three weeks like he's 10 points down -- and he has the cash to do it.

In the case of ad saturation, yes. But if McCain is any indication, you don't want to run a campaign like you're 10 points down.

Arc · « **Reply #243 on:** October 15, 2008, 09:27:15 PM »

Favorite line from McCain of the night? When he called Trig autistic.

Romosome · « **Reply #244 on:** October 15, 2008, 09:30:02 PM »

I really would like an actual explanation for the silly faces. I'm sure there's a good one and I'm not going to be the other-side-of-the-fence equivalent of the terrorist-fist-bump crowd.

Joe, you're rich. We don't give a shit what you used to be, and if you were a decent fucking human being you'd realize that giving up a bit of it would help the people that used to be in the same boat as you.

Brentai · « **Reply #245 on:** October 15, 2008, 09:37:29 PM »

He really does represent the upper-middle-class bracket. Many of them tend to act like to the point that they honestly believe they are wealthier than they are. A lot of this, I'm starting to figure out, is a survival mechanism - there's a certain salary point at which people start to judge your merits by how much you're apparently getting paid for them.

Arc · « **Reply #246 on:** October 15, 2008, 09:44:10 PM »

Joe The Plumber: Not Registered To Vote.

26 times.

Brentai · « **Reply #247 on:** October 15, 2008, 09:48:39 PM »

...are they allowed to report that?

Disposable Ninja · « **Reply #248 on:** October 15, 2008, 09:49:45 PM »

ACORN didn't even fake a registration for him?

SCD · « **Reply #249 on:** October 15, 2008, 09:51:59 PM »

Hey, looking for non-rm source of debate.

Can anyone be of assistance?

sei · « **Reply #250 on:** October 15, 2008, 11:21:56 PM »

Disposable Ninja · « **Reply #251 on:** October 15, 2008, 11:26:27 PM »

robot master?

Classic · « **Reply #252 on:** October 15, 2008, 11:33:52 PM »

Reuters Media?

Classic · « **Reply #253 on:** October 15, 2008, 11:34:10 PM »

Rock Mastercock?

Thad · « **Reply #254 on:** October 15, 2008, 11:46:24 PM »

Quote from: Rock on October 15, 2008, 09:27:15 PM

Favorite line from McCain of the night? When he called Trig autistic.

My grandmother, who has a doctorate in special ed, spent most of the evening trying to make sense of why he mentioned autism instead of Down syndrome. Her best guess was that autistic children don't have the support in our educational system that Down's children do and that parents of autistic children are the ones more likely to feel they need help.

sei · « **Reply #255 on:** October 15, 2008, 11:51:14 PM »

Maybe it was a grab for Ron Paul's aspie contingent.

Thad · « **Reply #256 on:** October 15, 2008, 11:53:01 PM »

Even if he'd said Down syndrome, Gran noted that Palin only had the baby six months ago and isn't exactly an expert based on that. (She also added, when I brought up the "is it really her baby?" rumor from a couple months back, that statistically it's MUCH more likely for a mother in her forties to have a baby with Down syndrome than a teen mother to.) Eventually, she thought she remembered hearing Palin's sister had an autistic child, but a cursory glance at Google and Wikipedia doesn't provide any immediate support for that; can anyone else find anything to that effect?

Quote from: Rock on October 15, 2008, 09:44:10 PM

Joe The Plumber: Not Registered To Vote.

26 times.

See, I'm more inclined toward

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Norondor · « **Reply #257 on:** October 16, 2008, 12:08:12 AM »

Rootdown: Good Poster At-Law

Brentai · « **Reply #258 on:** October 16, 2008, 01:42:15 AM »

I'm just gonna go with "John McCain doesn't know the difference between autism and Down syndrome."

Not to be too shitty on the guy, but if he doesn't know the difference between the ethnic groups he's pushing a war against, it's fair to say he hasn't taken the time to learn the difference between learning disabilities. And if he has, he should have been using that time to learn the difference between the ethnic groups he's pushing a war against, fucker.

Thad · « **Reply #259 on:** October 16, 2008, 03:34:05 PM »

Joe the Plumber not a licensed plumber; also not actually named "Joe".

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