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texascoleman said on October 7th, 2008 at 9:00 pm

I love how being opposed to the War in Iraq is a “left leaning position”

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I love reading this liveblog. Yes, I’m watching the damn thing, but it’s so much better to read it here simultaneously.

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EndOfTheWorld said on October 7th, 2008 at 9:04 pm

Oh man I’m gonna drink some Thunderbird and take my pants off with Tom Brokaw’s permission

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F5 F5 F5. LOOK AT THE LINES ABOUT GETTING MONEY BACK FORM THE CEOS.

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Checking out the debate here from work. Why did I agree to close tonight? Why?!

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Man, I love election years. I always feel so special and wanted. Go Ohio!

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Johnny Oso said on October 7th, 2008 at 9:07 pm

McCain waddled out to the first question.

I giggled.

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Is McCain disturbingly close to these people or what? Talk about invading people’s personal space.

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EndOfTheWorld said on October 7th, 2008 at 9:09 pm

McCain’s odd sense of humor is venturing dangerously close to “pissy”

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I should really be asleep. Damn politics for being interesting! And damn MGK for being funny!

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Obama: “I have to correct a bit of Senator McCain’s history – not surprisingly.”

Eat it you old bastard! EAT IT!

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hoo boy the lines love Obama talking about the economy.

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But you love the plane*arium!

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Whoever is playing a drinking game with “my friends” as a trigger is already hammered.

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New way to think of female lines: Topping out = orgasm.

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Enough of Tom Brokaw whining about the candidates going over their allotted time. Next debate, just cut the mics, because unless Brokaw declares that he’s two seconds from cutting a bitch, it’s just a waste.

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^^^ That would be the single most entertaining thing ever.

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EndOfTheWorld said on October 7th, 2008 at 9:58 pm

John McCain will make you INSURE YOUR CHILDREN!

Dun dun dunnnnnnnnnnn

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>the McCain plan will lead to nobody having healthcare and Road Warrior-like battles in the New Mexico desert

Woah… careful. That’s awesome enough to swing the nerd vote to McCain. All we need is a guarantee that the radiation will cause all women to look like Sybil Danning and that fur bikinis will be compulsory.

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oh please that question about being a peacemaker, COME ON

pacemaker maybe

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and Road Warrior-like battles in the New Mexico desert

Someone hasn’t tried to buy gas in Atlanta lately.

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Or gas in Charlotte. 😛

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I’m loving how much McCain is flopping all over the place. Undecideds in Ohio say “Obama ahoy!”

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Then, and I cannot believe this, McCain says that being President needs a “cool hand at the tiller,” because when you think “somebody not commanded by a powerful and irrational temper,” you think John McCain!

Holy Christ. The man has absolutely no sense of self, does he? I’m actually not completely believing that he said that, and I’m too embarrassed for the human race to watch. And the name “Budd Dwyer” sticks in my brain.

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“Talking too loudly”? For serious?? *not watching* Oldy old McOlderson.

I’ve put in my election related time thanks very much, I will read a website blocked at my elections job to get my elections news. So far, it sounds damn good F5 F5 F5

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There seems to be a lot of whining, I do not regret not watching anymore.

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McCain: “Second cold war? Pfffft! Don’t be stupid, that’ll never happen. Second holocaust, on the other hand, might happen any day now.”

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Your liveblogging is my new favorite thing ever, even though the word “liveblogging” itself sounds like something that fish do for “adult” entertainment. I can live with that, though. That’s not a promise that I’ll be down with *any* ichthyologic or other kinkiness you happen to come up with, nor a waiver of any possible rights I may have in the near future to sue you for damages when I saturate my keyboard in a massive caffeinated spit-take due to your awesome sexy liveblogging.

Yes? Yes!

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@PureDoxyk : my job lists this page as “adult”, so there you have it.

At first I thought Cindy McCain was the borg, but she is clearly a new model of Cylon.

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Budd Dwyer – Budwiser. That might be why it sticks.

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I think Cindy was scared when Obama patted her on the shoulder. Either that or she was pissed that he had attempted to make friendly contact.

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I less than 3 these live blogs. So, so rad.

“I know you’re talking to idiots tonight, but come on.”

Well, that’s the problem. Obama can’t convince McCain supporters who think he’s the ZOMG anti-christ. These are the same people who can believe that a “maverick” can “keep his cool with his hand in the tiller.” Also the ones who would like to simultaneously believe that Obama has no experience whatsoever but yet still managed to indulge in “cronyism.”

So they’re right out.

The undecided voters are really the only ones left, but consider these are the people who still haven’t made up their minds about who is a better candidate.

Smart?

Not so much.

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“At first I thought Cindy McCain was the borg, but she is clearly a new model of Cylon.”

Actually, I always thought Saul and Ellen Tigh bore a STRIKING resemblance to the McCains…

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Dude, how did you miss the fact that McCain refused to shake Obama’s hand?

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By the way, what constitutes “potential first lady”? Because depending on that definition, Elizabeth Kucinich might deserve some consideration.

No, wait. She definitely does. Can we consider her for a moment?

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Dennis Kucinich may have lost the primary, but he wins at life.

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lance lunchmeat said on October 8th, 2008 at 12:14 am

I thought they kept it pretty clean, considering the hype.

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O’Reilly: Hi, I’m Bill O’Reilly and welcome to the Factor. We’re here with William Kristol. So, what did you think?

Kristol: Well Brokaw didn’t manage to get out of his extreme leftist headspace in his quesitons and his moderating style and did a disservice to McCain. Conventional liberal media bias, you know. It wasn’t a real town-hall, with real Joe six-packs who I characterize to be shitheads in my condescending elitist neocon douchey manner.

O’Reilly: No doubt about that. Did you see any questions about wether we should nuke Iran or create a proper holocaust on muslims? About if we should officialize the war on the people who are waging a war on christmas? No. It’s sickening and revolting. These are bad times, America. THAT ONE might actually be president. So, Karl, what did you think?

Rove: Well, Obama surely kept on with his San Fagcisco Jew York school of anti-american marxist KKK and terrorist cock-sucking ways. I didn’t see him once calling Chavez a dictator and threatening to kill him and leaders of Spain in latin america. He didn’t even used that marine’s ass hair as dental floss! Absolutetly no respect for the men and woman in our uniforms. It was a wash to McCain, even if McCain only coded Obama as nigafag two times.

O’Reilly: OK, McCain still winning then. But be worried, America. And don’t be afraid to think violent thoughts. (eyes shoot hypnotic beams: “u r john hinkly!”) Good night.

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Bottom line: Wow, I should really go check out the Adler Planetarium sometime.

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K. McAleese said on October 8th, 2008 at 9:18 am

I’ll admit, I didn’t watch the debate, and I was right not to do so. Newsflash–McCain lousy speaker. Obama height of cool.

Instead I saw some movie on AMC. GO GO GO civic duty!

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I did watch it, politics is my bloodsport. But whenever I read MGK’s liveblogging of the debates I end up interpreting it as Eddie Izzard at his sarcastic best commenting live in a golf whisper during the proceedings. Hilarity ensues.

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Brad Reed said on October 8th, 2008 at 9:28 am

Michelle Obama shows up as well, looking foxy. (Seriously: sexiest potential First Lady EVAR.)

About time somebody pointed this out. Because, c’mon. Damn.

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I couldn’t watch the debate, so I appreciate the liveblog with delivers the lulziest moments without having to look at John McCain’s creepy, peanut-shaped head.

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I love how Cindy McCain just toured the audience beside her husband with her hands behind her back while Michelle was actually shaking hands and talking to people.

My theory is that Cindy must have been busy secretly holding the ripcord that was holding her face in that high, alarmingly-happy position.

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McCain (jumps into the car after the debate): The negros stole our dates!

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“We’re not rifleshots here! We’re Americans!” …what the fuck does that mean?

It means we can focus on more than one thing at once.

Which would make a lot of sense if it weren’t coming from the candidate who decided he couldn’t do his job in Washington and campaign at the same time.

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RocketNinja said on October 9th, 2008 at 4:33 pm

@Zenrage: You do realize that John McCain has an adopted black daughter right? He’s plenty of negative things, but a racist isn’t one of them.

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Liking this recap, aaaand I thought we’d get through this one without any more stupidly misogynistic comments, but then right at the end you gotta be either hatin on or sex-objectifyin the potential first-ladies. Seriously dude, why?

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You do realize that John McCain has an adopted black daughter right? He’s plenty of negative things, but a racist isn’t one of them.
Except for, y’know, using racial slurs to refer to Vietnamese.

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RocketNinja said on October 9th, 2008 at 8:12 pm

@Skemono: To be fair, he did apologize for that and made it clear that he was only referring to the people who beat and tortured him for five years.

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I’m aware of McCain’s notpology, and I really don’t think the fact that he was referring to his captors excuses it.

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RocketNinja said on October 11th, 2008 at 6:28 pm

@Skemono: Then that’s your opinion. You can disagree with his use of the word, but it doesn’t take a genius to realize that his motives for making those comments were clearly based out of anger towards his captors, thats his own inability to let go of the past, but it still isn’t racism.

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Using a racial slur isn’t racism now? Uh-huh.

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RocketNinja said on October 12th, 2008 at 7:59 pm

Racism: a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race.

So basically your opinion is that context plays no role in the use of racial slurs. If someone uses a racial slur, regardless of motivation, that automatically makes them a racist? That’s a bit too much of a black and white way of viewing the world for me, but you have every right to your opinion.

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So basically your opinion is that context plays no role in the use of racial slurs. If someone uses a racial slur, regardless of motivation, that automatically makes them a racist? That’s a bit too much of a black and white way of viewing the world for me, but you have every right to your opinion.
I am taking the context into account. It’s just that the context you and McCain provide is completely irrelevant. Calling someone a gook out of anger somehow means that it is not racist? That’s absurd.

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RocketNinja said on October 12th, 2008 at 10:46 pm

What’s absurd is how can you claim to take context into account and then dismiss it as irrelevant in the next sentence. If his anger towards the people who captured and tortured him for five years isn’t relevant towards why he would use a racial slur, what would constitute relevant context to you? Look at the definition of racism and then look at his comment, its quite easy to see that anger towards his captors, not a feeling of inherent superiority towards them, was his reason for using the word. I never said that his use of the word is justified, but it still doesn’t fall under racism. I’m not saying you have to condone his use of the word, and I never said that I condone it either, but his use of it is indicative of his inability to let go of the past, it isn’t racism.

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