DISQUS

Wild_Weasel · 1 year ago

Expect more mud.

Expect surprises.

The animal is cornered. Its dangerous.

CPL · 1 year ago

And DYING.

Never corner a DYING animal. EVER.

tbhull · 1 year ago

Obama walked away and distanced himself from the old arthritic sore boaned elephant that has stumbled to the boneyard to await defeat's maggots.

houstonray · 1 year ago

Especially one with Rabies, er, I mean, Pailin...

Bush_Bites · 1 year ago

National Review is a bunch of conservative Bed Wetters.

grandma · 1 year ago

Several over at the Nat'l Review weren't too pleased with Brokaw or the debate format and agreed that Rick Warren was the best debate moderator.................what a bunch of doozies over there.

Bush_Bites · 1 year ago

They prefer when their candidate can get the questions ahead of time and give his answers in front of an audience full of right wingers.

Surprising.

nsr · 1 year ago

I saved a copy of the map at Pollster.com two weeks ago and compared it with what's up there now. Of the close states, CO, MN, OH, PA, VT and FL are breaking Obama's way. McCain hasn't gained any, and he seems to be losing MO. Obama's trending at 320 electoral votes, 50 more than he needs to win the election. Not to get complacent, especially with the vote-sabotage stuff the republicans always pull-- but right now it looks pretty darn good.

bill__free · 1 year ago

Does anyone know why there were no McCain supporters in the crowd on MSNBC??

cowboyneok · 1 year ago

Yes, McCain supporters are demoralized.

FunMe · 1 year ago

They switched to Obama?

MNUSA · 1 year ago

Ask yourself how many people are excited about McCain and you'll be able to answer your question.

FightForJustice · 1 year ago

I volunteer with the Obama campaign in Nashville, and people worked their asses off for weeks so that the campaign could show co-ordinated visibility all day on television like on MSNBC and the early morning shows---hundreds and hundreds of Obama supporters in and around Nashville gave their time, hearts, souls, and soles so that we could have Obama signs and supporters anywhere the national and international media turned in this town. We were rolling out of bed at 3 AM to make the early morning shows until the last of us stood in the pouring rain at midnight to be seen on the post debate Hardball. We may live in a red state, but we are a damned proud Blue town.

bill__free · 1 year ago

Good job and thanks to you and all your friends for volunteering. But from
my point of view, (I had MSNBC on the TV), there were NO McCain supporters
behind Chris Matthews and he even was trying to find a McCain supporter. I
couldn't believe it was 100% Obama and they couldn't find a McCain
supporter.

Does anyone know why there was no McCain supporters there? I know that
McCain camp HIRED some college kids to hold signs in Saint Louis, Missouri.
Are things so bad for McCain that they couldn't even hire anyone to hold
signs, or were the paid supporters someplace else?

benb · 1 year ago

Vote for McCain and take a long shot hoping for Pailn?
Vote for McCain and hope for a better candidate in 8 years?
Vote for Obama and hope for a better candidate in 4 years?

If I were a Conservative I'd forget McCain and concentrate on the House and Senate. .

cowboyneok · 1 year ago

Wow, I agree with the right wingers. Boy, did that feel weird saying THAT! McCain IS a disaster.

MNUSA · 1 year ago

Actually McCain only won the nomination by morphing into what the base wants. The McCain of 2008 is not the McCain of 2000. The Repub base can thank themselves for that.

devlzadvocate · 1 year ago

Why didn't McCain bring up Ayers? Because nobody cares about Ayers.
Why didn't McCain bring up abortion? He did. It is the economy, stupid.
It seems the entire conservative movement is coming undone. They are just all over the board on this thing. Their unity is shot to hell.

Bush_Bites · 1 year ago

But Jonah Goldberg sees stars:

I thought McCain's close was about as good as he gets. Honorable. Decent. Serious. Manly.

mauro7inf · 1 year ago

Memo to McCain campaign: black or white. A or B. There is no middle ground. Pick a side; we're at war!

So I'm happy conservatives are upset, but wow, did Andrew McCarthy really say that? Did he just commit the fallacy of the excluded middle? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_dilemma Oh, man, if I weren't a terrorist sympathizer, I'd be completely qualified for public office! (Does that make Reagan unqualified since he supported Nicaraguan terrorism? I'd say yes.) McCain, though, is definitely not a terrorist sympathizer, despite his connections with Gordon Liddy. Why do I say that? Because he's a POW, and therefore, he must be qualified for office. But a person is either qualified for office or is a terrorist sympathizer. McCain is therefore not a terrorist sympathizer.

I love logic!

freshpaint · 1 year ago

Memo to them out there:

No.....one.....cares.....about......Ayers. EVERYONE cares about the economy, jobs, health care, genuine issue like war, Russia, energy, gas prices, global warming, hurricanes, etc.

And on our side,

no...... one.....cares......about Keating -- a lot of voters weren't born then. Yes, I know we wonks care about it, care about Iran/Contra, care about McCain's dubious past.

Most people right now really really care about the future.

So McCain could have hit on these fringe issues all night and

it.....wouldn't.....have......made.....a.....difference

LeftCoastOracle · 1 year ago

Whoa this is weird. Me agreeing with a conservative? May be a first. It's pretty clear that Obama mopped up the floor with McCain tonight. McCain just sounds petty and desperate and referring to Obama as "that one" was just nasty. I heard Paul Begala say tonight that Bush's approval rating is 29% but if you take away the Republicans it's 10% so every time Obama ties McCain to Bush he pounds another nail into the Republican's coffin. Alex Castellanos was saying that the whole party is in a mess - they're losing all up and down the ticket.

So maybe we'll get enough seats in Congress to get something done.

MNUSA · 1 year ago

The fact of the matter is that the Repubs have nothing to offer the vast portion of Americans. At a time when 47 million Americans are uninsured, millions are jobless or underemployed, all but the CEOs have lost earning power in the past few years, they've lost value in their homes or their home itself, corporations have taken away pension plans and substituted 401K plans and now they see the value of their 401Ks dissipating, the country is in debt up to its ears because of an ill-conceived and unnecessary war in Iraq, infrastructure is crumbling and the education system is failing too many people, the Repubs answer is to personally attack their Democratic opponent or to outright lie and expect the public to believe them. We see their corporate masters looting the companies they serve, the companies that are supposed to add value to the 401K pension plans. McCain himself is arrogant and totally out of touch with most Americans. His running partner is completely ignorant of every issue, but adept at stirring up the ultra-right and racists. The true difference happened not during the debate tonight but afterward. McCain perfunctorily shook a few hands, then exited. Obama shook the hand and posed for photos of everyone there that wanted to greet him. McCain: too busy or too important to linger with voters?

paulbe · 1 year ago

"Our side". Therein lies America's biggest problem. "Our side". Sounds like a recipe for a good old fashioned Post Soviet breakup.