Debate Awesome

–my initial thoughts:Obama: Steady , leader, knowldegeable, better “moments” as in Kissinger, Iran sing-song, McCain=Bush, WRONG about Iraq–repeated “untrue”–hopefully the BBQers go after that. Mccain outright lied and deceived–Mccain has NO problem lying–hoipefully that emergees to bolster that narrative–he is a liar!McCain: Petulant, meandering, non-substantive–lying–not a bad performance–but far from even good–What is really weird is ALL the polling seems to HEAVILY favor Obama, and yet the BBQ pit is mentioning it almost begrudgingly, and clinically–If McCain had the same margins it would be HAILED!!!!!!!!!!! Hopefully this will change, but I am sensing a hedge on the part of the media–have only watched CNN thus far–Divo’d MSNBC, will now watch that–anyone have Faux News reaction? I know Luntz’s group gave Obama the victory.Last thought–obviously the tone and tenor will be different, but can;t wan’t to see Sarah “Family Values” Palin spin her wheels–can;t wait to see her fill 2 minutes–sounds like a little, but in that setting, it’s a lot.

yeah,I saw that shit! The midget (stepahnopooluza)on ABC gave the win to B.Moran says right after, “I woulda leaned the other way.”WTF was THAT???!

I just want to know what the fuck McCain was smiling about all night. What’s with the Bush smirk — while he’s flat out lying. I remember in my debate class learning that mocking someone is NOT a valid argument. In fact, it shows your position is weak. He’s pathetic. And he has T-Rex arms.

Wait. The more times I watch it, the creepier his smile gets. What an asshole.

How about this for a Wrap Up Awesome.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QdT-xMe2-s

lack of eye contact=shame

watching Tweety–he’s drooling BBQ sauce–again saying things he wanted to hear Obama say that he said, and claiming he didn’t. Not good–

Tweety’s hemorrhaging BBQ sauce–what a fucking tool.

I thought Obama won hands down. Mc$ame came across as a petulant tool.As a veteran, I’m getting sick of all the Mc$ame claims he “loves the troops.” Actions speak louder than words, and when it comes to veteran issues Republicans can be counted on for SLOGANEERING about how they “love them some troops” but they are nowhere to be found when we need their votes! I’m calling BULLSHIT on Mc$ame and his support of veterans. I wish the Obama camp were more aggressive on Mc$ame and Republicans not supporting veteran’s issues.

I wasn’t born when Nixon and John F. Kennedy debated, but had to watch clips of their debate in college. It was history repeating itself.Nixon = McCainJohn F. Kennedy = Barack Obama!

Too many folks in the blogosphere are biting their nails…time for them to take a Seroquel and chill the fuck out. I’m glad you’re not one of them.Obama didn’t deliver knockout punches because this is only the first debate. He has plenty of time to do that. He’s a wily one, and he fed McCain all the rope he wanted — knowing full well that the pundits and surrogates will deliver the blows for him. And it’s the visuals that are going to play the most in this news cycle: McCain came off looking smarmy, patronizing, and snide. The gut reaction of all the test audiences was instantly negative for McCain, and I think that’s going to stick.

I was a little disappointed last night. I wanted McCain to go red in the face, squint one eye, start spastically jerking about and have something like a tantrum crossed with a stroke.Instead all I got was doddering, patronizing condescension and talking point bullshit, nevertheless delivered with about as much grace under pressure as the old fart might be ABLE to manage.I suppose Obama outpointed him, and he certainly looked presidential…but I WANTED the stroke!Oh well. I got my WHARGARBLE though.

“He’s pathetic. And he has T-Rex arms.” lol, yeah, so true. And what’s up with his upper lip IT DOESN’T MOVE. EVER. It’s like I’m watching Johnny Quest. McCain likes to repeat lofty platitudinous crap, over and over. Obama did well, but coulda gone after him a bit more (“You want a definition of wealth, John? How about $5 million. Oh, wait. That’s *your* definition of wealth….etc.”) His only fault is that he has too much grace and civility for a gutter culture like ours. It’s amazing that Obama delivers a near perfect performance with substance and leadership, whereas McCain spouts the same old tired bullets and gets a pass by the MSM. Uneral.

So, yeah, Round 1 to Barrack, easily. Round 2, well, let’s be “hopeful.” Even the MSM’s favorite curmudgeon is on board:http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/js/2.0/video/evp/module.js?loc=dom&vid=/video/politics/2008/09/26/cafferty.fri.cnn

@ Cousinavi- That eye thing got to me more afterwards (when I was away from the computer and closer to the tv). Someone must have told him the stroke rumors because he was, when not squinting and snarling, appearing to make a big effort to look bugeyed to stop the rumors. I don’t know why but it reminded me of a change Hilary Clinton made when she “found her populist voice” and stopped doing when the gig was over. I figured someone mentioned to her that she would look more responsive or something if she lifted the lids.This clip above–WTF is that head-shaking squinting moment when he’s almost peering into our souls? Chilling. Look at him starting at 10 seconds all the way to 20. Did he just fart? Are there aliens in the audience? It’s just plain strange.

@ don’tpanicWatching McCain work extra hard to control tremors and spasms was one of the highlights for me. I think the forced grin/grimace is part of it. He locks his face into something resembling a rubber McCain mask and holds it there so as not to let a stray, “Hurrr…HUrrrr..WHARGARBLE!” come out of his mouth. Or maybe I’m wrong…maybe, like many men his age, he’s trying to decide if he can sneak that fart without crapping his drawers.