Liveblogging The First Presidential Debate

Lieberman’s right. This is the McCain he knows: erratic, confrontational, shooting from the hip damn the consequences, never thinking things through, confused and manipulative. FUCK LIEBERMAN.

500 pts! I hear ya’. I blew it too.Something doesn’t pass the smell test about Wall St. today. I may have underestimated the reach of the Republicans.

and i didnt even to the ATM machine today..

Yeah, LiveFree – what was up with that? I checked the markets at about 4 and they were up. I figured that investers were gonna sell off in the last half hour so they wouldn’t be long over the weekend…and it’s a month & quarter end. Then, no sell off. You understand this stuff – what happened??

Ted Kennedy taken back to the hospital.

Senator Kennedy just taken to the hospital, as per Chris Mathews..it’s a sad day

Ah, man. (re: Kennedy)Don’t know what else to say.

The fuckin’ Klan? To do what? Remind people that they aren’t intimidated anymore and feel free to speak out and vote the way you choose, even for the *eeeeek* black guy? What a bunch of maroons (yeah, I know, breaking news on that).

So….per Buchanan, Obama CAN win this debate if he basically dumbs it down for the masses. How pathetic.

@ ceuSad, eh? Matthews also called him on being too “elegant” wearing shades to get on the plane. Hell I wear shades in the sun and I’m pretty sure I don’t look the slightest bit elegant.

Hello all, newbie here. Just checking my sign in works…pls carry on

I’m already pissed and it’s an hour & a half before the debate starts!

Tweety is a fucking dick.Why does he always have to wait until he has the biggest audience to make the most asinine statements against democrats?”Obama is too cool, look at those glasses, look at that swagger, does that really play with the average american? Pat buchanan, what’s your take”I mean really…. it’s gonna be a really long night if he doesn’t STFU and stay on point.

I was just about to say the same thing, ceu!

Hi Holly, welcome to the chaos!

Yeah, we just can’t have a president who looks cool wearing shades.Ugh.

I didn’t have the nerve to announce myself like you, Holly, just tried to slide in unnoticed. You’re a brave soul. Pssst: I think these people are nuts.

“the Obama folks say he never did suspend his campaign” thanks, Mrs. Greenspan.

The inanity (is that a word?) and stupidity is never ending. I cant watch anything on msnbc other than Keith and Rachel.

ceu and idream: not sure if by pissed you mean drunk or angry but I am both.as surprised as I want to be at the clan showing up, it just makes me want to cry.holly: new here too and that is my real name

Hi holly,good night to test your chops here.I don’t know if my blood pressure and the slow loading of comments is going to work for me though.Great, smart, crowd on this blog.enjoy your night.

I dunno if I can stay awake till the debate. What a couple of weeks!

We are absolutely nuts, Dontpanic23. Also foul-mouthed, passionate, angry, bitter, amusing, ill-tempered, generous, friendly, and smart. So you’ll fit right in, surely.

Hi Holly. Bearswife, are you saying Bearswife is your real name??

Ah, and now that my partner Jane has arrived, add “pornographic” to the list of superlatives, huzzah!Evening, DEAR!

Elvis, I have been following along for awhile now and I think I might uh…want to buy you a beer or a condom or both

Hi, The Honey! I took your gimp suit to the cleaners today.

Bearswife sounds like something Sarah Palin would shoot in the vagina with a double-barreled bazooka from a low-flying plane. And then have it stuffed and use it as a gunrack.

Elvis that’s the best welcome I think I’ve ever gotten anywhere. And I wouldn’t enjoy it here if this crowd weren’t all those things, especially nuts.I thought it was just my computer on the sluggishness.

Matthews confuses the shit out of me. One day he will be grilling republican pundits about their bullshit, but then the next day hes lapping up their talking points and repeating them.

Oh Noooes storm Kyle! Both my boss (hmmm) and my old boss (no!!) are in Bermuda!! Mixed feelings.

Did you tell them not to use so much fucking starch on the Spiked Leather Diaper? The chafing still hasn’t healed from last Thursday.

if Sarah ever came near my vagina I would rip her head off and shove it up her own vaginasorry, did I mention I was pissed?

Well right now I’m just angry, bearswife, but I’ve already poured myself a drink and plan on pouring a few more.

JM, sounds like you’ve got a perfect handle on Matthews. Think crazy uncle.

Ah, Bearswife, you’ll fit right in around here, sweetheart.

Obama is ahead in virtually every poll there is, yet HE needs to do certain things tonight to win.Go figure

sorry Jane, I’m saying that Holly is the Bear’s wife’s real name

If McPalin wore shades, he’d look like Anthony Zerbe’s character Jonathan Matthias from Omega Man. He’d look like he needs a dog and white cane… wait, he DOES need a dog & white cane!Tweety: “Obama’s not only elegant, he’s intelligent, too. Does that really play with the average American? Pat Buchanan, what’s your take?”Buchanan:” “Well, the last thing Americans want is a President who’s like, smart and shit like that, Chris.”

I don’t know about that, Elvis… You guys may be all those things, but I’m not the least bit amusing.

Tonight’s Liveblogging on Mr The Bob Cesca’s Goddamn Awesome Blog brought to you entirely in SoberVision, as Elvis Dingeldein is quite tragically suffering from pancreatitis this week. Due, of course, to a massive infusion of Maker’s Mark, which apparently went directly into my pancreas and opened a distillery with imported Mexican tap water.SoberVision: When you’d love to be drunk, but it would kill you.

Is everyone getting appropriately liquored up for the evenings festivities?

Jill Zuckerman’s a tool

Ceu – That’s true, you’re a complete drag.

Must…stay…awake…will McCain explode tonight? And if not now, when?

Heres my take on tonights debate: If it really is about foreign policy, then I think McCranky is going to look bad no matter what he says.If McCunt says “we should bomb everyone”-he looks like an assIf McDepends says “we should sit down and talk to everyone”-he looks like an ass for reversing his long held positionSo whats he going to say? Lose/Lose if you ask me for McGrampa

Hey guys, did you know the reason Obama was pushing so hard for the debate to be tonight was because he knows that it’s Friday night and most Americans will be at high school football games? Some real intelligent guy called up to the local radio show I listen to on the way home from work and said so. Nevermind that McCain didn’t even want to have the debate tonight.

Oh…to whomever asked (bearswife, I think) – pissed angry. Pissed drunk costs too much.

I am very concerned about post-debate BBQ framing. George Bush lost every debate on the issues, and the BBQ pit either gave him a win or a push on every one –via the idiotic “expectations” game or demeanor points. I am especially concerned because Obama has opened up a lead, and the BBQ pit loves a tight race. I’ve already sensed some BBQ emes: Obama MUST win the debate, but not be TOO thoughtful and smart…HUH?

Then can I have your liquor, Elvis? I forgot with the rain and the crash and all.

cm- yes, liquored up. Elvis, nice cover story re the cause of your pancreatitis. Chris, never boring. Only sobering with your News and Reality and stuff.

Ceu, you don’t have to have money to get drunk. You just have to have no taste. I am proof.

Having Gloria Borger on their pannel automatically disqualifies CNN for “greatest minds”

Ha! Proof. Get it?

idream: How bizarre you said that b/c a friend of mine on the west coast just asked me about re-broadcasting and I found this:”It’s enough to make me consider skipping high school football this week to stay home to watch the debate live. Rest assured, however, that the cable news networks will be rebroadcasting the debate later in the evening and early-morning hours if you aren’t home to see it when it happens live.”weirdceu: I couldn’t do this sober

Wheres Carl???

Tell me you’re drinking thunderbird, Jane, and I will lose all respect for you…

I am pretty new here too, but didn’t have the manners to introduce myself. I just kind of invited myself over.Seriously, though, I look forward to this all day now. You all are wonderful.

Obama is one incredible man. I don’t know many people who could perform under such stress. He’s said what inspires him to do what he’s doing are the people he meets on the rope lines and he hears the suffering people share. He truly is a fine American and our country must elect him.I’m having difficulty holding back my anger at McCain and the tricks the house republicans are playing on camera for their constituents, actually praising the significant role McCain played in bringing them together (ugh).No politician wants this bailout as their constituents back home are strongly opposed. They are buying the votes by looking like heroes protecting the taxpayer. It’s just sick. It looks like the Dems are siding with Bush’s plan, and McCain’s involvement looks like the hero.It’s bold faced lying. And all we can do is watch and pray.

I’m new to the blog, but what better night to jump in? for months and months I’ve enjoyed reading it all, and tonight I decided to get off the sidelines and jump in. I’m fully prepared for tonight, playing online poker, flipping between tweety bird, jumping over Fox as quickly as possible, to CSPAN and Food Network, made a nice chicken and pasta, opened a bottle of wine, stepped outside to alter my head a bit, and signed on.. Cheers all..

Skiba, that football game stuff sounds like talking points. I heard the 1st debate is usually the most watched (and this “suspension” publicity will only help), that’s why at the time the Obama camp wanted it to be about national security since that’s perceived as O’s weak point.

LOL “he DID say what he thought!!” “what did he say?” “…uhh… he blah blah”Stupid bitch

Prediction: McCain will beat Obama to the punch in calling for a moment of prayer for Ted Kennedy. A gimme – Obama would not be seen to play that card (uppity Muslim negro communists…there are rules). Only way I’m wrong if the moderator beats McCain to it.I am expecting evisceration.Palin-esque stumbling that turns to vicious lashing out if not a meltdown in public. He’s old, he’s tired, he’s on the ropes, and it is his nature to start throwing vicious haymakers.”MY VEEP HAS MORE EXPERIENCE THAN YOU, SENATOR OBAMA!”"Well, Senator McCain, if she knows the difference between Sunnis and Shiites, that makes one of you.”

@JG: Yeah, like I said: The McRib media seems to think that the last thing Americans want is a President who’s, like, smart and shit.

LOL – Prince of Persia

Amen, Sharon.Hi to all you new people!

It’s a regular coming out party here. Woo hoo. Glad I confessed. I think Holly started it and now all the newbies and lurkers are popping out of the closet. Amazing.

ceu, just cheap vodka and expensive grapefruit juice. Did I mention I’m not a teenager anymore?

Lets play a drinking game…everytime we hear the McCain say “POW” we all throw one back.

Who is this fargo-voiced palin wannabe talking to tweety? Her voice makes my ears hurt.

this just in from CNN McCracky is a POW!

Ill chug a beer everytime McCain gets booed.

Throw a POW back? Isn’t that cruel and unusual?

Kennedy probably having a reaction to medication? I hope that came from the hospital and he didn’t just pull it out of his ass. (Tweety)

JM..it’s Jill Zuckerman, she wants Dana’s job..she’s a tool..real tool..and why is that all the liberal talking women heads are healthy looking? and all the R wing tools look like they haven’t eaten in months? Tool

Oh, you guys are actually PAYING ATTENTION.You’re doing it wrong!

cminri…I’m in Taiwan. Been drinking all night and staying up for the 8AM start to this thing. AND, just so you know, I don’t get the pre-debate line-up you all are watching. I’VE got Jim Fuckwit Clancy, Collen Bobblehead McEdwards, and Anjali Teeth Rrrrrrr-ao. CNN Asia. Mmmmm.So, if you think you’re ready to do POW shots with ME…I say Bring It On! (ahhhh…to quote the Dubya…so Satisfying)

@Jane…there is one POW i wish we could throw back….

How many times tonight will JSid mention “townhall meetings”? (And how drunk will people be if they drink only when he mentions it?)

All the R-Wing tools look like hookers if you ask me. But thats fitting since thats what their life and success is based on, blowing the higher ups.

these fucking talking heads “Obama needs to do this..not look too cool, not seem to smart, blah fucking blah” How about this? Obama needs to show up, that should about nail it for him.

I say drink when McMumblefark says “MY FRIENDS”What’s the worst that could happen? Lethal alcohol poisoning? Pfft. Lightweights, the lot of you.

w00t avi you oughter be tee-rashed by now!

I heart Olbermann.

Let me remind everyone of the Elvis Dingeldein Strategy For Instant Winningness in the debates: The Nathan Jessup Gambit. Keep pounding away at McCain’s honor, at everything he’s flushed down the toilet since his campaign went Rovian. Hit him on honor, over and over and over again, until McCain snaps and admits, at the top of his lungs, to ordering the Code Red.Debate over.

Works for me, Marbare. Yesterday this time I was looking forward to Obama and an empty chair. Same thing–McBoring.

Oh yeah- McCain already won! What are we doing here exactly?

I have a feeling this might be a history making night with the number of comments on Bob’s blog. And with all this drinking going on…we might need our own surrogates to type for us….

Good evening fellow crazy people!Well, I’ve finished a delectable dinner of gnocchi covered with a lovely pesto sauce and a side salad of mixed greens… .am currently half-way through a delicious bottle of an Argentinian shiraz/cabernet blend (would much rather be halfway through an Argentinian…but perhaps another night) and am ready to watch my candidate kick some serious delusion, lying, nasty old man ass.

F*ck it. It’s 1am here in London, and I’ve been lying in bed obsessing about this damn debate. So I’ve decided to get up, dose up on caffeine, and join you for the festivities. Hello all (esp the newbies)NB – I am leaving my apartment in 6 hours to do a 7km charity run around the streets of London wearing a gorilla outfit, along with a thousand other ‘gorillas’. I shit you not.

Yeah, Cousin Avi: We’d all be under the fucking table if we drank on every My Friends. Bombed like London during The Blitz™.

How far away from jersey are ya marbare….. I just made a “beg a bud” call to another comrade cause I don’t think I’ll be able to ZEN my way through tonight’s festivities. (yes, I’m refering to your “head clearing outdoors” ):)welcome to the show (I’m a newbie too)Hiya ceu.

Here’s something I hope they’ve thought of ahead of time:Long pauses after McCain finishes yammering. Long enough to FORCE people to consider what the man really says.DO NOT counter immediately. Let McCain’s words sink in. He has demonstrated an uncanny ability to whargarble his sentences. When he does it, let it sit a beat or three.

howdy Kat! Might be a waste of good wine when you spit it out later.

So glad that Countdown is on….

Kennedy released, on his way home,

I find it mindboggling that Palin manages to look like a complete fool even though she has notes with her and can be seen reading them.

McCains cellphone is massive, is that thing from this decade?

Recruitgal: we want PICTURES. (Do you guys do a Santa Rampage?)

Jane:I have an amazing capacity.I’m also far to old and cranky for that to be anything like an idle, juvenile boast http://cousinavi.wordpress.com/2008/03/08/bacardi-152/

thank you Jane, for stating what has been on my mind all night. Dewey defeats Truman.I heard earlier that because the polls show that Obama will do better in the debate that Mccracky’s expectations are lower. Hence, he could do well?ugh

I thought they’d shut Keith down for the night–his having expressed opinions and all.Recruit in London: great mental image. Thanks.

JM- I saw that ginormous phone! But we know he has trouble typing (and presumably dialing) from his POW injuries (didja know he was a POW) so maybe the phone has an old-people-friendly oversized keypad?

Note to Bob:Insert “reverse comment order” option on threads.

@ Rectuit – I get mental images of uma thurman in that batman movie wearing the gorilla suit

I’m here, Caroline! I’m here! Eary start tonight. If Bob starts these sessions any earlier, I’ll have to quit my job!

Jane: I would never commit such blatant alcohol abuse. Besides, I expect to be through the good bottle by 9 and move on to the cheap Oak Creek, so it doesn’t matter if I spit that out.Recruit: That sounds exceptionally entertaining. I’m gonna have to google pictures tomorrow.I love Keith – bring on Rachel!

Hiya Mr. The Broadway Carlos.

Is there a pool on how many times McPalin is going to refer to his P.O. Dubya status? I want to get in on it.

Jane – Reminds me of that time McCain did the 15 minute long phone interview and he didn’t realize that he was actually disconnected after a few seconds so he talked all that time for nothing.

I thought quitting your job was part of hanging out here? You guys didn’t? Ooops.

Boy – this site is jumping tonight!

Mr. The Cousin Avi: Did you say “whargarble,” sir?

Its about time Carl! We’ve all been waiting for you. Next call and let us know you’re gonna be late!

So Avi, was the recycling guy unimpressed that you drank rum but called you friend when he saw the vodka? I know I read too fast. Will read more later. WRML?

@ ElvisBombed may not be a bad way to spend the next few weeks.This frying pan is not out of the fire.Gin up a few racists, some gun nuts, instill some fear in the Jews, crank up the abortion plank, get creationism into those North Florida schools…October hasn’t even started yet. ONE bombing…one 16-year-old jihadist from Newark named Hussein…We’ve been Roved before.Twice.Can I get a hug over here? I’m scaring myself shitless!

Mr. The Elvis Dingeldein! You’ve outed my hispanicness! But a smarter, hispanic Democrat, not those like those spics in Florida. AHAHAHAH!!!!!

Jane, I’m sure you can google it for the lovely sight of a thousand gorillas running over Tower Bridge. ) The mountain gorillas need all the help they can get, but I have to say I’m looking forward to the debate more than than the run.And I my gorilla outfit is shedding hair all over my bedroom carpet. Ungrateful bastards.

Carl! Amaraya! Welcome to the Support Debate.

I still dont see how foreign pollicy is McCains home turf. His foreign policy position is to bomb first and ask questions later. We’ve seen where that gets us.

Bob what made you think I might turn to FAUX News? I spent 2 weeks one year in Scotland with nothing but Murdoch-owned satellite news, a girl just missing in Aruba and a rage to rip the laptop from my daughter’s hands at all times. I’ll never go back to that station again.Dogs need out again? Dog bladders can be so small. Even big ones.

Keith’s on. Said that it turns out some of the House Republicans rebelled against the bailout plan because they didn’t want an agreement BEFORE McCain got to DC. They felt that the Dems were trying to deny McCain a chance to participate in the negotiations.Country first.[I hate fucking typekey]

Hi CarlI don’t think I got enough wine for tonight.

Sometimes I sneak on here when I’m at work. Don’t tell my boss.Hugs to cousinavi. I worry about that sometimes, too.

It will be worth all the permanent damage to my liver that I have done in the last 48 hours if Obama can get McPain to do a Colonel Jessup tonight.

@Jane:No…he was shocked by the sheer number of empties and doubly so that they were all bacardi bottles.When he found the lone vodka soldier, he assumed that at some point, i must have had a friend over to visit.I told him, “I drank the fucking vodka, too…and I have more than one friend.”Maybe not many more, but more than ONE.

I hope I can stay awake until Maddow’s show.

@ Elvis.Whargarble.Wait for it. It might spill out of McCain’s mouth in literal fashion should the old coont manage a stroke live on CNN.He’s 72. Stranger things have happened.Sometimes it rains fish.Whargarble.

Gallery, there couldn’t BE enough wine (whine) tonight.Ceu, I KNEW they were doing that. Bastards.Don’tpanic, that’s one advantage of cats. Or you could littertrain your dogs. (Of course I have to jump to accommodate separate feeding for the fat cat, so never mind…)

This is the busiest I’ve seen this site. Congratulations, Bob. My prediction is easily over 500 comments tonight.

Whargarble indeed, huzzah! WHARGARBLE!!!

Is whargarble anything like “warshington”?

Don’t worry Bob. FauxNews isn’t allowed on in our house. If I watched it, I might be driven to throw my tv out the window, and I currently can’t afford a new one (thanks W!).

Oh come on Keith, call him BONER like we all do.

In Calm Panic=McClain Palini just did an ANOGRYM (sp?) with their names, I’m officially drunk, my mind is working again!!

Five hundred comments EASILY. We’ve got 40 mins to go, and we’re already up to about 140!

I feel sorry for Obama for having to sit next to McConnell at that white house meeting yesterday.

A big thank you to Mr. Bob for hosting this jamboree!

Rachel!!!

Yea to getting McCain out of town – but where exactly is he welcomed these days?And hellllooooo Rachel….my beautiful girl crush…

I propose a major “thank you” letter campaign to W before Jan. 20.

you get the idea..

I’m currently trying to get my head right for tonight by watching “Are you smarter than a 5th grader”…It just seems appropriate…

Marbare….you’re in good company…it totally made sense.

Jane – LOL

WHARGARBLE: Noun, OnomatopoeiaBoth the thing itself, and the sound of the thing.What comes out of the mouth of a dolt when asked a question they want to answer, but cannot.Nonsense attempt at speech in which the words jam up in the brain and experience a massive foggy freeway pile-up in the throat, yet sound comes out anyway, and it sounds like WHARGARBLE.

My refresh button is going to wear out. Oh, Rachel, Rachel… why must I be married? And you gay?

I almost need sunglasses to look at McCain on the screen. Hes blinding.

Potentially stupid question – Are there commercial breaks during the debate or is it a non-stop debatathon?

Gallery, I was born and raised in NJ, but now living in Florida..it’s very green here..

So…McCain’s contribution to the bailout plan was cutting the capital gains tax and more deregulation. (which Barney Franks said last night was the sole contribution of the House GOP members before the only one who showed up at the meeting walked out)Christ, what an asshole.

Is anyone else hearing what KO is saying here about the Republicans delaying the bailout plan because McCain couldn’t get in on it fast enough and get his name on it? WHAT THE INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF FUCKHOLES?!?!?

I think WHARGARBLE will be the word for this evening…in all its forms.

Thanks, Jane, but litter training means litter cleaning, which I would do if I didn’t have that nice big fenced in yard to crap in. For the dogs. Not me. Dogs.

@ Recruit – There is suppose to be some kind of break during the debate, McCain requested it.

500 posts? LOL.I’m just gettin’ warmed up.Feel like that little chickenhawk from the Foghorn Leghorn toons…”He don’t know me very well, do he?”I’m a chickenhawk, an’ YOU’RE a CHICKEN! Now are ya’s comin’ along peaceable or does I hafta roughs ya’s up?

I’m feeling nauseous. Is it pre-debate jitters or the half a botlle of Havana Club I drank?

Yikes. Candy Crowley on CNN is wearing a very odd necklace, that makes her look like she has scales. That’s nasty.

commercials, McCain can’t go that long without peeing, i mean..he is 72

Yeah my 23-year old has a serious girl-crush on Rachel too.

bottle. sorry.

Yes, Elvis.the standard response is: Christ, what an asshole!

who DOESN’T love Rachel??

Dear Rachel Maddow: Please go to Sarah Palin’s Pentecostal Church of Witchcraft and Warlockery, have your delicious lesbianism exorcised by the Power of Christ, and then make sweet, sweet love to me and my extremely heterosexual man parts.Thank you, and all my love,E.D.

KO’s talking about The Letterman. He’s been a fucking maniac – I love it. He should be here with us.

I was only guessing 500 in remembering the 470+ during the conventions, not realizing we were already at 140+ when I wrote the post. How’s about 1,000? 10,000?

lol @ Letterman

Thanks for the info JM and Marbare. I will plan my snacking strategy accordingly…

Hi All! I’m sure I never introduced myself, and I’ve never liveblogged with you guys (you all are too fast and way smarter/cleverer than me!) Anyway, welcome to all the newbies! I can’t help with the drinking and other debauchery. I’m just the wallflower crushing on Mr. Cesca. But it’s fun to watch the mayhem and to have sympathetic ears to rant at the bbq media…QT

Litter cleaning? What’s that?(no wonder the cats hate me)

Yeah Cuzz avi ,Rough us yanks up…… we loves it.

@ Recruitgal – Scales would be an improvement for Candy Crowley. Scales would be a weekend at Nip/Tuck and $80,000 down the shitter.

Rachel, don’t listen to ED, we women can’t find enough good women, I love you just the way you are

Keith talking about his giant squash? Or did I whargarble that transmission?

QT! I think we have a quorum here.P.S. I’m moving to Florida.

Candy Crowley on CNN is wearing a very odd necklace, that makes her look like she has scales..

Candy Crowley does have scales.

My fingers are going numb from all this refreshing and scrolling!

Candy Crowley loves her some BBQ.

I’m with Jane and QT on this one.

Teh typepad iz teh sucki

Sorry, Senor Del Carlos Los Avencia del Broad, I beat you to the funnier joke re: Candy Crowley.

Hey QT – welcome!And Rachel…don’t go to church…don’t drink the Kool-Aid. I’m tired of men anyways – I’ll happily switch sides.

Hey Keith…. what would you rather have?A million dollars, or your head filled with nickels?I love the O-man.

Hi QT…welcome….ive always enjoyed your comments….

I read that Kathleen Parker column today…pretty damn awesome.

LOL @ book learnin’

This is too much…The Pakistanis want out freedom..rofl

I’m already only hearing whargarble from the teevee

Re: the clip about Palin & Pakistan: WTF???

I read an article the other day (I think it was an older one, right around the time her show was announced) on how a lot of straight girls and guys have crushes on Rachel.I love her.

Hmm, a litter box with no litter.Elvis has is also ED? You the guy all those commercials are about?anagram: Sir Hap-Anal

Si, Señor Dingeldein. Joo beat me to dee joke. Este refresh boton es muy lento. Mi eenternets at work es slow today.

Amazing to see 10 posts each time we refreash. FUCKING AWESOME!

The Pakistanis want our freedom! They’re begging for it!To paraphrase Jeremey Piven: “please throw a party!!! get us laid!! ahhhhh!”

Almost 200 comments and we’re still 20 minutes from the debate…oh, yea…we’re goin’ over 500.

In all fairness, we should be subtracting from the comment count all comments solely about the comment count. Whargarble. Putin in our airspace.

WTF, Carlos, does Mr. The Bob Cesca pay you a percentage of the click-throughs for every 100 comments? You sure are excited about all this traffic.

Question to my fellow commenters – do your families think you are as deranged as mine thinks I am for spending all this time here?

PUTIN IN OUR AIRSPACE!!!

If Obama had a 17 year old pregnant child (out of wedlock), and was cheating on Michelle who in turn was lying about a baby she had to protect said 17 year daughter, would the media cover it? Just sayin’I know it’s harsh and not even in the top 100 lies and concerns about Palin, but the National Enquirer doesn’t report on stories if their is enough margin for error to be sued–And if our media do not cover these “family values,” can they at least cover her in light of John McCain making the most reckless Veep choice in the modern era–yes, there’s Cheney, but we didn’t know it at the time–It really is amazing after Rev Wright lopps, and Ayers, and all this thin stuff that was gone over in the press ad nauseum that they REFUSE to cover the Keating 5 or cover the family values in the (R)’s ‘family values” candidate–all the while the ccain camp whines about press coverage–ummm Steve-O, you huys have been handled with kid gloves…

Bob, the only spinning she does is with her head as she spewing nonsense.

This is slightly geeky, but I’ve just scanned the thread to see who is on. And holy cow – there are at least 23 people here (including Bob), not to mention all the non-posting lurkers. Don’t be shy lurkers!

HAHAHere is the Pakistanis begging us to give them freedom:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_M0VN90nTI

Damn straight, Eugene. I come from a working class family, dropped out of college the first time around (too much vodka) and still managed to have my passport at 16 and have been to several other countries. Of course, I’ve never lived in Alaska…where Putin flies over my house…right? He would fly over my house, right?

WHARGARBLE!Until the debate starts, let’s all chant:REVERSE THREAD OPTIONREVERSE THREAD OPTIONWhat do we want?REVERSE THREAD OPTIONWhen do we want it?Well…when you can get to it. No hurry.LOL.Hey Hey! Ho Ho!Scrolling threads are not a lot of fun!(Maybe I need some work on that last one)Come ON, Cesca! User INTERACTABILITUDE!Get this thing working!Popularity has it’s price, son.

Putin to Palin : Im n ur airspace, steelin yur freedoms

Bush’s flop sweat–eeeeeeewwwwww.anagram: rash in a lap

How appropriate…. boner pill commercials for Johnny POW.

Avi, why do you hate the “end” button?

I just saw Senator Obama on the T.V. and got butterflies for some reason.

Yeah, I get a percentage of Bob’s take, and in return he get’s a percentage of my take on my blog. LOL!

I’m just happy to see new people here – and excited for a night of deee-batin’. It’s like going to the same bar, seeing the same people and getting geared up when your favorite hangout develops a following because you know it’ll be in business for a while.

I grew up in Europe. Had a passport at SIX, bitches. Daddy Dingeldein was in the military, busted his ass in service to this country, and dragged his family all over the map while he fought The Communism™. So Palin can kiss my passported fucking ass with her Silver Spoon explanation of rich honkies with travelin’ papers. Stupid asshat.

@KatinWilm: I live in Alaska, and Putin’s NEVER flown over my house.(I dinna vote for Sarah, either).

Kat, only Putin’s HEAD flies over Alaska. It’s unclear where the rest of him goes.

Safest bet of the night:St. Reagan will be injected into McDoofus’ comments at least three times, Teddy Roosevelt at least once, and POW referenced in some way any time he can’t think of something else to say!

Jill Zuckman LOVES McCain BBQ.

I think Fineman’s right – McCain is hammered. ‘Bout as hammered as I am right now. Thank goodness I’ve switched to cheap wine…that whole McCain spin was revolting.

Anyone else want to swap Biden with Elvis Dingledein for the VP debates?

Okay..lets take bets…how long before we hear the first “My friends”..

cmrini: I am alone, deliberately. b/c I am way too deranged for the hubby.And for the record, I think Putey Poot Putin would be more likely to fly over my house (winnipeg) than Sarah’s.

I vote yes Recruitgal. Also, put it on payperview.

Oh I’d love to replace Joe-Joe. My first question to Governor Palin: Do you think you’d be on this ticket if you had a penis, sweetheart?

CM – I’ve got my two sons watching with me (the 18 year old just commented that Keith’s show seems slightly biased…), but I’ve been informed that there will be no typing during the debate. (snort)

Yes, yes, yes Recruitgal! That would be damn genius.

If Palin had a penis she would not even be in office.

my family wisely ignores me during these delicate live blogging times….they know that any moment…i could pop a vein..and well…it wouldnt be pretty…

how long before we hear the first “My friends”..

Opening statement.

I don’t know why everyone thinks Palin is so hot. I wouldn’t fuck her with Candy Crowley’s cock.

End button? Really? That works?Well…OK.But still…it could refresh with a little line marking previous last, and all lined up at a single click.But if you want me to click an extra button and then scroll back up to find all the new stuff because Cesca’s too lazy to implement a wee bit of convenience…Maybe he’s not even lazy. Maybe he’s laughing his hole off at all the time we spend scrolling and hunting.Call me paranoid.

Is janet jackson gonna show her titty at halftime?Just want to know when to take a piss during the big show.

Who says Sarah doesn’t have a penis? Either way, Mr. The Elvis would whip her with it.

Sarah does have a penis. It’s Todd’s. She carries it around in her beehive, I think.

Question to my fellow commenters – do your families think you are as deranged as mine thinks I am for spending all this time here?Yes, cminri, but this is serious business. I hope someday they’ll understand.

Elvis – I think a lot of men think she is hot because they know the only way she could have gotten as far as she has is by giving extremely good blowjobs. Her “book learnin’” certainly didn’t get her here.

Mmmmmmmm, book-learnin.STUPID PASSPORT-HOLDING HONKY RICH FOLK!!

8 years of not being able to listen to my president without getting a cold chill up my spine, now i have to listen to “my friends”..there isn’t enough liquor in my house, but..i have other means..

Avi, I hate teh opposite, when you start reading comments (maybe not a live thread) and realize you have NO idea WTF they’re talking about, because it’s in reverse order.In any event I think you’re way too sober. No more coffee for you.

Going for the heroin, Marbare? Warming up the spoon?

J M:”Good blowjob” is redundant. Some are just better than others.

Is Chris Matthews drunk?

Okay..lets take bets…how long before we hear the first “My friends”..Posted by: cminri at September 26, 2008 08:41 PMWhy waste time? Drink now…get a head start. Later you will not be able to keep up.That said, will put money on opening statement.

So when McCain blurts out with “My Friends” tonight do you suppose he’s speaking to his KKK constituents??

Matthew’s is getting pretty heady…the cosmos have shifted. Somewhere, Palin is frantically looking around yelling “Does that mean I’m not a Republican?”

@ BearswifeNice to meet another Holly. Thanks for the welcome all. I would have said more earlier but needed a shower…(too much CNN). Anyways,love this room you all seem like a great bunch of people…Ready,Set.Debate!!!!

Okay..its about to begin…lets all join hands ….

Marbare, can I come visit? I am in such need of fresh air tonight.

Ooh, minutes to go. I have my popcorn fresh out the microwave.C’mon Barack. It’s game time, boyfriend. Let’s GO!

Idream: my 20-year-old son is the only one left in the nest but both of them got used to me watching football games and getting snockered with the guys on a forum. So he sees the look in my eye and thinks “Mom’s in one of her places” and veers away. Probably looking for a game on tv.

So when McCain blurts out with “My Friends” tonight do you suppose he’s speaking to his KKK constituents??

What the fuck is Matthews talking about? Math? We’re Americans, we don’t know from math!

does that mean if I give ‘good’ blowjobs I can be VP? I am SO in!

what did matthews just call mccain?

HA! Elvis, it’s McCain debating weed will do, not Palin, I’ll save the Heroin for her

SHIT,Looks like I’m waaaaaaaaay behind! I’ll catch up!

So was there a drinking game decided? I think I might need to pull out the tequila….

Looks like I’m waaaaaaaaay behind! I’ll catch up!

I think you need to be vetted, Bearswife. Swing by around midnight.

Bob – Thats why I don’t watch CNN anymore. They wanna be Fixed News. On the night Obama gave his acceptance speech, CNN followed up with nonstop republican pundits.

here we go..i’m gonna puke!! GL all

does that mean if I give ‘good’ blowjobs I can be VP? I am SO in!

I’ll be the judge of that, Bearswife.

deep breathLet the Whargarble begin.

Last post for a bit. TV is “over there” – computer is “over here”.I FUCKING HATE WOLF BLITZER.I want to strangle the gasping, muttering, run-on sentence speaking redundant fuck!The debate from Mississppi UNiversity, in Mississippi, the debate, live from Mississippi, with me, in Mississippi….Later. Let the blood-letting BEGIN!

And they’re off…

aaahhh shit I’m pissed

Good thinking, Marbare. I was thinking about smoking an actual Colombian during Palin’s debate.

I’m already crying for some reason.

Who was that wonderful person who suggested throwing socks at the teevee?Where are you?

I’m already crying for some reason.

WOOO fucking HOOOO

Nice touch starting with Ike.

Jim Lehrer is already putting me to sleep.

LMAO Elvis

Oh, Lord, Obama’s so gloriously presidential. I think I just got a little choked up.

Sorry for the double post.

Yeah, that quote from Ike makes me shit myself. That guy was freakishly prescient. He slept for 8 years, played a little golf, then said all kinds of scary shit that turned out to be true.

holy crap!!! fresh air!!! brb.

Socks? Is that like throwing toast?

he is out of the hospital, dip shit

HAHAHAMcCain is such a dumbass.. Kennedy is already on the way home

What the FUCK is he doing invoking Kennedy – who incidently is home watching on TV.

Let the vetting begin with my BJsAND Mc Cracky said a prayer for Ted, who won that one?

You called it, navi.

who won the “on a bad note…. ” bet.

My friends…is it just me or does John McLame look like the evil emperor? He’s been around a lot longer than a little while!

Oooh, playing the bipartisan reach across the aisle bullshit early.

McCain hots sorry hots sorry hits Keenedy

People will lose their credits?Okay, let’s drink every time McDouche says “fiscal crisis.”

Who predicted that McCain would open with Senator Kennedy? Good call! Although, McCain doesn’t knwo that Kennedy’s already back at home…

Is McCain actually going to start crying? Is that his maverick strategy?

Life must suck on Main Street – wherever that is.You know where it’s worse? Elm Street.

My friends…is it just me or does John McLame look like the evil emperor? He’s been around a lot longer than a little while!

Who predicted that McCain would open with Senator Kennedy? Good call! Although, McCain doesn’t knwo that Kennedy’s already back at home…

My friends…is it just me or does John McLame look like the evil emperor? He’s been around a lot longer than a little while!

dontpanic…that brought up a seriously disturbing mental image of McCain dressed as Frank-N-Furter….Palin as Janet perhaps?

Oooh, playing the bipartisan reach across the aisle bullshit early.

Life must suck on Main Street – wherever that is.You know where it’s worse? Elm Street.

McCain is babbling

I thought he didn’t see any of this coming..? Isn’t that on tape?

Who predicted that McCain would open with Senator Kennedy? Good call! Although, McCain doesn’t knwo that Kennedy’s already back at home…

“People are going to lose their credits”??? What is this, Donkey Kong?

Oh Christ, he’s going to the War Well already. Normandy Beach. D-Day. Doo-dah, doo-dah. I give up, he’s a patriot, he knows about World War II, fuck it. Turn off the lights. Let’s go home. Go war!

Speaking of Sucks……my satellite is out due to rain aaaarrrggghhh!!!!!!

i don’t know if i can watch all of this, it’s painful, obama needs to look in mccains eyes and call his ass out…

It’s a nightmare on Elm St.

Fundamental, fundamental, fundamental, fundamental…

The clock! The debate started well before nine–hey, he said Washington right, what the fuck?–on the board and seems about 5 minutes off. Or did somebody pass me the heroin?

Started a new thread, everyone. Come on over.

Aren’t the fundamentals workers? I mean really strong workers who can lift heavy things?

Oh Christ. This isn’t about the American worker, you fucking pinhead. The American worker is useless without capital. The American worker is useless if his or her labor is paying off debt to China. The American worker is fucking useless if he or she has to sleep in their car between two jobs. FUCK YOU AND YOUR PLATITUDES, JOHN MCCAIN. FUCK YOUR EMPTY TALKING POINTS!

Jebus Jim, this isn’t Dancing with the stars…. They aren’t going to talk AT each other, so give it a rest.Keep hammering at a CLEAR answer.

You didn’t get it from me Dontpanic, I’m saving my for Sarah

Spending? Earmarks? That’s what is causing the current financial crisis? I hope Obama rips him a new one right now.

Talking point, talking point, talking point!I’m going to have to drink more!

Earmarking and pork barrel spending, John? Like what your lovely VP candidate lobbied for? What a jackass….

Yo Johnny, it’s your damn war that’s wasting our money. Should we be throwing you in jail with all of those criminals you just mentioned?

McCain has an old pen? WTF? Those damn bears in Montana!

I will make them famous. I hate that fucking line.

“That leads to runaway spending and corruption…And if there’s two things I know… heh.

Yo Johnny, it’s your damn war that’s wasting our money. Should we be throwing you in jail with all of those criminals you just mentioned?

He’s just blurting out random crap!! He’s going to veto EVERY SINGLE SPENDING BILL that comes across his desk?? He’s lost his mind! The gov’t will cease to function ’cause the $$ to run it comes in the form of SPENDING BILLS!

Bob has started a new thread. JUMP, JUMP!

Holly, I feel your no-reception pain. Ask a couple people here, they heard me complain about the twc.

Smirkish fucking imp!

Speaking of Sucks……my satellite is out due to rain aaaarrrggghhh!!!!!!

HE’S GONNA BLOW!!!

Mavericky McMaverick has already mentioned “Miss Congeniality” and “Ireland.” Is he *trying* to evoke images of his failing VP? What’s next — rape kits, unmarried pregnant teens, or Putin rising into the airspace?

Mavericky McMaverick has already mentioned “Miss Congeniality” and “Ireland.” Is he *trying* to evoke images of his failing VP? What’s next — rape kits, unmarried pregnant teens, or Putin rising into the airspace?

Yeahhhhhh boy.Hit em obama…. and keep getting in his face

three words for Mcdickwad..Crest White Strips

Boy howdy does McShames laugh creep me the fuck out…Mercy..That laugh smile is scary fucking creepy.

“three words for Mcdickwad..Crest White Strips”It won’t help. that’s the color of his soul!

Good grief wipe that silly fucking grin off your face McShame….Goofy old man. sheesh.

Reagan one!

folks, this isn’t good….

folks, this isn’t good….

McCain’s wining.

I’m back. I took notes. Gonna scan y’als comments, see if any of you are worth yammering at…Wanna say one thing RIGHT NOW.I GOT MY FUCKING WHARGARBLE!!!!Ahmadinnerplate…ahdinogate…WHARGARBLE!!!!I WIN.No “My friends”. I puked anyway.

I turned my TV off.

and yes…thank you for noticing…I called the Spare a Thought for Ted Kennedy play. The Lion of The House.

Noticed the thing was horribly divided. McCain lied, red line went up, blue line went down. Obama was too fuckin wordy, blue line went up, red line went down.Green line looked to be favouring McMumblefuck.McCain had some bad moments, but scripted enough good soundbites to run out the clock.Obama wins before a panel of smart people. Oops…should we have thought of that?They never considered the pause. Letting McCain hang himself. There were a few shots at it, but O jumped in too quickly: “Just let me correct the record…”"I think it’s important that we understand the importance, relative to the average working family, of the effect of a policy that, in effect….”JUMPED UP JESUS ON SKIS! SPEAK!!!I have SO much more to say? Where did everybody go?