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PoliGAF Thread of First Debate Election 2008 - GAF doesn't know shit

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EMBee99

all that he wants is another baby
Y2Kev said:
Let's take predictions on what stunt McCain will pull this week.
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Calling out the media for its unfair portrayal of Sarah Palin after the debates as "one big pile of dumb," citing sexism.

Trying to hold a "Main Street Town Hall," where he will unveil his "Change the Vote" initiative to sign up new voters.

Temporarily suspends campaign to personally go to Afghanistan and hunt for Osama Bin Laden. Ends up returning after Sarah Palin admits she has no idea where McCain is, despite map drawn on palm of her hand.
 
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Jak140

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StoOgE said:
Doesnt make Drudge any less of a POS though.

He posted an intentionally misleading headline trying to create a controversy to distract from his parties implosion.
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What else is new? :lol
 
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Tyrone Slothrop

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Y2Kev said:
Let's take predictions on what stunt McCain will pull this week.
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"my friends, i've decided to forego the Nov. 4th election and accept the United States presidency."

Tucker Bounds responding to inflamed pundits: "Yes, President McCain did subvert democracy. Some liberals would call this tyrannical, but others would call him a maverick."
 
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Learn2read

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StoOgE said:
Doesnt make Drudge any less of a POS though.

He posted an intentionally misleading headline trying to create a controversy to distract from his parties implosion.
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bububu the The Huffington Post is a left-leaning website, therefore both websites are equal, and both sides are just as bad!
 
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Jirotrom

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RapeApe said:
putinrearshisheadnz7.jpg
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:lol :lol :lol
 
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TDG

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I read a report in the local paper about a next-door suburb to my suburb (of Columbus) where over 100 Obama signs have been reported stolen. Not cool.

Then again, considering I ordered my yard sign over 2 weeks ago and it still hasn't even shipped, I'm starting to understand why someone might have the urge to steal someone's sign.
 
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ryutaro's mama

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Tyrone Slothrop said:
"my friends, i've decided to forego the Nov. 4th election and accept the United States presidency."

Tucker Bounds responding to inflamed pundits: "Yes, President McCain did subvert democracy. Some liberals would call this tyrannical, but others would call him a maverick."
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Ok, that was funny.
 
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The Librarian

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Tyrone Slothrop said:
"my friends, i've decided to forego the Nov. 4th election and accept the United States presidency."

Tucker Bounds responding to inflamed pundits: "Yes, President McCain did subvert democracy. Some liberals would call this tyrannical, but others would call him a maverick."
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That would be awesome.
 
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Rhindle

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Another interesting bit:

LA Times said:
McCain last week abruptly announced he would suspend his campaign, skip the debate and return to Washington to help with negotiations over a bailout package on Capitol Hill. A day later, after being accused of disrupting the delicate talks, McCain reversed course and flew to Mississippi for the debate.

The maneuver was view unfavorably by 46% of debate watchers, who said they believed McCain was "playing politics"; 38% said McCain was "acting for the good of the country."

"It just seemed like there was an element of self-serving politics," said Dan Wiethorn, a 49-year-old Bloomfield Hills, Mich., resident who described McCain's behavior as "a little flaky."
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That's a closer margin than I would have expected, given the slant of the media coverage.

But it's still a wider gap than the relative polling numbers, so the stunt did at least some damage to his standing.
 
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Particle Physicist

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TDG said:
I read a report in the local paper about a next-door suburb to my suburb (of Columbus) where over 100 Obama signs have been reported stolen. Not cool.

Then again, considering I ordered my yard sign over 2 weeks ago and it still hasn't even shipped, I'm starting to understand why someone might have the urge to steal someone's sign.
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local news here in south florida reported the same.. they interviewed a bunch of people who this happened to.. they have reports about it happening all over here.. there heard a rumor that it's people associated with mccain's campaign offices that are doing this.. so they interviewed a guy from one of the offices.. he basically said the same thing is happening with mccain supporters.. but there have been no other claims to that effect.. quite childish if you ask me..
 
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Stoney Mason

Banned
Tamanon said:
That second figure is definitely the more important one I'd say from past presidential debates.:lol And that's a huge spread.
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"Looking presidential" is a vague term that generally means not being overly dickish. By this measure Mccain will have a hard time looking presidential in these debates.
 
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Ether_Snake

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Breaking News: Boehner says Republican leaders support bailout plan and want House Republicans to support it too
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From Reuters. No articles.
 
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Frank the Great

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OK, so I decided to tune in to FOX News to check out the new Huckabee show, and what did I see....

*drumroll*

....Huckabee discussing Reverend Wright with Elizabeth Hasselback from the View.

They're getting desperate.
 
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PhoenixDark

Banned
Rhindle said:
But it's still a wider gap than the relative polling numbers, so the stunt did at least some damage to his standing.
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True. It can best be described as a stunt that didn't work. Seems like the McCain camp figured it would magically tie things up or prevent any huge losses from the debate. Failed on both accounts.

The question now becomes: what can he do now. Eventually the polls will fall back to the normal "Obama narrow lead" territory, but in the meantime I wonder what his plan is. The news on monday will simply be regurgitating the debate coverage, this time with more people watching. Then on Thursday there's the potential VP slaughter, leading right into another weekend of bad coverage/news/polls for McCain.
 
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Steve Youngblood

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Frank the Great said:
OK, so I decided to tune in to FOX News to check out the new Huckabee show, and what did I see....

*drumroll*

....Huckabee discussing Reverend Wright with Elizabeth Hasselback from the View.

They're getting desperate.
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Perhaps some voters didn't think this was covered enough during the primaries. It's an oldie, but a goodie.
 
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Ether_Snake

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worldrunover

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Frank the Great said:
OK, so I decided to tune in to FOX News to check out the new Huckabee show, and what did I see....

*drumroll*

....Huckabee discussing Reverend Wright with Elizabeth Hasselback from the View.

They're getting desperate.
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Did they consult Hannity on the subject?!
 
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Suikoguy

I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
Steve Youngblood said:
Perhaps some voters didn't think this was covered enough during the primaries. It's an oldie, but a goodie.
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You sir are hilarious :D
 
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Agent Icebeezy

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Frank the Great said:
OK, so I decided to tune in to FOX News to check out the new Huckabee show, and what did I see....

*drumroll*

....Huckabee discussing Reverend Wright with Elizabeth Hasselback from the View.

They're getting desperate.
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Wright was played the fuck out. I don't think people even care anymore so it is very easy to see that they are beyond desperate.
 
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typhonsentra

Banned
Frank the Great said:
OK, so I decided to tune in to FOX News to check out the new Huckabee show, and what did I see....

*drumroll*

....Huckabee discussing Reverend Wright with Elizabeth Hasselback from the View.

They're getting desperate.
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I asked before and didn't get an answer but, what did they say? i seem to keep missing this segment.
 
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Cheebs

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PhoenixDark said:
True. It can best be described as a stunt that didn't work. Seems like the McCain camp figured it would magically tie things up or prevent any huge losses from the debate. Failed on both accounts.

The question now becomes: what can he do now. Eventually the polls will fall back to the normal "Obama narrow lead" territory, but in the meantime I wonder what his plan is. The news on monday will simply be regurgitating the debate coverage, this time with more people watching. Then on Thursday there's the potential VP slaughter, leading right into another weekend of bad coverage/news/polls for McCain.
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It's getting to the point where well, there is only 4 or so weeks left. He is running out of time to really change up things. How many stunts can he pull off in that time? Not many.
 
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Steve Youngblood

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ryutaro's mama said:
So is the Keating 5 membership, but I digress.
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Bah. Keating 5 isn't sexy enough. Sure, maybe some liberals out there might argue that it's more substantive, and perhaps more relevant to current events once you understand it. But that doesn't put asses in the seats like rolling soundbites ad nauseam of a fiery black man saying "God damn America!"

Keating 5? Get out of here with that crap.
 
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Cheebs said:
It's getting to the point where well, there is only 4 or so weeks left. He is running out of time to really change up things. How many stunts can he pull off in that time? Not many.
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Biden is going to thrash McCain and not really engage with Palin. I would imagine that all of his questions and interactions with her will be "Why does John McCain feel this way and Why would he do that?" Ask her about his policies and since she won't know them all, she'll come off as canned and programmer. That is how you go after her. Make her the faulty proxy.
 
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adamsappel

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ronito said:
oh Palin will be at the debate. Make no mistake. She'll be there. She'll be there with an ear piece or a suspicious lump in her coat back.
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If she wears her hair down, I would believe she's wearing one.
 
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Rhindle

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Cheebs said:
It's getting to the point where well, there is only 4 or so weeks left. He is running out of time to really change up things. How many stunts can he pull off in that time? Not many.
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All it takes is one really good one, preferably just a couple of days before election day.
 
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phalestine

aka iby.h
Incognito said:
Can't believe I haven't seen this flickr photostream account yet.

Here's a picture of Obama before Friday's debate:

http://i35.tinypic.com/2n806eb.jpg[IMG]

[URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/barackobamadotcom/sets/72157607533135519/"]Debate set[/URL]

[URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/barackobamadotcom/"]Rest of the nearly 40,000 uploads[/URL][/QUOTE]

hmm I wonder what he is thinking.
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PhoenixDark

Banned
Cheebs said:
It's getting to the point where well, there is only 4 or so weeks left. He is running out of time to really change up things. How many stunts can he pull off in that time? Not many.
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If he can pull off a debate victory, say in the town hall one, and maybe start hammering the Wright issue who knows. I doubt Wright is going to offer up much juice now, thanks to Hannity beating it into the group months ago.

I think Palin could surprise us but lets say she delivers a performance similar to the Couric disaster (likely). How many presidential campaigns start October off with such a (potentially) shitty event?

Then on October 15th there's the economy debate; it's not like the economy is going to get better between now and then, so we can probably chalk this up as another McCain loss.

So yea, he doesn't have a lot of time to shake shit up.
 
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