Comments on: Source: Obama will turn the debate into a town hall if McCain doesn’t show

By: ex-Democrat

ex-Democrat — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:54:59 +0000

McCain should tell America that the media will use the hour and a half to finally vet Obama after two years of a free ride.

By: jgapinoy

jgapinoy — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:43:41 +0000

Obama has been proclaining the-worst-economy-since-the-Depression for weeks, & he gets a chance to show leadership in fixing it, but says, “Uh, call me, uhhh, if you, um, need me.”

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By: Deanna

Deanna — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:41:44 +0000

Damn, I’m watching Fox Special Report and all of a sudden Brit says they have an unexpected guest…Obama. He’s blathering on about the negotiations and now he’s talking about not injecting presidential politics into it and how we should have a debate. He finally shut up. Now that really makes me angry. He used his time to further his campaign.

By: Rayhummel

Rayhummel — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:28:22 +0000

I’ve had a little daydream about his. McCain stays back tending to business, The Messiah starts in on a solo town meeting and El Rushbo himself stands up in the audience and says, “I’m your Huckleberry”

(umm, if anyone is scratching their head, go to youtube and search for Tombstone)

By: sophiesmom

sophiesmom — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:16:41 +0000

Again, I said it yesterday, and I’ll say it again. Obama wanted the Foreign policy debate first and on a Friday night. He wanted to get his weak area out of the way with fewest number of people watching. Well guess what? Obama’s not gonna get his wish; whatever happens, plenty of people will be watching. Maybe, the old sea dog knew the deal was about to get done, and he goaded Obama into puffing out his chest about being scared. Obama said let’s debate, so I’m thinking McCain will show up and a huge, bigger than Obama hoped for audience will show up, to see The One get his clock cleaned.

By: seketabi

seketabi — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:51:53 +0000

I think Sarah Palin should take his place – and make the point that the Republican nominee for President is busy working.

By: Steve Z

Steve Z — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:51:50 +0000

Anyway, envision McCain, having saved the day with House Republicans, triumphantly riding into Oxford, MS on his valiant steed just in time for the debate.

Let him ride in on a moose, borrowed from Sarah.

By: Nichevo

Nichevo — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:49:58 +0000

53 percent want the show to go on, including 53 percent of independents.

Uh, huh. Like 53% of Americans, of any political persuasion, were really, really, really looking foward to watching a debate on Friday night?

By: SaintOlaf

SaintOlaf — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:49:36 +0000

Ubama can handle a debate all by himself just fine.

He holds both positions one every issue anyway.

Let him debate himself.

Not only is he clean and articulate, he is a master debater.

By: CliffHanger

CliffHanger — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:13:32 +0000

“Comes a Man”

“Comes a New Man…”

By: CliffHanger

CliffHanger — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:11:48 +0000

Precious. How about they turn it into a townhall if McCain does show…

Anyway, envision McCain, having saved the day with House Republicans, triumphantly riding into Oxford, MS on his valiant steed just in time for the debate.

Time to replace the face in Allah’s “Comes a Man” Photoshop image…?

By: Janos Hunyadi

Janos Hunyadi — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:07:30 +0000

Yeah, but I’m sure there’s an all-new Troll-a-licious Rywall v2.0 account just waiting in the wings… morons just can’t keep their ignorant opinions to themselves, and trolls like him don’t have enough of a sense of honor to keep their word.

hindmost on September 25, 2008 at 2:57 PM

Drywall sounds very much like ‘Kent Allard’–and they are never on the same thread although both on this blog at the same times. Dave has his own computer in Mom’s basement, and then there’s the one upstairs……..

One of them let it be know that he’s Canadian, but doesn’t seem to know anything about Canada or seem interested in the Great White North

once you start playing Make-Believe on the internet, everything is possible

By: Texas Gal

Texas Gal — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:45:09 +0000

Did McCain say he was canceling his participation in the Friday nite debate? I thought he asked Obama to consider rescheduling it in order to deal with this crisis. Obama said no it should go on. Did McCain then say go ahead without him?

I thought I heard McCain say a 48 hour suspension of his campaign activities. That would end about noon on Friday, yes?

By: Grue in the Attic

Grue in the Attic — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:40:37 +0000

kgs_mvs on September 25, 2008 at 4:38 PM

Nicely done.

*eats*

By: SoulGlo

SoulGlo — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:39:32 +0000

Well he might as well. The place is all set up and paid for and everything.

By: kgs_mvs

kgs_mvs — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:38:29 +0000

The easiest way to cause Obama headaches at the debate is to ask him for specifics. He’s so accustomed to speaking in generalities (e.g., “…caused by Bush’s failed policies…”) and never being called on it by the media (i.e., “What specific policies do you mean and how did they cause the problem?”) that I think he would have serious difficulties pointing to a specific policy and how, specifically, that policy caused the problem. It would be interesting to see if he could provide examples and correctly explain the causal relationships.

Wouldn’t it be a hoot to hear Palin school Obama with a “correlation is not causation” line. And, if she’s been doing any reading about the current financial crisis, she would be able to explain why simply b/c the current crisis happened while Bush is still in office is not reason enough to lay all the blame on Bush policies.

By: rbj

rbj — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:28:59 +0000

He definitely should do a town hall style meeting.
Proposed first question:
“Ask you have asked for, and the voters of Illinois have given you the power as one of one hundred Senators, why, Senator Obama are you here in Mississippi instead of doing your job in Washington? Don’t you think you should be doing something in the midst of this crisis to help the American people, rather than during your first term in national office ask us to give you yet a different job?”

By: kgs_mvs

kgs_mvs — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:25:15 +0000

I think it would be a mistake for McCain to miss the debate completely no matter how much he is needed in DC. He needs to find some way to make it work, by doing the debate via video or by sending in Palin. I’d really like to see him do something unexpected and stay on the offensive.

As it stands now, if the media picks up a “McCain retreated to Washington” meme, it will not help. Is there any question that the Dems in DC would be willing to stall for as long as they need to so that Obama can have a 90 minute infomercial? I don’t think McCain’s chances of getting something hammered out before he needs to leave for the debate are very good, so I can only hope that the campaign is not putting eggs in that basket and is proactively planning another way to represent the ticket at the scheduled debate.

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By: Illinidiva

Illinidiva — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:10:24 +0000

Umm… But the networks probably won’t show it.

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[...] Apparently, Obama plans to hold some kind of half-assed town hall meeting at Ol’ Mississippi, if McCain fails to show, which is rich, since Obama, after crowing that he would debate McCain “anytime, anywhere”, declined McCain’s offer to do a series of town hall styled debates, last summer. [...]

By: thevastlane

thevastlane — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:03:14 +0000

Is it just me or is this turning into some sort of election season game show/reality series?

By: Sapwolf

Sapwolf — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:56:41 +0000

poljunkie on September 25, 2008 at 3:50 PM

If there is any doubt about that bailout plan not being nailed for Monday markets opening, McCain stays there and keeps working through the weekend and puts Country First. The election be damned. Stick to leadership and principles.

If Obama then hangs at Ole Miss, he will look SO BAD, while McCain is trying to save the economy.