The 2008 US Election thread

[Mentalman]

Looks like Wednesday night may be do or die for McCain, needs to land some significent blows, or at least get a rise out of Obama.

[tyssam5]

This is worth a read if you've got some time.

http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2008/10/13/081013taco_talk_editors

[thejuice]

This is the problem with democracy and "freedom", you have the freedom, the God given right to be an idiot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyvqhdllXgU

As a side note, Im sure there are plenty idiots not voting for Obama because he's black.

[dodo]

Campaigning

http://sendables.jibjab.com/sendables/1191/time_for_some_campaignin#/teaser/1191

[DrinkingHarp]

Watching the debate now.

McCain using the Republican "scare tactic" of Obama having ties to a "terrorist". Its obvious he knows its over and using anything to discredit Obama instead of stating how he can improve the government.

[stephenite]

So, who "won" the debate. Huff post are giving it to Obama but no surprise there.

Just noticed if you use Google Chrome and type 'Obama' it puts the red squiggly misspell line through it, the only other option they give is 'Osama'

[J70]

McCain was certainly on the offensive, but I thought Obama handled it well, particularly the stuff about the negative campaigning. McCain needed the win more than Obama, but I don't think he got it. Draw again for me, in that it isn't going to change much in terms of the race.

McCain looked like he was seething the whole night when Obama was speaking, while Obama frequently broke into an incredulous smirk when McCain made some accusation at him.

[Boynegael]

I'm wondering when we can expect to see "Joe the Plumber" with his own reality TV show...Maybe himself and "Joe Sixpack" can team up....
McCain was def more aggressive, I guess he had to be...Obama was his usually cool self, he just comes across as very calm and in control..
I watched it on a split screen, so you could clearly see the reactions when the other was speaking...McCain in my opinion looked angrier.

You know, on a separate note...I could have lived with McCain....but Pailin freaks me out...I dislike her more than I dislike Guliani and I think she sunk McCain more than any other mistake he has made.  Suspending Campaign, Postponing Debate etc etc....Independents, especially educated women just don't like her....I won't call her stupid, coz you don't get where she is being stupid....but she comes across as incredibly ignorant and sneaky as a fox..
I think she absolutly cannot change peoples opinions of her, which were formed after watching her interviews...The fact she refuses/or isn't allowed to give anymore is resonating with voters...

[J70]

I could probably have lived with McCain too, had he selected someone like Lieberman, as he allegedly wanted to. Courting the religious right with Palin put a very swift end to any inclinations I had in that direction though!

[Boynegael]

I concur wholeheartedly, although I don't know about Lieberman... I would prefer Bloomberg than him...Pailin is just wrong, wrong wrong...She can wink and "Joe Sixpack" till she is blue in the face...she isn't impressing anyone but the right wing extremists...
People want tolerence and understanding...not snarking and barking....my way or the highway...
I also think the election of Barack Obama will go a long way to putting the ugly history of this country to rest.  We can't deny there is an ugly history..I think he will be a powerful example of how far this country has coming regarding race relations...I really, really hope he wins...btw, I really like Joe Biden too...

[DrinkingHarp]

I feel Obama and Biden are the logical choice after the debates. It seems like the rest of the country is going this way, my only concern would be that everyone assumes Obama is going to win and the voters fail to show up on this assumption. That would be the only way McCain could slip in. As we say in Chicago "vote early and often" .

[magpie seanie]

McCain looked like he was seething the whole night when Obama was speaking

I thought in previous debates he showed very little respect to Obama - never looking at him or engaging him directly, referring to him as "that one". Have recorded last nights one and look forward to seeing it. The Ayers thing is pure desperation and anyone with half a brain knows that. Obama was obviously going to be prepared for an attack along those lines.

I agree that selecting Palin was the losing of this election if it is lost. A crazy woman but good comedy.

[Hardy]

He should have picked Andy Reid.

[magpie seanie]

So in a shocking twist a member of the Bush administration has been kidnapped by the liberal media and brainwashed into saying he supports Obama. Its disgraceful. Surely Tyrone's Own won't stand for this.

[Billys Boots]

It's hilarious that McCain's own party are now disowning him; what a truly rotten business politics is.