2008 U.S. Presidential Election: Second Debate

[phillyfan26]

I'm not watching Cnn, how are the voters responding to the two candidates?

They seem to favor Obama more.

The general trend is that they don't like talking about the other candidate. They like specific plans. When Obama's been specific with his step-by-step plans, the charts seem to peak.

 

[Babydoll]

Hi Jules!!

 

[kellyahern]

I may have missed a moment - did Obama dispute the "you will be fined for having no health care" claim? I'd like to know more about how that.

This is all I could find on his website. I think it was a fine for large companies that don't offer healthcare:

Make employer contributions more fair by requiring large employers that do not offer coverage or make a meaningful contribution to the cost of quality health coverage for their employees to contribute a percentage of payroll toward the costs of their employees health care.

 

[Babydoll]

Nice to see McCain doesn't say "Eyerack" and "Eyeran" like Sarah Palin did.

 

[corianderstem]

deep, are you just yanking our chains again, as you do so well?

If you're serious, put up an explanation or shut up with the chain-yanking.



PS I still would like to know about the whole "fine" thing, if anyone has info on that. Without knowing details, I would think a lot of people would hear that and go "WHOA. No thank you."

Edit: Oh, interesting. Thanks for finding that, Kelly. That's a LOT different - fining companies as opposed to fining individuals, as McCain claimed? If that's what he was referring to.

 

[skjuls]

Hi Jules!!

Hiya sweetie!!!

 

[U2isthebest]

Tom Brokaw is a fantastic moderator. I can't help but think about how awesome it would have been to have Tim Russert moderate a debate this year.

 

[ramblin rose]

Doesn't he realize that the "my friends" is not helping him.

 

[skjuls]

Tom Brokaw is a fantastic moderator. I can't help but think about how awesome it would have been to have Tim Russert moderate a debate this year.

I miss Tim Russert!!

 

[the iron horse]

Should the U.S. be the world's police?


What are the limits of the constitution?

 

[deep]

Obama has more highs, and they're more sustained. McCain has had some highs, but he's flatlining a lot more, too.

the women seem to give both candidates higher scores

the men seem to be stingy with their approval



I guess an undecided man, is just grumpy

 

[VintagePunk]

He really does seem like a doddering old man.

 

[corianderstem]

Iron Horse, I'm reading your Libertarian comments, and I appreciate you throwing them in here. I just don't have anything to say about them.

Didn't want you to think that everyone was just ignoring you.

 

[VintagePunk]

the women seem to give both candidates higher scores

the men seem to be stingy with their approval



I guess an undecided man, is just grumpy

I've noticed that, too.

 

[U2isthebest]

McCain talking up Iraq is simply not going to help him. The majority of Americans now feel that our going into Iraq was a mistake in the first place, so when McCain starts talking about what a success its been, nobody but the base war supporters are buying it.

 

[Babydoll]

Obama also pronounces Pakistan correctly in comparison to McCain.

 

[Dalton]

I thought his hero was Ronald Reagan.

 

[LarryMullen's POPAngel]

I literally want to puke everytime McCain speaks.

This probably would not have been the case 8 years ago, fyi...

 

[U2isthebest]

"a guy named Teddy Roosevelt"? Really? Oh man, guys, there was this guy named Abraham Lincoln,that totally, like, ended slavery and stuff. Crazy awesome shit.

 

[kellyahern]

Um John, I don't think Obama said he would "attack Pakistan" as a country. He said if we had actionable intelligence that we knew where Bin Laden was in Pakistan, we should take him out.

 

[Diemen]

Hah. I'm chatting with my brother, and he mentioned the same thing, Dalton.

 

[deep]

I thought his hero was Ronald Reagan.

he has been saying Teddy for sometime now

and he did butt heads, just a bit with Reagan

he's a maverick

 

[U2isthebest]

John is flat lining on Pakistan.

 

[Babydoll]

Kelly he's repeating what you just said

 

[skjuls]

I literally want to puke everytime McCain speaks.

This probably would not have been the case 8 years ago, fyi...

Same here! I used to have so much respect for McCain. My how times change!

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

:stomps foot: if he gets a follow-up, i want one too!

 

[Lila64]

Am I the only one who cringes whenever McCain starts in with the "my friends"?

My friends, I'm 5 pages behind trying to catch up here (don't own a laptop, no matter what Wolf Blitzer thinks )

I might have to insert a pic of McCain on my dart board.

OK, back to page 6

 

[kellyahern]

McCain's going blow any minute now. Duck and cover!

 

[deep]

Obama just changed the rules??

is he special?

why not abide by the agreed rules??

 

[U2Fanatic4ever]

Tom Brokaw is a fantastic moderator. I can't help but think about how awesome it would have been to have Tim Russert moderate a debate this year.

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oh don't get me crying.. Tim would of been awesome.