Tonight, John McCain and Barack Obama will have their last debate. It will be held at Hofstra University and CBS News’ Bob Schieffer, host of “Face the Nation” will be the moderator. Schieffer claims he’s not going to be shy about getting the candidates to stick to the questions. “It will not embarrass me, if they go off in a different direction, to say, 'excuse me, could you focus on the question that I just asked?' " he said.
Both candidates have requested that an air-conditioning vent be located directly above them. I suppose they are keeping in mind the damning sweat which made Nixon look so nervous in his televised debate against John F. Kennedy in 1960.
Each of them also requested an EXACT replica of the water glasses they had at the previous debates. Now, I am unsure why this matters. Maybe they’ve practiced throwing water in the face of their opponent with the glasses they lifted from the last debates? My husband used to collect spoons from the Waffle House. I won’t judge.
Maybe there will be some sort of switcheroo pulled on one of the glasses, leaving a candidate with a big black Hitler moustache once he drinks? The request for these “stunt glasses” disturbs me.
Of course, I think if Obama just shows up and keeps breathing, he’ll be fine. To paraphrase Huey P. Long, he’d have to get caught with a dead girl or a live boy to lose this election right now. Avoiding gaffes should be his focus tonight. There’s also another little Southernism which applies: he needs to give John McCain plenty of rope. He’ll do the hangin’ himself.
I think John McCain is an angry, angry man. He’s one well placed barb away from becoming Yosemite Sam. Can you picture it?
Source: yosemite-sam.net
I had a SERIOUS problem with the last debate. Please view this video, as if you have not before:
In all fairness, here is a transcript of a portion of the last debate:
OBAMA: Senator McCain, this is the guy who sang, "Bomb, bomb, bomb Iran," who called for the annihilation of North Korea. That I don't think is an example of "speaking softly." This is the person who, after we had -- we hadn't even finished Afghanistan, where he said, "Next up, Baghdad." So I agree that we have to speak responsibly and we have to act responsibly. And the reason Pakistan -- the popular opinion of America had diminished in Pakistan was because we were supporting a dictator, Musharraf, had given him $10 billion over seven years, and he had suspended civil liberties. We were not promoting democracy. This is the kind of policies that ultimately end up undermining our ability to fight the war on terrorism, and it will change when I'm president.
MCCAIN: And, Tom, if -- if we're going to go back and forth, I then -- I'd like to have equal time to go -- to respond to...
BROKAW: Yes, you get the...
MCCAIN: ... to -- to -- to...
BROKAW: ... last word here, and then we have to move on.
MCCAIN: Not true. Not true. I have, obviously, supported those efforts that the United States had to go in militarily and I have opposed that I didn't think so.I understand what it's like to send young American's in harm's way. I say -- I was joking with a veteran -- I hate to even go into this. I was joking with an old veteran friend, who joked with me, about Iran.But the point is that I know how to handle these crises. And Senator Obama, by saying that he would attack Pakistan, look at the context of his words. I'll get Osama bin Laden, my friends. I'll get him. I know how to get him.
Is this not an outright LIE?!? McCain claims that he “was joking with an old veteran friend”. He has a MICROPHONE IN HIS HAND!
He makes it sound like he whispered it over his free small coffee at McDonald’s to a guy who was locked in a cell with him in Vietnam!
The man’s trousers are engulfed in flames.
Obama should have called him on it.
It seems these days that McCain is all about the truth. He and his stunt lady, Sarah Palin have gone on and on about how the truth is so important. When asked recently by CNN about the Ayers controversy, he had this to say, "It's not that I give a damn about some old washed-up terrorist and his terrorist wife, who in 2001 said they wish they'd bombed more. What I care about, and what the American people care about, is whether he's being truthful."
Roll, roll, roll, roll, roll the tape.
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BRING BACK THE 24 HOUR FULL PAGE FEED!!!
Pretty please.
With cake on top.
Or pie.
(Not that there's anything wrong with that)
Thanks for a winsome post.
I smiled at your Yosemite Sam comparison. Steven Weber just published a piece comparing Barack to George Bailey and McCain to old man Potter in "It's A Wonderful Life."
I have to add I'm relieved to know why there were never any spoons at the waffle house. That has bugged me for a long time (rated).
Oscar & undertow - Thanks for reading.
I've really singed my tailfeathers the last couple of days building these posts. It's soooo disheartening to come back to the computer after a couple of hours and see so little response. So these days, I'm appreciating you more!
I really hope the moderator does call them to answer questions. SP's assertion that she wouldn't follow the rules was appalling. Both candidates need to be questioned fully. Tonight should be interesting. Rated.
I think this format tonight, with the two of them sitting at the same table with the moderator, will change the dynamics quite a bit. Personally, I'd like to see Obama go for the jugular, but it won't happen. I do think there's a possibility of McCain melting down, though. We'll see!
I know it's in there!