6 O'Clock (Pacific Time) High

Debate time is approaching and it's gonna be juicy. When was the last presidential debate where there were concerns about one of the candidates even showing up? I wouldn't be surprised if Obama was stood up and then they cut to a feed of McCain being interviewed by Katie Couric. Yup, this is a good one. Like Marquez vs. Vasquez or White Spy vs. Black Spy (no racial comment intended. Though I just realized, how could that old Mad Mag comic not have had racial overtones?).

Does anyone remember having to fight someone after school and as each hour passed, the knot in your stomach got tighter and tighter? This is that. McCain is the kid who was really cool in middle school but never got high school game and people are sick of him acting like he's still popular. Obama is the new kid with the weird name who people just sense is a little classier than his surroundings. He moved from a private school where he was class president and is now at the giant public high school with the metal detectors and the smoking lounge.

Everyone knows if McCain starts to lose he will bite. They wonder if Barack will go dirty if he has to. Or maybe he sticks to the Marquees of Queensberry rules and gets stuck with a screwdriver by Lieberman, McCain's creepy best friend. Even the teachers are secretly interested in this one. I'll see you all out behind the baseball field at 3:15 or in this case 6pm PT.

Here are a few predictions:

1. Obama will trounce McCain because Obama isn't completely bought and paid for and he's thoughtful and intelligent. He will then get a two point bump that will disappear in the subsequent debates as McCain surfs the tide of low expectations ala Kerry vs. W. Bush 2.

2. Obama will use the word "firewall" more than he uses "regulation" or "deregulation" because those words sound restrictive and technical. "Firewall" seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides "military" and "government?" Look for this sentence: "Senator McCain and George Bush have dedicated the last thirty years to destroying the economic firewall set up by FDR after the last great depression."

3. Obama does not go after how questionable the Palin pick was because they are terrified to offend Hillary supporters, or far more importantly, allow for pundits to suggest they have offended Hillary supporters.

4. McCain will mention Sarah Palin in one really stiff anecdote about family and bucking the system. Something like "I got some flack for picking an outsider for my Vice President. But Sarah Palin said to me the other day 'It's okay John, sometimes the racoon catches some fish when he's hunting for geese blah blah.....'"

5. Fox News will say John McCain won the debate even if he doesn't show up.

Comments

[PT6]

Obama WAS SOLID in EVERY RESPECT!

Lets Remember: McFlipFlop

Pat Buchanan calls him "HOT HEADED"
He calls himself a "GAMBLER"
We know he loves "WAR"
We see he is a "FLIPFLOPPER"
He likes to "GAME the AMERICAN PEOPLE"
Prefers "LOOKS over SUBSTANCE" Palin
Indecisive about most EVERYTHING
Do we want a GAMBLING, HOTHEADED trigger finger, WAR LOVING, FLIPFLOPPER, who likes GAMING the system and the AMERICAN PEOPLE to be in control of the President's BUTTONS?

McFlipFlop (Just a FEW!)

Economy is Sound - Must Support Bailout Economy is BAD
For Bailout - Stop Bailout
Against AIG - For AIG
For Debate - Against Debate - For Debate
For Funding Banks - For EVEN LARGER TAX BREAKS FOR BANKS
For Control of Executive Compensation - Not For Control of Executive Compensation
For Helping Home Owners - Against Helping Home Owners
For Equity in Banks - Against Equity in Banks
Against AIG - NOW FOR INSURANCE

He is harder to watch than a PRO TENNIS GAME!

[Maanu]

Thank you kindly for referencing 3 O'Clock High, one of my favorite 80's movies. Buddy Revel is going down.

JERRRRRY!!! JERRRRRY!!! JERRRRRY!!!

[5150]

McCain's Called Shot: WINS DEBATE by adding up the score in advance.

[Rochester]

Although Barack Obama has many great talents going for him, he has not proven himself to be a great debater. Hillary beat Barack more times than he beat her. John McCain is practiced at reciting the rhetoric that mid-westerners understand and believe in. When ever McCain is unsure of the proper answer, he defers to the voters, "The voters will decide at the polls whether I had an influence on the Wall Street bailout." How many times will he "let the voters decide" tonight?

Barack has to win over the hearts and minds of mid-westerners. He already has the East and West coasts wrapped up. This debate may be won behind the baseball field, but Barack must drop the Marquess of Queensberry conditioning that every Harvard grad uses until the chips are down. Will these men even be wearing gloves tonight? This could be a verbal cage fight to the finish. May the best man win.

[Sound-Bitten]

I hope these get discussed

1. Taliban and Al Qaeda have re-taken large areas of Afghanistan. Why is this news being suppressed?

2. British withdrew troops from Iraq and violence in their sector went down. Seems the opposite of a surge also worked.

[THEhillbilly]

"...Marquees of Queensberry..."

(snicker) The what?

"Obama will trounce McCain because Obama isn't completely bought and paid for..."

Naivete is always funny. Thanks for that bonus snicker.

"Fox News will say John McCain won the debate even if he doesn't show up."

Well, at least you got around to parroting some of the obligatory verbal horse manure.


Presidential Debates

[Eoin45]

"Naivete is always funny..." Yes, your post was hilarious. It's Marquis of Queensbury. Glad I could clear that up.

[flanardiente]

Actually--as long as we're nitpicking--it's Marquess of Queensbury.

[jayded]

i think Obama's gonna give us another acceptance speech moment with respect to bowing expectations out of the water

[gypsy508]

Here's another prediction. The bailout will cause Americans to open their eyes and realize tonight mind as well just be an internal debate within Goldman Sachs. They will be so fed up by the bailout that they stay home on election day. Guess who that hurts the most?