Brooklyn Blogs the Debate

A bunch of us are gathered here in Park Slope, Brooklyn to watch the debate.

Some comments as we go along: (first half hour)

"Is McCain storing up something for the winter in those cheeks?"

"Fannie Mae caused the entire mortgage crisis?"

"McCain just said not to spread the wealth around!"

Barack: "We spent $15 billion a year on insurance companies."

"Barack is so much clearer."

"What is McCain saying? Wasn't HE in Congress for the largest expansion of government in the history of the country?"

"Barack looks bored and slightly amused. For good reason."

"Barack says the word reform first."

"Barack also says Bush first."

"McCain says he isn't Bush. But didn't he support most of his policies?"

"I think Obama just won the debate by showing how McCain has supported all of Bush's core policies."

"Is McCain blaming Obama for the ridiculous ads he's created?"

"Score! Obama mentions that a poll shows that 2/3 of the American people think that McCain's ads have been attack ads."

"Obama is so on message! He just turned around the discussion on attack ads and started talking about the economic crisis."

"WHAT! McCain claims that Obama's ads attacking his health plan is actually an attack on him personally! Stop your whining! Poor you! -- and what's with Joe the Plumber already?"

"YAY! Obama mentions how the McCain campaign didn't repudiate anything when threats were made on him. But he is so cool about it. McCain has a dumb smile on his face."

----more later-----

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Comments

[melpol]

Obama made a sincere closing speech. It alone should make him our next president. McCain was clearly outclassed in the debate.

[wmnorton]

The Moderator let McCain have the last word on all but i of the questionss. Seems that he was trying to give the edge to McCain with this tactic.

[BellaPhilly]

When did "women's health" become something that a future President should snear at and treat with derision as if it was something that he scraped off his shoe???

McCain just told me everything I ever needed to know about what the Republican party thinks of me and millions like me.

Obama/Biden

[kpckma]

Does Sarah Palin have an Autistic child? McCain's references says she does. How out of touch can he get?

[LEATHERFACE48]

mcsame should roll his eyes a lot more!!!

[Europa2]

We are watching this debate from Europe. We have stayed up every single time to watch these debates because this election is so important to us and the whole world. It's four in the morning here. We have to get up for the kids in three hours. Obama makes it all worthwhile. We hear clear plans, well documented arguments, statistics. McCain is wasting our time once again. And what's with Joe the plumber?!!! Do you think this is Sesame street and that we are complete fools. He obviously has no respect for Obama but worse is that he has no respect for us.

[belong]

Has anyone noticed John McCain's the odd affect during Obama's responses? What is with that incessant blinking and smirking? Is he communicatiing with someone in the audience? It's very disconcerting.

[prof92506]

I'm watching the debates in California. We're in serious economic trouble here and having an intelligent president with fresh ideas is crucial for the future of this country generally and for this state specifically.

Obama is articulate and presidential. He has ideas that make sense.

McCain just recycles the same old attacks on Obama. He seems so desperate, so... old news.