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- AverageJane2, on 09/27/2008, -18/+251I appreciated that Obama connected foreign policy to our problems at home. McCain doesn’t appear to grasp the importance of our connection to other world leaders and our place in the world.
Obama was fair, respectful, cool and level headed, which is all the more admirable considering that McCain kept using up valuable time slamming him instead of answering the questions put before him.
I would dare to say Obama conducted himself in a manner befitting a President. - bigp3rm, on 09/27/2008, -19/+219I found it odd that McCain could never look at Obama in the eye. Obama was trying to engage this man the whole time. McBush fails again.
- Say1What, on 09/27/2008, -19/+177Memo to McCain, there can't be a legitimate victory in an illegitimate war.
- evelynvesta, on 09/27/2008, -11/+166I found his eye rolling , smirking, sneering, and screwed up faces not only completely disrespectful of Obama's position, but his humanity as well, and wholly inappropriate for the situation; a real Eddie Haskell display. He reminded me of a fresh, spoiled eight year old. This is statesmen behavior?
Actually, it was all too reminiscent of another "leader"; the mediocre jokester called GW. These guys display their deep seated sense of entitlement and white privilege merely by being the snarky brats they are.
It reminds me of the folks who never look at the help. McCain thinks he's better than Obama. He couldn't be more wrong. - charm803, on 09/27/2008, -5/+155 McCain, I think, lost the independents when he said he would freeze spending on everything except defense and military.
That scared the crap out of me! - mauleriscool, on 09/27/2008, -20/+124All McCain is for is winning at any cost. That is not what we need in this crisis. We need to end it the correct way win or lose. Obama is the only real choice.
- duckley, on 09/27/2008, -11/+82TONIGHT's DEBATE
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http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/First_Debate_INS ... - msles59130, on 09/27/2008, -7/+76McCain lost a lot of ground by being unable/unwilling to look at Obama. It made him look either too angry to respond or too disdainful to speak to him, neither of which is good for the tone of this election from the Democratic and Independent side. Most people are looking for answers, and don't want more partisian crap getting in the way of them having a better life.
JMHO. - pintomp3, on 09/27/2008, -1/+65it's especially scary when you consider non-military spending is already at it's lowest level in half a century. no money to care for our people, but plenty to kill other people.
- pintomp3, on 09/27/2008, -2/+62alternatively: you can't win an occupation.
- JamesInDenver, on 09/27/2008, -8/+66All of Obama's comments concerning Iraq were on the money! Especially his observation about how America has neglected its other commitments around the world, by allocated too many resources in Iraq. The result is a vacuum being filled by China.
- Swingdown, on 09/27/2008, -6/+59Wow! you can take a quote out of context too! Congrats on your ninja like skills.
- truthfightsback, on 09/27/2008, -9/+60The beauty of this moment, and the reason it worked so well, si that they were encouraged to address each other. Barack rose to that challenge, which allowed him toe tripled impact of speaking "YOU were wrong!" McCain couldn't even look Barack in the eye. Beautiful.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty9BTcERiYY - terracottapai, on 09/27/2008, -3/+43GOOD IDEA USING CAPS, THEY DEFINITELY SHORE UP THE VALIDITY OF YOUR COMMENT.
- barryiggins, on 09/27/2008, -1/+39he looked like Mr. Magoo whenever Obama was talking: a vaguely annoyed, kind of wtf-where-am-I grimace that only the senile and very small infants can achieve
- Snap65, on 09/27/2008, -12/+50I want to punch Diggpublicans in the face so bad. How ignorant and dumb can they get? McCain will takes us to the brink of extinction or even past it. If that fool is elected, better start buying some Iranian, Russian, and Chinese flags.
- noclue, on 09/27/2008, -10/+47Senator Obama will be our next President.
- liquisoft, on 09/27/2008, -3/+40AWKMANADINI...AWKMAN...AWKMANIDINIJ...AWKMANIDINIJAD!
- popzero, on 09/27/2008, -8/+45I've been spending too much time lurking on Digg, so I was mildly surprised that McCain didn't drool and start gumming the mic. I imagine there are hardcore Fox/Limbaugh listeners who were surprised Obama didn't poop on the flag and suck his thumb.
Any truly independent/undecided folks care to share what you thought? You are the ones who will be the deciding factor, after all. - Meocross, on 09/27/2008, -2/+38That is a obvious alarm bell right there this fool shouldn't even be in the race
- liquisoft, on 09/27/2008, -2/+37Right when he said that I yelled "EDUCATION?!"
And then Obama rebutted with the thing about education. - Endrian, on 09/27/2008, -6/+40McCain also fought to waste Obama's time by misrepresenting and outright lying about his positions, forcing Obama to correct him half the time.
- relaxeder, on 04/17/2009, -1/+34"You mean Obama when he couldn't remember McCain's name right?"
You mean when he said Thom once, and then corrected it within half a second or so? Yeah, he really crashed and burned didn't he. - pintomp3, on 09/27/2008, -1/+29he already votes against veterans benefits now, what makes you think he would keep them then?
- kujo740, on 09/27/2008, -8/+34Is it so wrong that I have a man crush on Obama?
I'm sure I'm not the only one. - Taiyoryu, on 09/27/2008, -1/+26Yes it's funny how independents can look past party lines and ideologies and see the positive and negative aspects of a candidate in order to evaluate their suitability as a president. As such, Ron Paul has some very positive aspects, but the one glaring negative aspect is that he's NOT RUNNING for president. McCain has positive aspects too but the negative ones weigh him down too much and (if you ignore his VP pick) they center around the economy, the war, and health care.
- inactive, on 09/27/2008, -5/+29holy crap ... pwnt! Wow, I can't believe we are hearing a prominent democrat with such strong words ... finally
- inactive, on 09/27/2008, -0/+24Ninjas have more honor
- PikkonX, on 09/27/2008, -2/+26Jim Lehrer was the debate moderator.
- relaxeder, on 04/17/2009, -2/+25OBAMA: Look, I'm very proud of my vice presidential selection, Joe Biden, who is the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and as he explains, and as John well knows, the issues of Afghanistan, the issues of Iraq, critical issues like that, don't go through my subcommittee because they're done as a committee as a whole. But that's Senate inside baseball.
- ErickStevenson, on 09/27/2008, -4/+26LOL you are saying CNN is FAR LEFT? Wow so Fox news to you is fair and balanced?
- btschul, on 09/27/2008, -0/+21Are you referring to him saying "Jim"? The moderator's name was Jim.
- FairDinkumMate, on 09/27/2008, -1/+22I cannot believe that McCain(or ANYONE!) gets away with calling 'the surge' a success. Bush(for the first time ever) outlined the goals of 'the surge' prior to implementing it. 2 out of 18 of those goals have been met. How is that a success?
NOBODY doubts that the US has the largest & best trained military force in the world.
The US military could capture ANY city in the world it wanted - TOMORROW. No doubt.
But the MAJOR stated objective of 'the surge' was to provide space for the Iraqi Parliament to become effective & take control of the country. THIS HAS NOT HAPPENED!!!
There aren't many countries in the world that the US couldn't control reasonably well with 130,000 of the world's best trained & equipped military on the streets. But how does that help that country to govern, support & function on it's own? - Endrian, on 09/27/2008, -0/+21Obama acknowledged he would probably have to cut funding to efforts to find cleaner/better energy alternatives, and opposed McCain's idea of such a broad spending freeze when there were such underfunded projects (education, as an example) that deserved additional funding, not what McCain would do.
- pintomp3, on 09/27/2008, -2/+22your response was:
McCain's eyerolling?! McCain's Smirking?! McCain's Sneering?!
You know McCain is the white one right?
what kind of smashing was that? - izolutionz, on 09/27/2008, -1/+21Priceless:
http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080927/2008_0 ...
http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080927/capt.a ... - novenator, on 09/27/2008, -5/+25watch the republican machine once again try to spin this defeat as a victory
- diggenerate, on 09/27/2008, -6/+26I wish Obama had responded when John McSame said he'd like to hear Obama's definition of rich during the very beginning of the debate. but he was cut off.
- sulthernao, on 09/27/2008, -4/+23Media Curves is a focus group. Luntz and GQR focus groups also went for Obama. CNN poll went to Obama. CBS poll went to Obama. Pretty consistent.
- freediverx, on 09/27/2008, -0/+19@jamiewha You ungrateful, greedy, selfish bastard. You grow up in a very well off home, with a living standard above that of 90% of Americans, never having to worry about things like financial security, health care, or a decent education. You expect us to believe that you would go to a community college if your parents' taxes are increased? More likely, this would mean one less family vacation, or settling for a cheaper car as a graduation present. Worst case scenario, Mummy & Daddy would take out a goddamn loan like MOST people already have to.
The average American family, on the other hand, is one step away from financial ruin as a result of an illness, and looking forward to a life of poverty in their retirement years. Every tax cut for your family is the equivalent of another tax increase for the rest of us in the form of inflation.
When the average American family can feel secure about their basic necessities and security, only THEN can we start thinking of tax cuts for people whose biggest worry is whether they'll get to go to an Ivy League school or have to settle for a lesser university - paid in full of course by their parents. - mrharrymason, on 09/27/2008, -8/+26Whether or not you support or do not support Obama, you must be forced to admit that he made a very convincing case, at least in that section of the video.
To disagree is to ignore the evidence presented. - CoryTrevor, on 09/27/2008, -1/+18far left? you mean air america radio? cnn is hardly the far left. you know there are still communists in the us right? what are they? super duper ultra lefty left?
- inactive, on 09/27/2008, -3/+20If the surge worked, why are our troops still over there? Oh, wait, it didn't work.
- AriaStar, on 09/27/2008, -0/+16I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who noticed that McCain made this mostly a waste of time by doing that.
- FairDinkumMate, on 09/27/2008, -4/+20I find it odd that you are able to use a computer but are too stupid to realize that the debate moderator's name was Jim Lehrer
- thesonofdarwin, on 09/27/2008, -1/+17I take it you stopped listening to Obama after he said that? McCain is right about [X], but his way of handling [X] is wrong. McCain's policies weren't right - the facts were. Do you pride yourself on being willfully ignorant?
- inactive, on 09/27/2008, -0/+16If you average out the three groups: Republicans, Democrats and Independents; you find these conclusions for each issue given the data at hand:
Financial Recovery Plan
Obama: 58.2%
McCain: 41.8%
Economic Plans
Obama: 51.5%
McCain: 48.8%
Government Spending
Obama: 49.7%
McCain: 50.3%
Lessons Learned from Iraq
Obama: 52.9%
McCain: 47.1%
More US Troops to Afghanistan
Obama: 53.5%
McCain: 46.5%
Threat of Iran
Obama: 53.8%
McCain: 46.2%
Relationship with Russia
Obama: 55.3%
McCain: 44.7%
Likelihood of another 9/11
Obama: 51.5%
McCain: 48.5%
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Who won, overall
Obama: 54.7%
McCain: 45.3%
But if you average out those results in contrast to the "Who won" statistic, you see that there is a discrepancy in the figures; Obama 53.3% on issues, 54.7% overall; and McCain 46.7% on issues, 45.3% overall.
So I guess that exact 1.4% difference is just a coincidence. - NotYourProdigy, on 09/27/2008, -3/+18It was just a video clip of tonight's debate.
- DigitAl56K, on 09/27/2008, -1/+16Although shortly afterwards Obama did point out that his tax plan benefitted everyone earning under $250K per year, and he emphasized it as a quarter of a million dollars, which I think was an adequate response.
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