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Traffic was horrible in the DMV today. Apparently Montgomery County MD doesn’t have backup systems for its traffic lights
Kriss and Nola Darling explain how trending topics on Twitter work because obviously, some people don’t get it
People finding racial aspects to anything
The media is SHOCKED at low turnouts on election day
Michael Steele cooning it up on Morning Joe
Lawrence O’Donnell gets dismissed when making a good point
Kriss and Nola Darling explain their new found respect for 50 Cent’s hustle
Delonte West shows off just how dumb some athletes are

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Let’s take another look at this NY Post thingy…

Never did I think that a drawing about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (that’s the ACTUAL name of the stimulus package; NOT Stimulus Package 2009.  I’m willing to bet money that 75% of those “protesting” outside the NY Post offices couldn’t name the actual name of the stimulus package if their lives depended on it).

For the record, I am not a big NY Post supporter, quite frankly I think anything owned by Rupert Murdoch and or managed by NewsCorp (ie: Faux News, oops I mean Fox News) is down right retarded and FAR from being “fair and balanced”.  I’ve been listening to all these stories about banning the NY Post and telling people how racist they are (because of the infamous monkey being shot picture).  So Driving home from work I was listening to Michael Baisden on the radio (tells you how old my ass is if I’m listening to the “grown folks music”).  Basically he and George Wallace were talking about how racist and ignorant the picture was etc…

I actually got fired up listening to it.  Then I went home and actually looked at the picture, surprisingly I laughed (because I realized that Baisden was getting people fired up so that they can call his show and cry out “RACISM” and that there was no blatant racist message that Baisden was trying to show; I mean come on dude has a show to run and gotta pay his bills).  I even thought it was clever.  Clever for two reasons:

#1.  The stimulus package was not written by President Obama, it was written by House Democrats, sponsored by Representative David Obey, a white Democrat from Wisconsin.  So the racial references do not apply… and no….it is NOT Obama’s stimulus package, President Obama just signs it into law, once again he didn’t write it…So the monkey that’s been shot down in the photo is not supposed to portray him.

#2.  The stimulus package is poorly written and has some extremely vague regulations for certain things and has some extremely stringent regulations for other projects.  To be totally honest a monkey probably could’ve done a better job taking into consideration all aspects of each project.  My job is actually “benefitting” (if that’s what you can call it) from this package.  There is about 8.7 billion dollars of money going into the National Institutes of Health (NIH; we sometimes contract with) BUT it has to be spent in 2 years.  If you’re in the scientific field you already know that there are virtually NO research projects that are completed in 2 years; hell project approval alone takes like 9-12 months…  So the American taxpayer could’ve saved 8.7 Billion dollars if this was further reviewed taking everything into consideration rather than just tossing money to it.  I mean if the regulation was that the money would have to be spent in 5 years or better yet 10 years it would’ve been more beneficial and WOULD have created more jobs.  Like forreal what you gonna do? hire someone to sit around waiting for project approval for 9-12 months and then fire them a year after the project starts cause the money cant be used anymore??  There are many other projects in the bill that have stipulations just like this one.  Senator Lindsey Graham R-SC, said it best “THIS BILL STINKS….”

I then thought to myself where was all the uproar when:
-GWBush was depicted as a monkey; or the pictures of him being hung from a tree (for the record I am NOT a supporter of this man, NOR did I ever vote for him in either election), or

-When Colin Powell was depicted as a “two-faced ‘Oreo’”, or when he was drawn next to Donald Rumsfeld being called a “BOY” or

-When Condoleeza Rice was depicted as an idiot bending over for the “whiteman”,

-When Ken Blackwell was depicted as the Mr Peanut cartoon and was “chuckin” and “jiving” for the “man” (again for the Record I think this man is a douchebag and I am NOT a supporter of him)

-When Michael Steele was depicted in “blackface” with white gloves, or better yet where was the uproar when supporters for Kathleen Kennedy –Townsend THREW Oreo cookies at him during a Senatorial rally???

Political pictures have always been satirical.   They’re NOT your Sunday newspaper Garfield cartoon, which take little to NO effort to get a few laughs out of.  They require THOUGHT and ANALYSIS.  That’s how they’ve always been…so why is it all of a sudden it’s WRONG because of what you might THINK the author is portraying?!?!  Unless you really sit down and review the references in each political cartoon you either WILL NOT get it OR you will THINK it’s talking about something completely unrelated.

My point is that the racial sensitivity is soooooooo one sided now to the point where white people (or even anyone) cant say anything about black people without being labeled as a racist.

-For example, on the Real Housewives of Atlanta, Kim (the only white housewife) said “I dont want to go eat chicken with NeNe….” and was labeled a racist…..WHEN THE FUCK DID CHICKEN BECOME FOOD FOR BLACK PEOPLE AND BLACK PEOPLE ONLY?!?!??!  COME ON PEOPLE, GET THE FUCK OFF YOUR SOAPBOX AND STOP TRYING TO RIP APART WHAT ANYONE SAYS AND/OR DOES TO SEE IF THEY MIGHT BE A RACIST… Get a job, get a life and move on with it…

Oh and for all those who will read this and say “he’ll never know what it’s like to be black in this country…”  I’ve been to CHURCHES where people refused to shake my hand during the peace offering, I’ve been to a waffle house in Deltona Florida where I was stared at by an elderly couple one of which said “what is he??” and “they’re just everywhere now…”, I’ve had a job at a leasing office where an applicant for an apartment (who was black) said TO MY FACE “damn I’m tripping off the fact you don’t have an accent….”

NEWSFLASH, everyone experiences it in their lifetime, that doesn’t mean you get to sit on your pedestal and victimize yourself more than the next person…oh and just to let you know, MY grandfather who worked as an attorney travelling back and forth from the Philippines to Los Angeles ALSO drank from the COLORED water fountains, sat at the back of the bus, and entered the diners from the side doors…You don’t see me using that shit as a crutch in everyday life…

As the more “conservative” columnist on here, I thought it would be important to put my view on the recent news of the Republican party electing it’s first Black chairman.  Although this guy sometimes leans toward the “Bush-y” type politics that I absolutely cannot stand (especially his position on Iraq), picking him was probably the first smart thing that the RNC has done in a long time. For a lack of a better word, the man is brilliant. He ran a 2006 Senatorial campaign without using the word “Republican” and did fairly well in a democratic leaning state (Maryland). Even though his campaign tactics did annoy me (especially that damn Flier that was passed out saying he was a “Democrat” and the commercials about “how the Democrats sent Kweisi Mfume to the back of the bus…”) he definitely has good moderate ideas, especially his positions on immigration, affirmative action, same-sex marriage and energy policies. The RNC now has a lot of work to do. Especially in diversifying their constituents. The 2008 convention itself was an example of why most people perceive that the Republican party is “mostly-white”; out of 2,380 delegates only 36 were black. I applaud the RNC for finally realizing that it’s time to move forward and to try new things. I honestly believe in the preservation of the Lincoln’s ideals but when the world is evolving around you, you sometimes have to make a few adjustments to keep up. And when it comes to Lincoln’s ideals, this is the chance for the Republican party to finally appeal to minorities. I just REALLY hope that they don’t make Steele a token, and that the party WORKS to get votes, not just expecting people to vote for candidates because the RNC chair is Black. What I still never understood was why the party has yet to actively pursue the minority vote? Black people, Hispanics and especially Asians are generally conservative when it comes to social issues, which is exactly the reason why Californians overwhelmingly voted YES on Proposition 8 to ban gay marriage (California – 36% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 6% Black). I just hope that Steele can establish some good old fashioned ass whoopin’ to the party members to put the attention back to the people, I mean real people, not just those with deep pockets, which is what Bushonomics has focused on. Overall, I am optimistic of how this party will change and the good that Steele can bring.

It’s almost 30 days since the election of Barack Obama as President of the United States and I’m starting to have some concern for our friends on the other side of the aisle. The catty, back biting and self denial I am seeing displayed by members of the Republican Party is getting quite alarming. Its taken me a while but I have finally figured out what is going on here. My Bachelors Degree is in computer science but I’ve seen enough Law & Order episodes to know battered wife syndrome when I see it. Behind all the fighting and finger pointing, the  underlying theme with the Republican Party is that they are still trying to convince themselves that the country still loves them, even though they were beaten relentlessly in the presidential and congressional elections on November 4th. Much like the battered wife who tries to hide her blackened eye with concealer in the mirror while muttering “But he still loves me” to herself or lashes out at her friends for trying to tell her the truth that she doesn’t want to face, the GOP is hiding its bruises (with say…lipstick???) and running from the facts without addressing the truth:  The Country has had enough of their shenanigans and just doesn’t trust or love them anymore.  There are several examples of this self denial. Almost immediately after Obama won, Republicans started to say that Obama had to be careful because this was a center right country and democrats didn’t win a mandate because they didn’t reach 60 seats in the Senate. Really? Obama was painted as “the most liberal senator” in Washington by the GOP, yet he won traditionally red Virginia, North Carolina and Indiana. Hell, McCain only won his home state by 9 points. Democrats are sitting at 58 seats right now.  Jim Martin lost his runoff to Chambliss in Georgia but if Martin wasn’t such a bad candidate, democrats would have that seat (This fucker actually was using Jeezy and Ludacris to try to save his campaign).  Minnesota is in the middle of a recount where Republican Norm Coleman is fighting for his life against COMEDIAN Al Franken.  A comedian.  A comedian.  How do you lose that bad (7 points nationally, 200 electoral votes and 2 senate seats away from irrelevant) and still claim that the country still trusts or loves you more?  Delusion due to the psychological abuse suffered from losing so bad is the only explanation.

So how does the GOP fix this?  I would love to see the Republican Party talking this out on Dr. Phil, Oprah or one of those other fucks that coddle battered women too stupid to realize that a wife beater doesn’t love them. The way I see it, anyone stupid enough to stay in a situation that results in them being battered and bruised up isn’t smart enough to get out of it, so at the very least I should be allowed to at least get some entertainment out of it. Hell, I hope the GOP never catches on and continues to get their asses whooped. There are some glimmers of hope for the Grand Old Party though. Tim Pawlenty and Bobby Jindal get it. They understand that their party was beaten and lost the respect of the American people. Unfortunately as long as their party has republicans warning other republicans to stay away from their Senate seats or has a Hockey mom continually rehashing her stump speech weeks after the election or a politician with the last name ‘Bush’ talking about setting up a “shadow” government to keep the evil liberals at bay (Come on Jeb, you’re smarter than that), the GOP will continue whipping out the concealer and muttering “But they really do love us” every 2-4 years.

*I finished writing this piece this morning as I watched Joe Scarbourgh (a republican) ask if the “honeymoon” for Obama was over since Chambliss won the election in Georgia (Remember, Obama didn’t even win Georgia).  This is like a battered woman saying “Yeah, he whooped my ass last night, but at least he didn’t kill me.”  The delusion of these fuckers is astonishing.

Live blogging the presidential debate was so much fun last week that I figured I’d do it once more for what has to be the most anticipated Vice Presidential debate in history.  The expectation bar has been set so low for Governor Sarah Palin that she’s probably going to trip and stumble over it.  Over the last couple of weeks the media and McCain campaign have been laying the seeds of lowered expectations and now many think that as long as Palin comes out and shows she can say her own name without drawing one of those blank stares that she’s become renowned for in her last few interviews, that she’ll be viewed as a winner.  Well that’s a load of crap.  With the economic crisis we are currently in, the American public seems to have awaken from their politically apathy to start paying attention.  The idea that Palin can come into this debate with canned responses and smile in the camera and get away with it is laughable.  Remember, the media all thought the Presidential debate was a draw or a win for McCain.  Clearly looking at the momentum shift, the American people think it was an overwhelming win for Obama.  Now the same media is calling Palin a “tough debater” because of some clips of her Alaskan governor debates where she just avoided giving in depth answers, avoided questions and gave snarky quips.  If they really think that the American people are going to be fooled by this, they are sadly mistaken.

What am I looking for:

1.  Palin will put on extra lipstick and go all pitbull on Obama and Biden.  Remember her Convention speech that the media and conservatives loved?  You know, the one full of memorable lies and outrageous talking points?  Yup, she’ll do that again.  Of course when asked to follow that up with facts she’ll be unable to do that.

2.  Biden will surprise people in that he will be able to be himself (the attack dog) yet not come off as sexist or “too hard” on Palin.  Remember, Biden actually did pretty well in the primary debates he was in this election season AND he debated with Hillary Clinton.  The media seems to be portraying Joe Biden as some sort of loose cannon but the truth is he is an extremely effective and experienced debater. In order to dominate the debate, he won’t go after Palin, but instead he’ll go after John McCain and link him to George W. Bush.

3.  Gwen Ifill will be a fair and objective debate moderator.  Despite the amusing complaints of conservative nutcases like Michelle Malkin and Ann Coulter and the idiots over at Fox News, Ifill will be unbais.  First off, I find unbiased fucks like Malkin, Coulter or anyone working at Fox News calling someone else out on their bias kinda funny.  Secondly, the McCain campaign knew about Ifill’s book.  They had to.  Everyone else did.  It’s on Google.  Some nutcase conservatives like Malkin are bitching about Ifill’s coverage of Palin’s convention speech but again…by the time of that speech, Ifill was already chosen as a moderator.  Why wait until 2 days before the debate?  GTFOH

4.  The last thing I’m looking for will actually happen a few days after the debate.  The public’s reaction.  I’m pretty sure the media will give Palin a pass and say she survived.  But honestly, after the economic week we’ve had, I don’t see the American public being satisfied with basely rhetoric filled attacks and a person wholly unqualified to be Vice President.  One 90 minute debate won’t be enough to make people forget that Palin actually said that seeing Russia from Alaska gives her foreign policy experience.  Still, it won’t be a walk in the park.  Remember, Americans love rooting for the retarded kid that finishes the race last.  It’s how we got 8 years of George W. Bush.

So stay tune for the live blogging coverage.  It’s me, Kriss, the Korean is here and we have our legal council as well to keep us out of trouble.  We’re drinking (it’s the only way to sit through 90 minutes of Sarah Palin) and eating Nachos (I might move to Mexico if the Republicans win in November). Send us your thoughts on AIM, our screen name is ‘TheInsanityCheck’.

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1.  Palin will put on extra lipstick and go all pitbull on Obama and Biden.  Remember her Convention speech that the media and conservatives loved?  You know, the one full of memorable lies and outrageous talking points?  Yup, she’ll do that again.  Of course when asked to follow that up with facts she’ll be unable to do that.

2.  Biden will surprise people in that he will be able to be himself (the attack dog) yet not come off as sexist or “too hard” on Palin.  Remember, Biden actually did pretty well in the primary debates he was in this election season AND he debated with Hillary Clinton.  The media seems to be portraying Joe Biden as some sort of loose cannon but the truth is he is an extremely effective and experienced debater. In order to dominate the debate, he won’t go after Palin, but instead he’ll go after John McCain and link him to George W. Bush.

3.  Gwen Ifill will be a fair and objective debate moderator.  Despite the amusing complaints of conservative nutcases like Michelle Malkin and Ann Coulter and the idiots over at Fox News, Ifill will be unbais.  First off, I find unbiased fucks like Malkin, Coulter or anyone working at Fox News calling someone else out on their bias kinda funny.  Secondly, the McCain campaign knew about Ifill’s book.  They had to.  Everyone else did.  It’s on Google.  Some nutcase conservatives like Malkin are bitching about Ifill’s coverage of Palin’s convention speech but again…by the time of that speech, Ifill was already chosen as a moderator.  Why wait until 2 days before the debate?  GTFOH

4.  The last thing I’m looking for will actually happen a few days after the debate.  The public’s reaction.  I’m pretty sure the media will give Palin a pass and say she survived.  But honestly, after the economic week we’ve had, I don’t see the American public being satisfied with basely rhetoric filled attacks and a person wholly unqualified to be Vice President.  One 90 minute debate won’t be enough to make people forget that Palin actually said that seeing Russia from Alaska gives her foreign policy experience.  Still, it won’t be a walk in the park.  Remember, Americans love rooting for the retarded kid that finishes the race last.  It’s how we got 8 years of George W. Bush.

So stay tune for the live blogging coverage.  It’s me, Kriss, the Korean is here and we have our legal council as well to keep us out of trouble.  We’re drinking (it’s the only way to sit through 90 minutes of Sarah Palin) and eating Nachos (I might move to Mexico if the Republicans win in November). Send us your thoughts on AIM, our screen name is ‘TheInsanityCheck’.

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8:54 pm -

Vodka, nachos and 90 minutes of the most unqualified Vice Presidential candidate in U.S. history.  God Bless America.

9:02 pm -Gwen’s shirt looks like an ocean.

9:05 pm -  Biden comes out the gate with the shots at the Bush administration.  Palin comes out with the soccer game.  And the republican favorite….FEAR!!!  HOLY FUCK WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE.

9:10 pm -  Damn…Biden is coming out the gate at John McCain.  He’s hitting McCain on his “all over the place” response to the economy.   Palin is taking small shots at Obama, nothing major.

9:12 PM -  Tonight’s Palin buzzwords are:  Maverick, reform, reformer, hockey mom, lipstick, job creation, earmarks, glass ceiling, track record and Russia.  When we hear these words we will take a drink.  We’re going to be drunk as shit.

9:13 pm -  Biden is going relentlessly at McCain.  Palin can’t answer that.  She’s focusing the tax breaks but it looks like Biden is ready to go at her for the false assertion that Obama will rise taxes.

9:14 pm - Biden is killing Palin in this response.  He just informed her that McCain voted the same way as Obama did on the tax bill.  And then he points out that she didn’t answer the question.  Joe’s face is hilarious in this exchange.  He looks like he wants to say “is this bitch serious?”

9:17 pm -  I’ll be fair.  Palin sounds a LOT better than she did in her previous interviews. She’s weighing heavily on the “i’m just like you” argument.  I don’t think it will work, but it might.

9:20 pm -  Now Joe, you know you shouldn’t be using a little thing like “facts” to explain healthcare to Sarah Palin.

9:22 pm - Palin doesn’t have a flag pin on…she’s unpatriotic.  Wait…yup she does.

9:24 pm -  She actually has 2 flag pins on…wtf.  She’s doublely patriotic?

9:26 pm -  Joe is killing her with the facts. She supported a wind fall profit tax, Obama does…McCain doesn’t.

9:28 pm – Jesus Christ…this isn’t even funny.  This is like watching a bully beat up the nerd in class with the extra thick, telescope glasses.

9:30 - Okay, I’m calling an audible and adding ‘energy’ and ‘energy independence’ to the list of Palin keywords for drinking…WTF? We’re talking about mortgages not oil…wtf?

9:32 pm - Jalapenos are the key to a good nacho.  Seriously.  Some Jalapenos and a beer (or vodka) and you are set for some tasty treats.  Granted, your assholemight be on fire the next day but…oh..i’m sorry.  Palin was talking out of her ass and i drifted off.

9:34 pm – There’s still another hour and I can do this anymore.  This is just stupid.  Palin rambles and Biden sticks to the facts.  Someone should step in and end this slaughter.  The secret service, the supreme court, congress….Jesus…someone.

9:39 pm – I have to take a moment and say I agree with the gay marriage answer.  Let religion sort it out.

9:40 pm -  Uh oh…Foreign policy!!!

9:41 pm – summing up Sarah Palin on Iraq: Surge..surge, surge, win, surge, surge, surge and surge!!!

9:44 pm -  Joe firing back at Palin’s talking points on the war. She should haveknown better than to pick fight with Biden on the topic of Foreign Policy.  Those facts again.

9:48 pm -Okay, seriously.  How does one argue with Joe Biden’s (and Obama’s) position on Pakistan?  Osama is in Pakistan.  We need to be there.  Pakistan HAS NUCLEAR WEAPONS!!!! THEY HAVE THEM.  THEY AREN’T LOOKING TO BUILD THEM….THEY HAVE THEM

9:50 pm -  Okay.  Palin tries to argue the “you can’t meet with no precondition” and Biden once again hits her with facts “We have republican secretaries of states that say we should meet”

9:54 pm -  Wait wait wait…She’s saying we should pay attention to the fact that her ticket has voted with Bush 90% of the time?  how can you be change when you’ve voted that much with the idiot in office now?

10:00 pm – Okay, Palin just said we need to work so that Korea can’t proliferate nuclear weapons.  THEY ALREADY HAVE THEM. Then she was dead wrong on Afghanistan and Biden drilled her on it.  LOL…then this motherfucker Biden “sighed” in the mic.  Funny ass shit.

10:03 pm- Biden is winning this debate but he is just like me…tired that this bitch is allowed to talk on the mic.  The debate needs the “sandman”

10:05 pm - Joe just gave Palin the “dumb bitch” look.  Sexist pig!!!

10:06 pm - Stabler and Benson from Law & Order SVU are going to arrest Biden for raping Palin.

10:10 pm -  Palin “heaven forbid I have to be president.  I don’t know shit…WTF.  I was picked because of my lipstick and uterus”

10:12 pm - Okay, I’ve been drinking…but Palin just said “Dog Gone it”.  She’s rambling.  This is stupid. I wonder how the media will view this but I think she’s been run over.

10:14 PM -  Palin read “VP for Dummies”.  She’s not letting the fact that she didn’t know what the VP did stop her from reading her canned responses.

10:16 pm -  She’s literally reading answers off her note sheet. How can she be VP?

10:17 pm – Wow..Biden just called Cheney the “most dangerous VP in the history of the U.S.”.  remember, Biden is a constitutional professor.

10:19 pm – Do you really believe that the Governor of Alaska didn’t have healthcare?  Give me a break.  Then she mentions Reagan. She’s a good Republican.

10:22 pm - I’m sorry, but we have to cut this short.  Palin has hit so many buzzwords we are drunk as a motherfucker right now.  Damn this alaskan bitch.  Vodka is the devil. Remember…live show…November 4th

10:25 pm -  WTF…the emergency broadcast system at the end of the debate?  karl rove is working his magic…

10:29 pm -  Okay, this thing is comin to a close.  It’s Over.  Palin got destroyed.  I’m interested in what the media says but Palin got decimated.  If this was Mortal kombat, Biden got a flawless victory and hit Palin wiht a vicious FATALITY.

Okay, typically when you live blog an event, you do it at the actual event.  But have you seen the price of plane tickets?  There’s no way in Hell I was flying down to Mississippi.  Let’s be honest, that’s the main reason McCain was talking about canceling this debate.  The Straight Talk Express gets HORRIBLE gas mileage and it’s eating up his budget (Maybe he should look into making sure the tires are properly inflated).  Despite rising fuel costs (or his (in)ability to ride in on his white horse and save the day by smiting the economic crisis with his sword), John McCain will in fact be at the debate tonight.  So already before the debate begins the score is 1 – 0 to Obama for calling McCain’s bluff a few days ago.

What to look for:

1.  The Economy will naturally be discussed.  I’m looking for McCain’s position on the bailout.  Obama has stated his position (CEO’s should not benefit, the taxpayers should get the rewards not just the risks, Bankruptcy stipulations shouldn’t be in this bill, etc.).  McCain on the other hand got the bailout proposal on Monday, didn’t read it Tuesday and was suspending his campaign on Wednesday.  None of the republicans have been able to come out and say where exactly McCain stands on this proposal.  So I want to know if he supports the bailout or not.  I’m assuming he does since both Obama and McCain seemed to agree on the fundamental principles that must be included in the package.

2.  Will John McCain be dominate in Foreign Policy?  The claim in the media is that Obama owns the economy issue and McCain owns foreign policy.  I’ve never agreed with this belief and neither has the Obama campaign.  They believe they are just as strong, if not stronger, on the issue of foreign policy and national security as John McCain.  Who will appear more dominate?

3.  Will Senator Obama take advantage of the 5 minute free form format to draw a line in the sand and attack McCain. Since the DNC, Obama seems to have taken the gloves off when it comes to hammering back (remember, it was Obama’s acceptance speech that was the “red meat’).  Will that continue?

4.  And finally, how will the physical appearance of McCain standing next to Obama look.  McCain is 72, Obama is 47…will the difference be so great that it starts to sinks in that McCain is old as fuck and that the idiot that is Palin could in fact end up as President.

LET’S GET READY TO RUUUUUUMMMMBBBBBBBBBBBBLLLEE!!!!!!!

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9:02 pm -  Why does Jim Lehrer have a Ronald Reagan look to him?

9:05 pm -  Senator Obama is basically taking all of the points that need to be made by McCain.  WTF is he going to say other than…me too?

9:08 pm -  Where the fuck is McCain’s top lip?  That’s probably why he feels sick.  Mind you…he’s not answering the question.  I still don’t know where he stands on this bailout proposal.

9:11 pm -Obama is clearly comfortable talking about the economy.  I’m wondering if he will appear this comfortable when the topic switches to foreign policy.  I do wish Obama would have taken a jab at McCain about him being against deregulation.

9:14 pm -  “John…10 days ago you said the fundamentals of the economy are strong” McCain’s response: “We have fundamental problems in the system.”  So you agree with him?  You were talking out your ass before.

9:16 pm -  Wait…your running mate Sarah Palin has asked for $300 million in earmarks.  And then McCain brings up the $3 million to study the DNA of bears…when Palin has asked to study the mating habits of crabs.

9:18 pm - Damn…Obama: “18 billion < 300 billion” .  16 mins in and Obama’s already putting his nuts on McCain’s forehead.   McCain keeps bringing up people being indicted for earmarks…too bad he doesn’t mention that it’s Republicans that are always ending up behinds bars.

9:19 pm -  Obama seems determined to not let McCain stand up there an lie.  Good man.

9:21 pm -  lol@Jim Lehrer playing the “he just talked about you…what are you going to do about it?” moderator.

9:23 pm -If Obama was this agressive in the primaries it would have been a blowout.

9:25 pm -McCain just tried to catch Obama on the energy vote but then Obama swiped back at him about giving tax breaks back to the oil companies.

9:27 pm - I know I’m bias but Obama is clearly improved in debates.  He’s more direct, more agressive and doesn’t let attacks slide.  Dude was putting in work while he was in Tampa

9:29 pm – Damn…McCain’s bottom lip is barely there too. He’s talking about cutting spending and particularly defense spending but we’re spending 500+ billion in Iraq

9:34 pm -  Nw McCain is talking about spending freeze and Obama hits him with a “that’s using a hatchet when you should be using a scalpel”.  I’m glad he brought up the money we sent to Iraq when Iraq has $79 billion surplus.

9:38 pm – Wow…Obama is really attacking McCain.  Basically if you’ve been fighting this out of control spending, why have you agreed with Bush 90% of the time

9:39 pm – Okay…foreign policy and Iraq….here we go….

9:41 pm – I’ve just been made aware that McCain’s combover shapeup is on point.

9:42 pm – Obama is hitting it home with the Iraq question.  He’s linking the economy with Iraq and he spoke on the fact that we took our eyes off the ball when we left Afghanistan to go to Iraq

9:44 pm -  Obama is killing McCain.  The Secret Service is about to step in.

9:47 pm - Obama hitting McCain back on the troop funding issue.  He brings up the fact that Afghanistan is getting worse and that’s where the focus on the War on Terror should be.

9:50 pm -  McCain is definitely more comfortable now that the topic is foreign policy, but Obama isn’t backing down.

9:51 pm -  Obama is giving specifics.  I’m glad he brought up the poppy fields in Afghanistan.  Drugs are Afghanistans #1 export.  And he brought up Pakistan.

9:54 pm -  McCain and Obama have a big difference on the Pakistan issue.  I think it’s something Obama should focus on because the American people should be on that side.

9:57 pm -  Obama just bitch slapped McCain on the issue of Pakistan.  If we have Osama in our sights and Pakistan can’t take care of him, I will strike.  Then he was like considering McCain talked about exterminating North Korea and making songs about bombing Iran, he can’t see why McCain is so opposed to this.

10:00 pm -  I’m sorry, I zoned out with McCain’s war stories.  This mofo is old as shit

10:01 pm - GOTDAMN.  Obama “Yeah John…I got a bracelet too.”  McCain is mad right now cause Obama is cutting him off at the knees.

10:05 pm -  Did anyone else see McCain look confused as shit for a second or two when asked about the threat of Iran.  League of democracies?  WTF?  Is that the like the Justice League?  We have the United Nations…this mofo wants another international body?  What the fuck is he talking about?  UN part two???

10:06 pm -  I’m glad Obama make the point that Iran and Iraq were mortal enemies before the Iraq War.

10:07 pm -  The “gaff” they thought Obama made in the first primary is not a gaff and he brings it up again.  I agree with him.  Not talking to your enemies has NEVER WORKED.

10:12 pm -  Obama is showing a huge advantage in knowledge of the area of Iran. President Ahmadinejad is NOT the most powerful person in Iran.  He’s really owning this issue.  He hit McCain on his own advisors and the President have all been for direct negotiations and he’s brought up North Korea.  Then he brings up the Spain gaff.

10:14 pm -  McCain is CLEARLY flustered.

10:16 pm -  Lehrer “How do you see Russia?”  Obama: “From Sarah Palin’s house”.   Nah…he didn’t say that but he should have

10:18 pm -  Obama just seems to be giving me clear specifics into his ideas.  McCain seems to only be able to attack Obama using experience.  Obama took a hard stance on Russia but says that we should be careful not to get into another Cold War….McCain seems to be itching for it.

10:22 pm – Obama has done a good job of pointing out his foresight.  He’s brought up several times that he’s said things to warn the current Administration about problems that they haven’t seen.  Financial crisis, Russia, Afghanistan and Iraq.  That goes to his judgement.

10:25 pm - I hate that McCain is fillabustering.  I mean, he says a lie and then when Obama goes to correct it, he just keeps talking over him.  That’s something Obama has to look into stopping.

10:32 pm - Obama’s looking to close strong.  He’s painting John McCain as having tunnel vision.  He brings up China, Bin Laden being out in the world and Al Qaeda stronger.  He’s stated that the economy is a National Security issue.

10:36 pm - McCain talks about supporting veterans…but he was fighting the G.I. Bill.

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In my opinion, this goes to Obama.  Obama was clearly in charge during the economic portion.  He was more agressive and gave more specifics.  McCain was stronger when the foreign policy debate started and especially stronger on Russia but even then Obama was very strong, especially on the topics of Afghanistan and Pakistan.  The VP debate next week will be interesting.