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You can watch the debate tonight on MyDebates.org

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    #32
    Rowley Birkin QC
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    More bloody veterans.


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    #33
    BlitzKrieg
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    No wonder people like making iraq an issue, it makes the debate more lively!


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    #34
    [Deleted User]
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    http://www.myspace.com/mydebates

    ^ Very clear for me. No re-buffering at all.


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    #35
    MementoMori
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    Is it just me or is Obama trouncing McCain?

    Watching it on Sky News

    Obama sounds presidential; McCain sounding like a legislator

    McCain sounds weak and frail while Obama sounding like someone who is preparing to rule the country

    How many times is McCain going to mention Petraeus?


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    #36
    [Deleted User]
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    MementoMori wrote: »
    How many times is McCain going to mention Petraeus?

    About as much as he is going to mention how he's not Miss Congeniality.


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    #37
    bobbyjoe
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    I'd give it to Obama so far but I'm biased!!


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    #38
    bobbyjoe
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    The soldiers bracelet story pass the bucket...............


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    #39
    sink
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    Obama won hands down on the economy. So far on foreign policy its a tie.


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    #40
    BlitzKrieg
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    OH GOD!

    they both are pulling out the soldier letters!


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    #41
    [Deleted User]
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    How long did McCain take with that story?


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    #42
    MementoMori
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    McCain mentions his braclet again - FFS

    Fair play to Obama for nailing him on it.


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    #43
    sink
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    BlitzKrieg wrote: »
    OH GOD!

    they both are pulling out the soldier letters!

    You have to account for the target audience Americans lap that **** up.


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    #44
    Ruskie4Rent
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    I could do without the two of them stuttering through pre-rehearsed sob stories about bracelets.


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    #45
    BlitzKrieg
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    league of nations?


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    #46
    [Deleted User]
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    'League of Democracies' - I wonder will they wear spandex and a cape?


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    #47
    corkfella
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    obama fails to go for th jugalaar at times, ob by the way john....werent u boys in charge for the last 8 yrs while d economy tanked and iraq wwent pete tong....


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    #48
    [Deleted User]
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    Boards is about to go down for tea, bah!


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    #49
    BlitzKrieg
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    I gotta stop now :( got work in 5 hours


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    #50
    lostexpectation
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    so many lies from both on iran


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    #51
    MementoMori
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    corkfella wrote: »
    obama fails to go for th jugalaar at times..

    I agree with this but I'd say this is a calculated strategy to look more presidential.


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    #52
    [Deleted User]
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    Sucker punch on McCain with the Kissinger reply.


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    #53
    corkfella
    Closed Accounts Posts: 95 ✭✭corkfella


    hey mori! i understand what you're saying but for the american audience he needs to burn the old codger where he stands. it will be comical to watch palin v biden, she is absolutely clueless....


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    #54
    bobbyjoe
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    Obama got the Spain comment in good work fella!!


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    #55
    [Deleted User]
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    Nai-aye-vay-tay?


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    #56
    Rowley Birkin QC
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    McCain is really digging holes here.


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    #57
    galwaydude
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    Fair play John McCain can spell, kgb. I hope to god the people of america sees though this man. Bloody hell how many more countries does america want to go to war with.


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    #58
    [Deleted User]
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    McCain have been EVERYWHERE and knows EVERYONE!


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    #59
    lostexpectation
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    mccain scare mongering


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    #60
    MementoMori
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    corkfella wrote: »
    hey mori! i understand what you're saying but for the american audience he needs to burn the old codger where he stands. it will be comical to watch palin v biden, she is absolutely clueless....

    I can understand where you are coming from but I think this debate is all about perceptions. It would be nice to see him land a punch or two but I do think it is a stategy to convince the undecided that he is a legitmate presidental candidate. He is clearly ahead of points and McCain doesn't seem to have landed many hits - (probably won that one on Israel slightly)

    The key issue in this debate for Obama is to show he can go toe-to-toe with with McCain on foreign relation issues (where McCain would probably have been seen to have the greater experience) and he seems to have done so very well. Most Americans don't care about the actual detail- just to know its in safe hands

    Obama's use of "when I am president" etc seems to be pushing the presidental legitimacy idea.

    McCain and his Putin = KGB might play well with his core older voters but the middle ground is going to be thinking if McCain thinks Putin=KGB=communist it's not a big link Putin =Vietnamese who tourtured me in McCain's head which is not what anyone wants. Wandering into paranoid delusional Commies under the bed territority in my opinion. Obama's response on this seems much "saner" and less based in personal grudges.


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    #61
    [Deleted User]
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    McCain: Myself and (someone) sat down and put together a commission to find out what happened on 9 11... and we fixed it!

    That'll go down great on the conspiracy forum board.


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