Debate Premortem

Kerry Howley | October 7, 2008

Over at Culture11, I have a quick and dirty rundown of what to expect from tonight's awkwardly intimate "town hall" debate. Let's hope this is the closest we ever get to these people. 

Comments

economist|10.7.08 @ 9:10PM|#

McCain gets raped in the debate because he's old, not quick on his feet, has a lot of internal contradictions in his political philosophy, and has no desire to change any of those things.

economist|10.7.08 @ 9:11PM|#

"Not quick on his feet" could have been changed to "slow", but I don't think McCain's retarded, just not the fastest thinker.

anarch|10.7.08 @ 9:18PM|#

he's old, not quick on his feet, has a lot of internal contradictions in his political philosophy, and has no desire to change any of those things

I'll wager he'd desire to change the first of those things.

SIV|10.7.08 @ 9:29PM|#

Did "both Parties" wreck Iceland?And the rest of the World? I'm puttin' the blame on central banks and artificially low interest rates through monetary inflation resulting in massive mal-investment. I get lost trying to figure exactly how they spun %5 mortgage straw into leveraged gold.

economist|10.7.08 @ 9:30PM|#

No, I think John McCain actually likes being old and crotchety.

Elemenope|10.7.08 @ 9:34PM|#

McCain seems to alternate between really being on his game, and sounding suddenly confused/panicky.

Obama seems less sure, but he's being a little more consistent on tone than McCain.

And if Obama's "Confident" is a loser, so is McCain's "teh Spending freeze!!"

(Was trying to post this on the live-blog thread, but the squirrels won't let me!)

Elemenope|10.7.08 @ 9:52PM|#

"That one."

The people who I'm watching with just went a little ballistic on that one.

Unnecessarily disrespectful; it makes McCain look small and nasty.

geo|10.7.08 @ 10:33PM|#

raped? that's an insulting and insensitive use of that word.

Hit \'n Run lurker|10.8.08 @ 1:23AM|#

Kerryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!

We missed yooooooooooooooooooooooou!

economist|10.8.08 @ 10:51AM|#

geo,
Okay, how about "owned"?