OK, so some of us are not going out tonight to hang out and watch the debate. I’m just too tired to go through all of that. But I’ll be watching. And if you are hanging at home, feel free to join me 🙂 The debate starts at 9pm EDT.
According to the AP:
The debate, expected to reach a huge viewing audience, was supposed to focus on foreign policy, a topic generally viewed as a McCain strength. But given the roiling economic situation, moderator Jim Lehrer of PBS indicated he wouldn’t be constrained by the boundaries the two campaigns negotiated months ago.
I suspect we’ll hear quite a bit about the economy tonight, with some foreign policy stuff thrown in for good measure. And from the above linked article, it appears that the campaigns are trying to downplay expectations.
We’ll find out soon enough.
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Sorry, McCain, I think sanctions hurt the people, not the leaders.
I have to admit, it’s been a while since I heard that Walter Cronkite lost the war for us.
Like so many other simplistic sayings, it is totally missing the details.
Oh, and Dan Rather too.
Good questions, VADem.
Not bragging, but I have been to about 20 or so. Mostly when I was in the Navy, and when I went to Europe at 17.
Travel is the best education there is.
Mark, this is for another time, but I don’t think we can really say we’re “allowing” Pakistan to harbor OBL. Pakistan has next to no control (esp. lately) over the area where he really is. And if they (or anyone else) were really to take control over that area, they would almost certainly lose control over the rest of the country. And that is a bad bad thing. More on this later.
It’s pronouned “I’m a head job.”
That’s why Obama included “unable,” MB.
MB: I agree I was radically simplifying that.
Let’s finally have some beers sometime soon.
Agreed, Mark.
So is Obama going to do everything his advisers say, or does he only have advisers that he agrees with in the first place?
(ha, I was agreeing about travel/education. but I always agree to beer, too. :))
Obama is totally right…Ahamadinejad is NOT the most powerful person in Iran. Maybe McCain should actually learn something about the government of the country whose behavior he wants to affect.
I’d guess that expensive scotch is McCain’s drink … and Obama drinks gatorade ….
Spain!
Spain got bombed and pulled out of Iraq. They’re worthless.