Warszawa wrote:

dajafi wrote:

Houshphandzadeh wrote:Obama really needs to just take a shot at the moderators already for asking non-issue questions for a whole hour.

It is $#@! unreal. Seems like the moderators and Clinton are in some kind of contest to see who can be more vicious, small-minded and irrelevant to what people are actually interested in.

Since the last debate, there have been major developments in the financial markets, Iraq, inflation and housing. You'd think they might ask something. Anything.

MSNBC:

The result was arguably one of Mr. Obama’s weakest debate performances. He at times appeared annoyed as he sought to answer questions about his former pastor, his reluctance to wear an American flag pin on his lapel and his association in Chicago with former members of the Weather Underground, a radical group that carried out bombings in the 1960s that were intended to incite the overthrow of the government.

Media generates stupid questions at debate.
Obama put on defensive trying to put debate back on topic (Economy, War, etc)
Media paints Obama as loser of debate for not answering their stupid questions.

traderdave wrote:I do find it funny that all the media types are painting Obama as losing the debate when an MSNBC texting poll had Obama winning the debate something like 75-25. I guess all those kids were busy with their text messaging about the debate while their parents were busy voting for the next American Idol.

And if he had said something like "Can we focus on the issues important to the American people rather than my attire" he would be talked about as avoiding the "hard" questions or whiny.

jerseyhoya wrote:

traderdave wrote:I do find it funny that all the media types are painting Obama as losing the debate when an MSNBC texting poll had Obama winning the debate something like 75-25. I guess all those kids were busy with their text messaging about the debate while their parents were busy voting for the next American Idol.

Ron Paul won those things too. They mean less than nothing.

Houshphandzadeh wrote:

And if he had said something like "Can we focus on the issues important to the American people rather than my attire" he would be talked about as avoiding the "hard" questions or whiny.

I think that would have went over spectacularly.

He had a HAMELS moment when he was talking about the kind of debate this country would have during the general campaign; he should have closed to the effect of, "And I was hoping to have that kind of debate tonight."

I will tell you it does not get more fun than these debates. They are inspiring debates. I think last night we set a new record because it took us 45 minutes before we even started talking about a single issue that matters to the American people.

It took us 45 minutes — 45 minutes before we heard about health care, 45 minutes before we heard about Iraq, 45 minutes before we heard about jobs, 45 minutes before we heard about gas prices.

Now, I don’t blame Washington for this because that’s just how Washington is. They like stirring up controversies and getting us to play gotcha games and getting us to attack each other. And I’ve got to say Sen. Clinton looked in her element.

jerseyhoya wrote:

traderdave wrote:I do find it funny that all the media types are painting Obama as losing the debate when an MSNBC texting poll had Obama winning the debate something like 75-25. I guess all those kids were busy with their text messaging about the debate while their parents were busy voting for the next American Idol.

Ron Paul won those things too. They mean less than nothing.

The result was arguably one of Mr. Obama’s weakest debate performances. He at times appeared annoyed as he sought to answer questions about his former pastor, his reluctance to wear an American flag pin on his lapel and his association in Chicago with former members of the Weather Underground, a radical group that carried out bombings in the 1960s that were intended to incite the overthrow of the government.

TheDude24 wrote:MSNBC:

The result was arguably one of Mr. Obama’s weakest debate performances. He at times appeared annoyed as he sought to answer questions about his former pastor, his reluctance to wear an American flag pin on his lapel and his association in Chicago with former members of the Weather Underground, a radical group that carried out bombings in the 1960s that were intended to incite the overthrow of the government.

Weather Underground

traderdave wrote:

TheDude24 wrote:MSNBC:

The result was arguably one of Mr. Obama’s weakest debate performances. He at times appeared annoyed as he sought to answer questions about his former pastor, his reluctance to wear an American flag pin on his lapel and his association in Chicago with former members of the Weather Underground, a radical group that carried out bombings in the 1960s that were intended to incite the overthrow of the government.

Weather Underground

So the Weather Underground has established a revolutionary front stretching from Michigan to Texas? Forget the North/South civil war; this time its East vs. West.

Werthless wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote:

traderdave wrote:I do find it funny that all the media types are painting Obama as losing the debate when an MSNBC texting poll had Obama winning the debate something like 75-25. I guess all those kids were busy with their text messaging about the debate while their parents were busy voting for the next American Idol.

Ron Paul won those things too. They mean less than nothing.

It means that Obama supporters like text polls more than Clinton supporters.

dajafi wrote:

traderdave wrote:

TheDude24 wrote:MSNBC:

The result was arguably one of Mr. Obama’s weakest debate performances. He at times appeared annoyed as he sought to answer questions about his former pastor, his reluctance to wear an American flag pin on his lapel and his association in Chicago with former members of the Weather Underground, a radical group that carried out bombings in the 1960s that were intended to incite the overthrow of the government.

Weather Underground

So the Weather Underground has established a revolutionary front stretching from Michigan to Texas? Forget the North/South civil war; this time its East vs. West.

Thanks, I needed that.

pacino wrote:15% of people think Obama is Muslim
but people apparently think he's the better candidate, BY FAR. look at that graph tracking the numbers since Nov 07!