Debates of all ilk

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

The pacing back and forth kinda bugged me.

I think this was intentional ... McCain kept walking into Obama's television shot while Obama was answering, forcing the cameramen to hastily switch to a far less flattering shot of Obama that didn't have McCain in it.

Once, twice - yeah, a mistake. No less than 12 times? Sorry, on purpose to get in the shot with your opponent and gain more air time or, maybe giving McCain too much smarts credit, forcing less flattering shots of your opponent.


Sorry, John. There can be no less flattering shots than you limping all over the place, cradling your useless limb of an arm, smiling like you're going to blow up the planet for the mad scientific fun of it, and wheezing all the while from the effort.


UGH.

[Ghoulish Delight]

A good point made (at fivethirtyeight.com) regarding McCain's slight gains in some polls over the last week:

Obama is showing somewhere around 6, 7, or 8% leads (11% on Gallup!). Over the last 20 years, the largest spread in a general election has been 8.5%. So Obama's pushing the bounds of how far he can swing the electorate. With that big of a lead, there's pretty much nowhere for him to go BUT down. There are certainly fewer and fewer undecideds to gain. So a point or two back in McCain's direction is not surprising, nor particularly significant.

[3894]

Popcorn for tonight's debate - check!
Water balloons - no need

[Ghoulish Delight]

I'll have to once again catch the highlights after the fact as I've got other plans for tonight. For my own blood pressure, that's probably a good thing.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

I'll have to once again catch the highlights after the fact as I've got other plans for tonight. For my own blood pressure, that's probably a good thing.

Baseball or politics. It's a tough choice. Although the game tonight might not be much better for your blood pressure.

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

I'll have to once again catch the highlights after the fact as I've got other plans for tonight. For my own blood pressure, that's probably a good thing.

I fear my other plans may raise my blood pressure more than watching the debate.

[Morrigoon]

Dude, I forgot that was tonight. Good thing I turned down going to the movies!

Am I old now, because I'd rather see the debate than go see Jurassic Park in the theater?

[3894]

Originally Posted by Morrigoon

Am I old now, because I'd rather see the debate than go see Jurassic Park in the theater?

Not unless you also do the following: the phone rings on a Saturday night and you hope it's not for you.

[Strangler Lewis]

I'm assuming that you've seen Jurassic Park in the theater.

On the other hand, tonight's debate will be fresh and new.

[Morrigoon]

Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

I'm assuming that you've seen Jurassic Park in the theater.

On the other hand, tonight's debate will be fresh and new.

That too. Jurassic Park was great, don't get me wrong, but I'm perfectly content to watch it on DVD in the future (at some point if I felt like Netflixing it)

And I haven't caught an ENTIRE debate live yet this election. Keep coming home late and stuff.