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[Cadaverous Pallor]

Starts at 9pm Eastern, 6pm Pacific. It seems a bit early to ask people to get off work and drive to our neck of the county but if anyone is up for it, we'd love to have you. Just some snacks and some sound bite watching. I promise to keep my optimism to a minimum. I've read that supposedly, Kerry "won" all 3 of his debates. Still, popcorn crunching political fun.

[3894]

It sounds fun, CP. I'll be there in spirit.

Here's my wishlist for Obama for the next month:

GET ANGRIER! Call them liars, because that’s what they are. Sarah Palin didn’t say “thanks but no thanks” to the Bridge to Nowhere. She just said “Thanks.” You were raised by a single mother on food stamps — where does a guy with eight houses who was legacied into Annapolis get off calling you an elitist? And by the way, if you do nothing else, take that word back. Elite is a good word, it means well above average. I’d ask them what their problem is with excellence. While you’re at it, I want the word “patriot” back. McCain can say that the transcendent issue of our time is the spread of Islamic fanaticism or he can choose a running mate who doesn’t know the Bush doctrine from the Monroe Doctrine, but he can’t do both at the same time and call it patriotic. They have to lie — the truth isn’t their friend right now. Get angry. Mock them mercilessly; they’ve earned it. McCain decried agents of intolerance, then chose a running mate who had to ask if she was allowed to ban books from a public library. It’s not bad enough she thinks the planet Earth was created in six days 6,000 years ago complete with a man, a woman and a talking snake, she wants schools to teach the rest of our kids to deny geology, anthropology, archaeology and common sense too? It’s not bad enough she’s forcing her own daughter into a loveless marriage to a teenage hood, she wants the rest of us to guide our daughters in that direction too? It’s not enough that a woman shouldn’t have the right to choose, it should be the law of the land that she has to carry and deliver her rapist’s baby too? I don’t know whether or not Governor Palin has the tenacity of a pit bull, but I know for sure she’s got the qualifications of one. And you’re worried about seeming angry? You could eat their lunch, make them cry and tell their mamas about it and God himself would call it restrained. There are times when you are simply required to be impolite. There are times when condescension is called for!

The author is Maureen Dowd and you can find the rest of the piece here.

[Morrigoon]

I totally would except I have an appointment in MV at 5:30, and I doubt I'd be done in time. Would've loved to watch it with you guys, though.

[Andrew]

I'll be virtually watching it with you. Maybe we could get an IRC channel going for live debate about the debate?

[3894]

Originally Posted by Andrew

Maybe we could get an IRC channel going for live debate about the debate?

I'd be up for that, Andrew. It would be fun.

[Stan4dSteph]

Originally Posted by Andrew

I'll be virtually watching it with you. Maybe we could get an IRC channel going for live debate about the debate?

Current TV is going to be showing tweets that people submit during the debate. You can find out more at www.current.com/debate You just add #current to a tweet to submit it.

A group chat might be interesting too for those not able to attend CP's part.

[flippyshark]

Originally Posted by Stan4dSteph

Current TV is going to be showing tweets that people submit during the debate. You can find out more at www.current.com/debate You just add #current to a tweet to submit it.

A group chat might be interesting too for those not able to attend CP's part.

Let an old Luddite chime in here. I will be sure to watch on a (presumably online) source where no external comments, tweets, twitters or other responses will be visible. I'll seek out all that stuff after its over. It's just me. I'm not a very interactive, 2.0 person. (But I'd come over if I lived nearby.)

[BarTopDancer]

I can *technically* be there by 6, but I don't know if homework completion will be at a stage where I can physically be there at all.

[Motorboat Cruiser]

I'm, per usual, gigging that night. Otherwise, I would so be there.

Have fun!

[Snowflake]

I'll be watching from up North (not as North as Wendy or Ozron, of course). In fact, I would not miss it.

Thanks for the link to the article 3894, that was great!