The October 7th Second Presidential Debate Thread

[stacey bo bacey]

Because people seek validation, not verification. They nod vigorously, not because they agree with the candidate, but because they believe that the candidate agrees with them. And they are wholly uninterested in learning later that they were wrong.

Ahh I see. Stupid people.

 

[Sunstone]

I think this time around, McCain did better than his first time around. But he told too many stretchers.

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

I thought that McCain performed poorly. The specter of a McCain-Palin administration is appearing more and more macabre.

 

[Sunstone]

I thought that McCain performed poorly. The specter of a McCain-Palin administration is appearing more and more macabre.

The specter of a McCain-Palin administration has bottomed out for me. I can no longer imagine anything worse. I'm not sure the country can handle another administration loaded with neocons while Phil Gramm heads the treasury and the economy.

 

[angellous_evangellous]

I also had the distinct feeling that it was a re-run of the VP debate. The candidates said precisely what their subordinates said, despite different questions being asked. :biglaugh:

Anyway, can Tom Brocaw ask a direct question or what! His voice is like that of Johnny Cash - like a razor blade. Jeez.

 

[Sunstone]

Here's the snap poll from CBS:

Thirty-nine percent of the 400 uncommitted voters surveyed identified Barack Obama as tonight's winner; 27 percent said John McCain won, while 35 percent saw the debate as a draw.

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

Because people seek validation, not verification. They nod vigorously, not because they agree with the candidate, but because they believe that the candidate agrees with them. And they are wholly uninterested in learning later that they were wrong.

Ahh I see. Stupid people.

That was a very strange response ...

 

[stacey bo bacey]

That was a very strange response ...

Oh, let me clarify. I think people who aren't interested in being corrected when they're straight up wrong are stupid.

 

[stacey bo bacey]

Or rather that their candidate was wrong. Either way, stupid.

 

[Reverend Rick]

I fell asleep, what did I miss?