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Yes, I'm sure I've said that before, but this time it's totally true, I mean it. The winner of this debate will surely be the winner of the Pennsylvania Democratic primary, which, as we all know, is THE MOST IMPORTANT PRIMARY EVAR OMG!!1!!1!
Things to watch for:
- Will Charlie Gibson ask Clinton and Obama for their thoughts on Dubya's admission that he authorized torture? Will he simply ask them if they repudiate and denounce it, or will he ask if they will investigate and prosecute? There is no question I want answered more, and I suspect that a lot of Democratic voters feel the same way.
- How much time will Charlie Gibson spend drilling them about Bittergate? There's no question of If, only of How Much.
- Will Charlie Gibson disgrace his profession as thoroughly as Russert and Williams did? Will he ask questions that aren't based on right-wing talking points? Will he ask anything along the lines of, "Jeez, what a godawful mess you'll be stuck with - how do you plan to fix it?"
- What will the tone be like? Will Clinton and Obama be cordial, friendly, hostile, physically violent? Will they take any shots at Bush and McCain, or only at each other?
Soon, all will be revealed. Predictions and, eventually, observations are welcome as always in the comments.
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Eli!
hi Eli XXXXXXXXXXXOOOOOOOOOO
Live blog this debate in this thread?
CTut!
Hi sadly!
JoFish: Yes.
I have been informed that applause will not be allowed. Those ABC people are *tough*.
((( Eli )))
They’re also debating when to have the next debate … *g*
Im falling in love with Obama…yes its true,he is a sort of mocha Garry Cooper…..Mr.Deeds goes to town
Actually I don’t think they’ll spend too much time on “Bittergate”. That’s nothing but a big fat hanging curveball over the plate for Obama.
bom dia, Eli
OK get yer whiskey shots ready for every time you hear the word “bitter”!
Is anyone else getting a pregame show? Mine is by the local news, so I have no idea what you’re all seeing.
he is totally cool,smart REAL dooooooood
Me + laptop + ABC = reporting for duty, Sir!
The Sheik is gonna do well tonight.
Wheel of Fortune
Eli, what are you wearing for this debate?
Angry and bitter?
partisan and pitiful?
Happy and hopeful?
Do I sound bitter if I suggest every bitter point be balanced with the Bosnia invisible bullet defense?
The local ABC affiliate is totally into this. They even have a Debate Countdown clock in the upper right-hand corner.
a mocha gary cooper? *giggle*
OBAMA KEWL!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....ablog.com/
NHL
brawlHockey … might be a precursor of tonight …That probably depends on Gibson.
So probably angry and bitter. And partisan.
how can you NOT love the guy?
They’re selling inauguration countdown clocks in Boston…
Well, I’m on tape delay, I’m gonna try to stream the audio, but, I’m watching THE GAME, BoSox/Yanks in NY…! ;-)
I would hope that charlie doesn’t make an ass of himself tonight, but the odds aren’t good.
Bitterthingy- yes, he will ask
Shrub admitting to torture– oh please, oh please, oh please
I’m wearing a striking combination of elitist trimmed with a Up with People vibe. Seventies are back, baby.
i want him on the plane to S.America right after the swearing in
Shuster is on Hardball saying Obama could lose ground against Mccain over campaign finance!! Excuse me, McCain is the one violating law.
I’ll wait until after the election. I don’t want a clock that counts down to More Of The Same.
I’m on tape dalay as well but will depend on the folks here to give a rough idea of what’s what.
Biden is on Tweety now trying to talk-down some of Tweety’s man-love for McSame.
close your ears!
ABC BROKE THE TORTURE STORY
!@!@#$%^&#$%^&#$%^&argh!!!!!!!
Ooo, our local affiliate is interviewing Candy Crowley! What a get!
I know. the strawberry fell out of my mouth on that one
surely jou jest?
Or a ”Frank” Sumatra (mandeling) ;-)
[reference to TBoggs earlier ”Frank” post.
That is probably our only hope for getting a question on it. Which will include something like “…as ABC first reported…”
Candy Crowley is saying that Hillary shouldn’t go negative. Or maybe she should.
Clinton will challenge Obama to a tequila shooter competition. She’ll down 3 shots in succession; he’ll drop her with a .357 Magnum.
“Oh,” he’ll say, “I misunderstood your meaning.”
Then he and Bill will get married and take over Al Qaida.
(That’s the prediction I got in a memo from David Addison).
Not at all, unfortunately.
today is Charlie Chaplins birthday …bravo
Will snipe fire make Hillary late? Will this leave a bitter taste in Obama’s mouth? Will Charlie Gibbson plagurize a Rachel Ray solution to this potential recipe for disaster?
One of the worst things that has happened in the last few years is that the reporters or talking heads have become the story. They interview each other. Tweety has Timmy on for a chat - what is that about?
The realization is dawning on me that my local affiliate appears to be staffed entirely by twits.
Anyone see this piece about the Al-Qaeda bureaucrats? Sort of puts an interesting face on the “enemy”. I wonder if this might not be their undoing in the long run…
Dugg!
The question is will Charlie asl the questions that we all want asked. Like should shrub be be investigated for war crimes for authorizing torture?? If congress fails to impeach Bush will you have your attorney general investigate the Bush administration for breaking numerous US and international laws?
Timmeh has great insight into what the Bush administration wants us to believe.
I’m not watching but I’m guessing she’s wearing a fetching shawl and seated sideways to the camera so we get the fulll draping effect of her delivery. Wow!
one cannot go…she is negative…why because she is not positive,or neutral
Heh. Now I’m getting Obama campaign commercials in the debate pregame. That seems… unnecessary.
Exactly. The only reason Tweety has guests on is so he isn’t caught talking to himself.
hahahhahahahahahaha
I like my Usque bae bitter…so let’s have it Straight Up!
And throw in a question about being an elitist, and watch that pitch be a fat one down the center of the plate, too! C’mon Charlie! Dare ya!
That is SO true. So much of TV “reporting” nowadays is these cats endlessly reporting and commenting on what other MSM reporters have written/said.
She was standing, but she was at about a three-quarters angle, maybe a little closer to sideways (five-eighths?).
Ooo, our local affiliate is interviewing Candy Crowley!
Eli, you oughta know - would that require a special lens of some sort?
707!
707
must be Tweets kin
how slimming.
They appeared to be using the Unnecessary Zoom lens.
teehee
Excuse me, you thought I said “snipers shooting”…I meant “snipe shooting”!
for you tape delayed pups.
Tonight @ 8PM! Exclusive WebCast of the Clinton-Obama Debate LIVE from the National Constitution Center.
now you have me laughing hysterically and I have to go pick up my kids! arg! Ah’ll be bach.
Oh, yes, yes. I hope Charlie also asks Obama all those obnoxious questions like why is he Muslim, does he hang out with the Black nut cases like Ayres and Farrakan, etc etc. Get into every tacky rumor, get it ‘on the table’ so Obama can ridicule the crazies. God don’t we all have a past, friends, etc. Soooo nuts and so damaging.
Ooo, our local affiliate is interviewing Candy Crowley!
Is she wearing the black leather big-cat suit again tonight?
If so, you may be excused for a bathroom break as needed.
we’re getting a taste from Millineryman
Yes, non-elite Hillary, wearing only the finest by Hermes. Those scarves of hers I understand each cost about half of what some families take home every week ($355 and up, per their website). A friend of mine who used to work for Hermes pointed out her proclivity for displaying her “non-elite” (snark) accessorizing.
This is the real question. And shots of what? And who can hold their liquor better?
It’s never stopped him before…
One of the audience members being interviewed just said that she was offended on behalf of the people who were offended by the Bitter comment. Alrighty then.
I thought it was so he wouldn’t get caught in some other feelgood activity on camera…
that must be a VERY big cat suit
And now a Hillary commercial, with the Ordinary People Who Are Terribly Offended By Barack’s Horrible Comments.
Anyone see this piece about the Al-Qaeda bureaucrats?
Yeah, if they’ve got the recruitment lists of AQ, then why are we holding people in Gitmo and elsewhere that aren’t in those records? Did it take them 5 years after capturing the files to get them translated because they didn’t want gay cooties on them?
Now I’m offended, and bitter about it.
donuts with sprinkles?
I want hard hitting questions over the coffee snub. Will orange juice play a prominent role in his campaign and administration?
I am bitter that I can’t seem to feel adequately offended.
lol
Maybe Charlie will put a shot of Crown Royal out for each of them…
A debate?
I wonder what the issues are.
I think it was clear that he was proclaiming his solidarity with notorious black murderer OJ Simpson, and promising to go on a homocidal rampage if he’s elected.
that must be a VERY big cat suit
Rumor has it that biologists have yet to come up with a name for a cat that big….
Now I’m offended, and bitter about it.
I’m offended by your offendedness. And my God can kick your immygrant God’s ass.
It’s all too much for me.
I have to go buy a lottery ticket. I have as much of a chance with that, as we have about getting anything substantial out of the moderator.
yes i want in depth questioning about the pros and cons of Oj…you know,fresh vs concentrate,pulp.or no pulp,bitting commentary
So far: 1 McCain commercial, 1 Clinton commercial, and 2 Obama commercials. Well, the same commercial twice, actually.
Awesome.
Doesn’t stop that either. You can see him doing it mentally with some of his guests as he drools over them.
hahhahahahahahahaha
Well before the earth started 6,000 years ago, they had cats that big ya know… I think that Noah only saved the small ones (room on the ark and all)
I can see Charlie Gibson asking a question like “Will you betray the success of the surge for a precipitate pullout that will lead to the destruction of Iraq and maybe the end of the world?”
With his follow up being, “Given that Iran is the devil incarnate, why will you not attack them?”
Mc Giggolo,is a self parody
all the keep doing down here is the pope visit stuff … and dont’ get me started on that … misogyny makes me very snarky
“So, are you and Saddam Hussein half-brothers, or just cousins?”
Or… will either of you if you are the nominee of your party have one of those really cool, neato buses like John McCain does?
Do remember to stay tuned in after the debate for Robert Greenwald’s CondiMustGo commercial!
Oh, and this is how powerful women dress: Get a clue, Hillary.
Well we know how elitist he was, being chauffered down the freeway in a white bronco
Wow… Tweety just discovered that republicans are pro-life.
“So, are you and Saddam Hussein half-brothers, or just cousins?”
and when did you stop beating his wife?
tell us the numbers!
Don’t forget “do you approve of Carter talking to Hamas” - big question.
ok what are we drinking?
Seeings how I am of Irish stock, I say fuck it, let’s have a drink, then we can offend everybody and they can all feel bitter, and offended, and bitter about being offended.
I think that Noah only saved the small ones (room on the ark and all)
Well, it might have just been out of fear that she’d eat all the other animals…
That one is definitely within the realm of possibility.
I suspect Olympics/Tibet will come up as well.
The Straight-Talk Express™ is doing figure 8’s in the parking lot.
[spewing water on my laptop]
Okay, that’s 1 Clinton ad, 2 McCains, and 3 Obamas.
Time to step it up, Hillary.
Chrystia Freeland just said that the national media is ignoring McVain’s antics. Woohooo!
Game-Time!!
Is it just starting? Or did I miss half?
Here we go… debate time
O folks. sorry I disappeared….I got sent out of my apt for laughing too loud. Thanks guys.
Charlie Gibson: welcome…bla bla bla
Thirty seconds in and they show Hillary calling Obama an elitist
Charlie has a new suit and tie I can tell.
Wait, I thought they weren’t allowing any applause.
Stoopit local affiliates…
applause for BHS
Clinton intro’d first applause
Obama intro’d applause, some hootin’ and hollerin’
They’re going to be lenient but not permissive on time.
Um.
no applause
Obama opens
first sip…here