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		<title>By: G.A.Phillips</title>
		<link>http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/mccain_-_obama_townhall_debate_instant_reaction/comment-page-1/#comment-516476</link>
		<dc:creator>G.A.Phillips</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;What kind of action do you have in mind, GA?&lt;/blockquote&gt; I&#039;ll let you worry about that, boo!!! lol</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>What kind of action do you have in mind, GA?</p></blockquote>
<p> I'll let you worry about that, boo!!! lol</p>
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		<title>By: G.A.Phillips</title>
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		<dc:creator>G.A.Phillips</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:32:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;I think that &quot;That One&quot; won this debate (again). If Obama continues on this streak with his cool, calm, intellect persona, he will win this election.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

remember what I was saying about clinging to their Oscar programs.

how could you possibly think the One fool won this debate, because he is your favorite actor? 

&lt;blockquote&gt;It&#039;s too bad that McCain has nowhere else to go with his campaign but other than a smear rampage against Obama. Maybe he can&#039;t have a challenging, progressive debate.&lt;/blockquote&gt; 


And yes you can smear bullshit and thats the point, lol but lets not talk about who this gimp is, lets have a progressive debate, it&#039;s to bad a lot people that I thought had common sense around here and around other places seem to think the same silly way.

blah I&#039;m starting to hope this fool wins just to see what I knows gonna happen, happen. &quot;it&#039;s 0bama&#039;s race to lose&quot; lol thanks for all the help guys.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>I think that "That One" won this debate (again). If Obama continues on this streak with his cool, calm, intellect persona, he will win this election.</p></blockquote>
<p>remember what I was saying about clinging to their Oscar programs.</p>
<p>how could you possibly think the One fool won this debate, because he is your favorite actor? </p>
<blockquote><p>It's too bad that McCain has nowhere else to go with his campaign but other than a smear rampage against Obama. Maybe he can't have a challenging, progressive debate.</p></blockquote>
<p>And yes you can smear bullshit and thats the point, lol but lets not talk about who this gimp is, lets have a progressive debate, it's to bad a lot people that I thought had common sense around here and around other places seem to think the same silly way.</p>
<p>blah I'm starting to hope this fool wins just to see what I knows gonna happen, happen. "it's 0bama's race to lose" lol thanks for all the help guys.</p>
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		<title>By: sam</title>
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		<dc:creator>sam</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:17:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@ G.A. Phillips

&lt;blockquote&gt;Tea party? I&#039;m looking for some straight action.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

What kind of action do you have in mind, GA?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@ G.A. Phillips</p>
<blockquote><p>Tea party? I'm looking for some straight action.</p></blockquote>
<p>What kind of action do you have in mind, GA?</p>
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		<title>By: G.A.Phillips</title>
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		<dc:creator>G.A.Phillips</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:12:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Somebody PLEASE form a viable THIRD party that can give us some straight talk!!!&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Tea party? I&#039;m looking for some straight action.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Somebody PLEASE form a viable THIRD party that can give us some straight talk!!!</p></blockquote>
<p>Tea party? I'm looking for some straight action.</p>
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		<title>By: rodney dill</title>
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		<dc:creator>rodney dill</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:34:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;McCain&#039;s losing and it&#039;s late in the game, so he should have taken bigger risks.&lt;/blockquote&gt;If you do this too soon the media will have time to talk it to death and make it go away. The candidate with the most, best, and best timed October surprises will likely win.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>McCain's losing and it's late in the game, so he should have taken bigger risks.</p></blockquote>
<p>If you do this too soon the media will have time to talk it to death and make it go away. The candidate with the most, best, and best timed October surprises will likely win.</p>
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		<title>By: just me</title>
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		<dc:creator>just me</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>markm I think the reason they were so terrible is because they were too heavily sreened in how they were chosen.

I would much rather have seen questions screened solely for appropriateness to the venue and drawn names out of a hat or let the candidates choose the questioners.  I think Brokaw basically chose questions he would have asked if he was moderating the other type of debate, which turned both candidates on autopilot and resulted in very little new or interesting being said.

Although I am pretty convinced at this point that in an Obama presidency the troops he pulls out of Iraq won&#039;t be going to Afghanistan they will instead be going to Darfur.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>markm I think the reason they were so terrible is because they were too heavily sreened in how they were chosen.</p>
<p>I would much rather have seen questions screened solely for appropriateness to the venue and drawn names out of a hat or let the candidates choose the questioners.  I think Brokaw basically chose questions he would have asked if he was moderating the other type of debate, which turned both candidates on autopilot and resulted in very little new or interesting being said.</p>
<p>Although I am pretty convinced at this point that in an Obama presidency the troops he pulls out of Iraq won't be going to Afghanistan they will instead be going to Darfur.</p>
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		<title>By: markm</title>
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		<dc:creator>markm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:49:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Is it me or were the questions that were selected terrible?. There was a small handful of questions that I have not heard on the stump. I &lt;em&gt;assumed&lt;/em&gt;, because of the style of the debate that the there would be some questions from left field requiring non stump speech type answers. Hmmph.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is it me or were the questions that were selected terrible?. There was a small handful of questions that I have not heard on the stump. I <em>assumed</em>, because of the style of the debate that the there would be some questions from left field requiring non stump speech type answers. Hmmph.</p>
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		<title>By: rodney dill</title>
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		<dc:creator>rodney dill</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I found it interesting when questioned about the length of the current economic downturn, Obama said it wouldn&#039;t be long as he had confidence in the economy... I guess he thinks the fundamentals are strong too... he has that and his bracelet.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I found it interesting when questioned about the length of the current economic downturn, Obama said it wouldn't be long as he had confidence in the economy... I guess he thinks the fundamentals are strong too... he has that and his bracelet.</p>
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		<title>By: just me</title>
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		<dc:creator>just me</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:02:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>James exactly where in the debate would Ayers or Keating 5 have fit any of those questions?

Shoot those questions were terrible-probably because the questions were overly moderated.  I would much rather have seen the commission pull in partisans-1/2 for Obama and 1/2 for McCain, screened the questions for appropriateness, and pulled names out of a hat.  It at least would have made the debate more interesting and perhaps made the candidates answer a question with something beyond talking points and campaign stump speech slogans.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>James exactly where in the debate would Ayers or Keating 5 have fit any of those questions?</p>
<p>Shoot those questions were terrible-probably because the questions were overly moderated.  I would much rather have seen the commission pull in partisans-1/2 for Obama and 1/2 for McCain, screened the questions for appropriateness, and pulled names out of a hat.  It at least would have made the debate more interesting and perhaps made the candidates answer a question with something beyond talking points and campaign stump speech slogans.</p>
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		<title>By: C-SPAN Debate Hub &#187; Blog Archive &#187; McCain - Obama Townhall Debate Instant Reaction</title>
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		<dc:creator>C-SPAN Debate Hub &#187; Blog Archive &#187; McCain - Obama Townhall Debate Instant Reaction</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] McCain - Obama Townhall Debate Instant Reaction October 8, 2008 at 1:34 am [...]</description>
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		<title>By: James</title>
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		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 04:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Obama won because McCain chickened out. The buildup before the debate was for the gloves to come off and to talk about Ayers and Wright. McCain didn&#039;t do it. Maybe McCain was worried that Barack would bring up Keating Five in response? McCain&#039;s losing and it&#039;s late in the game, so he should have taken bigger risks.

Congratulations to President Obama.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Obama won because McCain chickened out. The buildup before the debate was for the gloves to come off and to talk about Ayers and Wright. McCain didn't do it. Maybe McCain was worried that Barack would bring up Keating Five in response? McCain's losing and it's late in the game, so he should have taken bigger risks.</p>
<p>Congratulations to President Obama.</p>
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		<title>By: Get Real</title>
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		<dc:creator>Get Real</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 04:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think that &quot;That One&quot; won this debate (again). If Obama continues on this streak with his cool, calm, intellect persona, he will win this election. 

It&#039;s too bad that McCain has nowhere else to go with his campaign but other than a smear rampage against Obama. Maybe he can&#039;t have a challenging, progressive debate. 

http://PoliticEye.com</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think that "That One" won this debate (again). If Obama continues on this streak with his cool, calm, intellect persona, he will win this election. </p>
<p>It's too bad that McCain has nowhere else to go with his campaign but other than a smear rampage against Obama. Maybe he can't have a challenging, progressive debate. </p>
<p><a href="http://PoliticEye.com" rel="nofollow">http://PoliticEye.com</a></p>
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		<title>By: Fence</title>
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		<dc:creator>Fence</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 04:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What the heck is McCain doing proposing to buy up mortgages and immediately sell them back at a loss?   At least the Wall St bailout has a &lt;em&gt;chance&lt;/em&gt; to make a profit.  Uh, personal responsibility?  Fiscal conservative?  Steady hand on the tiller?  

Oh well, not to worry, now that this will be tagged as McCain&#039;s idea, it won&#039;t be much of a threat since he appears to be toast.  Obama just watched McCain go three-and-out in the top of the 8th.  Obama&#039;s got a 4-run lead, two more innings to bat, and McCain is down to his last three outs.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What the heck is McCain doing proposing to buy up mortgages and immediately sell them back at a loss?   At least the Wall St bailout has a <em>chance</em> to make a profit.  Uh, personal responsibility?  Fiscal conservative?  Steady hand on the tiller?  </p>
<p>Oh well, not to worry, now that this will be tagged as McCain's idea, it won't be much of a threat since he appears to be toast.  Obama just watched McCain go three-and-out in the top of the 8th.  Obama's got a 4-run lead, two more innings to bat, and McCain is down to his last three outs.</p>
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		<title>By: Debate Reaction &#124; Heretical Ideas Blog</title>
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		<dc:creator>Debate Reaction &#124; Heretical Ideas Blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 04:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] James Joyner: &#8220;About an hour into the debate, I’m bored to tears. Neither candidate has said anything I haven’t heard before and they’re just reciting canned speeches that are often tangentially related to the questions being asked. Neither are adhering to the rules and Tom Brokaw is exasperated but not doing anything about it.&#8221; [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] James Joyner: &#8220;About an hour into the debate, I&rsquo;m bored to tears. Neither candidate has said anything I haven&rsquo;t heard before and they&rsquo;re just reciting canned speeches that are often tangentially related to the questions being asked. Neither are adhering to the rules and Tom Brokaw is exasperated but not doing anything about it.&#8221; [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Below The Beltway &#187; Blog Archive &#187; The Town Hall Debate: The Blogs React</title>
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		<dc:creator>Below The Beltway &#187; Blog Archive &#187; The Town Hall Debate: The Blogs React</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 04:13:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] James Joyner: About an hour into the debate, I’m bored to tears. Neither candidate has said anything I haven’t heard before and they’re just reciting canned speeches that are often tangentially related to the questions being asked. Neither are adhering to the rules and Tom Brokaw is exasperated but not doing anything about it. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] James Joyner: About an hour into the debate, I&rsquo;m bored to tears. Neither candidate has said anything I haven&rsquo;t heard before and they&rsquo;re just reciting canned speeches that are often tangentially related to the questions being asked. Neither are adhering to the rules and Tom Brokaw is exasperated but not doing anything about it. [...]</p>
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