Obama v. McCain Debate: You gonna watch?

[MightyAphrodite]

he he, I didn't actually watch it, just picked it up for the link and closed that window lickety splik

lol....i like it !!!

it reminds me of being young and innocent...back in my Mtv days!!!....

 

[Lord Camomile]

I just realised it's actually vaguely appropriate given the theme of tonight's debate is foreign policy.

Presidency goes to the first candidate to reach the refrain?

 

[Kid_Eternity]

And we're live!

http://www.pickledpolitics.com/

 

[Lord Camomile]

I had that open in another tab and kept getting confused at that tapping/typing sound

 

[Kid_Eternity]

I had that open in another tab and kept getting confused at that tapping/typing sound

LOL! Heh I did that too until I twigged, rejoin us in an hour for late night debate watching 'fun' !

 

[D]

my friend should be here within the 1/2 hour, I'm told.

Catch y'all on the other side

 

[Lord Camomile]

I'm not sure how much political insight or comment I could add, I'd probably just post more 80s music videos that I hadn't watched.

I'm only watching tonight to find out how McCain combs his hair. That will be one of the questions, right? I mean, it's what the world wants to know. It's what Mickey J was singing about.

 

[Voley]

LOL Yoss!

 

[Detroit City]

T-minus 45 mins

 

[Kid_Eternity]

I'm not sure how much political insight or comment I could add, I'd probably just post more 80s music videos that I hadn't watched.

I'm only watching tonight to find out how McCain combs his hair. That will be one of the questions, right? I mean, it's what the world wants to know. It's what Mickey J was singing about.

Hey don't worry, there's no barrier to participation, hell if you want to sit there and comment on McCain's hair that's fine by us!

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

will you be able to watch it either on the net or on a cable channel?

It's going to be carried live on Al Jazeera English.

Don't know whether you have access to any of these streams:

http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

I know theres the time difference and all but will you watch? I think it'll start at 2am over there.

I thought it was going to start at 2am here. But it's actually starting at stupid o'clock, i.e. 4am. And I'm up, waiting for it to start. Why?

 

[Lord Camomile]

he he, awesome. There is something quite fun about watching the US Presidential debate on Al Jazeera.

Oh, and: Mecca Time! This is also cool.

 

[Lord Camomile]

I'm really going to add nothing of any political merit, am I?

 

[Lord Camomile]

Bloody brilliant! The BBC news website has a video stream of the debate with a running text commentary, just like the footy

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Something that would be kind of ironic if Obama became president. He'd also become the Commander in Chief of an army that, in WW1, circulated anti black propaganda, written in french, to french troops, in order to prevent fraternization between french troops and black US troops, possibly leading to the US troops getting ideas about equality, etc.

He'd also become president of a nation that saw a rise in lynching of blacks in 1919, chiefly the lynching of returning black soldiers in uniform.

What a change, eh?

 

[MightyAphrodite]

here we go....everybody look busy!!!

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

...Oh, and: Mecca Time! This is also cool.

Mecca time is an hour behind Doha, Qatar (AJE HQ) time. I'm very tired and very rose'd out on my sofa, atm

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

Ready, steady...

 

[Kid_Eternity]

It's on!!

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/18/politics/2008debates/main4457570.shtml

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Live blogging:

www.pickledpolitics.com

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

Go!

 

[Lord Camomile]

Ach, Obama did the elbow grab hand shake - I've never liked that

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

It's going to be carried live on Al Jazeera English.

Don't know whether you have access to any of these streams:

http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/

In the Livestream channel, there's also a live chatroom.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Oops, why didn't Obama mention Kennedy?

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

WTF? Obama gets straight to the point, McCain goes off on a tangent, wasting time talking about Ted Kennedy and thanking the venue for hosting the event.

Gee, thanks mom for giving birth to me!

Get to the f'ing point when your country's economy is in meltdown!

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Oops, why didn't Obama mention Kennedy?

Yeah thought the same...

 

[Lord Camomile]

It's customary to thank the organisers, etc in your first, opening statement, and Obama did it too.

 

[gabi]

McCain's voice is trembling. Age and/or nervousness. He looks like a squirrel preparing for winter too. Bless him. Oh, and where's his lips.

And why the fuck can nobody tie a tie in the US?

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

Hasn't John McCain stood by for 25 years and turned a blind to excessive greed on Wall Street?