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Can Mccain knockout Obama tonight and seal it up? If he does half as good as Palin did wiping the floor with stumbling Joe Biden the other night should be game over for Obama.
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Obama will be the winner of the election.
Well he definitely failed to seal the deal thats for sure. He did ruthlessly attack Obama but Obama held his punches well.
I think Obama did better in all of the debates.
I donated him 50$
Lets hope they go for some good work and not for 3page parties
I think the bottom line is that there is absolutely no way that in a situation like the one currently facing the country, that of a massive financial crisis, that the incumbent party will win re-election. Just not going to happen.
P.S. Palin did get her butt handed to her by Biden
For me the winner of the debate Obama and he will be the winner of the election.
The USA truly needs a popular champion of the people that isn’t in the pocketbook of big business, to come forward and assume leadership of a great nation. The current system unfortunately doesn’t lend itself to that dynamic being expressed.
HAHAHAHA Obama beat the crap outta McCain, all McCain was after was Obama did this and that and never did this and that when he should do this and that. lol
McCain is older and can’t relate to modern issues. Plus, his character is very flawed and that worries me. He referred to Barrack as, “Barrack and his croonies”. Now, I don’t want a president that has disrepect like that. I’m glad Barrack won the debate, even though I don’t really care for him either.
Plus, the gov is going to tax the hell out of americans. So they need to stop acting as if that is not going to happen. As much as I like Barrack’s tax plan, it is not realistic. Who the hell is going to pay that $2 trillion bail out from the stock crash? The american people are..so to say that poor families and people that make less than $250,000 a year will be taxed little to nothing is impossible!
If you thought McCain or Palin actually won anything, then you are not as smart as I thought you were. Of course, this is a great linkbait though. McCain did wipe the floor, with himself…
I totally agree, I want someone to control our foreign policy who has a fresh view on it. Like Palin, who only left the US for the first time this year.
I don’t know why, but I am interested in US politics these days with any reason.
I really wasn’t impressed with either mans presentation. Just a lack of sincerity in my humble opinion. Solutions…solutions..It’s is so easy point backward at everything that is wrong with the US and say your going to fix it, the reality is the president is a figure head with minimal actual “juice”. One man (or woman) isn’t going to fix the U.S.
It’s the same old cycle…..
Change? C’mon….life has always been full of problems, no matter where your at. People need to stop looking for a “hero” and deal with the hand they have the best they can. If Bush wasn’t in office we would still have problems….(maybe not the same ones) but we would still have em….
Thats life BABY!!!! deal with it… LIFE!!!!!
I am all for voting, but lets keep it real man…..not looking for a hero…
Fantastic …….greatest practical tips .
Thank u so much
its all about Barack Obama!
I thought McCain choked on healthcare.
Reply to my own post…lol. Have a few corrections. Obama, IMHO, gives answers of substance, he thinks about what he says and he’s a very smart man. He’s a lawyer with a degree in finance, I believe. McCain is crazy, and I find him a big threat to this country. but to the corrections-McCain and Palin are full of scripted answers that give the impression of being answers, but basically are full of buzz words with no real meaning.
Past Pres. with no military experience? How about the dub? He managed to avoid Vietnam, was AWOL from the reserves, and look at the mess he’s made in Iraq, Afghanistan, and right here. thanks to his spending, we’ll be in debt for generations.
Palin was mayor of Wasilla, AK., pop. 8,000. She made to the gov. position thanks to Ted Stevens and his announcing a deal about the gas pipeline which people in this state misunderstood (were led to misunderstand) to mean the pipeline was a done deal and that somehow made it seem like Palin was in on it. As mentioned previously, Alaskan politicians are crooks and manipulators. Re: Palin calling herself a simple hockey mom. i’ve been a hockey mom, and know other hockey moms-very few are millionaires, a fact that Palin prefers to leave out of her resume.
Being from alaska, I have little respect for Sarah Palin. she’s a typical alaskan poitician-a crook and a liar.
I didn’t watch the debate last night-i usually find them too depressing. Hopefully it played as the others have-McCain nervous and too old, Obama dignified, calm and answering questions with real answers instead of scripted answers don’t say anything of substance, just throw in a few buzz words.
I did watch a bit of VP debate-Palin was well coached on the buzz words but said little of substance. Biden did all right.
*cough* link bait */cough*
I think McCain may have had a chance if he’d picked another running mate. People just don’t take that woman seriously.
While Obama’s not perfect he’s better than THAT, as said on SNL.
Why wouldn’t people take her seriously? What makes America take HC seriously. For that matter what about obama? He’s only been around for a few years and has a very unscruplous background of people and advisors.
Barack Hussein Obama is a Marxist with socialistic economic views and intentions. Be like the rest of the kool-aid drinking followers and vote for “change”. Give me a break. This guy is a joke. John McCain, while not perfect, is clearly the candidate that is qualified to be the leader of the free world. Instead of looking to a unknown liberal senator with extremely shady close associations for the answers to all of life’s problems, consider instead looking around at your own life and making a decision to change it yourself. It is not he government or “the messiah’s” job to improve your life. With freedom comes great responsibility. A responsibility to govern one’s self and take the blame when things don’t go as planned.
let’s see how is he gonna do it
McCain has no chance
The odds have always been. Politics has never been marked by moral purity.
Do you mean debat or contest I don’t have more dollar to buy.
My bank collapse…
too bad mccain didn’t bring up obama’s “advisors” and even the fact that he might not have been born in the united states.
Let’s wait and see. But I doubt it.
The funny part is if you switched Palin with Tina Fey, Fey would probably be able to do a much better job.
What’s even funnier is that nobody would even notice it… visually, I mean. =)
I am not sure who will be best for the current american and global problems, we need someone who is going to actively resolve it
Crap, I missed that drinking link yesterday. I’m sure I would get some good time! =)
McCain has quite a few terrible misconceptions like (1) falling housing values is the root of the problem (2) deregulations of the financial markets are good for the economy.
My guess on the election: Obama 65% – McCain 35%
I think the difference between the candidates would be less. There are many people who support McCain delusion.
Tremendously effective bait. Even the dude who said he would remove your from his RSS reader is likely to keep you in just so he can come back to sound off.
Did you know that cloning went bad with John McCain?
http://www.schlecht-geklont.de/john-mccain/
Thats hard
Wow, it’s amazing how people have interpreted the VP debate so differently. I’m hearing so many different opinions as to ‘who won’. Amazing.
I’m not even American and I still want to play that game…another excuse to drink during the week…lol
Its Obama all the way!!!!!!!
Hardcore Obama fan right here, huh. Well I also don’t think McCain stands a chance.
Linkbait Much?
Ya i think mccain will not seal the deal
Sigh. I was really hoping not to have to suffer any more debate nonsense. Specially in here. lol
Are you serious shoemoney? You think Palin cleaned house on her debate? wow your even more out of touch with reality as McCain…..
very funny.
What ‘code word’ will trigger off the Manchurian Candidate, he who might have been brainwashed in an Asian country?
I think the race is closer then people think.
Like has been said previously, Obama has a lot of support on the internet and in the press which gives him the look of having momentum.
In addition the core demographics of his base – young people and African Americans may play well in opinion polls but whether they turn out on election day is another story.
I would hardly be calling an Obama win a done deal.
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lol i thought palin did very poorly in her debate. she never really answer none of the question. the only thing she did was throw out catch phrase after catch phrase.
This has gotten so ridiculous. I love debates and good discussion but I’m at a point where I almost can’t talk or respect anyone who is supporting McCain/Palin at this point. They just are so out of touch with reality and in touch with division and bringing the country down. Spending freeze but buy everyone a house in the same few minutes? C’mon. There simply is no conservative running this time. Obama should be winning by about 95% – 5%
Serious, I thought you were smarter then that shoemaker…
Obama did very, very, well tonight. McCain just looks all over the board and lost at times. I looked at my girlfriend tonight and said, if you were a little lost child in a crowded mall, who would you feel safe taking your hand and leading you to safety? Obama is who makes me feel safe in time of trouble. Obama is who I would follow in the fork in the road if I were following.
Palin wiped the floor with Biden? How so? By giving a stump speech and not answering any of the questions asked to her? Brilliant!
You’ve got the blinders on, Shoe. You’re oblivious. Palin is an idiot.
Debate was so-so wish someone would break out of the norm and really just lay into a issue.
Also Shoe – how come you got rid of Lijit?
Did anyone see McCain refuse to shake Obama’s hand after the debate?
I’m still waiting for the MMA fighting match between the two.
Good debate! I don’t think any of the momentum changes after tonight though. I love how nice they are to each other in, but once they hit the trail Obama is a Muslim terrorist and McCain is George W. Bush (I don’t know which is worse)
’s. And Biden with his big smiles. This is a serious time, we need to hear about the issues 100% of the time.
lol
I’m just glad there’s not another VP debate, that was torture. Palin and her
danm november is still 1 month ahead.. it will be fun to read the result….
I’m rooting for Obama.
Time will tell who is going to be the next president of United States.
hmmmm…. I think the rules for the drinking game pretty much sum up this election. No matter who you vote for, odds are that you’re fiscally irresponsible (spending money on alcohol in the face of a recession), impaired (by alcohol in this instance), and making poor decisions (drinking games on a worknight). The same for both Republicans and Democrats.
Now… where did I put my beer……
A truly great society
Where is Jeremy and who wrote this post?????
How long do these elections really need to last.. .so boring..
The whole political game is a big spam. People wasting their time and breath arguing with each other who’s better. Like there is going to be a major difference between these guys
He better seal the deal…
Haha those game rules are classic, looks like lots of people are getting drunk tonight
McCain should win, as much as people love Obama, the country would be screwed with him as the President. People are seriously going to elect someone with no financial experience to head this economy? People are going to elect someone to be Commander In Chief of the most powerful army when he has never served in it? The reality of the election is this, it’s Biden vs. Palin, not Obama vs. McCain. Yes McCain is old and could have a heart attack yada yada yada. But do you seriously think Obama will serve out his presidency? You underestimate the sheer hatered so many people have for blacks and would hate to see a black president. Sorry, it has been said several times and needs to be taken more seriously, Obama has as much chance of dying in office as McCain.
“The reality of the election is this, it’s Biden vs. Palin, not Obama vs. McCain.” I don’t really think that’s the reality if you just saw the debate with Obama trouncing McCain. Trouncing…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-zoPgv_nYg
Palins only experience is mayor of a small town in Alaska. Do you really believe that she is capable of leading the nation out of the most serious economic financial crisis since the Great Depression. Not to mention the war, a negative trade balance, Social Security and Medicaid and the list goes on and on. Palin? seriously!!!! PALIN….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ral-zByaSU4
You are incorrect statistically. Actuarial tables put it at 1 in 6 that McCain will die in the next 4 years. Or higher due to his having been tortured as a POW.
But facts do not help McCain nor Palin for sure, so keep saying it an it will come true!
Signed, Porn Stars for Palin!! Wink Wink
Two words for you Sandra G, “Bill Clinton.” Never served in the Armed Forces, and left office with the country in a surplus ;{)
50% optimisim, 50% link bait? I’m trying to work out the perfect formula, please, spill the beans.
God forbid someone that isn’t a war monger and can pronounce nuclear become the president. No more neocons.
There is never a winner. Obama supporters will call him a winner no matter what and vice versa for McCain. It’s how it always is.
Nice post bait, Shoe. But we all know you are voting OBAMA!
He should definitely close it out tonight, and this elections will not even be close, Mccain should win with a large margin
Obama rules tonight, and less than 30 days from now.
hmm… Thats a lot of rules for a drinking game. Might get tricky towards the end.
obama yes … I hope obama is the next president
I am not voting for either Obama or McCain, but I do have to agree with the other posters on here that you must have been watching a different debate because I don’t think there was a consensus that Palin wiped the floor with Biden. I know I sure wasn’t impressed with either of their performances.
Your use of sarcasm is amazing! Because we definitely all watched the VP debate where every major news source claimed Biden as the clear winner.
Oh, and I’m not sure how someone can seal the deal with a 9 point deficit in the polls…
Thank you for giving me a smile today, your sense of humor is right on point!
I think we will see a much tougher Obama tonight.
Look for a lot of gritting of the teeth from McCain
he’s done. obama is the next president.
This post has to be a joke. The only thing she wiped th floor with was with avoided questions! I don’t think any deal sealing will be done by McCain…
Linkbait. You told us weeks ago that you got on the Obama bandwagon early.
mccain is ollllldd, all you have to do is watch sarah palin on cbs and that’ll explain everything you need to know about who john mccain has selected.
why is age such an issue with you? I think that if I say,
Obama is not being upfront with everyone about who is advisors are and what they are for. Oh yeah, don’t forget anti-israel. All you have to watch Joe on CBS and that’ll explain the inconsistencies of the media. They say John is too old and Palin too young but they never ask why is it that joe has more expierence and obama reletivly no experience in professional white house politics
I’m gonna be DRUNK tonight!
i’ll drink to that.
Mccain is going to have to answer the people’s questions but at the same time force obama to explain his connections with those who do not respect american interests
ha…this was a good way to get lots of comments
haha yea I agree it seems like it worked, lots of comments so far
Were you playing the debate drinking game while watching the VP debate Shoe? Not only is McCain behind in the polls but Palin didn’t do too well during the debate. Time, Yahoo!, and Politico, were just a few sites declaring Biden the clear winner.
If McCain does even just as meagerly OK as Palin did, Obama will seal it for sure.
lol @ one sidedness
I don’t think McCain is in position to seal any deals. He’s a better debater than Obama, but not enough to matter. If he can get through tonight without losing more ground he should count that as a win.
Personally, I don’t see this debate changing anything. The first debate was both candidates’ best chance for impact, and neither capitalized.
Side note: I like the drinking game.
“If he does half as good as Palin did wiping the floor with stumbling Joe Biden” What debate were you watching Jeremy? Palin sounded like a bumbling idiot. She gave a freaking shoutout in a presidential speech.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ral-zByaSU4
I thought you’re representing Obama?
http://www.shoemoney.com/2008/02/11/yes-we-can-barrack-obama/
I like McCain. I always have. But what happens if he dies. He’s like 70 something. Plus what is that thing growing on the side of his jaw. He had cancer a number of time. They are NOT release any of his medical record. He’s applying for the most important job in the country. If he croaks that puts Palin in command and that is scary as F#@%…..
America needs a progressive president. McCain obsolete.
Hopefully not…
Shoe are you kidding me? Palin got her ass handed to her by Biden. What debate were you watching brother?
Palin did horribly in the last debate…
I don’t know what to think, Jeremy?
Linkbait?
Surely you know that Biden won the VP debate according to the polls. I also assume you know that even if McCain did exceptionally well today he wouldn’t “seal the deal”. There is still a lot of time to go.
Btw: I’m not partisan.
It sounds like you have made a decision on who you plan to vote for… Where I’m from (Michigan), McCain has pulled out as far as efforts to try to win the state. I guess he is planning to try to focus on other states at this point.
I’ve made up my mind already as to who I plan to vote for. I hope whoever gets voted in (regardless of who) can help make things better.
As far as the polls are concerned, I don’t think you can really tell who has won until it is all over. (the actual vote)
I look forward to watching the debate tonight.
I love the debate drinking game site, that’s too funny!
I totally forgot there was another debate. Thanks for reminding us!
By the way, I don’t think McCain will do better than Palin did. There’s no way.
Sorry Jeremy – not a chance.
Seal what deal? McCain is waaay down in every poll, and has been for a week.
I don’t know if you can call it “sealing the deal” when you’re behind…
Yeah that’s what I was wondering, Obama is ahead right now…
yea he is ahead so I think this post was done as a joke hah
I can’t figure out for the life of me what Veep debate you were watching! LOL!
But McCain is behind all over the place, including Pennsylvania AND Florida. And it’s close in Ohio. North Carolina and Virginia are in play.
I’m hoping that McCain loses his temper tonight.
From the small amount of the debate I watched it looked Palin was kickin his ace
I don’t think Palin ever actually answered a question she was asked.. No one other than a handful of hardcore McCain fans thinks she truly won.
All she did was wink at the crowd and bumble like an idiot about nothing without actually answering the questions.
However, the expectations for her were so low beforehand that just showing up and not running away in tears would’ve been considered a good performance.
Obviously you and Jeremy were playing the drinking game during the VP debate!
Ha ha, such a funny game with funny rules
Also depends where you get your info. Majority of people on the web are rooting for Obama so all that info is basically biased.
Are you joking, or are you just trying to stir up some conversation on your blog? =)
Do people ever joke about politics or religion??? LOL!!!
No…. never?
He’s going to do just as well as Palin did, and just as well as he did int he first one. I.e. he will hand Obama 5-6% more.
I can’t believe you thought Palin ‘wiped the floor with stumbling Joe Biden’. I just added you on my RSS reader yesterday and now I’m removing you. Someone so politically blind is not someone whose knowledge I covet, regardless of how much you might make.
Remember people, someone became a millionaire by selling pet rocks to people. Just because you make money does not mean you’re intelligent.
Relax. He’s linkbaiting. If you had started reading Shoe before yesterday you might remember his very successful linkbait article on George Bush: “Great President or Greatest President”.
Shoe has already stated he’s an Obama supporter. He’s just pulling your chain.
You following the polls? McCain is trailing, even in traditionally Republican states. It’s close, but McCain is still fighting uphill.
yeah shoe is being optimistic, but it ain’t happening for mcC…
“Half as good as Palin did…” ah…. what friggin debate were you watching? You’re not serious are you?
In a word: no.
As much as I dislike Obama, I dislike McCain almost as much. The guy has been campaigning like an idiot, alienating the fiscally-minded and the socially-minded as well.
If Palin was running, I would vote for her. She, at least, seems interesting.
I listen to news about the debate and the election of the Russian media. Obama spoke more truth than McCain. Obama has a reasonable person.
Screw em all, Tina Fey for president lol
You would vote for Palin because she is interesting? That’s the problem with Americans today.
No, the problem with Americans today is that we’ve lost our balls and put up with comments like that from pissants like yourself.
Shoe, now you’re really stretching. This election is not even close. Obama/Biden are up by 9 points nationwide and are not only ahead in every single swing state, but also some formerly blood-red conservative strongholds like Virginia and North Carolina.
Just because Palin bumbled her way through a debate does not mean she won; Joe Biden cleaned her clock with his expansive knowledge of government and foreign policy.
John McCain is a cranky old man with an itchy trigger finger and a stink of desperation overcoming him. He’s trying to make something out of nothing by constantly bringing up lies about Obama that were debunked in the primaries. McCain will lose because, quite simply, he is a bad person and bad for America.
However, congratulations on writing effective linkbait.
(Also, you need to be ahead to “seal the deal.” I fully believe that Obama and his presidential composure will seal the deal in his favor tonight.)
@Anonymous – I agree with you. However, I’m a little nervous that a large lead is going to result in lower voter turn out.
We run the risk of people not voting for Obama because the assume it’s going to be a lock.
A huge lead is a good thing, but can be dangerous at the same time.
Nicely said. I was going to type something up, but you pretty much said everything I was going to say.
Actually, the Zogby national poll on 10/7/08 had Obama up by 2pts with a 3pt margin of error. But your magical math of 9pts sure makes for a sensational story.
Obama: 47.1 (a drop of 0.6 in one day for Obama)
McCain: 45.2
http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1575
Gallup daily tracking poll released today has Obama up +11.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/111040/Gallup-Daily-Obamas-Lead-Over-McCain-Expands.aspx
MoE is +/- 2.
The difference is you’ve cited a poll that includes all “registered voters” while the Reuters/CSPAN/Zogby poll I cited includes “likely voters.” Big difference.
I’m just saying, most polls even fox news said that the people thought Biden won the last debate.
LOL! Them polls are soooooo rigged. Watch out for them voting machines too! There is loads of info pertaining to how simple it is to hack the diebold machines on the web!
I have a feeling the whole diebold machine issue is bs… While it may be possible how many people do you really think exploit them. It’s a sheep goat for the republicans , if they loose some valuable territory they demand a recount just like Bush.
Have you researched the subject at all?
What? quote” if they loose some valuable territory they demand a recount just like Bush”
This is why there is a book “How to talk to a liberal (if you must)” … they say the exact opposite of reality in many instances … it can drive you crazy!
The democrats wanted to recount in Flordia 2000 NOT Bush and the Supreme Court said the Democrats could not just pick the democratic counties and recount (as they would gain votes) just what happened in Seattle, libs can find those votes just about anywhere, in garbage bins in printers … todays cheating is recounting by hand … there should be laws on the books recounting by machines only. And dems wanted to find votes for gore in democratic county. And all this after Peter Jennings and other news media called the state for Gore before the more republican counties polling places were even closed … there was still an hour left to vote … I hope conservatives don’t fall for any of the media hype … it is propaganda to lead the sheepole … look hollywood love obama you should too … BS … I think many have learned they can’t be trusted… they hate us … really, if they hate someone like Sarah Palin like they do … they hate me and my kind .. I really feel personally insulted by the media attacks on Sarah Palin and thier sick love fest for a very unqualified canidate … instead of looking at his policies they attack Joe the plumber for questioning it … they are a sick bunch … please don’t let our country go their way … please don’t listen to the polls … Obama has a very, very small lead in the polls and I think he and his supporters will be very surprised by HOW WRONG THE POLLS were.
yeah, because Palin did great and BIDEN was the stumbling fool Lol!!! Nice linkbait!
Do you think this is a linkbait, I don’t.
No he can not. But it will be humorous to watch him try.
Wow! I wonder if it was luck or he follows the market. We all knew it was goin down but by almost 500?
I clicked on the footer link in the rss to comment on the contest. oh well.
Don’t think mccain is gonna do any better than he has done in the last 2 months.
I think tonight he’s going to seal the deal for Obama lol
Agreed! McCain got a really dynamic vice-presidential candidate, however he himself is a tad insipid and lacking in drive. Too old I say.
if by dynamic you mean able to quickly avoid questions and dodge issues, then yea i totally agree.
LOL! Well put!
Ha, that is a great comment!
I think he will have to do more than win tonight to seal the deal.
yeh, Mccain looks strong currently.
I still cant pick a side… I have a problem picking between people one of which looks like he will fall over and die at any moment (leaving Palin to run the country…. disaster.) or the other whom I don’t trust at all.
Well you’ll have to make your pick at some point. Time is running out…
He can’t steal anything but a heart attack. Like I said a thousand times before, Mccain is just one heart beat away from being in a nursing home. We need a young vibrant leader who can at least clean up some of this mess we are in.
The democrates and republicams never give us a good choose so I going to vote for a different part even if its a wasted vote maybe it will send a message. the news should cover the other partys more elections are far two sided everyone should look at the other partys
Eh, What is with debate drink?