OFFICIAL EDWARDS-CHENEY DEBATE THREAD #1

[Skinner]

For those of you who feel like participating in an official play-by-play thread about tonight's presidential debate, here it is.

You aren't required to post in here. If you want to start your own threads, you can. This is just provided for those who want it.

When this approaches 100 replies, we'll open Thread #2.

GO JOHN EDWARDS!

[slinkerwink]

1. c'mon, let's kick cheney's butt!

[skylarmae]

3. and his legs and his arms and his front and his back and ....

[roguevalley]

43. what's with the caterpillar on Tucker Carlson's lip?

[KDLarsen]

2. Thank you American Airlines..

.. what are they sponsoring?

Not to mentioning Continental & JetBlue?

[deadparrot]

4. Sending good thoughts to Senator Edwards!!!!

Go, Johnny, go!

[readmylips]

5. Come on Luke Skywalker!

May the force be with you...kick his old rich war profiteer ass.

[charlyvi]

6. Go Johnny Go!!!

Kick his ass to the moon and back!

[Vincardog]

9. What channel do we watch?

[charlyvi]

12. C=Span 2

Also, I read that CNN is covering, but watch them only as a last resort!

[girl gone mad]

18. It's on C-SPAN 2. n/t

[KDLarsen]

23. Found a Danish online feed

.. high quality too! You need to be a member to watch, so I can't forward the link I'm afraid.

[Clinton Crusader]

21. nah just to the moon and LEAVE HIM THERE!!

:kick:

[KDLarsen]

7. I am now taking bets for the following question

What is enclosed in the wooden box next to the right chair (looking from the audience).

I'm betting it's a shock machine (defilibrator), in case things go bad for Cheney.

[Keirsey]

10. Patrick Leahy at the debate...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x886390

[cheshire]

30. LOL

[Deb]

8. Thanks for doing this Skinner! n/t

[DrWeird]

11. Holy crap! Did you see that?!!

Edwards just said that the only experience Cheney has is getting no-bid contracts for Halliburton to sell rotten meat to troops, and then Cheney called Edwards a dirty motherfucker!

[demwing]

19. lol...uhm, you are joking, right?

It could happen :)

[CatWoman]

46. you are such a fucking trip!!

:D

[Khephra]

13. Checking in

:hi:

[annerevere]

14. God speed, John Edwards!

Be wise, succinct, strong and persuasive. Don't let him get a lick in.

[Dudley_DUright]

15. Listening to President Hundert of CWRU

introduce the debate gives me a strong sense of deja vu, since I spent some time at Case getting a masters degree in the early eighties. The chair of the physics department at Case, Lawrence Krauss, is one of the big names in the organization "Scientists and Engineers for Change". I wonder if he is at the debate tonight?

http://www.scientistsandengineersforchange.org/founding.php

[demwing]

16. I'm saying a Prayer for John Edwards

to have the strength and courage of his convictions, and to speak with the power of truth.

All are invited to join, regardless of message or intended diety.

[Ducks In A Row]

17. On cspan2, they introducted the wives.

Elizabeth was greeting people, hand shakes, hugs and kisses to various people.

Lynn is standing in place (she was already there?) looking like she's sucking on a sour pickle.

[girl gone mad]

22. Her daughter appeared to make some..

really b*tchy comment about EE.

[Ducks In A Row]

33. That's what I thought

what a bitch that lynne is.

[KDLarsen]

29. Elizabeth is looking GREAT tonight..

NT

[bush equals idiot]

32. Beat him like a trash can with a cue stick.

[Cha]

37. All I get is c-span and they

have congress dudes on.

Edit~ Just saw on screen that they are going to have the debate on c-span 2.

BUMMER!

[charlyvi]

44. They're also having it on...

CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS. Not having it on FOX---BWAHAHAHAH!!!

[Cha]

55. Thanks!

I'll watch it on pbs. I got spoiled by that split screen on c-span, though:)

[Pepperbelly]

20. Damn there's a lot of gops in the crowd. very gop heavy for college. nt

[DrWeird]

24. Hmm.

I bet there'll be some serious disruptions in that case.

[Pepperbelly]

28. I'm sorry. They're outside the hall ...

I should have mentioned that but I was trying to do it with just the headline.

[DrWeird]

38. OK.

But how does one get into an event like this?

I thought I read somewhere it would be a much bigger audience and plenty of students.

[Riptide]

26. I know! All the signs behind the pundits are for Bush...

Yuck! I hope they are all enlisting to fight Bush's war in Iraq.

[girl gone mad]

27. I think I just saw Kristen Brittweiser(sp?) in the front row..

[cheshire]

25. Did anyone see Lynn Cheney come out. I saw EE and she was welcome with

open arms or should I say clapping.

[Peanut Gallery]

36. Edwards was greeting people in the audience

Cheney was shooting dirty looks her way with a tight little smile on her face.

[ronnykmarshall]

49. F'ing pig

I can't stand her!

Dick is snarling as normal.

[Ducks In A Row]

39. I rewatched that bit, lynne went directly to her seat

you could kinda see the top of her head. she didn't say anything to anyone.

elizabeth was bubbling with good cheer.

lynne sneered at elizabeth.

[goodboy]

31. They're probably planning to have Mt. St. Helen's erupt minutes

before the debate, Cheney has a heart attack, etc...

[Vincardog]

34. in TX we are watching GWEN's back

[KDLarsen]

35. Now what..

.. 6 whole minutes of not doing anything? I better brew up a pot of coffee - now seems to be the best time to do that.

[Ducks In A Row]

41. that's pretty much it

[ronnykmarshall]

40. Got C-Span 2 on ..... but

Did you see the crowds behind Tweetie on MSNBC? Yikes! Looks like nasty bunch.

I've noticed the W fuckers are out in full force tonight.

[life_long_dem]

42. Kerry/Edwards= America , Bush/Cheney=Hell

Let's take back this great land of ours and send Bush/Cheney packing.

[Thrill]

45. Anyone nervous?

[CatWoman]

51. ME!!! ME!!!!

[r_u_stuck2]

52. I need

I need a 5 pound valium

[da_chimperor]

64. Yup

but only a little. I'm sure Edwards will do better, but I'm concerned about the media spin.

[MidwestMomma]

Me so nervous

Anxious, excited....

[Peanut Gallery]

47. Here they come

[Memekiller]

48. Edwards has more experience than Bush!

That's the come-back to the "Edwards is inexperienced" attack of Cheney.

[Peanut Gallery]

50. Edwards is so bright, what a smile

He's really looking calm and presidential.

[MoonRiver]

53. Ready, set.......

GOOOOOOOOOOOO JOHN!!!!!!!!

[Robert Oak]

54. they are both cribbing, shame it's not open book

[spanone]

56. CSPAN2 totally quiet

[sherilocks]

81. I wish I could say the same for Tucker Carlson

I have CNN on mute and C-Span 2 with voice. The mute TV runs a printed dialog and Tucker and wolf are yakking away.

[Dudley_DUright]

57. Looks like they are both writing out their closing statements

[Misunderestimator]

61. It's kinda freaky seeing them there in complete silence writing notes...

[slinkerwink]

77. yeah, the tension is so thick in that room!

[Pepperbelly]

67. or taking an SAT. nt

[WI_DEM]

58. shouldn't they say something to each other while waiting?

[MidwestMomma]

59. MSNBC batshits already called debate for Cheney

Time for C-span!!!!!!

[LynneSin]

60. What is this the written portion of the debate???

let's get this party started!!

[CatWoman]

68. LOL

Took the words out of my mouth!!

[Misunderestimator]

73. Damn... uncomfortable huh?

This is really, really odd. I keep checking to make sure I don't have it muted.

[Dudley_DUright]

80. Here we go!

[guitar man]

62. It's going to be a SMACK DOWN!!!!! <nt>

[ClevelandSportsCurse]

63. Good God...Cheney just has that ring of evil around him n/t

[AntiFascist]

65. whoops, ignore my thread under general discussion n/t

[Zhade]

66. Streaming on CSPAN, right?

Here's hoping Cheney fumbles. That crook needs to be exposed.

[Carla in Ca]

94. HERE WE GOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

n/t

[Skip Intro]

Deep Breath -

[gordianot]

69. Is there a radio in Cheney's pacemaker?

[genius]

70. Affirmations: Edwards has already won big.

[burythehatchet]

71. what the hell are they doing, writing essays?

I thought this was going to be multiple choice.

[burythehatchet]

79. I think John is a little nervous

[burythehatchet]

99. cheney's already pissed.

[AnnInLa]

72. someone please post the questions as they are asked

I just can't bear to watch yet.

[enigmatic]

74. Watching it on CBC..

Go Edwards!!

[johnfunk]

75. Dick looks even surlier than usual...

[Peanut Gallery]

88. Kinda pasty too

[in_cog_ni_to]

It's awfully quiet on C-SPAN!

Not a peep from anyone. Is the sound muted or something? I hear papers shuffle...hmmm. TENSE!

[nadinbrzezinski]

76. Lisgtening on radio

Will tell you how good or bad this goes on radio

[Renew Deal]

78. Kick ASS!!!

:kick:

[genius]

82. Is this the moderator everyone was worried about?

[ReadTomPaine]

90. Yes, Gwen is a GOP shill and Condi Rice's close friend.

[Thrill]

83. Have the local networks went live?

its 9

[charlyvi]

84. OMFG!!!!

This silence is killing me!

[shawmut]

Go John! Kick ass!

:kick:

[Misunderestimator]

85. Thank God... It's finally started!

Go Edwards... show your stuff!

[deadparrot]

86. Here we go...

[flaminbats]

87. the pitfalls of Dan Quayle....

the national press loves to trash new political stars. Dan Quayle was elected in 1980, and picked by Bush when he was still viewed as the one of the main leaders of the "Reagan revolution". Quayle's arrogance and his inability to moderate his position quickly led to the perception of him that remains with us today.

This is a perception Edwards must and can avoid tonight.

[Robert Oak]

89. goon look versus model level smile, wow

[seeker4ever]

91. Excited and lurking.

[AntiFascist]

92. Split screen on CSPAN!!!!! n/t

[AntiFascist]

96. CSPAN2 that is

[LynneSin]

93. Damn I just love John Edward's smile

much better than this:

[in_cog_ni_to]

Ewwwwwwwww! Cheney looks like shit! n/t

[A_Possum]

95. Edwards is just so much more HANDSOME

ok, so I"m shallow, but seeing them together...!

[Dudley_DUright]

97. Oh good, split screen

and the first question is the Bremer statement.

[Ducks In A Row]

98. the split screen is backwards again

like the first debate


nevermind: they have it correct.

[Thrill]

100. WOW Gwen

Tough first question

[Amaya]

101. I've got to say this...

John looks damn fine :)

[Skinner]

102. THREAD #2 IS OPEN

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x976067

[Robert Oak]

103. Cheney copies Kerry right off the bat

[da_chimperor]

104. Oh snap

Bremer and rumsfailed! Good luck dickie, you'll need it. BWAHAHAHA!

[spanone]

105. Answer the fucking question dick!