Are we doing a debate thread here in the clubhouse?

[SharonRB]

If not, I'll join the one in GD:Pee.

[Patsy Stone]

1. Hi!

Don't know, but I'm watching it.

:hi:

[SharonRB]

2. Me,too

I'll stay here with you. It's get too crazy on those big threads -- I can't keep up with them and listen at the same time.

:hi:

[Patsy Stone]

3. Is that jacket green?

Or gray?

[SeattleGirl]

5. Green, I think.

With gray undertones.

Hi Patsy! :hi:

[SharonRB]

8. His or hers?

Hers is blue. His is navy or black.

[Patsy Stone]

10. Hers

It looks greenish gray on my TV.

[SharonRB]

14. Definitely a light blue here

But I can see where it could look gray.

[SeattleGirl]

4. GRRRRRRRR! It's not playing out here on the west coast until

8:00 pm my time! :grr: :grr: :grr:

[Patsy Stone]

7. I wish it was on later

because I'm missing Keith, and I'm TiVoing the very embarrassing America's Next Top Model. :blush:

[SharonRB]

11. I'm missing Keith, too

I'll watch his post-debate show and flip at commercials.

[SharonRB]

9. There's a stream posted in the main thread

[ralps]

6. Hi SharonRB, Hi Everyone! I'm watching Keith & recording the debate

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[Berry Cool]

12. Well, I think this is the Countdown thread now, Sha-Sha

:hi: Keith recorded his show early again tonight, I guess because of the debate.

Unless you want me to start a Countdown show thread and this can be a debate thread.

[SharonRB]

15. I think this is a debate thread

Pats and I were here first and are watching the debate.

[RevCheesehead]

13. I'm watching pre-taped Keith.

There's a BerryBush joke in there somewhere.... :evilgrin:

:hi:

[Berry Cool]

16. Tell ya what...I'll start a Countdown thread

and this can be the debate thread. I'll come back later post-debate. OK?

[SharonRB]

18. Works for me

Thanks!

[GigiMommy]

20. Meet cha over there!

:hi:

[RevCheesehead]

22. ex-cellent!

:)

[GigiMommy]

17. Hi Everybody!

:hi: Watching Keith, reading about the debate. Richard Wolffe on now about Hillary's poll #s.

[SharonRB]

19. Hi, Gigi

This is a debate thread -- Berry is starting a Countdown thread.

:hi:

[GigiMommy]

21. Hi Sharon!!

:hi: See ya later.

[Botany]

23. This is too weird ..... Bitter-gate

.... I sent the word "Bitter-gate" to Steph yesterday
... she used it on her show, now Keith is using it,
and it is all over the blogs

Subject: Barack has gone up 2 points since "bitter-gate"
Date: April 15, 2008 2:21:24 PM EDT
To: [e-mail]

[Patsy Stone]

24. We're already at level one.

And it's early.

So, Hillary said she's going to do her best to make sure one of them takes the oath of office in January. She just didn't say which one of them. :)

Seriously, maybe GDP will take a page from Hillary's book and work to get the Dem elected, no matter who it is.

[SharonRB]

25. At least the two candidates seem to know that's the ultimate goal

Whoever doesn't get the nom (Hillary) needs to make sure their supporters know that.

[Patsy Stone]

26. FINALLY!

I've been waiting for Obama to say the words "wedge issues" in explaining his point.

Oh, Hill. Next you're going to tell me that your father was a mill worker in NC.

[SharonRB]

28. LOL

:rofl:

I got a phone call and missed some of that. Now she's not answering George's direct question about whether or not she thinks Obama can win.

[bleever]

31. I was waiting for that too,

and even hoping he'd mention the GOP tradition of Atwater and Rove.

But he's stepped through the minefield pretty well.

:hi:

[Patsy Stone]

34. Yes

Yes, he did.

And now he's calling her out on harping bittergate.

You tell me: on your TV is Hill's jacket green, gray, or green/gray?

[SharonRB]

35. Or blue.

On my teevee it's blue.

[bleever]

43. Seafoam.

I've got a lousy internet feed from the local affiliate. It's a green-blue for me.

[Patsy Stone]

27. Squeeze Me?

Did Hillary just say she doesn't believe people vote on wedge issues???

:wtf:

[SharonRB]

29. Flip flop!

Now she thinks he CAN win.

[Patsy Stone]

32. Si, se puede!

Yeah, Hill launched into her "my grandfather blah, blah, blah, in Scranton, blah, blah, blah.

[SharonRB]

33. I heard that part

I missed what he said about wedge issues.

[Patsy Stone]

36. While he was explaining his comments

(again!) he got the words into his usual, but slow and deliberate answer. Since I heard him in Terre Haute, I haven't heard him saying it again until now.

[bleever]

37. Hung up on wedge issues:

[Patsy Stone]

40. LOL

Poor Milhouse.

Wedge issues? Not if you have enough crackers.

[bleever]

For chips:

[SharonRB]

30. I got my Obama bumper sticker today

Just in time for my car when I pick it up Saturday. It came really quickly.

[Patsy Stone]

38. It's gonna look great!

Please take a photo and post it?

[SharonRB]

39. I will

I'm so excited -- and a little nervous. I saw my first one on the road today other than the ones I've seen at the dealership.

[Patsy Stone]

42. There are a bunch down here

So cute.

Who else is tired of hearing about Rev. Wright and Bittergate?

Can we talk about actual issues? Jeez Louise.

[SharonRB]

I second that emotion

These are not real issues -- they're just distractions.

[Patsy Stone]

48. GDP says:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5535552

[SharonRB]

49. They're right

This is underwhelming so far.

Although now that they're asking about Bosnia maybe we'll get somewhere. Of course it's just another distraction, not an issue other than point out what a liar she is.

[SharonRB]

41. Uh oh, Hillary

You chose your family.

[Patsy Stone]

44. Avatars gone

Did she really say that? Oy.

[SharonRB]

45. That didn't take long

What level are we at?

Yup -- she said you can choose your pastor, but you can't choose your family. She had a chance to keep her family -- no one forced her.

[Patsy Stone]

46. Level Two

and counting.

[SharonRB]

47. I'm sure it will go higher

[Patsy Stone]

50. Hillary's stuck explaining Bosnia now.

6 in 10 don't believe Hill's trustworthy.

Wow.

[SharonRB]

52. That's really bad

How can she be so close or ahead in so many states' polls? :shrug:

[Patsy Stone]

55. Name recognition

Reputation

Much easier for John McCain to beat

and...

Don't tell anyone, but he's black.

[SharonRB]

57. OMG!

I'm shocked. I had no idea.

:rofl:

[SharonRB]

51. Doesn't work HIllary

It wasn't a lack of sleep -- not four times!

[Patsy Stone]

53. The video

is different than what she wrote and what she knows to be true?

Another :wtf: moment.

[SharonRB]

54. Good job with this answer, Barack

He's taking the high road and not using the opportunity to badmouth her.

[SharonRB]

56. Who the fuck cares if he wears a flag pin or not?

Hillary's not wearing one either. I haven't heard anyone questioning her about it.

[Patsy Stone]

58. Why does Barack Obama

hate America?

This may be the worst "debate" in the history of the world. So far, it's been 42 minutes of "Gotcha!"

[SharonRB]

60. They haven't discussed one real issue yet.

[Patsy Stone]

61. Please see Crispi's thread. LOFL!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5535999&mesg_id=5535999

[SharonRB]

65. LOL

:rofl:

I gave her a rec, too. I'm going to flip to KO during the break.

On edit:

At least I found out in that thread the Tigers are kicking Cleveland's ass -- we'll move into a tie with them if we win. Wow! Can't believe we could win three in a row. We're out of our rut, finally!

[Patsy Stone]

70. It needs one more for the Greatest Page.

There's an official Fuck You ABC thread, too.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5535620

[SharonRB]

71. LOL

:rofl:

[Berry Cool]

88. Oh, great. :-(

Yeah, just what Cleveland needs, its ass kicked again. After all, we're so arrogant, we win all the time... *sigh*

Only one thing sucks as badly as the dashed expectations so far for the Tigers, and that's the dashed expectations for the Indians.

[bleever]

63. It's all the crappiest issues of the campaign.

Oy.

[SharonRB]

59. Oh, yeah, Hillary, so what?

You were on the WalMart board.

[SharonRB]

62. LOL

:rofl:

That's the best thing Hillary has said since the campaign started.

[Patsy Stone]

66. What?

What'd she say?

I like how he brought up that Bill pardoned two members of The Weather Underground. LOL!

[SharonRB]

67. I missed that

She said she wishes the Republicans would admit how bad the past 8 years have been and just not run anyone.

[Patsy Stone]

64. This just in:

Hillary admits having baggage. :)

Let's spend some national airtime on The Weather Underground.

[SharonRB]

68. OMG - a real issue?

We're actually going to talk about Iraq?

[Patsy Stone]

69. Almost an hour into it

Blecccch, ABC.

[Patsy Stone]

72. But if you go to my website

hillaryclinton.com...

That's two times so far.

[SharonRB]

73. That got by me both times

Dave keeps talking to me -- he's got the same syndrome as your hubby. Only talks when I'm watching teevee.

[Patsy Stone]

74. I'm all alone

and actually able to concentrate. Does Dave do the walking in front of the TV thing a lot, or is that only my good fortune? :)

[SharonRB]

75. Just your good fortune

He doesn't block the teevee. Just blabs on and on so I can't hear.

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

76. Hi Shar and Patsy

Is the debate as bad as GD Pee is saying. Every question is for Hilary and Stefie and Charlie are dissing Obama?

[SharonRB]

77. Hi, Mo

It's pretty bad, but Obama is getting questions. It took them an hour to start talking about any real issues.

[Patsy Stone]

78. The first hour

was about every distracting issue so far. Wright, Weather Underground, Bittergate, Wright...

:hi:

[SharonRB]

79. How in the world could she possibly use shrub to do anything?

[RevCheesehead]

81. I LOVED Obama's response!

He would be less likely to use the current president. We're so divided that we've stopped listening to each other, and the current president FED that scenario.

Brilliant!

[Berry Cool]

80. Ways Obama can use GWB in his administration

or, at least the ways I would have suggested had he not been able to wiggle out of answering that question directly:

"Janitor"

"As a bad example"

"Making license plates, right alongside Cheney, Rove, etc."

[SharonRB]

82. I thought of janitor, too

But I like your third option the best. :rofl:

[RevCheesehead]

83. I once had a teacher who told me "you can learn something from anyone....

...even if the only thing you learn is 'what NOT to do.'"

[SharonRB]

84. Then we've learned a whole bunch of what not to do

from *.

[RevCheesehead]

86. Too mucking fuch.

I'm hoping the Pope says to him something like "I'm really glad you're so unpopular, because it makes my coming here so much easier."

[SharonRB]

85. Fascinating debate?

Charlie must be too close to it to see how un-fascinating it is.

[Patsy Stone]

89. He finds himself fascinating

and it doesn't matter if anyone else agrees.

Did you see the thread from the person who called ABC? The woman who answered the phone said calls were coming in fast.

[SharonRB]

93. ROFL

:rolf:

I didn't see it, but that's funny.

[Patsy Stone]

94. Here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5537572&mesg_id=5537572
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5537007

[SharonRB]

87. Obama nailed this last question

Gobama!

[RevCheesehead]

90. Keith's back - LIVE!

:woohoo:

[SeattleGirl]

92. YAY!!!!

[SharonRB]

91. I just started a post-debate thread

[rusty charly]

95. hi!

I'm reading you guys, but watching 'top chef'