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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:05 AM Original message |
"John McCain excels in the Town Hall format." Really now? |
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OKNancy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
1. They all think he is their "friend" |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
2. Yes, a forum where no one questions McCain's answers or asks a followup question. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
3. He keeps saying that, so it must be true |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
4. i asked the same question and got no response so either everyone has me on ignore or no one |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:28 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Not hard to believe we had the same take on |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 02:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
46. HIS perception is that it's his best format.. |
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Lucky 13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
5. VISUALLY I think it should highly favor Obama. |
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Abacus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
6. I think his town hall performances are overrated |
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CitizenLeft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:36 AM Response to Reply #6 |
21. so do I. |
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CLANG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 02:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
53. Remember his green screen background speech? |
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Abacus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
58. Update: After that debate, it will be *were* overrated. |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
7. Sure. There's no stage for the bloodless freak to get lost on. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
8. I'm always baffled by that assertion. He sort of does the same vaudeville act |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 11:17 AM Response to Reply #8 |
35. His plate spinning, poodles on unicycles, his jazz hands and his "Heh" honking may dazzle |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 11:30 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. I loved that video of him saying "How bout that Sarah Palin, heh heh heh"-- |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 02:20 PM Response to Reply #37 |
47. He should have added, quite a swing in that back yard eh?... |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 04:11 PM Response to Reply #47 |
57. LOL! Never heard that saying before--cracks me up. |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
9. His audiences are handpicked |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:30 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Good point. |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:25 AM Original message |
Didn't he insult that high school kid in NH in the Town Hall format? |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
14. yes he did! |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
48. called him a stupid little jerk... |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
10. Let's look at some some of his "Great Town Hall Moments" - |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:28 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. The "little jerk" comment was part of McStupid's comedy act, he's been |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:42 AM Response to Reply #10 |
28. The questions will be pre-screened |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 11:11 AM Response to Reply #28 |
33. But, anyone under the age of fifty is a kid to McSame |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
41. Yeah I think it's a media myth that McCain is good at this style |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 02:22 PM Response to Reply #41 |
50. He sounded angry and condescending too.. |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:24 PM Response to Reply #50 |
56. Ive seen McCain on the TDS a lot of times |
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CLANG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:00 PM Response to Reply #10 |
54. About getting things wrong repeatedly |
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dogtag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
11. Excels? Only compared to |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:30 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Exactly the word CNN used this morning. |
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SuperTrouper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
16. In a Townhall is where he said: McHouses and 100 years Iraq |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
17. Yeah in front of a kool aid crowd where he rambles on and sings "Bomb Iran" |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
19. And haven't his biggest gaffes occurred at townhalls? |
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SuperTrouper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:43 AM Response to Reply #19 |
30. and McHouses LOL!! And the fundamentals of the economy!! |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
20. Let's keep those expectations high. |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
22. Good point. Just one of the McCain cliches the MSM embraces. |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
23. I think Obama has no chance tonight |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:39 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Agreed! |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
24. Maybe he will agree again that we need to reinstate the draft |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
25. McCain excels in a town format with PRE-SCREENED REPIGS... |
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jjanpundt (284 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 11:17 AM Response to Reply #25 |
34. Hopefully, tonight's audience will truly be unbiased. We should |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
27. McKeating "excels" in those when the audience is HAND PICKED republicans. DUH! |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:43 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Yes--I like that idea |
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sampsonblk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
31. Agreed |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
32. How's that Johnny McLiar-- HAAAAHNH? How's he gonna do-- HAAAHNH? |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:11 PM Response to Reply #32 |
55. Hah... thanks for "HAAAAHNH?" |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
36. Yeah Mccain excels at town hall meetings - as long as Obama isn't there... |
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Alter Ego (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
38. Only because his town halls are packed with his supporters |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 01:00 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Will be interesting if the audience *isn't* full of kool-aid drinkers |
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LTR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
40. Those town halls are packed with McCain supporters |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 01:52 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. This place tonight, the people there--conservative. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
42. McCain excels when he can play stand up comic to a room of octogenarian bigots. |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
44. Some moron on MSNBC said he was the . . . wait for it |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 02:12 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. OMG---that is a priceless quote!! |
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Erin Elizabeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
49. Yep, the differences will be striking. |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
51. When you pack a hall full of Republican's only, how can he fail? |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 02:23 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. The first time one of his lame "jokes" falls flat.. |
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