Once more unto the breach, dear friends…
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Presidential Debate
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The second presidential debate is upon us, as the ancient prophesy foretold. BEHOLD, THE MONSTER WALKS AMONG US! Will he be able to speak, and answer for his crimes? Or will he lash out, and throw Anderson Cooper into a pond? Watch and see!
Like the previous debates, it starts at 9:00 PM Eastern on ABC, NBC, Fox, CBS, MSNBC, Fox News, Fox Business, CNN, Univision, Telemundo, and C-SPAN. YouTube will be streaming it. Here is a guide to some of your viewing and streaming options . Continue reading
THE TIME OF THE DEBATEPOCALYPSE IS AT HAND! WEEP! REND YOUR GARMENTS! LIVEBLOG!
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Barely 24 hours after the final Presidential debate between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama wraps up in Satan’s Backwash, Florida, a collection of third-party candidates will take to the stage (and the Internet!) to present to Americans a wider spectrum of ideas than the ones voters will hear on Monday night.
Staged by the Free and Equal Elections Foundation and hosted by the ghost of CNN’s credibility as a news organization widely watched cable channel, candidates from the far right and left will present the case to American voters for a much wider political discussion. Continue reading
We live in a world where new threats constantly emerge, power structures are frequently in flux and diplomacy is increasingly important to those who hold power. As leader of the free world (in theory) the President of the United States must posses a nuanced and thoughtful world view.
The best way for candidates to display that worldview is in a series of soundbites spread out over 90 minutes to an audience of folks who would have a hard time finding the Middle East on a map. Fortunately, we’ll hear nothing of the President’s secret war, nor of Mitt Romney’s dis-interest in putting a stop to it. Nor will we hear about the vast powers to make war that the Executive branch has accumulated in the last 30 years, because acknowledging it might mean giving some of them back.
As America limps towards the Presidential election, we find ourselves as divided a nation as ever. Conservatives and Progressives argue daily over everything-taxes, climate change, health care and a list of issues that never seems to end. Most Americans have long since decided where they stand, and damned if any debate changes that.
Fortunately, tonight’s town hall-style debate audience will have none of those Americans. Instead, we get a debate moderated by an anchor from America’s lamest cable network, populated by our lamest Americans: The undecided voters. We all know the type-unsure of who they will vote for, despite the fact that the President is an incumbent and Mitt Romney has been campaigning for this job since before we knew what an iPhone was. Continue reading
The pundits and news sites, even MSNBC’s Chris Matthews and the Huffington Post, all seem to agree that Mitt Romney won the debate last night. If you’re a Liberal, the display was a bit hard to bear. But was the debate won on substance or style? Continue reading
With only five weeks until the election, the GOP’s point of no return zipped past in the rearview weeks ago. About the time Mitt Romney spent a muggy night in Tampa following up the weirdest public display by a senior citizen since Reagan’s second term with a bore-fest, the tide started turning against America’s favorite Mormon-Plutocratic-Android.
Tonight, that could all change. Mitt Romney could give the performance of a life time, the President could have a ‘Kill Whitey’ moment, and Ann Romney could spend Thursday morning planning for ways to keep ‘you people’ away from the Executive Mansion. Continue reading
In his mountain fastness of Castle Romney, high in the windswept Utah Alps, Willard Mittonicum Jackasticus Lannister Romney, Lord of the Robo-men and Republican Presidential nominee, prepared for the first Presidential debate. His campaign is in something of a shambles, and his advisors were hoping Romney could turn it around with a non-crappy performance at the debate. Continue reading