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Posted Friday, September 26, 2008 2:15 PM

Crooks and Liars: Liveblogging the First Presidential Debate

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September 26, 2008 Presidential debate with foreign policy focus University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS C-SPAN has the live stream . Make sure to check back throughout the night for real-time analysis and observations, as well as all the good video. Since it is Friday and all, check out Wonkette's drinking game and see if you can keep up. The Seminal has a good one, too. *** 9:38 pm: McCain: I opposed the President on torture of prisoners. Is he admitting Bush is guilty of torture? And although McCain did a lot of grandstanding on the issue, he sat on his hands while Bush issued a signing statement negating the bill entirely. 9:29 pm: McCain: Senator Obama is so far to the left, from that position it's hard to reach...
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Posted By: Alphonse (September 27, 2008 at 10:35 AM)

McCain Lacking in Substance

For someone like senator McCain who spent more than 25 years in the congress, was given so many opportunities to travel the world, he should have shown a command on the issues and a depth in proposing solutions. But senator McCain was very superficial, busy telling people that senator Obama did not understand, did not have the experience, etc. It was unnecessary for senator McCain to be wasting precious time by saying all these clichés instead of giving robust and experienced answers to questions. People could tell whether senator Obama understood the issues or not. The truth of the matter is that senator Obama showed more understanding, more depth and more concrete responses than senator McCain who was rather vague, combative and tense, as well as superficial.