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McCain, Obama clash on cause, cure for econ crisis

Huh?? Polls don't show McCain ahead??? This article must be biased. the deseret news must have been hijacked by alien liberal psychos. Because there's no way that the old white dude, John McCain, the Utah favorite, is NOT ahead. I mean, really? Obama ahead?? How can this happen? I know!!
Maybe it happened because Obama really IS ahead, and he's going to beat those old white republican dudes back into obscurity for awhile.

I'm surprised some out-of-state campaign worker hasn't already posted on here pretending to be a Utahn claiming Obama won the debate (before it even started).

I think that in hindsight, McCain would have been much better off selecting Mitt, because his strong point is the economy, whereas Sarah is just coming off like a chattering gossip.

This should be a good debate. I'm for Obama by a long shot thus far, and don't think that anything McCain says will sway me from that, but of course, I'm willing to listen to his points as well as Obama's. For his party's sake, I hope he does a little better than his running mate. How sad that so many were impressed by Palin because she managed to for coherent sentences and answer MOST of the questions. Between her and George Bush, its hard to argue that the Republican mind-set is not responsible for the terrible state of this country.
Unfortunately, I don't think McCain will help their cause.
Guess this year I side with the Democrats.

Im for MaCain all the way any one how says not look at obamas speech an tottally rip off.

MaCain will win

McCain and Obama -> Liar Liar Pants on Fire!

These are our two choices. You can waste your vote on Ralph Nader or Ron Paul or whoever, but it's going to be one of these two men who will become the leader of the free world.

Now I've never voted for a Democrat in my life, but I'll watch the debate and see what both of these guys have to say. Neither of them are squeaky clean, but for all that they have to put up with, we're lucky anyone is willing to run.

Let's give them a listen.

Where do I go to renegotiate my home loan?
OOPs, I forgot, I bought a home I could afford and paid it off early! Maybe I should go and buy another home I CANNOT afford and see if I can get the government to help me pay for that one!
SWEET DEAL if you can get it, and have no moral principles whatsoever!

Wow, last week Biden, now Obama is saying Global Warming is all man made. When and where has this ever been proven?

For that matter, does Global Warming even exist? From the Oregon Coast, north to Alaska, 2008 has been the coldest summer on record. Where exactly is this warming taking place??

Desperate!

Neither of these jokers will fix anything. They are both part of the problem, the corruption, and the cronyism. Revolution is the solution!!

Obama will win, I don't like it, but thats the reality. McCain will lose because he supported the bailout, and thus lost many conservative voters. He also took too long to put Sarah Palin doing speeches, otherwise, the numbers would be reversed. My point is: I'm voting for an undetermined 3rd party just to show BOTH parties that a 3rd party COULD be viable. What we need is for a 3rd party to be viable enough to sort of "force" the two main parties to at least be different. McCain's social policies sound democratic and Obama's fiscal policies sound Republican (kind of like the difference between Ford and Chevy)in other words, who cares, they both get you down the road!
Voting for a 3rd party in any sort of numbers (5-10 percent) at least makes the major parties notice that they're being watched!
If McCain would have opposed the bailout he would have shown that he's not another Bush instead of just saying it.
The Obama vs. McCain poll numbers would probably be reversed.

John, do I get to renegotiate my mortgage too? Do I have to skip a payment first? How do I get that Mr. McCain?

It is funny to see the CNN focus group responses. Each time McCain attacks and goies negative, so does the line. I have yet to see the lines go negative during Obama's talk time.

McCain shoots from the hip and doesn't think through his ideas. Picking his VP from a half hour interview. Solve the economic crisis by resetting the loan amount for those in foreclosure? Who is going to determine the new loan amount? The same appraisers who artificially inflated values are now going to be pressured to artificially deflate values. So what happens to the value of the house next door that isn't in foreclosure trouble. This would just cause more corruption and problems. As much as I used to side with Republicans, this Maverick just doesn't appear to think things through very well.

They look somewhat even when they trade punches on the economy but once they turn to foreign policy Obama looks totally out of his element. His pauses increase and his answers seem to be more like empty talking points without passion. McCain really looks even better than the first debate but I am sure when I turn watch the post debate coverage all the liberal pundits will say "Obama put on a performance of a lifetime" while they will diss McCain and call him old or have a problem with him writing down things on his legal pad. Another annoying thing was how impatient Obama was with Brokaw when he wanted to keep the rules of the debate.

so let me predict the responses to the debate that just ended. All republicans will say McCain won and all decorated will say Obama won! I KnOW I AM GOIGN WAY OUT ON A LIMB HERE

Eenie Minnie minie moe,
Catch a LIAR by the toe,
If it hollers just vote NO!
Eenie Minnie minie moe.

Neither candidate was very impressive...

I'm just so shocked to see that McCain and Obama clashed on issues . . . Who would ever guess that opponents would clash on issues . . .

I don't trust either McCain or Obama,
but I don't trust Obama more.

And I have to say it was the most boring debate I ever saw.
I didn't know they had debate reruns.

Get use to "President Barrack Obama"
1. He pulls the troops out of Iraq, the MID East will turn into a firestrom - How many dead Jews?
2. He will socialize medicine, get ready for the biggest tax increase in history.
3. He will appoint a liberal supreme court. There goes the 2nd amendment.
4. He will gather all guns except law enforcement
5. We will go green, get use to riding a bus or a scooter to work and one piece of toilet paper per event.
Life will get worse as we know it.
AND THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE !!!