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Politics | 10/08/2008 11:10 am

3 Video Highlights From the Most Boring Presidential Debate (Videos)

By The Staff at wowOwow.com
© AP

In case you fell asleep or missed it …

Barack Obama and John McCain faced off Tuesday night at the second presidential debate.

In what was one of the last chances for the candidates to sway voters to their side, neither candidate scored any knockout points in a 90-minute debate widely criticized for its lack of drama. Overall, the wowOwow Live Reader Forum found it to be a bore …

Additionally, according to three cable networks’ "reaction groups," Obama won last night’s debate by a nose, according to the Huffington Post and ABC’s hardnose political reporter George Stephanopoulos. HuffPo collected the results from several focus groups: NBC’s focus group of undecided Pennsylvanians has Obama winning by about a 60-40 split. Fox’s focus group showed undecided voters leaning towards Obama because of his position on health care. CBS’s focus group of independents found Obama won 12 percent more voters than McCain, and 35 percent of the respondents said it was a tie. ABC’s "Debate Report Card" graded by Stephanopoulos gave the Democratic running mate As across the board, and marked McCain lower grades in strategy and accuracy. (McCain misquoted his role model, Teddy Roosevelt, as can be viewed in the second clip below.)

Here are three wOw-worthy clips, in which the presidential hopefuls weigh in on the economy, foreign policy and the environment.

On the economy and the newly formed Office of Financial Stability (to oversee the bailout plan):

 

On foreign policy and Pakistan:

Note: Teddy Roosevelt actually said, "Speak softly and carry a big stick."

On the environment and climate change:

 

29 Reader Comments (so far…) Sign In or Register to comment

Sherrie Crews
John McCain came across as a man fighting for his life. Desperately trying to convince his executor to let him live to see another day. And Barack Obama in my opinion spoke as if he was already our president….that the event was merely a platform for him to share his additional ideas and views about our nation.” By Belinda Joy Lathan on 10/08/2008 2:09 pm I totally agree Belinda. That’s exactly how it appeared to me. I’m just afraid of what more McDodder and his attack dog are going to be driven by their desperation to try to pull off this election. I don’t know if anybody else watched on CSpan but Barrack and Michelle stayed for a good while after the McCains and Brokaw had all left and just talked with the people. In fact, that Navy guy that McSame made such a point of getting a sound bite and photo op with spent quite a bit of time speaking to Barrack and seemed to be enjoying the chat.
By Sherrie Crews on 10/08/2008 2:33 pm
Eliza Dodd
I thought it was all a NAZI event ….McCain showed his true colors ….He is a Natural Born Nazi ….I guess if I went there they would of kicked me out …I would of been yelling and screaming Nazi !!!! McCain !!! Your George Bush’s Best Friend you Lying Moron ! You think no one knows about you ! Bird of a Feather Flock together …..and I would of Scream President Obama !!!! President Obama !!! I Love YOU !!!! And I would of Chanted Rock The Vote !!!! Meet The Bloggers !!!Meet the Bloggers !!!!!I cant wait for ELECTION DAY !!!! President Obama !!! Have ya heard what the Criminal Carl Rove said to Bush ???? >>>> Obama has already WON!!! Yes one criminal mind telling another …..YOU LOST !!BUSH ! Obama has already Won !!! President Obama !! what a wonderful ring that has music to my ears !!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DENNIS KUCINICH !!!OCT.8 !!!!!!I LOve You too!!!!!!!!!!!!!Happy Birthday !and GOD BLESS YOU !xoxoxoxoxoxoxxxx
By Eliza Dodd on 10/08/2008 3:19 pm
Eliza Dodd
Class warfare has begun What war? The war between the wealthy elite and the working class. The Fed is working hard, of course, to protect the wealthy elite. Over a trillion dollars of taxpayer money has already been earmarked to bail out the rich, elite bankers who lost other people’s money in a series of idiotic bets on fictitious financial instruments. And what are these bankers doing with this taxpayer money? According to an Associated Press report published yesterday, executives of the failed insurance company AIG were sent on a $440,000 retreat “to a posh California resort” less than one week after the U.S. government bailed them out. At the spa, AIG executives enjoyed spa treatments, massages, organic food buffets and bodywork therapy, all while the American taxpayers footing the bill were slaving away in real jobs, doing real work. Want to see the invoice for yourself? View it here: http://www.naturalnews.com/images/AIG-i
By Eliza Dodd on 10/08/2008 3:27 pm
Eliza Dodd
Why hasn’t anyone …not even the VIEW brought up HR676 They talked about health care this morning …I watched and No One is bringing up HR676 Universal Health Care for ALL ????????? read this people ….I have my own Health Care Horror stories when i had insurance and when I did not …NaturalNews) On Monday, Sept 29, the American public witnessed firsthand the utter ineptitude of the United States House of Representatives, hitting Main Street directly in the pocketbook. While leaders try to figure a way out of an impending economic crisis, it is now clear for everyone to finally see that we have an equal crisis in political leadership. In my efforts to help secure health freedom for all Americans I have had a number of interactions with Congress in the past few years and have reached the following conclusions: 1) The Senate is made up of multi-millionaires who maintain power by accepting and granting favors. Those with large amounts of money, such as the Big Pharma lobby, mostly get what they want even though the American public is typically shafted in the arrangement. Senators don’t need their paychecks; they get high on brokering power and facilitating deals to the highest bidder, based on whichever political party is most in control and who their friends may be. 2) While the House has some entrenched multi-millionaires who operate like those in the Senate, most members of the House are not the cream of any crop and could not make as much money in the private sector as they are being paid by their position in the House of Representatives (which includes a retirement plan that would be the envy of every American). Most of these people desperately need their paychecks and will do almost anything to keep them coming. Collectively, Congress behaves more like a high school click with a cult-like method of keeping its members in line, than representatives of the people. As the House vote on the economic bailout plan failed, it was plain to see that the members of the House of Representatives, collectively speaking, are not very bright. Many smart people on Wall Street and Main Street were left scratching their heads. If the plan was not good enough to pass, then why didn’t they come up with a solution that could pass, rather than send a shock wave through an already teetering market? The answer is two-fold. Collectively, they don’t have enough economic skills to come up with such a plan. Most of them could not run a successful business if their life depended on it, so how could we expect them to solve a real economic problem? And, an election is coming up and a majority of those in tight races put their position as members of the House ahead of everyone else in the country, self-serving to say the least but par for the course. Our society has something terribly wrong. It is a dark day indeed when talking heads on business cable channels have far more average intelligence than the men and women being counted on to make tough leadership decisions for our country and take effective action. Within the next 10 years, most likely sooner than later, a costly health care crisis will come front and center and threaten the U.S. economy at least as much as its current problems. Working on a solution based on identifying the actual problems would ease the pain, and give us time to implement better solutions than waiting until the last minute when hundreds of billions are then needed just to put a Band-Aid on a totally broken system. Like the current economic crisis, the handwriting is clearly on the wall. Unlike the current crisis, the taxpayer billions will simply be poured down a drain with no chance to recover anything. The problem is far more serious than either presidential candidate cares to acknowledge, as talking about it or how to actually solve it would cost lots of votes. Big Pharma fraud is rampant and not only needlessly killing Americans on a daily basis, but racking up tens of billions of dollars in pointless taxpayer expense. Will the government bail out Big Pharma as its sales eventually collapse, putting taxpayers on the hook for more failed businesses? Millions of baby boomers, many of whom by choice have not taken good care of themselves, are entering the world of taxpayer-subsidized health care known as Medicare. The younger generations cannot possibly foot this bill. At the same time equally massive numbers of low income people, many of whom suffer from self-induced obesity, are clamoring to be covered by “socialized” health care. Once again, hard-working Americans cannot possibly foot this bill. Currently, middle class Americans can hardly afford health care for themselves and their families – much less pay for all the people wanting a free handout. Where is the money going to come from? The “rich” can’t pay for everything. Where will our society draw a line between self-induced health care costs and the obvious need to cover individuals who experience serious accidents or medical problems beyond their control? Only in America can politicians talk about health care while successfully ignoring every elephant in the room. It is no surprise that the Big Pharma sponsored media gives them a free pass. Politicians certainly can’t upset seniors, baby boomers, or minorities – how could they win? Even worse, how can they stay in power? It is a sad comment on the decline of the moral fiber of a society when candidates pander to drooling constituents with a plethora of free handouts – rather than debating actual issues with all the cards and elephants on the table. We all need to be more productive, not more entitled. Another aspect of this issue is that of health freedom, as your free access to dietary supplements and natural remedies teeters on the brink of extinction as CODEX, regional trade agreements, the FDA Trilateral Cooperation Charter, and other “one world government” ideologies based on “free trade” that isn’t free at all threaten to undermine effective ways for you to take care of your own health. Then we could talk about how big business has nearly destroyed the quality of our food supply. This scandal runs deep and has for decades. We have the makers of junk food. We have the mass market farming operations and food traders, which have destroyed family farms and communities, while massively polluting the environment. These companies are delivering disease-producing food to the American public and school lunch programs. I’ll bet you can’t wait to eat a cloned-meat hamburger. We have chemical contamination of food with toxic and often experimental pesticides. We have the Frankenfood movement, which genetically alters food in a grand experiment on the nature of food itself – splicing toxins into the essence of the food that everyone is supposed to eat (all for the financial benefit of the biotech industry). The FDA and EPA are puppet organizations, utter failures in protecting the public health, and little more than unelected government officials (often on the take) acting as economic gatekeepers for those wishing to sell toxic compounds as food or those wishing to further contaminate the environment. These issues are intimately involved with the cause of cancer and heart disease in this country – and would cost billions to fix – yet must be fixed. Otherwise, we will end up spending the same billions on health care. These are the kinds of issues we need government to solve, so as to improve the health of all Americans. We do not need any more stupid public health programs telling people to eat less and exercise more – everybody already knows that. Our government could help by having guidelines that force food companies to put real quality food on the table for Americans to eat, while banning the sale of disease-producing additives that permeate our current food supply – and doing its best to actually clean up our environment to get nasty pollution out of our food supply. Alas, all you need do is look at the ineptitude of Congress to solve any problem, even when it hits them in the face as a crisis, and you can see that you have little choice but to take your health and the health of your family into your own hands. Congressional “solutions,” at least those currently existing and those on the drawing board, will do little more than create another huge economic crisis while pitting Americans against Americans in class and generation warfare. Your best plan is to not need any healthcare because you are healthy. This requires a lot of hard work and doing the right things more often than not. There is no easy path to staying healthy as you age – but there is a path. We already know those in Congress can point fingers; can they look in a mirror? Will any real leaders please stand up?
By Eliza Dodd on 10/08/2008 3:31 pm
Eliza Dodd
I do Not Want a $5 grand tax refund …IWANT HEALTH CARE FOR ALL !! I want what the Members of Congress have …..Like Kennedy …..and McCain has and Bush and Obama ! I dont want to DIE ! Please TAX ME !! Like The French TAX the PEOPLE for Health Care …ya know The French Protest ….BUT NEVER DO THEY PROTEST TAXES for Health Care ! Please President Obama TAX ME !!! So I can LIVE ???? Tax away ~!
By Eliza Dodd on 10/08/2008 3:40 pm
gulliver fourmyle
ms. k. harris, main criminal in the fla. scandal Was stomped in the Reep Sarasota election—-so there is hope—-maybe—-
By gulliver fourmyle on 10/08/2008 5:11 pm
Pamela Detlor
The debate was a pretty big snooze. McCain babbles a LOT. To address Obama as, “That One,” was beyond condescending. Cindy McCain - who claimed Obama is running the most dirty campaign ever - has, today, started taking shots - using her soldier son. Palin’s comments have been constantly toxic - there is dirt and bull shit on both sides. However listening to Sarah Palin is like watching a cancerous tumor grow larger. I hope “That One” takes office.
By Pamela Detlor on 10/08/2008 5:33 pm
Eliza Dodd
@ Meet The Bloggers. com you can hear what they are saying about the remark “That One “…what a jerk …that was uncalled for and very RUDE …I feel so sick from that man it isnt funny ..I knew people just like him …What a Phoney Bulloney Person …Even the Old Timers know that the administration made a big mistake with McNut …Yes the Old Tymers know better ….He is already showing the real signs of being a Bitter Old Man “set in his ways” …It takes all he has to contain his body movements when he gets …upset …And if McNut makes Old People Nervous ….and they know better than to vote for him …then everyone else better WAKE UP as Dennis Kucinich screamed @the DNC …for good reason as we see just what a moron this Mcnut really is before they cast that final vote of FATE for America ….warning …even the The Late Great pope John Paul said BUSH (IS) antiCHRIST …and said these are the END of Days 107xs recorded in BOOKS ….The Books the Pope wrote and others ….Look @ the Last 8 years ….and go to Courage to Resist web site and look and Read all the Troops who have went AWOL and what is their FATE right NOW …as we POST ….The War must end NOW ….I even knew Osma was in Pakistan 1 whole year before the CIA did ……WHY? Because I read other Than American news ….which is ALL Propaganda owned …by idiots …MEDIA REFORM ….is what we need in a big way so these CEO’S and others cant get away with MURDER …..And the Media …..needs to be HELD ACCOUNTABLE ……Meet The Bloggers .com is were one Place you will HEAR the TRUTH ….the web site the Media FEARS you will go to …Links to the Real McCain ….the one Mccain doesnt want YOU to SEE …go to meet the bloggers web site and take a look see …might open up your eyes …
By Eliza Dodd on 10/08/2008 6:39 pm
Wake Up and Hear  The Fear In your Childs Voice
Joe Biden lashed out at Sarah Palin on Wednesday, calling her recent rhetoric “ugly” and “mildly dangerous,” and expressing shock that the Alaska Governor did not interrupt recent rallies when supporters shouted hateful attacks about Barack Obama, including “treason!” and “kill him!” “I watched the news and I heard a couple people hollering from the audience semi-vile things about ‘terrorists,’ things like that,” Biden said on NBC’s Today show. “The idea that a leading American politician who might be vice president of the United States would not just stop mid-sentence and turn and condemn that — it’s just a slippery slope, it’s a place that we shouldn’t be going.” Biden repeated the sentiment on ABC’s Good Morning America: “I think it goes way too far. Look, this really is a case where, when you don’t have anything to talk about, attack — and it gets really over the edge,” he said. “I mean, some of the stuff she’s saying about Barack Obama and the stuff that people are yelling from the crowd, if she hears it, she should be at least be saying, whoa, whoa, whoa, that’s overboard. But this is volatile stuff.” A Secret Service spokesperson said on Tuesday that agents were trying to track down more information about the individual who yelled “kill him” during the Palin event in Clearwater, Fl., on Monday. Video On HuffPost Joe Biden Sarah Palin Joe Biden lashed out at Sarah Palin on Wednesday, calling her recent rhetoric “ugly” and “mildly dangerous,” and expressing shock that the Alaska Governor did not interrupt recent rallies when support… Joe Biden lashed out at Sarah Palin on Wednesday, calling her recent rhetoric “ugly” and “mildly dangerous,” and expressing shock that the Alaska Governor did not interrupt recent rallies when support… stumble digg reddit del.ico.us news trust mixx.com More in Politics… David Brooks: Sarah Palin “Represents A Fatal…For First Time, Palin Takes QuestionsNYT Editorial: McCain-Palin Have Sunk Into “Race-Baiting…McCain Trumpets Endorsement From Figure Of Foundation… 
Wake Up and Hear  The Fear In your Childs Voice
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