POLITICAL FIX: The Final Debate, McCain and Obama fight to the bitter end!
The generation gap has never been more apparent until now!
Some of the debate in the above video...
"Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama opened a 19-day sprint to Election Day on Thursday after a contentious final debate that featured aggressive attacks by McCain on Obama's campaign tone and tax plans.
A confident but cautious Obama told supporters in New York "We are now 19 days not from the end but from the beginning. The amount of work that's going to be involved for the next president will be extraordinary."
But he warned against overconfidence down the stretch of a White House race tilting in his favor after Wednesday night's debate.
"We had a lot of fun last night," Obama told about 120 big-money donors at a breakfast fund-raiser in New York City, jokingly pronouncing himself "deeply saddened" there are no more debates.
The presidential rivals complained about the campaign's negativity during a series of testy debate exchanges on Wednesday that featured repeated appeals to average Americans through "Joe the plumber" -- the owner of a small plumbing business whom Obama met in Ohio.
Obama was not rattled by McCain's assault, and two quick polls after the debate, by CBS News and CNN, judged Obama the winner. Obama was also considered the winner of the first two presidential debates.
McCain, 72, an Arizona senator, was under intense pressure in the third and final debate to give a strong performance that could turn around a presidential race moving decisively toward Obama after weeks of economic turmoil and plunging stock markets.
But the debate appeared to do little to change the shape of the race heading into the November 4 election. Obama reminded supporters of his surprise defeat in January's Democratic primary in New Hampshire by rival Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York.
"We ended up getting spanked," he said. "That's another good lesson Hillary taught me."
During the debate, an aggressive McCain rebuked Obama for his frequent claims he is too close to the policies of President George W. Bush.
"Senator Obama, I am not President Bush. If you wanted to run against President Bush you should have run four years ago," McCain said in the final presidential debate, held at Hofstra University on Long Island outside New York City.
Obama, 47, said he sometimes had trouble spotting a difference between the two.
"If I occasionally have mistaken your policies for George Bush's policies, it's because on the core economic issues that matter to the American people -- on tax policy, on energy policy, on spending priorities -- you have been a vigorous supporter of President Bush," Obama said.
SHARE THE STAGE
The two candidates will be on the same stage again on Thursday night when they give speeches at the Al Smith dinner, a political tradition in Manhattan named for the former New York governor and a regular stop for presidential candidates.
During the debate, McCain called on Obama to explain his relationship with 1960s radical William Ayers, who served with Obama on a community board in Chicago and hosted a political event for him early in his career. Obama distanced himself from Ayers.
"Mr. Ayers is not involved in my campaign. He has never been involved in this campaign. And he will not advise me in the White House," Obama said.
Both candidates admitted the campaign's tone was "tough" and blamed the other. McCain said Obama had spent more money on negative ads than any candidate in history, while Obama noted a recent study said 100 percent of McCain's ads had been negative.
"It's gotten pretty tough, and I regret some of the negative aspects of both campaigns. But the fact is that it has taken many turns which I think are unacceptable," McCain said.
He demanded Obama renounce the comments of Georgia Rep. John Lewis, a leader in the U.S. civil rights movement, who recently linked McCain to 1960s segregationist leader George Wallace.
"That, to me, was so hurtful," McCain said.
Obama said Lewis' link between McCain and Wallace was inappropriate "and we immediately put out a statement saying that we don't think that comparison is appropriate."
Several recent opinion polls have shown McCain's attacks on Obama's character have largely backfired, increasing unfavorable opinions about McCain among voters looking for solutions on the economy.
"The American people have become so cynical about our politics, because all they see is a tit-for-tat and back-and-forth," Obama said.
The candidates fought over their tax plans and promised to help working Americans. McCain criticized Obama's proposal to raise taxes on those who make more than $250,000 a year, saying it would hurt small business owners like "Joe the plumber," an Ohio voter who complained to Obama over the weekend that his tax plans would raise his taxes.
"Why would you want to raise anybody's taxes right now?" McCain asked Obama. "The whole premise behind Senator Obama's plans are class warfare, let's spread the wealth around."
Obama said his plan would cut taxes for 95 percent of Americans and raise them on only a small slice of the most high-income Americans, while McCain would give tax breaks to oil and gas companies." Reuters.com
Who heard McCain talkin' bout 'Joe the Plumber?'...they already interviewed him on CNN!
Political thoughts?
Some of the debate in the above video...
"Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama opened a 19-day sprint to Election Day on Thursday after a contentious final debate that featured aggressive attacks by McCain on Obama's campaign tone and tax plans.
A confident but cautious Obama told supporters in New York "We are now 19 days not from the end but from the beginning. The amount of work that's going to be involved for the next president will be extraordinary."
But he warned against overconfidence down the stretch of a White House race tilting in his favor after Wednesday night's debate.
"We had a lot of fun last night," Obama told about 120 big-money donors at a breakfast fund-raiser in New York City, jokingly pronouncing himself "deeply saddened" there are no more debates.
The presidential rivals complained about the campaign's negativity during a series of testy debate exchanges on Wednesday that featured repeated appeals to average Americans through "Joe the plumber" -- the owner of a small plumbing business whom Obama met in Ohio.
Obama was not rattled by McCain's assault, and two quick polls after the debate, by CBS News and CNN, judged Obama the winner. Obama was also considered the winner of the first two presidential debates.
McCain, 72, an Arizona senator, was under intense pressure in the third and final debate to give a strong performance that could turn around a presidential race moving decisively toward Obama after weeks of economic turmoil and plunging stock markets.
But the debate appeared to do little to change the shape of the race heading into the November 4 election. Obama reminded supporters of his surprise defeat in January's Democratic primary in New Hampshire by rival Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York.
"We ended up getting spanked," he said. "That's another good lesson Hillary taught me."
During the debate, an aggressive McCain rebuked Obama for his frequent claims he is too close to the policies of President George W. Bush.
"Senator Obama, I am not President Bush. If you wanted to run against President Bush you should have run four years ago," McCain said in the final presidential debate, held at Hofstra University on Long Island outside New York City.
Obama, 47, said he sometimes had trouble spotting a difference between the two.
"If I occasionally have mistaken your policies for George Bush's policies, it's because on the core economic issues that matter to the American people -- on tax policy, on energy policy, on spending priorities -- you have been a vigorous supporter of President Bush," Obama said.
SHARE THE STAGE
The two candidates will be on the same stage again on Thursday night when they give speeches at the Al Smith dinner, a political tradition in Manhattan named for the former New York governor and a regular stop for presidential candidates.
During the debate, McCain called on Obama to explain his relationship with 1960s radical William Ayers, who served with Obama on a community board in Chicago and hosted a political event for him early in his career. Obama distanced himself from Ayers.
"Mr. Ayers is not involved in my campaign. He has never been involved in this campaign. And he will not advise me in the White House," Obama said.
Both candidates admitted the campaign's tone was "tough" and blamed the other. McCain said Obama had spent more money on negative ads than any candidate in history, while Obama noted a recent study said 100 percent of McCain's ads had been negative.
"It's gotten pretty tough, and I regret some of the negative aspects of both campaigns. But the fact is that it has taken many turns which I think are unacceptable," McCain said.
He demanded Obama renounce the comments of Georgia Rep. John Lewis, a leader in the U.S. civil rights movement, who recently linked McCain to 1960s segregationist leader George Wallace.
"That, to me, was so hurtful," McCain said.
Obama said Lewis' link between McCain and Wallace was inappropriate "and we immediately put out a statement saying that we don't think that comparison is appropriate."
Several recent opinion polls have shown McCain's attacks on Obama's character have largely backfired, increasing unfavorable opinions about McCain among voters looking for solutions on the economy.
"The American people have become so cynical about our politics, because all they see is a tit-for-tat and back-and-forth," Obama said.
The candidates fought over their tax plans and promised to help working Americans. McCain criticized Obama's proposal to raise taxes on those who make more than $250,000 a year, saying it would hurt small business owners like "Joe the plumber," an Ohio voter who complained to Obama over the weekend that his tax plans would raise his taxes.
"Why would you want to raise anybody's taxes right now?" McCain asked Obama. "The whole premise behind Senator Obama's plans are class warfare, let's spread the wealth around."
Obama said his plan would cut taxes for 95 percent of Americans and raise them on only a small slice of the most high-income Americans, while McCain would give tax breaks to oil and gas companies." Reuters.com
Who heard McCain talkin' bout 'Joe the Plumber?'...they already interviewed him on CNN!
Political thoughts?
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Comment by Evil Eastside on October 21, 2008 at 4:10am - michelle obama got a phat ass do ya thang barack haha
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Comment by thrilla4cer on October 17, 2008 at 5:41am - MRS.OBAMA GOT A FATTY!!!!
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Comment by ZILCH on October 17, 2008 at 1:52am - debate or no debate obama will be the new US president that old man mccain dont stand no chance man u digg!!lets paint that white house BLACK cause obama is here man u digg!!!
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Comment by Scrapper1 on October 16, 2008 at 7:55pm - ^thang*
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Comment by Scrapper1 on October 16, 2008 at 7:55pm
- do ya thank Barack.i got too much respect for Michelle O to be talkin bout her in the manner yall doin.lol,yall wild
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Comment by De Ville on October 16, 2008 at 7:32pm - his wife got some ass
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Comment by Bcalm on October 16, 2008 at 7:20pm - i CANT lie that MRS OBAMA gettin big donk!!! lol
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