Date: 2008-10-07 21:06 Subject: LiveBlogging the "Town Hall" Debate. Security: Public

9:00 - Watching CNN and the absolutely evil "Richter" scale of approval/unapproval scale. I found it funny that it dropped down during Tom Brokaw's introduction and the first question.

9:04 - Obama just said that he'd fire the AIG executives who went on high-priced junkets. Sounds great... can we fire the Congressmen and Senators who also go on high-priced junkets???

9:13 - McCain just attacked Obama and the Senate Democrats for meddling in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, thus helping to run it into the ground. Then he says the government needs to actually purchase commercial paper and bad mortgages. Now Obama attacks McCain for being a de-regulator... Ugh... No matter who wins, both of these guys thinks that more government will fix this problem. It's times like this I miss Ron Paul... If just one of these guys actually talked about personal responsibility and defended the free-market system, they'd skyrocket in the polls.

9:20 - Obama: "I understand your frustration and your cynicism." He just channeled Bill Clinton's "I feel your pain." He then goes on to say he will cut government spending... He may be shameless... but he's good... Does anyone really believe that Obama is going to cut government spending?

I think the answer to the question, "How can we trust either party, when you caused this economic mess?" was answered by both Obama and McCain... The answer is... you can't.

How does McCain attack Obama on Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae without mentioning that Jim Johnson is still on Obama's campaign staff???

9:28 - Obama is going to eliminate earmarks? You think he'll start with the earmark he gave to the hospital which employs his wife?

9:34 - Obama's solution to the economy and energy: Don't go shopping, Use less energy, Make sacrifices and Enlarge the Peace Corp!?!?! Did I just warp back to 1976??? Is President Carter Obama going to tell us to wear a sweater to keep warn and that the U.S. is going through a malaise???

9:43 - Hey let's tax rich individuals and big companies. Ummm... can someone point out that they are the ones who employ most Americans???

9:46 - McCain says that Nuclear power is the cleanest source of power? Actually both candidates support Nuclear power as being necessary. So much for that 1976 time warp.

9:49 - Brokaw asks if we should create a "Manhattan Project" for energy? Could he have thought of a more silly analogy?

9:55 - Obama feels that health care costs will be lowered, if the federal government puts our medical records in a centralized database? No privacy concerns there!

10:00 - Delaware has laws favorable for banks??? If only there were a Senator in Delaware who would fight against those laws...

10:01 - Are we finished with the economic questions and now on foreign policy? McCain may finally give some lucid answers...

10:07 - Obama: "If we had the ability to stop the Holocaust..." If??? Hmmm... I wonder if the refugees on the "St. Louis" felt better knowing FDR apparently didn't have the ability to save them???

10:20 - ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

10:25 - Brokaw: "We're winding down." When did we ever wind UP??

10:29 - McCain used the "League of Democracies" line again like in the first debate. Did his debate prep team tell him that was a good line? Will Aquaman be a member of this League?

10:35 - Best Line of the night. "That concludes tonight's debate."