The Condensed DU from Last Night's Debate!

[last1standing]

7:00pm: Barack's going to kick mcloser's ass!!! GOBAMA!!!

8:00pm: This isn't even going to be close! mcASS is just a doddering old idiot and Obama's going to obliterate him!!

9:00pm: HERE IT COMES!!!!!! THIS IS GOING TO BE A MAJOR SMACKDOWN!!! WHEN DO YOU THINK BARACK IS GOING TO USE HIS LASER BEAM EYES TO DESTROY mcIDIOT?!!!!

9:30pm: McLIAR isn't telling the truth! Who knew that would happen?!!

10:00pm: WHY ISN'T OBAMA HITTING HIM BACK?!!! WHY DOESN'T HE WALK OVER THERE AND PUNCH HIM?!!!!!

10:30pm: That's it, the election's over. McLAME won the debate and Obama just can't deliver.

11:00pm: The M$M called it for McTRASH! WE'RE DOOMED!!!! DOOMED I TELL YOU!!!!

11:30pm: The post-debate polls are coming in and it looks like Obama kicked mcLOSER's ass!!!! I KNEW IT!!!!

12:00pm: Yes everyone agrees with me that Barack wiped the floor with mcCORPSE!!! I don't know why everyone was so worried? :shrug:


Mind you, this could be the condensed form of DU just about any day that a news story comes out and all the Chicken Little's come out of the woodwork to tear their hair out and cry that it's all over. Of course everyone has the right to to bitch and moan but it really does get tiring reading the the same posts from the same Doom & Gloomers day in and day out.

Personally, I think this negativity comes from those who either don't understand Obama's policies and beliefs or just really don't have any confidence in him. Or perhaps they just don't have the confidence of their own convictions and every time a repub talks they begin to doubt themselves.

Either way, it's time to stop the drama and become part of the solution. If you're that worried about us losing then volunteer to phone bank here:
http://my.barackobama.com/page/s/callerinterest

That way you can do something positive with those negative feelings and help this country instead of bringing down this board.

Remember, the sky can only fall if you don't do your part to hold it up.

:dem:

[Skink]

1. There was a debate last night?

:hangover:

[Arrowhead2k1]

2. Yeah, some people here can be a bit nutty sometimes, but I still love ya'll.

[City of Mills]

3. Quoted:

"Or perhaps they just don't have the confidence of their own convictions and every time a repub talks they begin to doubt themselves."

I think you hit the nail on the head.

[liberalmuse]

4. That about sums it up.

IMO, I thought it was almost a draw, with Obama coming out ahead. Add the contemptuous demeanor of McCain throughout the debate, and Obama gets a conclusive win, as he appeared Presidential. However, that doesn't even matter. What matters is that people who hadn't seen Obama in action clearly favored him. It also matters that the MSM, who was at first coming out for McCain, then switched back in Obama's favor after the undecideds opinions started coming in. It was pathetic, but I'll take it.

[last1standing]

5. Yeah. In the end all Obama really needed to do was look presidential.

And he exceeded that measure tremendously. He not only looked like the adult on that stage he became a bigger person to the audience every time he ignored or laughed at one of mcsame's insults.

Mcsame, on the other hand, needed to convince the undecideds that Obama wasn't ready but he couldn't deliver that. Instead, he just looked petulant and mean. The pundits didn't understand this because they were all looking for zingers and gaffes. Those post-debate polls smacked them right between the eyes and you could see it in their faces.

[liberalmuse]

6. That was priceless.

I loved seeing the pundits try to subtly backtrack after the opinion polls came out overwhelmingly in Obama's favor.

[Barack_America]

7. Yeah. That pretty much summarizes why I stay away from DU during debates.

DU panics first and thinks later.

[goodgd_yall]

10. I've learned to do that too

During the primaries I would join the live thread, but, yes, there would be such over-reaction that I found it too distracting. I did type in about 3 comments during the debate, but except for that, I stayed clear of the computer.

[Kajsa]

8. Thank you!

I've had it up to here with the constant negativity.

One well known member here posted a thread early that
McSame had won the debate-

I don't think so!

This sums it up nicely,

"Remember, the sky can only fall if you don't do your part to hold it up."

:)

[last1standing]

9. Your sig line is very appropriate here because we're doing the same thing with the VP debate.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7219939

Right now we're at the "Biden will massacre her" stage and you know where we'll be an hour into the debate. :(

I just hope with all the lowered expectations that night turns out as well as last night did.