2008.10.15
Live blog: Post-debate discussion
Welcome to the NPR National Listening Party, via the New River Notebook. Photographer Matt Gentry and reporter Tonia Moxley are at the Inn at Virginia Tech, blogging about a live Blacksburg audience watching the final Presidential debate together. At 11 p.m., NPR will broadcast the last of its National Listening Parties from this room in the Skelton Conference Center.
"Talk of the Nation" host Neal Conan will host the post-debate discussion.
We want your comments, too, so join the blog!
John McCain looked old, tired and cranky.
Comment by Crush — October 15, 2008 @ 11:10 pm
Barack said that Palin is too inexperienced to be VP because she's only been a Governor and yet he praises Bill Clinton all the time. Wasn't he just a Governor before being elected President? Why the double standard? Apparently he thinks that 6 months in the Senate is enough of a qualification though.
Comment by Blues Dude — October 16, 2008 @ 12:15 am
Can't believe the most important question remains unanswered from Barack Obama...Is he a citizen of the US ? Its been determined that he should not have been eligible to run for president because he has not proven his citizenship. What is he wanting to hide from the public by not providing proof of citizenship?
Comment by steve — October 16, 2008 @ 2:18 am
This is for Crush....If at 72 I can be as viable as John McCain considering what he has endured....I'll be one happy individual...We all should be so lucky!!!!!
Comment by Mary — October 16, 2008 @ 8:38 am
As expected, Barack Obama mopped up the floor with John McCain. While Obama talked economy and issues that voters are concerned with, a grimacing, antsy John McCain could only repeat his earlier talking points, an then blurted out that strangely timed "I am Not President Bush" comment. This debate demonstrated the differences between a status quo politician, and a thinking leader, which this country so badly needs.
Comment by Bradley Eades — October 16, 2008 @ 8:51 am
Obama was born in Hawaii has been proved.Don t vote for him but stop this nonsense.Get a life
Comment by clara — October 16, 2008 @ 8:55 am
McCain I really don't think is 100% mentally capable of being president,just watching the way he acts during the debates when things get uncomfortable for himself he looks as if he is going to exploid and makes the face of a madman.....no discredit to his service to the US but I just don't feel comfortable with him........Palin is either ditzy or just likes make herself looks ditzy and after the panel in Alaska found her guilty of misuse of her power as govenor she lost all creditability.
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Comment by grremoneyy — October 16, 2008 @ 9:09 am
His citizenship? Dude, where have you been? That was dealt with a long time ago. Tune to something else besides Rush and you'll get new information and will be able to think for yourself.
Comment by Ralph — October 16, 2008 @ 9:11 am
Blues Dude,
No one is truly ever ready to handle the rigors of being president. Unless of course you're one of the presidents of the past 20 years who spent over half their term on vacation.... But that's another topic (and one every American should look up the statistic for) So I digress.
Bill Clinton was governor for two years, but is also a Rhodes Scholar, and Yale Lawyer, and had experience in the 70's working on presidential campaigns.
To compare him to Sarah Palin who went to community college in alaska and got a Bachelors in Journalism and Communication in Idaho is insane.
That's like saying your 87 honda accord is comparable to a brand new 2009 Corvette Z06. Sure, both could do laps at the Indy 500, but which is going to put up a decent time?
Comment by scott — October 16, 2008 @ 9:48 am
And Steve,
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/birthcertificate.asp
The Obama campaign made his birth certificate publicly available on the internet earlier this summer. Here's a picture of it if you are still believing everything you read via email:
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn227/Polarik/BO_Birth_Certificate.jpg
Comment by scott — October 16, 2008 @ 9:54 am
According to FactCheck.org:
“When Barack Obama Jr. was born on Aug. 4,1961, in Honolulu, Kenya was a British colony, still part of the United Kingdom’s dwindling empire. As a Kenyan native, Barack Obama Sr. was a British subject whose citizenship status was governed by The British Nationality Act of 1948. That same act governed the status of Obama Sr.‘s children.
Since Sen. Obama has neither renounced his U.S. citizenship nor sworn an oath of allegiance to Kenya, his Kenyan citizenship automatically expired on Aug. 4,1982.”
As an FYI...McCain wasn't born in the US.
Comment by StraightJacketDreamer — October 16, 2008 @ 10:08 am
Steve,
I'm not a supporter of Barack Obama. The guy was born on August 4, 1961 in Honolulu Hawaii. He's a United States citizen by birth, just like me and probably like you. You can look up the Birth Certificate on the City of Honolulu's web site.
If you don't agree with his policies just say so. If there is something else you don't like have the courage to state it.
Comment by Lakeshore Johnny — October 16, 2008 @ 11:30 am
Thanks for being there and covering the event. You captured it very well!
(My name's a little hard to catch - I should have spelled it - I didn't think about there be newspaper folks in the audience covering it as well)
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Comment by accourcet — October 16, 2008 @ 1:36 pm
Why were only 3 republicans at your NPR party? Did you forget to invite the local conservatives? Or do you think Republicans listen to NPR and read the Roanoke Slimes? *chuckle*
Comment by Jean — October 16, 2008 @ 2:48 pm
Obama showing his "birth certificate" to Daily Kos, is like McCain showing his medical records to Rush Limbaugh.
Obama was born in Kenya and McCain has medical issues. Which one bothers you the most
Comment by Jane S — October 16, 2008 @ 4:53 pm
Barrack Hussien Obama is Black.... Hello Stupid White Blacksburg People
Comment by John — October 16, 2008 @ 8:19 pm