Do you realize what a disadvantage McCain has as he walks onto that stage tonight?

[cali]

Not prepared. Not rested. Frustrated. Dogged by bad press for days. He's primed for a bad night. I even have some hope that he may lose it on stage. This is going to be a very interesting night.

[fascisthunter]

1. It's Justice.....

[Ichingcarpenter]

33. It was reported when he left the airport with his cabal it was in chaos

I think we need to make a prediction for a major meltdown sometime during
the debate.

[jkshaw]

47. How I hope, Inching!

[ingac70]

2. It would be great if he flips out...

and cusses out Obama or the moderator.

[tekisui]

3. Just look at the latest reports,

Obama exercising, cool, calm, collected.

McPOW scrambling, in confusion.

It will show tonight. I am sure of it.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

4. Yes. He's John McCluck after all.

[Cha]

31. john

mcchicken on exlax.

[DangerousRhythm]

39. Bawk-bawk.

:rofl:

[rateyes]

5. I would keep pushing his buttons until Vesuvius blows.

[LSK]

I cant wait!! I feel like I did on Fitzmas!!

[bkinsd]

6. Don't Be Afraid

I have a feeling that Obama's comment today to McCain to "not be afraid" was his attempt to do just that - get McCain riled up to display that famous temper for all the world to see.

[butterfly77]

34. Where was this..

[msallied]

38. MSNBC had it in a caption. Obama apparently said McCain had nothing to fear. LOL

[BumRushDaShow]

7. The lunatic-fringe biased M$M will still try to bail him out. It's the least they can do.

:sarcasm: :eyes:

[loudsue]

20. The press WILL bail him out. You and I both know it.

No matter how badly McCain does, the media will try to minimize the damage for him.

[dgibby]

44. I'm not so sure about that-

I think McInsane jumped the shark with the press, and they are looking for revenge. Started with the repuke convention, and has gotten worse by the day since then.

[terrya]

And someone brought up the point that Obama has done more debates.

Because of the primary fight with Hillary. McCain wrapped up the nomination earlier than Obama.

No, this is NOT good for McCain at all.

[alsame]

15. In retrospect, the long, long primary was great for Obama. He

got plenty of debating experience and went head to head with MUCH smarter people than McCain.

[iiibbb]

21. I already took back everything bad I said about Hillary...

... and I'll do it again.

It was right of her to play it to the bitter end. It used up all of the political ammunition the Republicans could have used.

So, I'm sorry for anything unnecessarily bad I said about her before.

[alsame]

25. Not just Hillary, though. We had an amazing field this year -

Dennis, Biden, Dodd, Edwards, Richardson - all of them more formidable in substance and style than McCain.

[jojo54]

8. But does HE realize his disadvantage?

Probably not. This is gonna' be great, kids!!

[PermanentRevolution]

9. That's what happens when you try to skip the final by calling in a phony bomb threat...

Instead of buckling down and studying for the test like you should.

[stopbush]

10. Opening line for Obama: "Hey John, your shoe's untied."

Second line: "Made ya look!" (said after McCain bumps his head on the lectern)

[sarge43]

32. Or walks out holding a rubber chicken.

"Oh. Hey John. Well, I guess I won't be needing this to debate with."

[wvbygod]

11. wrong talking point

It should be..."He is ready!", "Obama does not stand a chance against a foreign affair expert like mccain" etc...

[cali]

14. yeah, because a post on DU has such a big influence over the expectations game.

[TomClash]

12. I'm not so sure

He may be better prepared than we think.

Plus, I'm not so quick to ramp down expectations.

And he might be wired like Bush was in the first 2004 debate! Imagine him growling, "What's the frequency, Kenneth?"

I hope you are right though!

[lutherj]

13. He must be feeling like a cheap suit in the front window of a tuxedo shop.

I get the feeling he thought he was going to channel Reagan and whiz through this campaign on the basis of his POW narrative. He's pissed as hell that he has to debate the "issues".

[ClayZ]

16. I am wondering if he is BiPolar?

The way he was LAUGHING yesterday in the serious meeting at the White House. Stories of his sexual flings and big temper. Classic Manic Depression Symptoms.

[Robbins]

17. MSNBC

Paul Bagla made a good point that Obama looks like the Calm Excepernced Leader and Mccain comes off as Reckless on MSNBC.

[Overseas]

18. Janglin' keys, janglin' keys, bring this liiiiar to his kneeeeees.......... /nt

[nuncvendetta]

19. if Obama's camp is smart...

They'll have a feed jammer backstage and fire it up during the first question just in case. shoot a bunch of feedback into mccain's ear...mccain goes "ow" and rips out the earpiece. election over.

[cali]

26. yeah, that's just brilliant. and in any case McFuckface doesn't need

any dirty tricks to fuck up. that's what he's good at.

[wvbygod]

37. Anyone name McFuckFace should have some pow keys jingled too

And besides, if he was not so good at crashing planes he never would have had to deal with the pow scene.

Anyone born a FuckFace should have never attempted politics anyway.

[unblock]

28. wouldn't that interfere with the production equipment?

like the headsets and cameras and microphones and broadcast equipment?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

48. If they're smart...

they'll be listening in and recording it.

[FloridaGrl]

22. This is the trick

I think this is what the want us to believe. One of his surrogates said this morning that Obama needed to be locked away and prepped but McCain doesn't need that. I believe he is preparing himself all along; I believe he knew he was going to attend all along, and then when he (McCain) does fairly well in the debates he gets all the praise because he wasn't as prepared as Obama.

[vaberella]

23. Thoughts across those lines has crossed my mind. n/t

[Metta]

24. Plus, living in a morality free bubble.

and not knowing which way is up. Chickens come home to roost.

[Dollface]

27. McCain has his excuse for not performing well all shined up and ready.

[Danascot]

29. Yosemite McCain

[Cha]

30. Yes, he's put himself

into a very disadvantageous position. And, "Barack even tried to throw him a life preserver" but he he bit it.

[suston96]

35. Yeah, big disadvantage....like Bush had in 2000 and 2004. He lost the debates both times.....nt

[d_b]

36. so he is showing up after all?

[hvn_nbr_2]

40. With all the talk about Palin's debate prep being a disaster...

I suspect that the real untold story is that McDumbya's debate prep has been almost as bad. Just look at how many downright stupid things he's said in recent weeks. At the debate he won't have Joe Lieberman to whisper in his ear when he says something stupid.

[bbgrunt]

41. well, he has the advantage of low expectations--same with palindrome

[Beetwasher]

42. Obama's Opening Line: "First I'd Like To Congratulate Senator McCain, Who Apparently

has already won this debate."

[Nye Bevan]

43. Like a turkey, arriving at Thanksgiving dinner.

[tinrobot]

45. A classic case of "You reap what you sow"

He totally brought this upon himself.

[TexasObserver]

46. I think McCain is wound too tight, and is looking for that BIG moment.

He thinks he will school Obama, and that could really blow up in his face.

The consensus is McCain drove the parties further apart, and he can't point to anything he's accomplished.

[jimlup]

49. If he doesn't throw-up on live TV the media

will spin it as a victory. Expectations for him are quite low.

[Meshuga]

50. I hope Obama will do something to make McCain lose it

It would be great for McCain to show his temper tonight.