Obama-McCain Town Hall Debate - What canned gimmicks will McCain have up his sleeves?

[FrenchieCat]

Will The Mother of a Veteran get up and ask McCain a question about her dead son, and he'll come from the stage and hug her and tell her that her son will not have died in vain...and that victory is near?

Will a Town Hall person ask Barack Obama about Rev. Wright, and ask, "how did you sit in that church for 20 years, yada, yada, yada?"

Will Tom BrokeJaw read a nasty e-mail about Ayers to Barack and make him defend himself on that again?


"You're going to learn a lot" in next week's debate,
Sen. John McCain promised supporters in Pueblo, Colo.
(By John Moore -- Getty Images)



This is the guy Moderating the Town Hall.



He gets to choose the questioners, choose the emails
to read, which to whom, etc....

Town hall will be located in Tennessee:

Brokaw allowed McCain adviser to falsely claim McCain "called for the firing of Don Rumsfeld"
http://mediamatters.org/items/200809280007

Brokaw did not challenge GOP senator's false claim about Obama and taxes
http://mediamatters.org/items/200809020026

Brokaw falsely suggested Oprah hosted Obama as a presidential candidate
http://www.mixx.com/stories/2049578/media_matters_brokaw_falsely_suggested_oprah_hosted_obama_as_a_presidential_candidate

Tom Brokaw Acting As NBC Liaison With McCain Campaign
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/30/tom-brokaw-acting-as-nbc_n_130453.html

Should McCain pimp Tom Brokaw moderate the next presidential debate?
http://www.baltimoresun2.com/talk/showthread.php?t=164710

MoveOn calls for apology from Brokaw
http://beltwayblips.com/story/moveon_calls_for_apology_from_brokaw/

[orestes]

1. He's going to be wheeled onstage inside a Tiger Cage

Just to remind us all that he was a POW, just incase, you know, we didn't hear it brazillion times that he's mentioned it.

[billyoc]

2. He'll quote General Wolseley from the Crimean War.

:eyes:

[NotThisTime]

3. In Tennessee no less, WHY did the Obama camp agree to THIS????

[FrenchieCat]

4. Who knows.

I don't. :shrug:

I'm sure that Barack will handle it fine...but I have this queezy stomach
because of the WAPO article, where it talks about McCain going on the attack
AFTER Tuesday's debate.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/03/AR2008100303738.html?hpid=topnews

[NotThisTime]

7. I need a better answer as to why they agreed, it's physically making me sick to think about....

They couldn't find a neutral part of the country for this sort of thing? Are you kidding me????

[SwampG8r]

11. might be surprised at what happens

my family in tenn is so repub they bleed it and they are voting obama
they see mcdumbass as just bush 3 and cant afford him

[Hippo_Tron]

14. It's Nashville, one of the blue parts of Tennessee

I'm not sure how they select the audience, though. I know that some of it is Belmont students but not all of it.

[firedupdem]

5. McCain seemed really confident today with his nasty little giggle

about next week. He's been waiting for his town hall format for months now. I know that Barack and the campaign are prepared for whatever they plan to dish out. However, I'm not looking forward to Tuesday. I don't trust McCain or Brokaw one bit.

[AndyTiedye]

10. It's All Set Up Between McCain's Campaign and Brokaw

Their plants in the audience have been told what questions to ask, and Crow-caw will know who to call on.
(It wouldn't surprise me if the entire audience gets bussed in from some megachurch).
Broke-caw and McAin't's people have been setting this up for weeks, framing the best possible softballs
for McCain, and spitballs and "zingers" for Obama.

[SwampG8r]

12. he must have a plan

good
his plans are stupid and self destructive

[Clio the Leo]

13. John McCain's laugh scares my cat. NT

[AlCzervik]

6. Obama has something waiting for him, like facts and truth.

poise and confidence and the ability to make McCain jump up and down and look like an erratic and angry used up hack.

[NotThisTime]

8. I remember the "debate" on ABC with Obama - that's enough to give me nightmares - it was a hit job

[AllentownJake]

9. Yet after closing a 20 point deficit down to a 9 point deficit

Obama went onto win NC and nearly winning IN killing Hillary's chances.

Have faith.

[TexasObserver]

15. He'll try to show he's physically imposing to Obama, even though only 4'7" tall