# It's the official last Presidential Debate thread! **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [October 15, 2008, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-official-last-presidential-debate-thread/468001 "2008-10-15T03:20:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-official-last-presidential-debate-thread/468001/321 "2008-10-16T02:34:06Z")
McCain’s best debate,but it will not change the race. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-official-last-presidential-debate-thread/468001/322 "2008-10-16T02:34:09Z")
Obama was presidential McCain was frustrated and angry. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-official-last-presidential-debate-thread/468001/323 "2008-10-16T02:34:41Z")
I think the winner is [Jane Withers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Withers). You know she’ll have accepted a big bucks offer to reprise the role of Jo the Plumber by this time Friday. > [@alphaboi867](#): > > Why would Sarah Palin be famliar with _autism_? Autism, Downs Syndrome, same thing, just spelled differently and with different causes and symptoms. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-official-last-presidential-debate-thread/468001/324 "2008-10-16T02:34:51Z")
I can see why McCain got in so many fights when he was younger. He’s a real jerk. I wanted to punch him in the nose several times. I think McCain won the debate on points, but not by enough to damage Obama overall. I hope. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-official-last-presidential-debate-thread/468001/325 "2008-10-16T02:35:04Z")
DISCLAIMER: I didn’t actually watch the debates(or read this thread) because nothing said at this point will change my candidate preference, but I predict that polls will say Obama won the debate again. The simple fact of matter is this, no matter the content of thier words, Obama looks better on TV. It’s Nixon vs. Kennedy over again. ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-official-last-presidential-debate-thread/468001/326 "2008-10-16T02:35:15Z")
Was it me or did McCain just kinda bullshit his answers, waited for Obama to say something, then took them, rephrased them, and then bashed Obama for not supporting Obama’s positions? ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-official-last-presidential-debate-thread/468001/327 "2008-10-16T02:35:24Z")
It seems that Obama supporters want more blood and are disappointed when Obama doesn’t rise to the bait. Me, I thought Obama explained his plans plainly and clearly. ---
**Author:** ![Gozu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gozu/32/6615_2.png) [@Gozu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-official-last-presidential-debate-thread/468001/328 "2008-10-16T02:36:25Z")
> [@ShermanAter](#): > > McSame can suck my fucking cock Fascinating analysis. Perhaps you could further elaborate in the pit. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-official-last-presidential-debate-thread/468001/329 "2008-10-16T02:36:26Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Me, I thought Obama explained his plans plainly and clearly. What we have here is an ability to communicate. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-official-last-presidential-debate-thread/468001/330 "2008-10-16T02:37:01Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > I think Senator Lizard Tongue thinks Sarah Palin’s kid has autism! we call him Barty Crouch Jr over here. ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-official-last-presidential-debate-thread/468001/331 "2008-10-16T02:37:15Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > I think it makes a big difference. I’ll readily believe that McCain is coming across better on radio than on TV. Trust me, he wasn’t coming across any better. (Disclosure: I’m a commie pinko liberal with degrees in communications, so I tend to be conscious of the medium.) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-official-last-presidential-debate-thread/468001/332 "2008-10-16T02:37:18Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > It seems that Obama supporters want more blood and are disappointed when Obama doesn’t rise to the bait. I’d have given one kidney and my hair and six of my teeth if just once when Obama had said McCain Schieffer had shouted out “Kill him!” ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-official-last-presidential-debate-thread/468001/333 "2008-10-16T02:40:49Z")
This was by far the best of the three. Bob Schieffer was perfect, I loved his directness and the ‘sitting at the table’ atmosphere made it seem like they were really getting down to business. Allowing the candidates to wander around the hall with a wireless mic was simply two stump speeches at the same time. Bob asks, “These remarks your respective campaigns have made to your opponents, will you restate them now?” Obama turns and looks SNAP!! ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-official-last-presidential-debate-thread/468001/334 "2008-10-16T02:43:33Z")
I was curious if anyone else caught this part, when they were talking about nominating SCOTUS judges where McCain said he would nominate people who were qualified. Then he said that supporting Roe in his mind didn’t coincide with his view of a qualified candidate. I thought that was a shitty way to say no. If you won’t support a nominee unless they oppose Roe v. Wade, just say so. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-official-last-presidential-debate-thread/468001/335 "2008-10-16T02:43:53Z")
I’m officially changing my screenname to “Campbell Brown’s Legs.” ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-official-last-presidential-debate-thread/468001/336 "2008-10-16T02:44:13Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > Why would Sarah Palin be famliar with _autism_? Her nephew has autism. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-official-last-presidential-debate-thread/468001/337 "2008-10-16T02:46:31Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > What we have here is an ability to communicate. Obama - the _new_ Great Communicator. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-official-last-presidential-debate-thread/468001/338 "2008-10-16T02:46:34Z")
> [@cricetus](#): > > What did the squiggles do when McCain showed his contempt for the health of women? They cratered. Especially with women. They also cratered when McCain started in with the Ayers garbage. ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-official-last-presidential-debate-thread/468001/339 "2008-10-16T02:47:12Z")
> [@Gozu](#): > > Did McCain mix up Down syndrome and autism when he mentionned Sarah Palin? I almost wonder if that was a deliberate attempt to appeal to autism-conspiracy wingnuts. [/paranoid speculation] ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-official-last-presidential-debate-thread/468001/340 "2008-10-16T02:48:11Z")
Kudos to Bob Schieffer. He tends to be overlooked as a journalist, but he did the best job of the four moderators. Either John McCain thinks Sarah Palin has a child with autism or John McCain thinks Sarah Palin has autism. I couldn’t tell. Really ugly faces from McCain. Oh, and dissing women’s health? So not a good move. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-official-last-presidential-debate-thread/468001.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-official-last-presidential-debate-thread/468001.md?page=18)