{"id":4075,"date":"2008-10-15T20:05:36","date_gmt":"2008-10-16T01:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=4075"},"modified":"2008-10-16T06:49:07","modified_gmt":"2008-10-16T11:49:07","slug":"the-last-big-debate-greetings-from-long-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/campaign-08\/the-last-big-debate-greetings-from-long-island\/","title":{"rendered":"The Last Big Debate: Greetings from Long Island"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hellooo…it’s your old pal Eric Francis watching the debate with friends at Dominick’s Cafe in Kingston, New York…home of grandma’s Italian cooking…Rachel and Genevieve and Dominick are here; we’re in a kind of parlor between the restaurant and the hair salon that Dominick also owns. And we’re not really in Long Island, the debate is. Refresh this page for updates. <\/strong>And speaking of Herbie Hoover, here is Archie Bunker on Democrats<\/a>.
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Okay, John, to blame Freddie and Fannie is an oversimplification. This problem is about a lot more than mortgages. McCain looks so confused, I wouldn’t want him driving me someplace in a car.<\/p>\n

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Joe the Plumber, are you out there? Call my cell at 797-3359.<\/p>\n

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The plumber, the firefighter, the nurse, the sexworker, the Mona Vie salesman…we’re working for you.<\/p>\n

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I am already in agony from listening to John McCain’s voice. Can I watch this anywhere with captioning? Or translated into Esperanto?<\/p>\n

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Did anyone see the piece in the New York Times today about how the $700 billion bailout could cost as much as $2.25 trillion? “All told, the potential cost to the government of the latest bailout<\/strong> package comes to $2.25 trillion<\/strong><\/a>, triple the size of the original $700 billion rescue. . .”
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The $3 million fucking projector in the planetarium. Again. Jesus Murphy.<\/p>\n

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Barack, thank you! Earmarks (pork barrel spending) are one half of one percent of the federal budget. They are talking about $18 billion in spending — which comes back to communities — when they are doling out $2.25 trillion to banks and mortgage companies?<\/p>\n

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Dominick says: reality check. We have to even mention whether torture is okay? We have to imply that the president of the United States is in favor of torture? And McCain “commendably” is against it.<\/p>\n

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Rachel says: So Obama is a terrorist because he didn’t want to do Town Hall meetings?<\/p>\n

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Rachel again: Is this couples’ counseling?<\/p>\n

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This is an interesting discussion, about negative ads. You might enjoy this Onion video<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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This election is going to come down to language. These two guys speak two entirely different languages.<\/p>\n

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Obama is the ultimate Republicrat. I never thought I would say it, but I appreciate this. Wait! McCain is for a brighter future for America? I’M VOTING FOR HIM RIGHT NOW!<\/p>\n

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Sarah Palin was a member of the PTA. Clearly…<\/p>\n

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Sarah is a breast of fresh air…45 new nuclear pants…<\/p>\n

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John McCain, FUCK OFF<\/p>\n

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Here is the Wiki page on the moderator, Bob Schieffer<\/strong><\/a>. Speaking as a journalist myself, the guy is doing an extremely convincing imitation of a journalist. I can barely tell the difference…he’s even a Pisces.<\/p>\n

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I really wish Mr. Osama would shut up about drilling the Alaskan wilderness. We need some freakin’ windmills.<\/p>\n

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Time check — this has only been going on for 50 minutes. Just 40 minutes left. If I don’t update for a while, look for me on TheOnion.com<\/p>\n

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Aah McCain is accusing Obama of being soft on drilling. He said he would look at drilling. I guess that’s like seeing someone. You’re not really their boyfriend or girlfriend, it’s just a kind of flirtation.<\/p>\n

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Rachel: Ummmmm…Obama hasn’t traveled south of the border…McCain was born south of the border…and I add…he was born in Colon, Panama, which is NOT in the Canal Zone. In other words, McCain is NOT a natural citizen, as required by the Constitution.<\/p>\n

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McCain remembers Herbert Hoover<\/a><\/strong>?<\/p>\n

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Does he know that Hoover was a Republican?<\/p>\n

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JOE THE PLUMBER IS BACK. Clearly tonight he is Joe Jack Daniels…<\/p>\n

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Dominick adds: people who need health care don’t need tax credits because they don’t pay taxes. The people who can’t afford health care…don’t need a freakin’ tax credit. And it’s just a credit! You don’t get the whole $5,000, that is the amount of income you can deduct.<\/p>\n

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Democrats have been in power for two years? Ummmmm…there is a constructive Republican majority in the House and the Senate…because so many “Democrats” vote with the Republicans. Clearly, the Republicrats are in control…<\/p>\n

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THIS JUST IN — McCain is getting BIGTIME campaign donations from Sharpie. Or is that a signal? Twirling the pen?<\/p>\n

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We need to change the culture of America. Did McCain just say that? What exactly does he mean? What has that got to do with abortion?<\/p>\n

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Does anyone want a late-term abortion? Why is this even an issue? Why is settled Supreme Court case law an issue in a presidential election? Why don’t we talk about repealing the 13th Amendment?<\/p>\n

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The extreme pro abortion movement? Is that the same as the radical anti-fetus movement? What, Liberals?<\/p>\n

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Dominick says that there a million homeless children in America and 75% are thrown out of their homes because they are gay or lesbian. Thank you Fundamentalist Christian movement…<\/p>\n

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What? McCain is left handed?<\/strong> AAaahhhh finally a qualification for president. Has anyone ever noticed that all the passwords for Planet Waves Astrology News use only the left hand?<\/p>\n

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Genevieve: The cause of autism? Umm Monsanto chemicals?<\/p>\n

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Hey McCain seems like he had fun. What anti-anxiety drug did they have him on? Just three more minutes…and he can go to bed.<\/p>\n

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Now for my closing statement…<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Hellooo…it’s your old pal Eric Francis watching the debate with friends at Dominick’s Cafe in Kingston, New York…home of grandma’s Italian cooking…Rachel and Genevieve and Dominick are here; we’re in a kind of parlor between the restaurant and the hair salon that Dominick also owns. And we’re not really in Long Island, the debate is. … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":""},"categories":[111],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4075"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4075\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}