Debate the DEBATES!

[miraclesrule]

Date: 9/27/2008 12:40:10 AM
Author: TravelingGal

Date: 9/27/2008 12:36:45 AM
Author: HollyS

Date: 9/27/2008 12:32:48 AM
Author: TravelingGal

Date: 9/27/2008 12:29:31 AM
Author: HollyS
Now I''m having Blue Bell Pralines ''n Cream ice cream! Straight from the half-pint! Mmmmm!

Luckystar, I''ve got Blue Bell!!!

Holly, not only is your hair down tonight, but you may be wild head shakin'' hair flingin'' all over da place!

Glad you are enjoying yourself.

And damn it, now I want pizza AND ice cream.

I warned y''all. New leaf here. Can you handle it?

No, I do not know you. I am going to be Peter and deny you three times.

Miracles, good idea. Costco. Yum.

and ETA - forget about fact checking....going to go off to see what the $&!% fro-yo is!

:::::raising hand:::::: Pick me, pick me.....

Fro-yo=Frozen Yogurt.

 

[TravelingGal]

I said snacks. Mentioned BEFORE the debate. There is no excuse for mentioning goodies over 2 hours after the debate is over. It''s cruel and unconstitutional, I am sure.

That being said, I am ducking out before pies, pastries, cakes and delicacies of otherworldly delight get whipped out.

 

[HollyS]

Date: 9/27/2008 12:40:10 AM
Author: TravelingGal

Date: 9/27/2008 12:36:45 AM
Author: HollyS

Date: 9/27/2008 12:32:48 AM
Author: TravelingGal

Date: 9/27/2008 12:29:31 AM
Author: HollyS
Now I''m having Blue Bell Pralines ''n Cream ice cream! Straight from the half-pint! Mmmmm!

Luckystar, I''ve got Blue Bell!!!

Holly, not only is your hair down tonight, but you may be wild head shakin'' hair flingin'' all over da place!

Glad you are enjoying yourself.

And damn it, now I want pizza AND ice cream.

I warned y''all. New leaf here. Can you handle it?

No, I do not know you. I am going to be Peter and deny you three times.

Miracles, good idea. Costco. Yum.

and ETA - forget about fact checking....going to go off to see what the $&!% fro-yo is!

Fro-yo is frozen yogurt. But you knew that.

Watch those religious references girlie; don''t want to ''offend'' anyone!

 

[ChargerGrrl]

Date: 9/27/2008 12:43:21 AM
Author: miraclesrule

Date: 9/27/2008 12:40:10 AM
Author: TravelingGal

Date: 9/27/2008 12:36:45 AM
Author: HollyS

Date: 9/27/2008 12:32:48 AM
Author: TravelingGal

Date: 9/27/2008 12:29:31 AM
Author: HollyS
Now I''m having Blue Bell Pralines ''n Cream ice cream! Straight from the half-pint! Mmmmm!

Luckystar, I''ve got Blue Bell!!!

Holly, not only is your hair down tonight, but you may be wild head shakin'' hair flingin'' all over da place!

Glad you are enjoying yourself.

And damn it, now I want pizza AND ice cream.

I warned y''all. New leaf here. Can you handle it?

No, I do not know you. I am going to be Peter and deny you three times.

Miracles, good idea. Costco. Yum.

and ETA - forget about fact checking....going to go off to see what the $&!% fro-yo is!

:::::raising hand:::::: Pick me, pick me.....

Fro-yo=Frozen Yogurt.

duh, TG! (hehe)

 

[TravelingGal]

Date: 9/27/2008 12:43:21 AM
Author: miraclesrule

Date: 9/27/2008 12:40:10 AM
Author: TravelingGal

Date: 9/27/2008 12:36:45 AM
Author: HollyS

Date: 9/27/2008 12:32:48 AM
Author: TravelingGal

Date: 9/27/2008 12:29:31 AM
Author: HollyS
Now I''m having Blue Bell Pralines ''n Cream ice cream! Straight from the half-pint! Mmmmm!

Luckystar, I''ve got Blue Bell!!!

Holly, not only is your hair down tonight, but you may be wild head shakin'' hair flingin'' all over da place!

Glad you are enjoying yourself.

And damn it, now I want pizza AND ice cream.

I warned y''all. New leaf here. Can you handle it?

No, I do not know you. I am going to be Peter and deny you three times.

Miracles, good idea. Costco. Yum.

and ETA - forget about fact checking....going to go off to see what the $&!% fro-yo is!

:::::raising hand:::::: Pick me, pick me.....

Fro-yo=Frozen Yogurt.

Well that says it all. I had too much wine.

No Fro-Yo.

Wi-No.

 

[TravelingGal]

Date: 9/27/2008 12:44:48 AM
Author: HollyS

Date: 9/27/2008 12:40:10 AM
Author: TravelingGal

Date: 9/27/2008 12:36:45 AM
Author: HollyS

Date: 9/27/2008 12:32:48 AM
Author: TravelingGal

Date: 9/27/2008 12:29:31 AM
Author: HollyS
Now I'm having Blue Bell Pralines 'n Cream ice cream! Straight from the half-pint! Mmmmm!

Luckystar, I've got Blue Bell!!!

Holly, not only is your hair down tonight, but you may be wild head shakin' hair flingin' all over da place!

Glad you are enjoying yourself.

And damn it, now I want pizza AND ice cream.

I warned y'all. New leaf here. Can you handle it?

No, I do not know you. I am going to be Peter and deny you three times.

Miracles, good idea. Costco. Yum.

and ETA - forget about fact checking....going to go off to see what the $&!% fro-yo is!

Fro-yo is frozen yogurt. But you knew that.

Watch those religious references girlie; don't want to 'offend' anyone!

No, embarrasingly, I did not. Thought maybe it was something delicatable from Pockiston.

ETA, I can't spell. Delectable. Is that right? This isn't looking right....

 

[HollyS]

Date: 9/27/2008 12:46:29 AM
Author: TravelingGal

Date: 9/27/2008 12:44:48 AM
Author: HollyS

Date: 9/27/2008 12:40:10 AM
Author: TravelingGal

Date: 9/27/2008 12:36:45 AM
Author: HollyS

Date: 9/27/2008 12:32:48 AM
Author: TravelingGal

Date: 9/27/2008 12:29:31 AM
Author: HollyS
Now I''m having Blue Bell Pralines ''n Cream ice cream! Straight from the half-pint! Mmmmm!

Luckystar, I''ve got Blue Bell!!!

Holly, not only is your hair down tonight, but you may be wild head shakin'' hair flingin'' all over da place!

Glad you are enjoying yourself.

And damn it, now I want pizza AND ice cream.

I warned y''all. New leaf here. Can you handle it?

No, I do not know you. I am going to be Peter and deny you three times.

Miracles, good idea. Costco. Yum.

and ETA - forget about fact checking....going to go off to see what the $&!% fro-yo is!

Fro-yo is frozen yogurt. But you knew that.

Watch those religious references girlie; don''t want to ''offend'' anyone!

No, embarrasingly, I did not. Thought maybe it was something delicatable from Pockiston.

ETA, I can''t spell. Delectable. Is that right? This isn''t looking right....

I wasn''t going to point that out. I thought maybe it was the wine posting.

 

[miraclesrule]

Y'all are killing me. It's 10 p.m. but I HAD to make tortilla soup, because I really needed something substantive!!

It's a five ingrediant recipe I got from Trader Joes.....seriously the best ever. Open up 5 containers and put into pan...squeeze some lime and add some cilantro and one is in HEAVEN!!!!

Try it:

1 jar of TJ's green salsa verde
1 can of premium chunk chicken
1 box of chicken broth
1 can of black beans
1 can of corn (or in my case, just plop in some frozen organic corn from the bag)

Heat in pan and then add spice to season....which is some cumin, fresh lime and some cilantro.

I am sooooooooo ready for Thursday night.

Add some shredded cheese on top even!!!

ETA: Oh yeah, I almost forgot....smush up some tortilla chips on top.

 

[TravelingGal]

TGuy is on his way home. Trying to stay up...but sooo sleepy.

Miracles, that sounds good. Salsa Erde? Hmm...

So all the ingredients are packaged TJ stuff?

And I won''t be able to watch on Thursday...ugh...I don''t watch TV so I am catching up via the Internet. Just saw Palin with Couric. Oh my god. Please tell me the "liberal media" just aired the dumb bits. Somehow though, I think not. She''s going to be nails on a chalkboard on Thursday. Why couldn''t McCain have chosen an OWC?

 

[miraclesrule]

Date: 9/27/2008 1:05:38 AM
Author: TravelingGal
TGuy is on his way home. Trying to stay up...but sooo sleepy.

Miracles, that sounds good. Salsa Erde? Hmm...

So all the ingredients are packaged TJ stuff?

And I won''t be able to watch on Thursday...ugh...I don''t watch TV so I am catching up via the Internet. Just saw Palin with Couric. Oh my god. Please tell me the ''liberal media'' just aired the dumb bits. Somehow though, I think not. She''s going to be nails on a chalkboard on Thursday. Why couldn''t McCain have chosen an OWC?

Salsa Verde dangit!! Thank gawd I edited in time.

Yeah, everything but the canned salsa verde can be bought anywhere....it''s an awesome easy dish.

Eating it now...sans chips...boo.

 

[HollyS]

Date: 9/27/2008 1:05:38 AM
Author: TravelingGal
TGuy is on his way home. Trying to stay up...but sooo sleepy.

Miracles, that sounds good. Salsa Erde? Hmm...

So all the ingredients are packaged TJ stuff?

And I won''t be able to watch on Thursday...ugh...I don''t watch TV so I am catching up via the Internet. Just saw Palin with Couric. Oh my god. Please tell me the ''liberal media'' just aired the dumb bits. Somehow though, I think not. She''s going to be nails on a chalkboard on Thursday. Why couldn''t McCain have chosen an OWC?

Sleepy? It''s only 10pm where you are! I, however, am becoming a pumpkin like the fro-yo ''cause it''s 12am here. I''ve been up since 6:15am. I think I need to call it a night, too.

Thanks for staying up with me; good night ladies.

 

[TravelingGal]

Date: 9/27/2008 1:08:35 AM
Author: miraclesrule

Date: 9/27/2008 1:05:38 AM
Author: TravelingGal
TGuy is on his way home. Trying to stay up...but sooo sleepy.

Miracles, that sounds good. Salsa Erde? Hmm...

So all the ingredients are packaged TJ stuff?

And I won''t be able to watch on Thursday...ugh...I don''t watch TV so I am catching up via the Internet. Just saw Palin with Couric. Oh my god. Please tell me the ''liberal media'' just aired the dumb bits. Somehow though, I think not. She''s going to be nails on a chalkboard on Thursday. Why couldn''t McCain have chosen an OWC?

Salsa Verde dangit!! Thank gawd I edited in time.

Yeah, everything but the canned salsa verde can be bought anywhere....it''s an awesome easy dish.

Eating it now...sans chips...boo.

I will try it next week for lunch.

I am sobbing here. Palin makes Dubya look...presidential.

 

[TravelingGal]

Date: 9/27/2008 1:11:33 AM
Author: HollyS

Date: 9/27/2008 1:05:38 AM
Author: TravelingGal
TGuy is on his way home. Trying to stay up...but sooo sleepy.

Miracles, that sounds good. Salsa Erde? Hmm...

So all the ingredients are packaged TJ stuff?

And I won''t be able to watch on Thursday...ugh...I don''t watch TV so I am catching up via the Internet. Just saw Palin with Couric. Oh my god. Please tell me the ''liberal media'' just aired the dumb bits. Somehow though, I think not. She''s going to be nails on a chalkboard on Thursday. Why couldn''t McCain have chosen an OWC?

Sleepy? It''s only 10pm where you are! I, however, am becoming a pumpkin like the fro-yo ''cause it''s 12am here. I''ve been up since 6:15am. I think I need to call it a night, too.

Thanks for staying up with me; good night ladies.

Night Holly. Say yo to your fro for me.

 

[LAJennifer]

Ok, today is our anniversary - we just got home from dinner, and I''m drunk. What did I miss?

 

[miraclesrule]

Date: 9/27/2008 1:11:33 AM
Author: HollyS

Date: 9/27/2008 1:05:38 AM
Author: TravelingGal
TGuy is on his way home. Trying to stay up...but sooo sleepy.

Miracles, that sounds good. Salsa Erde? Hmm...

So all the ingredients are packaged TJ stuff?

And I won''t be able to watch on Thursday...ugh...I don''t watch TV so I am catching up via the Internet. Just saw Palin with Couric. Oh my god. Please tell me the ''liberal media'' just aired the dumb bits. Somehow though, I think not. She''s going to be nails on a chalkboard on Thursday. Why couldn''t McCain have chosen an OWC?

Sleepy? It''s only 10pm where you are! I, however, am becoming a pumpkin like the fro-yo ''cause it''s 12am here. I''ve been up since 6:15am. I think I need to call it a night, too.

Thanks for staying up with me; good night ladies.

Night Holly!! Sweet Dreams!! Have a fantastic weekend.....

 

[TravelingGal]

Date: 9/27/2008 1:15:18 AM
Author: LAJennifer
Ok, today is our anniversary - we just got home from dinner, and I''m drunk. What did I miss?

Other drunk PSers.

Happy Anniversary!!

 

[miraclesrule]

Date: 9/27/2008 1:15:18 AM
Author: LAJennifer
Ok, today is our anniversary - we just got home from dinner, and I''m drunk. What did I miss?

Nothing!! You missed nothing. You''re tipsy, it''s your anniversary!! Your man is missing YOU!!! Trust me, there wasn''t much going on in the debate. It was politics as usual...boo.

 

[FrekeChild]

Date: 9/27/2008 12:36:32 AM
Author: thing2of2

Date: 9/27/2008 12:20:26 AM
Author: miraclesrule

Date: 9/27/2008 12:16:33 AM
Author: FrekeChild
Party was interesting.

Cupcakes were a hit, got hit on by a new student, and got to watch the debate. And by *watch* I mean *sleep through*.

Now I''m going to go back and read the last 16 pages that occurred while I was gone...

19 pages....

Don''t wear your heels....wear your Crocs!!

If anyone wears Crocs to the next debate thread I''m BOYCOTTING! Just say no, kids. Just say no.

Sorry Thing, I own 3 pairs...Do all of my fabulous heels cancel them out?

And 16--because I was here when page 3 started.

I just finished reading through to page 19...wow, you guys must have taken a lot of shots!

 

[LAJennifer]

Date: 9/26/2008 9:55:05 PM
Author: Starset Princess

Date: 9/26/2008 9:50:08 PM
Author: HollyS
How many major elections have you all voted in?

I''m on my eigth presidential election. Am I the geezer here tonight?

Fifth - 1992

Me too.

 

[miraclesrule]

Okay, I guess I should go check up on the lastest Brides in Waiting so I can ogle some pics and give MOB advice.

Y'all better be back on Thursday!! This was so much fun!!

 

[SarahLovesJS]

Wow y''all are having a great time!

I am hungry after all of this food talk. I think I will have some cake.

Happy anniversary LAJennifer!

 

[FrekeChild]

And it's my third.

What else was I going to say....

One would think I've been drinking...

ETA: I'll wear fabulous heels on Thursday. I am NOT missing the VP debate. And TGal, I don't think it's the liberal media cutting anything to make Palin look worse...But I'm with you, that interview with Couric...made Dan Quayle look presidential.

 

[TravelingGal]

Date: 9/27/2008 1:18:29 AM
Author: miraclesrule

Date: 9/27/2008 1:15:18 AM
Author: LAJennifer
Ok, today is our anniversary - we just got home from dinner, and I''m drunk. What did I miss?

Nothing!! You missed nothing. You''re tipsy, it''s your anniversary!! Your man is missing YOU!!! Trust me, there wasn''t much going on in the debate. It was politics as usual...boo.

Seriously...shouldn''t you be having nookie or something? We''re not that interesting!

And yeah, I''m turning in too. Have a wedding tomorrow to go to!

See you all on Thursday!!!

 

[LAJennifer]

Date: 9/26/2008 9:58:41 PM
Author: miraclesrule
You say tamato...I say tomatoe....

Why don''t they address each other. I can''t stand the ''I don''t think Senator Obama understands''.....

Just look at each other and say ''I don''t think YOU understand''......Blah, blah, blah...I want to smack both of their heads together.

I say t''may-duhs. My old accent comes out when I drink.

 

[LAJennifer]

Date: 9/27/2008 1:18:29 AM
Author: miraclesrule

Date: 9/27/2008 1:15:18 AM
Author: LAJennifer
Ok, today is our anniversary - we just got home from dinner, and I''m drunk. What did I miss?

Nothing!! You missed nothing. You''re tipsy, it''s your anniversary!! Your man is missing YOU!!! Trust me, there wasn''t much going on in the debate. It was politics as usual...boo.

He''s not getting any - I went to the bathroom and saw that Egg White stuff and I remember what happened to T-Gal!

 

[LAJennifer]

Date: 9/27/2008 1:21:44 AM
Author: SarahLovesJS
Wow y''all are having a great time!

I am hungry after all of this food talk. I think I will have some cake.

Happy anniversary LAJennifer!

Y''all can have some of my anniversary cake from Sweet Lady Jane - replica of our wedding cake - yellow with passionfruit/apricot filling with passionfruit buttercream icing.

 

[miraclesrule]

Date: 9/27/2008 1:35:52 AM
Author: LAJennifer

Date: 9/27/2008 1:18:29 AM
Author: miraclesrule

Date: 9/27/2008 1:15:18 AM
Author: LAJennifer
Ok, today is our anniversary - we just got home from dinner, and I''m drunk. What did I miss?

Nothing!! You missed nothing. You''re tipsy, it''s your anniversary!! Your man is missing YOU!!! Trust me, there wasn''t much going on in the debate. It was politics as usual...boo.

He''s not getting any - I went to the bathroom and saw that Egg White stuff and I remember what happened to T-Gal!

Ahahahaha, ewwwwwwwwww, too funny!!!!

 

[AGBF]

It looks as if it would have been fun to be able to watch the debate and participate in this thread at the same time. That wasn''t an option for me. The one computer in my father''s house is not a laptop and is not in a room with a television. Having read the thread, now, I also wonder if I would have understood it given that I don''t drink .

It sure does look like fun, though! I am sorry I missed out on the bonding!


Deb

 

[Ellen]

Great thread ladies, we have some seriously funny people on here!

To whomever mentioned McCain's tie (sorry, but at 20 pages I forget), funny. I was watching and said to hubby, I don't like McCain's tie, it doesn't go well with his outfit. He said, oh, I think it looks ok. Then he paused, and said, he looks like he's dressed for a casket.

And yes, I noticed right off the bat that he wouldn't look at Obama. Whatever points he made in that debate, and I do think he made some, were somewhat voided out by that behavior.

My oldest, who is 24 watched too. He's not into politics at all, doesn't trust the government.

At any rate, after it was over I asked him what he thought. Among other things, he said McCain's body language made him feel he couldn't be trusted. I thought that was interesting.



Obama's people need to speak with him. When he referred to the terrorists as "those folks", I did this ---->

I will never forget Bush calling them that when he first addressed the attack. All I could think was, folks? You call these heartless, savage murderers folks? Their name starts with an F alright, but it's not folks, folks.

And he needs to say "to". He says "tuh". It's a pet peeve maybe, but when you are striving to be president, enunciation should not be asking too much.

I did like his tie though.

That said, in all honestly, I wouldn't say there was a clear winner, both made points.



On to the VP debate, which is not far from here. That's going to vewwwy interwesting....

 

[AGBF]

Here are some excerpts from a column about the debates that I found very amusing.

September 27, 2008
Op-Ed Columnist
McCain: Bearish on Debates
By GAIL COLLINS

"John McCain looked a bit off his game during the big presidential debate. Maybe he was exhausted from parachuting into Washington to resolve the financial crisis. Really, there are only so many hills a man can charge up in the course of a single week.

...

To be fair, both McCain and Barack Obama appeared equally eager to move past the central issue of the day and on to — anything else. Neither seems capable of saying anything about the credit crisis except that it’s important to protect Main Street from Wall Street. Don’t the other streets of America deserve a little consideration, candidates? Can we have a few mentions for Elm Street once in a while? What about Broadway?

Least compelling moment following the bear DNA episode: the intense argument over whose position on negotiating with Iran was most like Henry Kissinger’s.

This was supposed to be the foreign affairs debate, and it’s hard to beat down McCain on foreign affairs — anybody who can start a sentence with 'I’ve been to Waziristan ...' has a natural advantage. But Obama really more than held his own.

'John, you like to pretend like the war started in 2007,' he said. 'You talk about the surge. The war started in 2003. And at the time, when the war started, you said it was going to be quick and easy. You said we knew where the weapons of mass destruction were. You were wrong.' Although this is a very old argument, it sounded remarkably fresh, like revisiting semiforgotten territory.

McCain stumbled over the name of the president of Iran and misstated the name of the new leader of Pakistan. This would, under normal circumstances, be less than nothing. But the first presidential debate is meant to be an event so fraught with meaning that combat to the death pales in comparison. Every word matters!

This campaign has been so chock full of excitement, however, that the debate lost some of its normal most-important-moment-in-history sheen. The real tension, after all, had been getting McCain there in the first place. A simple trip to Mississippi turned into a saga featuring many, many rapidly changing story lines:

* Cancel the debate!

* Maybe cancel the debate!

* No debate unless Congress passes a financial rescue bill!

* No debate unless Congress has a plan to pass a financial rescue bill.

* Oh, what the heck.

After all that, when the wandering debater finally showed up Friday night, he just looked like a smallish, grayish, slightly grumpy guy with a grizzly obsession.

To be fair, it had been a very long week for McCain, what with ruling out the debate, ruling in the debate and returning to a Senate from which he has been AWOL so long that it’s believed his desk is now being used to store janitorial supplies.

He raced there in answer to the crisis call, after a brief detour to New York to deliver a desperately needed speech on fossil fuels at the Clinton Global Initiative. He could not have sounded more filled with passion about service and country and the need for his leadership. Then he joined President Bush, Obama and members of Congress in a White House meeting that his campaign had orchestrated, where he sat in near-silence as a bipartisan consensus fell apart.

One thing we now know for sure. Electing John McCain would be God’s gift to the profession of journalism. A story a minute.

Imagine what would happen if a new beetle infested the Iowa corn crop during the first year of a McCain administration. On Monday, we spray. On Tuesday, we firebomb. On Wednesday, the president marches barefoot through the prairie in a show of support for Iowa farmers. On Thursday, the White House reveals that Wiley Flum, a postal worker from Willimantic, Conn., has been named the new beetle eradication czar. McCain says that Flum had shown 'the instincts of a maverick reformer' in personally buying a box of roach motels and scattering them around the post office locker room. 'I can’t wait to introduce Wiley to those beetles in Iowa,' the president adds.

On Friday, McCain announces he’s canceling the weekend until Congress makes the beetles go away.

Barack Obama would just round up a whole roomful of experts and come up with a plan. Yawn."

Deborah