If tonight’s first presidential debate actually happens, there is talk that it could surpass the record 80 million viewers set by the Jimmy Carter-Ronald Reagan debate in 1980. Former Wichitan Alan Schroeder, Northeastern University professor and author of “Presidential Debates: 40 Years of High-Risk TV,” predicted to Politico that the debate will live on in excerpts on YouTube and cable news, and “those one or two excerpts will overtake the entire program.” The newspaper Variety warns that high-definition television, now watched by at least one-third of U.S. households, “could expose every blemish, every wrinkle, every gray hair to a national audience.” Topping Schroeder’s list of top 10 debates was 1988’s Lloyd Bentsen vs. Dan Quayle (in photo), famous for the “no Jack Kennedy” line.
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That is if McCain shows up.
McCain is suspending his campaign while working on the biggest finacial crisis the world has ever faced.
Where is the One?
I don’t have time for all this bail-out crap I vote “present,” whatever, you guys handle it, I have a campaign to run. Where’s my pack of Kools….
The newspaper Variety warns that high-definition television, now watched by at least one-third of U.S. households, “could expose every blemish, every wrinkle, every gray hair to a national audience.”
Psst…they have make-up artists that work in TV now.
Heh Yeah Reg, and mcsame paid over four THOUSAND dollars for one to prep him for TV.
Kinda makes edwards’ four hundred dollar haircut look small by comparison.
IOKIYAAR
Vanity, thy name is….
Maybe that’s why mcsame wont debate? He cant get his usual high dollar Hollywood makeup artist to work on Fridays?
Yeah, after McCain called David Letterman to say he was rushing to get on a plane to Washingtonto save the country and thus could not make the taping of the Letterman show, we saw him in an NBC news studio having his face powdered.
Mr. Letterman was pretty angry that John McCain lied to him. Letterman would have accepted the truth.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjkCrfylq-E
Yeah, after McCain called David Letterman to say he was rushing to get on a plane to Washingtonto save the country and thus could not make the taping of the Letterman show, we saw him in an NBC news studio having his face powdered.
Mr. Letterman was pretty angry that John McCain lied to him. Letterman would have accepted the truth.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjkCrfylq-E
“McCain is suspending his campaign while working on the biggest finacial crisis the world has ever faced.”
Yea – it was real important for McCain to come to Washington and scuttle the deal.
Publicly, mccain’s not endorsing either plan, house repubs. better watch their backsides.
I think hdtv will even show the caked on makeup.
Where’s the suspension? (Where’s the suspense?)
McCain is on TV nearly every hour on the hour, getting airtime. Is that not campaigning?
http://mediamatters.org/countyfair/200809250016?show=1
Rather than simply repeating John McCain’s assertion that he has suspended his campaign, Huffington Post reporter Sam Stein actually did a little work to determine if that is true. His conclusion? “McCain Campaign Still Active Across The Country.”
And yet MSNBC’s Norah O’Donnell is still saying — just now — “John McCain suprised many yesterday by suspending his campaign and announcing that he was returning to Washington.” O’Donnell certainly isn’t unique — she’s just the person who happened to say it as I was writing this post. The major media, almost across the board, is repeating the McCain line that he has suspended his campaign.
This is really simple: John McCain has not suspended his campaign. His campaign staffers are on television, attacking Barack Obama. His ads are still running. His campaign offices are still buzzing with activity.
He. Has. Not. Suspended. His. Campaign.
Anyone who says he has simply isn’t telling the truth.
Published Thu, Sep 25, 2008 4:00pm ET by Jamison Foser
DavidB,
The footage Letterman showed of McCain getting powder-puffed was at CBS, not NBC. Other than that, you’re right on.
So, McCain is now going to participate in the debate.
;-)
Wonder what he thinks his little tantrum accomplished?
lindaStinks55- Wonder what he thinks his little tantrum accomplished?
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Whip the ‘tards into a frenzy?
Thought so.
bahhhhhhhh……….
bahhhhhhhh……….
I’m waiting for all the McCainiacs to line up and spew a 180-degree change from their defense of John S (for Senile) McCain the Third (for Shrub’s 3rd term) originally backing out of tonight’s debate.
McCoot is piloting his campaign the way he did those five fighter jets.
MonkeySpank- McCoot is piloting his campaign the way he did those five fighter jets.
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Who do you suppose is piloting the Ones?
Jesus and Jeremiah?
MCsame as Duhmya only faked his way out of Letterman because he’s scared of getting caught looking stupid again.
The only reason he went to D.C. is to get more money for his controllers like he is trying to do for Northrop/Airbus.He’s still got lobbyists working for him and getting paid by failing companies. no news here McSame would say move along. Plain Palin is out trying to make friends and enemies at the same time so we can get into another war is MCSAME and Plain get in.