Reactions to the Debate...

**This post will make more sense if you watched the debate. You may still find comments appropriate without having watched the debate. Abbreviations are used instead of names. Who knows how many people have e-mail alerts for all of the names present in the debate.**

Tonight is the night of the town-hall style debate. The proclaimed "aggressive" debate (at least proclaimed by cnn.com). I'm not seeing it. If JMC can be 'aggressive' I'll be surprised...he never seems to show vocal emotion.

I'm watching the debate tonight, even though I mailed in my absentee ballot today. I know though, in my classes, the debate will be a hot topic. Or if not in my classes then among my friends. I'm thanking everything above though that in my HY318 class we have a test tomorrow so that Mr. Ultra-Conservative in the class can't give his reactions....

I've had some pretty 'aggressive' reactions to some of the comments by both Senators though. Honestly. Here are some of the snap reactions that I've had while watching the debate...

JMC should not be repeating what he has voted for and what BO has not voted for. That's great. You do your job in the Senate. What does it mean for your campaign?! What is your platform on the question.

JMC and BO both need to follow the rules they agreed to. If they can't follow debate rules, are they going to be able to follow their campaign platforms??

If JMC and/or BO had agreed to a 'Manhattan Project' view on nuclear power I would have flipped my lid. Just hearing that question I almost flipped out.

I was following the reactions to the debate on Twitter - one said that there should be a drinking game, and every time JMC says "my friends" take a drink. You would be drunk. Quickly. At the beginning of the debate I would of said if "cronyism" or "cronies" would've worked.

TB, though, is great repeating the rules to the Senators - "there are lights around the stage", "Let me remind you of the rules you agreed to..."

Let's not even get me started on my views on Iraq...oh lord have mercy.

Troops will come home with honor no matter what. Whether or not there is a victory. The fact that the troops have done something that not all will do..they deserve the honor that comes with the uniform. I may or may not agree with why the troops came to be in Afghanistan and Iraq, but all troops deserve honor and need to be supported.

My question for BO: Do we know for sure that bin Laden is in the hills of Pakistan??

Let's not give a history lesson throughout the entire debate gentlemen. Answer the questions as how they apply to your campaigns. I love history. Obviously as it is my major. I don't want to hear history being used to skirt around the answer though.

I'm sorry, every time I hear 'General Petraeus' I think of The Daily Show: "General Betray-us". I don't know when they did that segment, but I hear that each time I hear the General's name.

I don't know near enough about foreign politics - especially in Russia. I need to learn more about Putin and what he did...

Yes or No question. Why give a long response to that? I didn't know that yes or no required a minute speaking. And JMC needs to use his mic. That's what it's there for.

What's wrong with negotiation, JMC? If we can get out of something without diverting troops to another country, another war, why would you not want to do that? I understand that no one should want a second Holocaust to take place, but does that necessarily mean that we fore-go negotiations and go straight to troops? Good for you, BO, saying that we should never take military options off the table and use all of the tools available to us to prevent possible terrorist actions in Iran.

Point for BO: talk with our friends and talk with our enemies.

"What don't you know, and how will you learn it?" Great viewer question.

"What I don't know is what the unexpected will be." - JMC. Good quote. Me like. May not like anything else, but I do like that quote.

Can you tell from my comments who I voted for?

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