The Debate - My take - (For the humour impaired there is liberal use of SARCASM in this post)

[truebrit71]

HRC - not too bad..not shrill or 'bitchy'..she seemed very comfortable, in control and forceful when necessary

Biden - didn't plaigarize anyone...offered little in the way of 'new'

Richardson - thought he had some interesting things to say...would have liked to be able to hear more..

Edwards - Cool, calm, collected, scored lots of points, didn't need to hear about the closed mill though John..again

Obama - Obviously a crowd fave, came up well short..sounded very stilted, too practiced, and strangely ill-at ease...not a good performance

Dennis - Grand Slam hitter...firing on all cylinders...seemed to have the most new/innovative/radical/fresh ideas of the lot..

Gavel - Who let Grampa off the porch?

Dodd - not as boring and stuffy as his attire...other than a bare-knuckle fist-fight to the death with his microphone, not too much excitement though...

Overall this was a good debate, the format preventing anyone from dominating...no real sniping between candidates..even when grampa started to soil his depends...questions were thought-provoking and substantive...Tavis didn't appear overly enamoured with the sound of his own voice tonight either...

The republican debate in that forum could be VERY interesting indeed...

(Edited because some people are just too thick to see sarcasm when it doesn't have a :sarcasm: smilie in every sentence)

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[Gregorian]

2. Gravel's a hell of a grampa.

Even if he does forget how to dress himself sometimes.

It's an optimistic group. I just hope we can have a fairly level playing field.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

3. My take on your take..

Eh.

[truebrit71]

4. My take on your take of my take

Huh?

[Le Taz Hot]

5. "Who let grandpa off the porch?"

Goddamn! Can you get any more ageist? Man that's insulting!

[William769]

6. When has Hillary been "bitchy"?

[durrrty libby]

7. must be a brit thing

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[valerief]

8. I don't think any of them said "Double Guantanamo" either. nt

[mitchum]

10. It's cool; some of us could see what you were doing (referencing...

the various cliched takes on the candidates), and I guess the rest are just tone deaf :)

[truebrit71]

11. Thanks for that...!

I was starting to get worried that absolutely everyone had lost their sense of humour..

[scarletwoman]

12. Well, you see, we're mostly Americans. Therefore, we don't have a sense of *humour*.

Only a sense of humor -- sometimes... maybe...

[truebrit71]

13. Not often enough it appears..

...;-)

[scarletwoman]

15. I must admit, I'm sorely lacking in good humor, AND good humour these days.

Mostly I swing between impotent rage and black despair.

But that's not to say that I can't appreciate a grim chuckle now and then. Your OP was very nicely done -- good show, mate!

:D

[truebrit71]

16. Thank you...I was looking for a little smart-ass pick-me-up...

...sort of approach but unfortunately there appears to be a plethora of those suffering from ocular-rectosis around here in grumpy-land...

[MedleyMisty]

14. I haven't lost mine

I just didn't see any hints that it was sarcastic. It read like a normal DU post to me. If that was the point, maybe knowing your post history would have helped.

[whistle]

17. Well I did not see the debate although I wanted to watch it online

....geesh...will be rebroadcast on C-Span at 5:30am so I'll be missing it again...zzzzzz

By the way Sonny, it's spelled Gravel and pronounced 'Gra_vell' like a cultured French person might say it, you young whipper snapper!

Some day I hope you might appreciate quiet times in a rocker on the porch, so don't knock it.

[trashcanistanista]

18. And the winner is ...

Dennis!!! Spot on. I agree totally with your take. I'll add John Edwards is a good looking guy!