Presidential debate discussion http://www.coveritlive.com/index2.php/option=com_altcaster/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=f67a2f8871/height=//width= Thu, 04 Oct 2012 14:56:10 GMT Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:03:55 GMT 1 en-us <![CDATA[8:56 Lowell Brown]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 14:56:40 GMT Our live chat will start soon. Please send in your questions and comments. ]]> <![CDATA[9:02 Lowell Brown]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:02:13 GMT Welcome to our live chat on last night’s presidential debate. I’m Lowell Brown of the Waco Trib. Joining me are two Baylor University professors, Matt Gerber and Patrick Flavin, who are experts in debate and political science, respectively. Welcome, professors. Please tell everyone what you do at Baylor. ]]> <![CDATA[9:02 Matt Gerber]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:02:40 GMT I am the Director of Baylor’s nationally ranked debate program, and have been in that position since 2003. I am also an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication. I teach classes on Argumentation, Corporate Advocacy, Legal Communication, and the Rhetoric of American Foreign Policy. ]]> <![CDATA[9:02 Pat Flavin]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:02:56 GMT <![CDATA[9:03 Lowell Brown]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:03:02 GMT <![CDATA[9:03 Lowell Brown]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:03:14 GMT <![CDATA[9:03 Matt Gerber]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:03:40 GMT <![CDATA[9:04 Pat Flavin]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:04:05 GMT <![CDATA[9:04 Lowell Brown]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:04:43 GMT ]]> <![CDATA[9:05 Matt Gerber]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:05:16 GMT <![CDATA[9:05 Pat Flavin]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:05:35 GMT <![CDATA[9:06 Lowell Brown]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:06:00 GMT <![CDATA[9:06 Pat Flavin]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:06:28 GMT <![CDATA[9:06 Matt Gerber]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:06:47 GMT <![CDATA[9:07 Comment From James]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:07:00 GMT <![CDATA[9:08 Matt Gerber]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:08:49 GMT <![CDATA[9:09 Pat Flavin]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:09:00 GMT <![CDATA[9:09 Comment From Pete]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:09:15 GMT <![CDATA[9:10 Matt Gerber]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:10:40 GMT ]]> <![CDATA[9:11 Pat Flavin]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:11:44 GMT <![CDATA[9:11 Lowell Brown]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:11:56 GMT <![CDATA[9:14 Matt Gerber]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:14:36 GMT ]]> <![CDATA[9:14 Pat Flavin]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:14:49 GMT <![CDATA[9:15 Comment From BaylorClass]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:15:10 GMT <![CDATA[9:15 Matt Gerber]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:15:17 GMT <![CDATA[9:16 Pat Flavin]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:16:59 GMT <![CDATA[9:17 Matt Gerber]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:17:18 GMT <![CDATA[9:17 Lowell Brown]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:17:36 GMT <![CDATA[9:19 Matt Gerber]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:19:12 GMT <![CDATA[9:19 Pat Flavin]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:19:59 GMT <![CDATA[9:20 Comment From Brett Bolte]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:20:08 GMTthat.The problem is, Romney isn't going to cut military spending. (Neither is Obama, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning President, BTW).That will make Raytheon happy. He's not going to close any of our 900 bases in 140 countries. We don't need to spend $1 trillion a year to defend our shores. (We do need $1 trillion if are going to continue to attack every country with dictators and Muslims in it). He should cut money out of the military budget or we will go bankrupt. We're going to go bankrupt, anyway, to be honest. Hell, we're bankrupt now, it's just that the Chinese haven't called the loan yet. But, doing something sensible like closing half of those 900 bases and saving our country from bankruptcy will be spun as "making our veterans homeless”, and “unpatriotic", and all that garbage. What is so unpatriotic about trying to prevent your country from being owned by China, the dollar nearly worthless, and 70% of our citizens dumpster diving? When no one wants to loan us money so we can buy stuff made in China (because they know they’ll never get repaid), the dollar is gonna collapse. That’s when it will get real interesting. When the welfare check is in the mail, but it won’t buy anything, the Free Stuff Army is gonna go ballistic. ]]> <![CDATA[9:21 Comment From Kelly]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:21:09 GMT <![CDATA[9:22 Lowell Brown]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:22:18 GMT <![CDATA[9:22 Matt Gerber]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:22:21 GMT ]]> <![CDATA[9:23 Matt Gerber]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:23:30 GMT <![CDATA[9:23 Comment From Anonymous]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:23:47 GMT <![CDATA[9:24 Comment From Guest]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:24:59 GMT <![CDATA[9:25 Pat Flavin]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:25:23 GMT <![CDATA[9:25 Matt Gerber]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:25:39 GMT <![CDATA[9:27 Matt Gerber]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:27:05 GMT ]]> <![CDATA[9:27 Pat Flavin]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:27:25 GMT <![CDATA[9:27 Pat Flavin]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:27:41 GMT <![CDATA[9:27 Comment From Pete]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:27:48 GMT <![CDATA[9:29 Matt Gerber]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:29:53 GMT <![CDATA[9:29 Pat Flavin]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:29:57 GMT <![CDATA[9:30 Comment From Ken]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:30:21 GMT <![CDATA[9:30 Lowell Brown]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:30:38 GMT <![CDATA[9:30 Matt Gerber]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:30:42 GMT <![CDATA[9:31 Matt Gerber]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:31:49 GMT <![CDATA[9:32 Pat Flavin]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:32:58 GMT <![CDATA[9:33 Comment From Guest]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:33:37 GMT <![CDATA[9:35 Matt Gerber]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:35:13 GMT <![CDATA[9:36 Pat Flavin]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:36:04 GMT <![CDATA[9:36 Comment From Andrew]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:36:16 GMT <![CDATA[9:37 Matt Gerber]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:37:08 GMT <![CDATA[9:38 Pat Flavin]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:38:32 GMT <![CDATA[9:38 Comment From James]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:38:48 GMT <![CDATA[9:40 Matt Gerber]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:40:43 GMT <![CDATA[9:41 Pat Flavin]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:41:05 GMT <![CDATA[9:42 Lowell Brown]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:42:27 GMT Mitt Romney went for the details all night, with the whole, "a woman from wherever said to me," thing. But Obama didn't. Why wouldn't you go for that? Did Obama lose points because he did stay more generalized, without folksy examples? ]]> <![CDATA[9:44 Pat Flavin]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:44:51 GMT <![CDATA[9:44 Matt Gerber]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:44:55 GMT <![CDATA[9:45 Comment From Kelly]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:45:19 GMT <![CDATA[9:46 Matt Gerber]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:46:57 GMT <![CDATA[9:48 Pat Flavin]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:48:05 GMT <![CDATA[9:48 Lowell Brown]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:48:17 GMT <![CDATA[9:51 Pat Flavin]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:51:41 GMT <![CDATA[9:53 Matt Gerber]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:53:42 GMT <![CDATA[9:53 Lowell Brown]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:53:57 GMT <![CDATA[9:55 Matt Gerber]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:55:27 GMT <![CDATA[9:56 Matt Gerber]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:56:25 GMTObama: Blue tie (passive, blue-collar) ]]> <![CDATA[9:56 Pat Flavin]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:56:25 GMT <![CDATA[9:56 Comment From Joe]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:56:30 GMT <![CDATA[9:57 Matt Gerber]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:57:51 GMT <![CDATA[9:58 Pat Flavin]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:58:10 GMT <![CDATA[9:58 Pat Flavin]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:58:35 GMT <![CDATA[9:58 Comment From Andrew]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:58:39 GMT <![CDATA[10:01 Pat Flavin]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:01:31 GMT <![CDATA[10:03 Lowell Brown]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:03:35 GMT <![CDATA[10:03 Lowell Brown]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:03:42 GMT <![CDATA[10:03 ]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:03:55 GMT 
 
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