Pt 5/12 Democratic Presidential Debate 1-21-08

[user696969]

its funny, this was the most challenge obama faced during the entire campaign, it was smooth sailing after this, lol

[GODESS919]

edwards is great he's so polite

[someperson111]

"REQUIRED" that is what she said, required as in FORCED as in MANDATED

[nickah79]

@someperson111 The new healthcare bill going into effect in 2014 MANDATES.

[someperson111]

@nickah79 Thanks for the speedy response to my comment lol.

[nickah79]

@someperson111 LOL. That was funny.... The clip is from 3 years ago.

[someperson111]

@nickah79 But my point still stands 3 years later, I still hate mandates

[nickah79]

@someperson111 Speaking of mandates, how do you feel about our "civil obligation" (a mandate) to serve jury duty? I'd rather be mandated to protect my health, and the health of others, then be a juror having to decide someone's fate.

[nickah79]

@someperson111 And you go to jail for ditching jury duty. You only pay a fine in taxes if you don't give yourself health insurance.

[someperson111]

@nickah79 I don't like mandates period although it is our civic duty to serve. Plus it's like what, once every 8 years? I tend to take that evil with alot less fervor than mandated freaking health insurance.

[rish1rish]

look at her face right in the beginning when Barack states.. "he's the one that sponsored that bill"(:15 sec)

Barack has consistently been stating that he's sick of clarifiying "factually incorrect" statements

[someperson111]

She got BARACKOWNED!

[shake1bk]

look you morons right now 3-8-2008 we are having some serious economy situations this is not some joke this is real what you all need to do is vote for hillary she could bring back up the economy againg and stop making racial problems leave the martin luther kings and malcom x in the pass racial days are really over and live the future now to fix this economy problems and hillary clintons can fix this problem they have the expiriances to do it

[brickset08]

ya right

[omgstfudavid]

stfu faggot

[gocoogs07]

Does anyone else find it odd that this series of vids has 20,000 or LESS views each, meanwhile the "Chris Crocker Phenomena" has had millions of views for each of his(her?) vids?

Just something I thought I'd put out there.

[pink1panther1]

You can see the candidates clearly shifting gears since the CNN/Youtube debate. Instead of targeting Hilary (the leader at the time), Barack seems to have to constantly defend himself as he gains momentum.

[gueroconejo87]

if u notice obama and clinton say what we should do?...lets do this lets do that....edwards is the only one that actually defines why and how it should be done...Edwards got my vote in georgia

[idislikethissomuch]

cunt fucking shit!!!....american politics are like a soap opera....

[philmadison]

Am I the only one that realizes that this is not a debate on issues of the country but this is a personal debate for one canidate to show up the other! If this is the example the Democrats are presenting as a future glimpse of the White House, God help us if any one of these three win

[AFatGirlsAttempt1]

aw Edwards trys to get into the bickering this round.

[Nachtara17]

4:40 way to pat yourself on the back obama

[MercedesSantiaga]

Ten minutes of hilary and obama talking with each other. This is just disgraceful what the media has done to limit the edwards campaign.

[Db8it]

You will notice that Obama attempts to stay very clear on specifics, while Hillary throws around deliberately twisted accusations. Yes, they are both critical of one another. However, she is pure politics, while he is attempting to clarify his record and make legitimate distinctions between them. I don't think Edwards smells like a rose, either. He is chuckling at his lack of time in the cross-hairs.

[Hewhosmokeswomen]

hillary rodham clinton is a fuckin cunt. thats right i said it, i dont give a fuck!

[onthetilt69]

both clinton and edwards are the last people who should be doing that..

all three of these candidates stated that they were against the war on terror and wanted to pull the troops out

but then public opinion changed and its like the people want to stay in Iraq

when it came time for it both edwards and clinton voted for the war on terror and obama was the only one to stick to his words and vote against it

[iTzParasite]

i totally agree with you teoaniel, obama can eaisily be bought off by the republicans and is not a true democrat he is just looking for political power. he is weak

[FoneBone2001]

This is hilarious - what a mudfest!

[yelloke]

All Clinton does is personally attack Obama. She is absolutely worthless.

[PocketKitsune]

All Obama does is personally attack Hillary.

He is absolutely worthless.

Edwards is the only one looking good here.

[Nachtara17]

thank u! a lot of people say he shouldn't win cuz he's a white man but he's the only 1 who doesn't sound like a child.

[quezcatol]

Obama get applauds for everything he says.

Is that because he is black?

Because mostly isnt impressive at all.

[awgu]

Hillary Clinton is blind ambition on a stick.

If she wins the nomination, the Democrats may LOSE the next election.

[iTzParasite]

and with the illegal immagrants why do they deserve health care if they come over hear ILLEGALLY and expect to be treated like a citizen if they want health care then become a citizen or go to another country

[mistermig]

uh, because they're fellow human beings? the reason they're here is to attempt to feed their families. maybe you should go pick strawberries and cotton for 2 dollars an hour, and then we'll listen to you. yet you eat the food from their labor, don't you? you make me sick.

[kkvh4026]

Does anyone know if illegal (I do hate labelling fellow humans that word when they haven't commited a crime that hurt other people by the way) immigrants will at least be entitled to use the emergency welfare services in America?

[rawdawg15]

Are you freaking kidding me? For that comment, you should be deported. How about this: you and your buddies could chip in for them, keep me and the rest of america out.

[rambo26]

why not provide health care for the whole world? they're human beings you know

....health care should be privatized :-)

[iTzParasite]

it seems during this debate that edwards has been the only one to respectfully ask a question to another canidate. ombama tries to be but slips up here and there and hilary doesn't care if she offends some one she just makes sure every hears her side

[s4life]

I kinda liked Hillary at the beginning.. I wonder what was I thinking? she's shrill, unpleasant... I don't think she can manage to win against the republicans.

[mistermig]

I think she's KICK ASS, personally. She's got more capability in one little finger. I do like Edwards a lot, but he's too nice.

[wgarland614]

kids of illegal immigrants (if born in the states) are AMERICAN CITIZENS of course they should be covered

[kendreid]

Hillary says "...My healthcare program covers everyone. I do not leave anyone out. It is a universal system..."

Does that mean it will cover illegal immigrants? Will it cover the unemployed? The homeless? What about the children of illegal immigrant parents?

[oncewasEdwardQ]

A utopian health care program should cover everybody, even visiting millionaire tourists who fall ill in their $1000/night hotel rooms I would think. Since nothing is perfect, the more people it covers is moving closer to perfect.

[mistermig]

AGREED AGREED AGREED. That's how the UK, France, and Canada do it!!!

[mistermig]

but still, she has to play the system, and she knows that. the health insurance companies arent going to put up with just going out of business, her plan will work. ITS A START.

[pkt171]

if illegal immigrants, the homeless and the unemployed are human beings,then why not cover them? Halliburton and their corporate brethren rip you off to an extent that makes covering illegals, who pick your fruits and veggies for pennies an hour, semm like nickels and dimes.

[BrianElstad]

socialized medicine eliminates competition which stgnates the progression of medical advancement, pure and simple.

[kevinpaulharper]

Brian, single payer or as you call it (socialized medicine) does not mean that the hospitals are run by the government, it means that the doctors will get paid for treating clients by the government instead of healthinsurance companies. The clinics are still publicly owned, and have to compeat more with each other because now the people can go where ever they want to get treated. Pure and simple =)

[kevinpaulharper]

I am not sure that you guys understand what she is saying, "Universal" does not mean free, what she is saying is that you MUST buy healthcare or your breaking the law.

It is another way for healthinsurance companies to make more money because the 47mil Americans who cant afford healthcare will now have to buy it... It is still a for profit system, Edwards plan is a for profit system, Obama's plan is a for profit system.

[Jihad00]

I believe at the end of the day American ppl enjoy a candidate who is honest and compassionate about uniting all Americans. Obama is that candidate.

[schwirzl]

hillary voted for the biggest US disaster since Vietnam with thousands of dead soldiers and civilians. She should n even run because of this fact.

[kevinpaulharper]

War is not possible without funds, so voting for the war or voting to fund the war is the same thing, I agree with you. We should not let any of these guys become president.

[s4life]

Don't get sucked up in the propaganda... read on your own.

[schwirzl]

so imagine you are obama, you come to the senate and you know that your country attacked a country for no reason and this country is now a total mess. Then you know that there gonna be a civil war if you leave Iraq at once. Now what would you do?

[kevinpaulharper]

You talk to the naghboring countries of Iraq, because it is in theren best intrest to keep the country in a stable condition. You advise them on creating a peace keeping force which you can help fund and you get yourself out of there.

Read up on Dennis Kucinich's plan, he does not just want to pull out. But as long as we are there, we will be the enemy.

[schwirzl]

so America total mess this up and their neighbours, 2 of them got attacked by Iraqi, have to help them ?

[kevinpaulharper]

I feel like we are going round and round. Please read Kucinich's plan before we continue, it is very detailed.

Obama wants to continue operations in Iraq, He is threating Iran. If our actions there is creating new terrorists, do you feel it is a good solution to continue?

[PocketKitsune]

I wish Kucinich could have been in this debate.

He's the only one that doesn't feel like "more of the same".

[schwirzl]

Could you be more realistic please. Kucinich is out of the race, he had less votes than uncommitted votes in the last election. So you can choose between warmonger hillary and obama, edwards.

[starman739]

I'm british so i have no great vested interest - Edwards comes across well (but won't get far), Clinton seems to spend the time throwing mud, and Obama comes across well by giving what looks like a pretty fair response to all of the accusations. I'd vote Obama

[01141988]

i am not american nor do I live in the usa. But if i were to vote, it wouldn't be hillary. edwards is good, but to beat hillary, edwards and obama supporters should come together for obama.

[kevinpaulharper]

I am American and I can tell you this, all 3 float in the same boat. None of them speak for the people and all of them will keep us in Combat, in NAFTA and the WTO, none of them will kill the P.A.T.R.I.O.T act and all of them are paid by Big phama, all of them are members of CFR and all of them say one thing and vote another.

[objbuilder]

Good line about the house insurance.

[melekcrescent]

Barack was under fire tonight, wasn't he?

[asier71]

Yea, but he basically won every exchange which is impressive.

[guppypartz]

Hillary 'bargain with the drug companies ...'? Hillary will bargain FOR the drug companies!

[pl6teen]

i don't think edwards is interested in becoming a VP candidate again. He's in this race until the convention.

btw, edwards is the only true liberal on stage, and he's not even that far to the left.

[jennanov77]

Yeah the only thing is Clinton doesn't want Edwards...someone asked her what if Obama was her VP, and she highly complimented Obama...she knows that he has a lot of votes more than Edwards, and Obama has the Youth Vote, and a lot of African American vote...having Obama is the only way she can beat the gop...why do you think they want Hillary to win and not Obama, they know they can beat her.

[RoachAsylum]

Its very clear Edwards wants to be Clinton's VP