Comments on: U.S. Presidential debate in Madrid http://spanish-podcast.com/2008/09/28/us-presidential-debate-in-madrid/ A bilingual blog and conversational Spanish podcast. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:02:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: eleena http://spanish-podcast.com/2008/09/28/us-presidential-debate-in-madrid/#comment-1659 eleena Sun, 19 Oct 2008 08:54:40 +0000 http://spanish-podcast.com/?p=429#comment-1659 Hey Pedro, Yes, you're right. The two Republican reps were very evenhanded, reasonable and well-spoken and for a brief moment I saw that wow, Republicans and Democrats can be in the same room to talk about politics and do it in a civil manner. Just like in the good ol' days of the 20th-century. Unfortunately for McCain, the two Madrid reps of the U.S. Republican party are not the type of Republican voices that people commonly hear or read in the media, not even on Fox News which is just one big pundit scream-a-thon. Actually, all the cable news networks are just pundit scream-a-thons. It's grating. Hey Pedro,
Yes, you’re right. The two Republican reps were very evenhanded, reasonable and well-spoken and for a brief moment I saw that wow, Republicans and Democrats can be in the same room to talk about politics and do it in a civil manner. Just like in the good ol’ days of the 20th-century. Unfortunately for McCain, the two Madrid reps of the U.S. Republican party are not the type of Republican voices that people commonly hear or read in the media, not even on Fox News which is just one big pundit scream-a-thon. Actually, all the cable news networks are just pundit scream-a-thons. It’s grating.

]]> By: Pedro http://spanish-podcast.com/2008/09/28/us-presidential-debate-in-madrid/#comment-1658 Pedro Sun, 19 Oct 2008 07:11:08 +0000 http://spanish-podcast.com/?p=429#comment-1658 Your account of the screening at Casa de América is accurate, although it is missing a description of the q&a session... I encourage you to see my blog entry for that: http://www.megaspora.net/en/2008/09/27/us-presidential-debate-in-madrid/ Cheers, Your account of the screening at Casa de América is accurate, although it is missing a description of the q&a session… I encourage you to see my blog entry for that: http://www.megaspora.net/en/2008/09/27/us-presidential-debate-in-madrid/

Cheers,

]]> By: Natalie http://spanish-podcast.com/2008/09/28/us-presidential-debate-in-madrid/#comment-1589 Natalie Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:21:27 +0000 http://spanish-podcast.com/?p=429#comment-1589 If I were a presidential candidate I'd really want to lose. I mean, look at the mess US is in on both foreign and domestic fronts... This would be the toughest job ever. If I were a presidential candidate I’d really want to lose. I mean, look at the mess US is in on both foreign and domestic fronts… This would be the toughest job ever.

]]> By: Erik R. http://spanish-podcast.com/2008/09/28/us-presidential-debate-in-madrid/#comment-1585 Erik R. Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:53:57 +0000 http://spanish-podcast.com/?p=429#comment-1585 The video I downloaded was from CNN too. How useless was that stupid "audience approval" graph? Sheesh! The video I downloaded was from CNN too. How useless was that stupid “audience approval” graph? Sheesh!

]]> By: eleena http://spanish-podcast.com/2008/09/28/us-presidential-debate-in-madrid/#comment-1583 eleena Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:39:54 +0000 http://spanish-podcast.com/?p=429#comment-1583 Erik, Nah, it wasn't live. They had recorded the entire debate the night before from CNN and then showed it on a large screen. They also handed out headphones so that people in the audience could listen to a Spanish translation, which was pretty cool. Erik,
Nah, it wasn’t live. They had recorded the entire debate the night before from CNN and then showed it on a large screen. They also handed out headphones so that people in the audience could listen to a Spanish translation, which was pretty cool.

]]> By: Erik R. http://spanish-podcast.com/2008/09/28/us-presidential-debate-in-madrid/#comment-1573 Erik R. Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:37:26 +0000 http://spanish-podcast.com/?p=429#comment-1573 It wasn't live at 3am, I hope. Sounds like a pretty cool event. It wasn’t live at 3am, I hope. Sounds like a pretty cool event.

]]> By: Laura http://spanish-podcast.com/2008/09/28/us-presidential-debate-in-madrid/#comment-1572 Laura Sun, 28 Sep 2008 23:26:57 +0000 http://spanish-podcast.com/?p=429#comment-1572 I also cheered when Obama mentioned Spain...then had to explain the story to everyone watching the debate with me, since it's obviously not been nearly as prevalent on news here. I also cheered when Obama mentioned Spain…then had to explain the story to everyone watching the debate with me, since it’s obviously not been nearly as prevalent on news here.

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