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Tuesday, November 27, 2007

You (tube) and I discussing Politics

751 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

late arrivals are bad, i prolly lose more sleep on these then normal days o well... and yes only 15 hrs and 29 mins to the big dance..

2:31 AM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Elbaum- This Debate is gonna be SICK!

12:40 PM

 
Blogger Joey G. said...

Rudy is taking no prisoners tonight. Can't wait to here from ya Elbaum in 3 hours! ooh exciting

3:56 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

2.25 hours till go time!

RON PAUL 2008!!!!

4:45 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

pottusssss elbaum...i know this isnt a "chatroom" buuutttt guess whats on tv right now...........SANDLOT!!!!!!! FOREVVVERRRRRR...im gna watch the youtube thing..better be as great as u say.

6:00 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

so is it 7?

6:08 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anyone watching debate pregame on CNN??

6:37 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

what channel is this on?

6:56 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ron Paul is gonna get it on til the early morn'...why is he not in the democratic race?

6:57 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

PRELUDE TO THE DEBATE:::RUDY IS IN TROUBLE FOR BILLING NYC TAXPAYERS FOR SOME QUESTIONABLE THINGS

6:58 PM

 
Blogger Julie said...

time to go... 1 minute

6:59 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

big E, all the repubs r in trouble becuz of bush

6:59 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

IM PUMPED GET JACKED FOR THE DEBATE

6:59 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

sam,

watch them RUN from W's legacy

7:00 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This is going to be good!

7:00 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

what politician isnt corrupt

7:00 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

maya is in HEAVEN!

7:00 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

elbaum i am changing my name from dave s, david schmulenson to.... schmuly

7:01 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

its startingggg

7:01 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This guy has the highest voice i ever heard

7:01 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

awwwwwwwwwww yeaaaaa

7:01 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey, Mr. Elbaum, how do you feel about Mr Glim making that assignment tonight due Friday instead so you have to grade it..

7:01 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This FL GOvt. is a powerful dude. FL is a major swing state in 08

7:02 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

ellbaummmm

7:02 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi kevin ;)

7:03 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

RON HAS HIS DO WORK FACE ON

7:03 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Republicans are amazing!

7:03 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

republicans have no hair...reminds me of eisenhower

7:04 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

theres so nice hair

7:04 PM

 
Blogger Julie said...

ok, let the battle begin! why is rudy still refered to as mayor. he's not the mayor anymore. does anyone know who is the current frontrunner, b4 the debate begins?

7:04 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

what up saul?

7:04 PM

 
Blogger dougie d elbaum prodigy said...

i hope my youtube question comes upp come on 60 points!!!

7:04 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

somewhere in Alaska, Mike Gravel is staring at his TV...he'll soon throw a rock at the TV

7:04 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

RON PAULL

7:05 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

oh yeah Jeff h beast

7:05 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

rudy and romney are front runners

7:05 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

romney needs some elbow room

7:05 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Elbaum who is the two fence guy

7:05 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

jules: national frontrunner=rudy....iowa/NH frontrunner=romney

WATCH OUT FOR HUCK

7:05 PM

 
Blogger Julie said...

elbaum, i should have submitted my college question! they so would have picked it!

7:05 PM

 
Blogger Joey G. said...

I heart Huckabee

7:06 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

duncan hunter wants a moat with alligators

7:06 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

elbizz..idk the names of ne1

7:06 PM

 
Blogger Julie said...

interesting the diversity of the democrats, look at all the republicans. old, white guys. no diversity

7:06 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

the host looks confident and well in charge

7:07 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Yeah I like Ron Paul too kinda

7:07 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Is his name Dick Army?

7:07 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

do they really answer all these questions that random people send them?

7:07 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

there's diversity..rudy's bald

7:07 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

im surprised they didnt show up with their sneakers to be honest lol.. and shmuly uve inspired me, ill go with west saeid from now on. get it?

7:08 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

that montage was redic

7:08 PM

 
Blogger dougie d elbaum prodigy said...

i wonder if if huckabee is going to mention that chuck norris is on his side

7:08 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

elbaum, this would be so much easier if it was in a chat room, i gotta keep refreshing

7:08 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

got my dad's laptop so i can watch the debate and comment at the same time so i get all the extra credit ...

7:08 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

puc---they'll say their names when they ask the question

7:08 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Serious question! Why is Ron Paul running on the Republican side, when there is no diff. btw him and a liberal?!

7:09 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i never would have thought theyd break out in song.

7:09 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

No one Mit is a flip flopper wanna be populists

7:09 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

this is a good song. i might download it.

7:09 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

this first one is making me a little uncomfortable

7:10 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

lamo song..booooo

7:10 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

the guy singing is funny!

7:10 PM

 
Blogger Julie said...

what a song!

7:10 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

cus ron paul is economically republican..

7:10 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

this guy playing the guitar is hilarious

7:10 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

what is up with this song? I like it. Elbaum will be playing it in class tomorrow

7:10 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

elbaum the polk songs better

7:10 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

why is this so much cooler than the democratic debate?

7:10 PM

 
Blogger dougie d elbaum prodigy said...

this guitarist is great, my dad is on the floor dying right now!!

7:10 PM

 
Blogger dougie d elbaum prodigy said...

this guitarist is great, my dad is on the floor dying right now!!

7:10 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

the EX mayor.....

7:11 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I know what we should do with illegals KICK EM OUT!!!

7:11 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

omg that song is hillarious!

7:11 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Rudy isn't as consrvative as some may like

7:11 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

that host is really annoying...you know what i mean E

7:11 PM

 
Blogger Julie said...

i think for rudy to win he has to branch away from NYC. he's not just running there. he has to appeal to the rest of the nation

7:12 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

why is this so much cooler than the democratic debate?

7:12 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

They wouldnt be on the streets if u kick them out

7:12 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Kevin B, Good to have you back! I love debating with crazy conservative facists on elbaum's blog

7:12 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

haha yeah thats very humane of u barbie

7:12 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Alright commy go hug a tree

7:12 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

JB, i like AC

Romney is on the ATTACK. ATTACK RUDY

7:13 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

thank you romney! they are a crime themselves..

7:13 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Giuliani is too liberal!

7:13 PM

 
Blogger Joey G. said...

good start for Rudy, but I'm going to hold him to that if he wins

7:13 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Great Point Mitt!

7:13 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

OHHHH SNAPPP BY RUDY!!!!!!! ROMNEY EMPLOYEES ILLEGALS!

7:14 PM

 
Blogger dougie d elbaum prodigy said...

guilliani gave a clear statement for immigration policies but i think romney is about to steal the show the crowd is applauding

7:14 PM

 
Blogger Julie said...

rudy: attacking romney about having illigal immigrants in his home. good response!!

7:14 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Illegal Immigration is...Illegal!

7:14 PM

 
Blogger dougie d elbaum prodigy said...

guilliani with the comeback!!

7:14 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

serious accusations against romney. he's gonna have to back that up.

7:14 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Romney is flustered....

7:14 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

y not just start the two of them in a ring with gloves

7:15 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Rudy is getting shut down. He is being looked down upon when they call him mayor

7:15 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

haha rudy and romney going at it on illegals

7:15 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

rudy got screwed

7:15 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Guliani is kind of more moderate than conservative, which is probably going to make it more difficult for him to appeal to the base

7:15 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

wa-wa-wa wawawawawa

7:15 PM

 
Blogger Julie said...

romney: someone working on your house for one day is different than employing them on a day to day basis! also, don't say "funny accent"- that could be considered offensive to all people from different countries who now live here

7:15 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

elbss..im way to confused haha...im gna go watch the rest of sanddlott...dont forget to read mmyy note!!

7:15 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wow...watch for Romney to strike back with what RUDY is accused of doing today...

7:16 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I like this romney guy, he has some nice ideas and a winning hair cut

7:16 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wow Romney against decreasing tuition for immigrants, ouch

7:16 PM

 
Blogger dougie d elbaum prodigy said...

romney and guilliani are about to put on the boxing gloves... by the way do the other candidates have something to say??

7:17 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

awkaward...

7:17 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

come on rudy
foolow the rules

7:17 PM

 
Blogger dougie d elbaum prodigy said...

oh no guilliani getting booed he might have the curse of obama

7:17 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Freddy boy woke up

7:17 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Love Fred Thompson's southern drawl...very presidential

7:17 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

haha my dads like Guliani's fundamental problem is solely his hair, nothing to do with politics

7:18 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

He sounds like emler fudd

7:18 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I keep thinking of that Seinfeld episode...where Kramer has his own talk show...but thats me...one of the guys look like he just woke up..what a mess..i just saw only a few ppl clap to one of the guys..hes out

7:19 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Kevin B.,

Please answer these questions

1. How do you plan on rounding up 12 million people and deporting them
-Who will police this? Local? Federal? Army?

2. Who will do the work that these immigrants have done???

7:19 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

fudd would make a bangin good president.

7:19 PM

 
Blogger Julie said...

his southern draw will appeal to ppl, but i don't think the nation will elect him. elbaum u told us how ppl want a change, and the sourthern approach is too similar to bush

7:19 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

why doesn't fred look up when he's talking

7:19 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Romney is a FLIP FLOPPER ON ABORTION...

FLIP FLOP FLIP FLOP

7:20 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Poor people living on welfare kus there to damn lazy to get a job... thats who will take care of there jobs

7:20 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i want huck and ron paul to talk

7:20 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

my comments are just little extras..almost like that senifeld episode..at the chinese place..the whole time

7:20 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

McCain is depressed

7:21 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

is it true that anderson cooper is gay?

7:21 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

mccain is really exciting..almost too enthusiastic..NEEDS to calm down

7:21 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

MCcainnn is looking a little tense

7:21 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

mccans so old he cant even remeber the imigration bill

7:21 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

McCain's neck is quite wrinkly

7:21 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i think mccaine is hot..i have his poster on my wall

7:22 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Mcain is quite redundent

7:22 PM

 
Blogger Julie said...

mccain: failure with iraw, failure with katrina- great way to appeal to ppl that r frustrated with bush's administration.

7:22 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

mccain doesn't have a very commanding presence, in fact, he sounds really tired, and he looks kind of weak too. not the greatest qualities of a potential president

7:22 PM

 
Blogger dougie d elbaum prodigy said...

mccain wont shut up bout the borders

7:22 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think McCain needs a hug

7:22 PM

 
Blogger Julie said...

sorry, i typed iraw, i meant iraq

7:22 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

everyone needs a hug

7:22 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I'm G-D's child too, why didn't I get special treatment when I applied for citizenship!

7:23 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i don't understand what mcain just said, is he allowing immigration or not

7:23 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

and i'd love to give him a little more actually

7:23 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i dont belive any of them about immigration...no one will know if they deport ONE person..

7:23 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i have a hard time following all of this...

7:23 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

HMM someone is posting as my name

7:24 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i think theres a lot of jobs no american will take

7:24 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Amazing Answer!

7:24 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i need a cookie

7:25 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

AMERICANS WILL DO ILLEGALS JOBS????

PLEASe...you try picking grapes all day

7:25 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

whats with these shots of you tube...is it affecting voter turnout..or just making things interesting..the guy by the truck is kinda AMAZING

7:25 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

DOUBLE FENCE... NICE

7:25 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

the americans would take the jobs if we didn't give them a free ride on welfare

7:26 PM

 
Blogger kaycie said...

why would they keep allowing immigrants into the country when are economy is hurting, and alot of citizens are out of jobs

7:26 PM

 
Blogger Julie said...

if ppl are saying that it is vital to have guest workers, y r all these guys saying they would fight against it

7:26 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

double border fence...sounds scary

7:26 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

elbaum, if that fence was built how much money would it cost

7:26 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Good point marnie!!!

7:26 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

DAYUM ashley is hot.

7:26 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Barby loves Duncan Hunter now!

7:27 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

that was a weird question...?

7:27 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

thanks kev ;)

7:27 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

about time for Huckabee to talk

7:27 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

nick,

it would be billions and billions

7:27 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Alright fake kevin B....ur cool fake postin and all man up and use ur real name

7:27 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Huck's tied for first in Iowa

7:28 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

elbaum whats ure new sn again?

7:28 PM

 
Blogger Julie said...

hunter: building a double fence along the entire boarder!!!! this is so fundamentally against what our country stands for. i'm not saying that we shoudl have an open door policy, but if u start with a fence like that, what will the requirements be to be able to get in legally? when do we draw the line at being a little to extremem?

7:28 PM

 
Blogger Julie said...

*extreme

7:28 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

though this is the only thing huckabee has said so far, so far he doesn't seem to bad

7:28 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i agree..a fence is WAY to expensive..just get a guy with a gun

7:29 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

dont you think letting 12 million illegals live in the US a little extreme?

7:29 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

30 minutes of the debate and ALL on immigration

7:29 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Fense is the ONLY solution!

7:29 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I agree mit....excellent point

7:29 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

romney's got a point...it's not the illegal alien's scholarship money to receive

7:30 PM

 
Blogger Joey G. said...

Romney is taking Huckabee to town. Also does no one no how to stop when cooper calls time. Jeez.

7:30 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

oh boo hoo u started work when you were 14...so did all of them probably. Don't most of those children start work then or earlier too?

7:30 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Well im being punished for being a white male

7:30 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Romney looks like the strongest candidate to me atleast

7:30 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wow, setting a bad example, I agree with Romney!

7:30 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

mitt seems to be on the defense in every situation

7:31 PM

 
Blogger Julie said...

huck: good idea that we should not punish children for what their parents have done. i agree, its not the kids fault that their parents illegally immigrated

7:31 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wow ron paul is a God

7:31 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

im sry but the only mitt i like is the one i wear wen i play ball...

7:31 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

YEAH RON PAULL about frikin time

7:31 PM

 
Blogger dougie d elbaum prodigy said...

elbaum
mitt is pouncing on every candidate is this smart right now or not?

7:31 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ron Paul is an idiot! that's why he should be on the democrat side!

7:32 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

idk he seems to old to be president kind of

7:32 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Dougie,

mitt on the attack...he's losing ground in iowa...he needs a win here

7:32 PM

 
Blogger kaycie said...

why would be join a union with canada and mexico?

7:33 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

ok ron still hasn't answered the question. does he agree in this north american union or not? we know that there are people that do, but does he?

7:33 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

ok ron still hasn't answered the question. does he agree in this north american union or not? we know that there are people that do, but does he?

7:33 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

im baffled on why SO many college and high school kids love Ron Paul..MARK BRASK please explain

7:33 PM

 
Blogger Julie said...

i would love to stop talking about immigration. there r a million more things that deserve to be discussed as well. already they've spent 1/4 of the debate on immigration. it's important, but this is the general republican debate, not republicans on immigration debate

7:33 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

wouldn't it be safer to have an international gov't also too?

7:33 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ron Paul just said MORE UN, you know he's crazy now!
The UN can't keep a pet goldfish alive for more than a day!

7:33 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

RON Paul has some fans in the house

7:33 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

wow they moved onto a new topic not immigration

7:33 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Lol hes very moderate, but has to be in some form of a major party to have a prayer, hes definitely not too republican but hes not democratic either

7:34 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Maya shut your trap. You have no reason for why you think he is an idiot.

7:34 PM

 
Blogger Julie said...

mccain: 1994 clinton was prez and under his administration we were not in debt, get your facts straight

7:34 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

McCain just sounds like he knows hes not going to win

7:34 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

mccain hates pork

7:34 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

you hear a lot of talk about national sovereignty...what is that?

7:35 PM

 

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