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Debate Highlights

By Jeralyn

The debate transcript is here. What were your favorite parts? I'll add the clips to this thread.

Updates below.

Transcript:

Obama: In North Korea we cut off talks. They are a member of the axis of evil, we can't deal with them. You know what happened? They went, they quadrupled their nuclear capacity, they tested a nuke, they tested missiles, they pulled out of the nonproliferation agreement, and they sent nuclear secrets potentially to countries like Syria. When we reengaged, because again the Bush administration reversed course on this, then we have at least made some progress, although right now because of the problems in North Korea, we are seeing it on shaky ground, and I -- so I just have to make this general point that the Bush administration, some Senator McCain's own advisors all think this is important, and Senator McCain appears resistant.

He even said the other day that he would not meet potentially with the prime minister of Spain because he wasn't sure whether they were aligned with us. I mean, Spain. Spain is a NATO ally. If we can't meet with our friends, I don't know how we are going to lead the world in terms of dealing with critical issues like terrorism.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on September 27, 2008 (boomark / email).