Pictured above: Jesus Christ! What the hell?!

Below: Snippets from the liveblog.

On the ideological diversity of the liveblog:

John: So did you recruit any conservatives for this liveblog, or is it all us dirty hippies again?

Ned: It’s just the regular crew, but any conservatives who want to comment are, of course, welcome to.

Ned: I would love to have a debate in our liveblog of the debate.

John: Good thing. I’m smoking weed and listening to the Grateful Dead right now.

On the moderator, Tom Brokaw:

Charlie: Tom Brokaw’s voice is wonderful

Daniel: Tom Brokaw loves the sound of his own voice

Charlie: If I were Tom Brokaw, I would love my own voice

Daniel: he really goes on

On McCain’s plans:

John: Did McCain just say he had a secret plan to fix the economy?

Ned: He’s always telling us he knows how to do things

Ned: But never sharing his secrets

Ned: He knows how to win wars too

Charlie: Mostly, he knows how to be a maverick

On the mixed metaphors of the debate:

Ned: So Obama wants to use a scalpel and McCain is opposed to nailing jello to the wall

Ned: And everyone is drunk

Ned: This is one crazy-ass party

John: Let’s go streaking!

On the post-debate spin:

Daniel: does anybody else think this 95% tax cut somehow doesn’t go recognized by the public? It never seems to resonate which is ridiculous

Ned: Well, I’m sure the people who watch the debates pick up on it

Ned: But it’s not the part the networks circulate afterwards

Ned: It’s all zingers and one-liners

Ned: And Palin winking lasciviously

John: I’m sure the “wheels off” comment will make it to the highlight reel, er, I mean evening news.

McCain’s plans, part 2:

Ned: McCain knows how to do everything except explain his secret plans to us

Charlie: A friend in my room: “McCain is so blinky. He looks like a fish.”

Daniel: THEY’RE A SECRET. WE CAN’T LET THE ECONOMY KNOW WHAT OUR PLAN IS!

On the final question of the night:

John: Shorter Obama: “Fuck your question, I’m making a closing statement.”

Ned: John McCain can’t see the future

Ned: Good to know

John: …yet

Ned: But he has a secret plan for how to get there

Charlie:”What I don’t know is what the unexpected will be.” TRUTH

The last word:

John: Final thoughts?

Daniel: McCain gained nothing. He’s going to keep plummeting in the polls

Charlie: Agreed. I think Obama won this by more than he won the first debate.

John: Again, it’s very clear that these guys don’t like each other.

Daniel: David Brooks calls the atmosphere “frosty”

Daniel: understatement of the night

John: He was halting at times, but Obama certainly outperformed my expectations. McCain seems to think that government bashing can win this year, which I think is folly.

John: Overall, though: Booooring