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It was Nixon and JFK all over again in many respects.
McCain = Nixon
OBAMA THE WINNER!
McCain - LOSER!
Yes, it was blatantly obvious from McCain, but I could see Obama was a bit miffed in a "Can you believe this jackwad?" sort of way.
:D
McCain is such a loser.
McCain is like a robot who keeps getting angry that people aren't embracing policies that have proven to be catastrophic failures. A very old robot that's not working so well.
Reminded me of the Reagan/Carter debate, when Reagan was relaxed and confident even when Carter was on the attack.
Obama the Terrorist. Just who we need to Destroy this Great Country!
What a childish comment, I have a Bracelet to! You would vote for a squirrel if it claimed to be liberal.
Oh yes, your Vice Presidential Candidate Joe Biden has bought himself a Face Lift with your Tax Dollars. Not only that add Hair Plugs and Capped teeth. Sorry folks. McCain WINS!
Would he lunge across the stage? Start foaming at the mouth? Have some kind of uncontrollable tourettes fit?
Would have been interesting.
That stuff went over gangbusters in the Repub primary, when he was actling like an angry ass in their debates.
Tonight, though, Dems and even Independents just think he's a psycho.
You're screaming, making no sense and it appears that you're slurring your words.
You must be a neo-con.
And how is Obama a draft dodger? I think you're confusing Obama with your boy Bush. Obama was serving his country on HOME soil as a community organizer in Chicago trying to get out-of-work blue-collar AMERICAN citizens back on their feet again.
Oh, and by the way....Joe Biden is the VICE Presidential candidate, NOT the PRESIDENTIAL candidate. Clearly, you're a blubbering idiot. Now go to sleep. It's WAY past your bedtime.
It's obvious Obama got under McCain's skin, and that temper was on display.
If this was a football game Obama won 31-14.
Loser.
I feel that McCain had 2 reasons for pulling the economy stunt this week: 1) He fell 9 points behind Obama in the national polls, due greatly to one big issue: the economy, and 2) In relation, he felt that he would dig himself further into a hole by debating with Obama tonight, so he was trying to get out of it. We'll have to wait and see, but I think that Obama will certainly keep his lead, and likely add to it. McCain couldn't seem to get off his "Senator Obama just doesn't understand" high-horse long enough to make a valid point that didn't consist of talking about the Iraq war.
My mom was the first to spot the Bush-like smirk. The difference is, Bush's smirk is usually childlike and very ignorant looking, whereas McCain's just looked plain evil. I think we all saw the real John McCain tonight - an idiotic, bitter war-monger. More proof that there is clearly only one choice on November 4th.
EXACTLY the meme he was trying to propagate. What Dear Senator John just doesn't understand is that Bush's policies have been catastrophic failures. Period. No debate. FAILURE.
Poor, poor fool just doesn't seem to understand.
The trouble is, he played it like a broken record, and he was using it, even when it was quite clear that it wasn't a case of Obama understanding the issue, it was more a case of Obama just having a different point of view of the problem or question.
It actually looked pretty bad, and the commentators on MSNBC (notably Olbermann, Eugene Robinson, and even Buchanan to some extent) picked up on it as well. It was a gotcha line without a reason to use it.
Okay, I'll pitch one, play a recording of McCain saying that, play the clip where McCain refuses to answer why birth control isn't on insurance but viagra is, play any clip like that, and say "Senator John McCain DOES understand. He Understands Washington, knows it like the back of his hand, He Understands the old boys network, because he IS the old boys network. People like John McCain tell us to stop whining, be happy with what we've got because it's just the way things are, and we really aren't smart enough to Understand the world the way millionaires and billionaires like him do. But we do understand, and so does Obama, and that's why we are voting for change."
or some other such, I'm starting to feel slimy so I'll stop. But anyway, I think that meme could easily be turned around on him, it's not a slam dunk.
The management style of his campaign is top notch and that starts at the top. While I've taken issue with a few things he's done or not done, his campaign keeps a strong consistent message. There is no backbiting or bickering about other people within his organization, even at times when you expect there to be. It's the tightest ship I've ever seen in a Democratic campaign since I've paid attention to politics.
He gives a strong, steady sense of presence. Of absolutely knowing, or at least projecting the belief that he knows what he is about, and what he believes. You saw it tonight. He was calm and steady, and really seemed to rise above McCain's attacks. He hit McCain hard in places, but did it so smoothly that McCain never really knew he'd been damaged.
McCain needs to take the chip off his shoulder. Barack is here because he deserves to be. He ran the best campaign, and best organized campaign by a Democrat in recent memory, and he's running a better campaign than McCain right now. The fact that McCain can't acknowledge this, reflects on his poor character as a bully, and on his arrogant sense of entitlement, as though his opponent doesn't deserve it.
McCain's anger, and arrogance, and Obama's absolutely unshakable sense of poise are making all the difference right now, and boy are the differences obvious.
"Grumpy Old Men"
Actually, for those of us who also have contempt for Obama (which appears to be about half of America), McCain's rumored contempt plays VERY well.
The Obamabots keep saying that McCain's "anger" is "an ugly aspect of McCain's personality. However, only Obamabots make mention of superficial crap like "personality." As McCain himself brags, he doesn't win "Miss Congeniality" contests. A lot of us LOVE that aspect of his "personality."
Finally, why are Obamabots so SCARED?
It makes you appear to be complete WHIMPS!
"Ew! John McCain is sooooo scary!!!!!!!!"
GAG.
Don't like what we have to say? Are you SCARED of the facts? Then continue to pull the wool over your eyes and run from them. Unfortunately for you, much of America is starting to awaken to the nonsense the conservatives have put us through over the last 8 years. You're apparently just not smart enough to see reality even when it slaps you in the face.
McCain's tense face, clenched jaw, forced yellow smile, and creepy nervous laugh showed how hard he was working to keep his temper under control. His stance was rigid, and several times, he nearly banged his stiff arms and fist clenched around his pen against the podium. Very bad form.
McCain's habit of bringing up the past hurt him. Perhaps he's forgotten that many voters weren't born and most were not old enough to vote in 1983 when he first entered the Senate. They don't relate to tales of Ronald Reagan or of the war in Vietnam. To all but his contemporaries, McCain sounds like the old guy who can't stop telling war stories. People listen politely but roll their eyes and chuckle in exasperation behind his back. His emotional stories (POW, bracelet, veterans) have been overused during the campaign. They sounded rehearsed and disingenuous.
All of this goes to the basic problem with McCain. He is living in the past. His ideas are old ideas. His view of the world is a 20th century view. Today's voters are most concerned with what is happening right now, trying to deal with and find a way out of the disasters Bush/Cheney have created. America stands at the beginning of the 21st century, and the American people are looking for leadership that can solve present problems and prepare us for the future.
Obama/Rufus 2008!