Oct 08 2008
OK, So That Was Boring
There were no fireworks, no major gaffs, and no great revelations. We Obama supporters are still Obama supporters, the McCain supporters are still McCain supporters, and according to my daughter, Sarah Palin is still a “moose killer.” It is interesting to me how the two sides can watch the same debate and each come out thinking that their candidate slam dunked it. Yes, both side are delusional – myself included.
Here are my few observances from last night’s debate. 
First, if John McCain says “my friends” one more time, I am going to go postal. I counted nineteen times last night alone! It is a stupid phrase and sorry, most of us are not your friends.
Second, Obama needs to use people’s names more. When asked questions by the audience he only referred back to that person by name a few times. Bad form.
And speaking of bad form, thirdly, John McCain needs to shake Obama’s hand! He dissed Obama again last night after the debate when they were in the audience. Cindy McCain ended up shaking Obama’s hand, but John McCain turned away. Rude – just as he was rude by walking around trying to distract people while Obama was talking.
Fourth, Barack knows his ears are big. When the “wet behind the ears” comment was made, he should have gone for it and joked about how much water could be behind there! It would have been funny and maybe put everyone at ease a little more.
Fifth and finally, poor Tom Browkaw was powerless. Heck, they even stood in front of the poor man’s teleprompter at the end of the show. For goodness sakes guys, show the guy some love. Or at least a little respect.
So, what are your thoughts? What were your impressions? Did you rip a bumper sticker off your car last night? Or did you stick a new one on? Me? I stuck a new one on . . . . my wife’s car.
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I was waiting for fireworks since there were so many aggressive attacks about Ayres and Keating preceding the debate. Both of these guys lack the gumption to put the other guy away. It’s arguable that Obama doesn’t need to put McCain away since he’s got a good lead – he just needs to look acceptable as a presidential candidate.
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@Allan – True about playing it safe, but it sure did make for a dull 90 minutes.
McCain just looked tired last night…as in used up, past his pull date, and ready for the blue recycling bin. He’s a shadow of his former self, and clearly in decline…while Obama seemed sharp, yet patient and nuanced in his response…maybe a little too so. But after last night I really saw clearly for the first time that we need not only an Obama victory, but an Obama landslide — with a working majority in both Houses of Congress and the kind of mandate a leader needs to lead our country back from the edge of the abyss. Because if we screw this up, there are going to be a lot of people suffering for a long, long time. And America, too, will feel like a shadow of its former self.