John McCain on Wednesday night delivered the worst performance in a debate I have ever seen. I would call it sad, even pathetic, but it was so bad that I feel guilty about pointing it out too forcefully.
McCain looked like an old boxer who had been in one too many fights. You wanted to pull him from the ring. The whole time I was thinking, "Who let him get into this fight?" Don't you have a conscience? Throw the towel. Throw the towel!
The weird, angry, desperate attacks were punctuated by uncomfortable sighs and eye rolls. It was a train wreck. I literally averted my eyes on a couple of occasions.
The numbers back up what I thought I witnessed tonight. It was a bloodbath. CBS had uncommitted voters going to Obama 53 to 22. CNN had Obama winning overall 58 to 31. He nearly doubled him. I've never seen that before.
After all those punches, Obama's favorability still stood at a rock solid 66 percent. McCain had whiffed on every desperate jab. And at the end of the night, when voters were asked who is more likeable -- a key to winning an election -- it was Barack Obama at 70%. McCain was at a sad, sad 22%.
Have you ever seen numbers that lopsided? I haven't and it's almost painful to look at. I almost want the election to be over now so that we can all stop sharing collectively in John McCain's pain. Even though I'm not for McCain and I even think he has run a dishonorable campaign, I feel an embarrassed, empathetic sadness for him. Please let the sun set already. Let this campaign be over already. I don't want to see him take another hit. What Obama said at the Democratic convention is oddly fitting here, "Enough!"
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And certainly don't turn this into a "hard-boil
I could go on...RIP Paul Newman...
You know, in a lot of ways he really was just this hell-raise
Oh hell, no.
He knowingly chose to sell his honor and integrity down the river for blind ambition. He knew the sort of campaign he was getting when he hired the management
He sowed the seeds of his own destructio
Besides, it's no longer really about McCain's humiliatio
He's a sell out on all the issues that he used to say really mattered to him. But the clincher for me was his choice of Palin. He knows, just like everybody else knows, that at the very least, she's intellectu
And when he defends her, knowing he's lying----k
I wouldn't be a bit surprised if McCain votes Obama in the end.
Not a word of it! Obama needs to keep running -with confidence
2004 should have taught us that lesson once and for all.
It just so happens he is leading in favorabili
Bush being a prime example of divisivene
What we all saw last night was not just an old man fading into history, but all those old dinosaur, fossil people and fossil companies like GM and Ford refusing to accept that the future will be
different and refusing to look ahead and make the necessary adjustment
With evolution, you either change or you die.
Last night was historic, we watched McCain represent and unchanging
- - - - Now on to getting rid of all those other fossilized dinosaurs in the House and Senate. - - - -
And he didn't even seem to know it.
I have no sympathy for people who resort to these kinds of fantasies. Especially given the history of violence against African Americans in this country.
I see nothing to like about the man. I am not impressed with his having been a prisoner..
After reading the Rolling Stone article about his life, there isn't anything in it that speaks of mature, honest, thoughtful or magnanimou
He had no business running for President, now or ever.
The ONLY good thing about him is that he is running against the best candidate we have had in decades and is insuring Obama's victory.
...and with that said, OBAMA/BIDE
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Since then I have merely scrambled to survive! WIth Kensiyan economics I would have continued to climb!