I would like to say how pleased I am about the display of sportsmanship. Senator McCain finally shook Senator Obama’s hand. I waited for Senator McCain to lose his grip with reality and show his temper. For once, he didn’t use profanity or look like a raving lunatic. He kept a smile spackled onto his face almost the entire time.
Favorite topics or what I like to call the money shots:
1.Negative campaigning
Senator McCain blamed the negative campaigning on Senator Obama. He let us know how hurt he was. He then gave us his incensed face and said he would not let the great Americans that attended his rallies to be talked about in a negative way. He brought up how he corrected the woman that called Senator Obama an Arab.
My light bulb moment while McCain was talking:
I wondered why John McCain had corrected someone for calling Obama an Arab in his last rally. Now I know. He needed that one moment as proof that he was not running a negative campaign. Stupid me. I thought he had corrected the woman because the FBI was in the audience.
Senator Obama did not give a sob story about negative campaigning. He didn’t even bother correcting Senator McCain when he lied and said it was the Democrats doing it. He simply said he would like the focus in the next three weeks to be on the issues. The economy.
2. Roe vs. Wade (the most riveting topic)
Senator McCain was against a woman’s right to choose.
Senator Obama was for a woman’s right to choose
3. Most ridiculous statement:
Senator McCain said that Sarah Palin was a role model. 
CNN voted Obama as having won the debate.
October 16, 2008 at 10:03 am
Thanks for the rundown, Steadycat. I’m debate-exhausted and waiting for the finale as well.
The negative campaign tactic irritated me, not because it’s implausible that McCain would do such a thing, but because it seems like he’s playing point-by-pont tennis at this stage and hoping to win a few stray votes from those fatigued by facts and scary issues. Dumbing down, but that’s his core voters.
Hello anonymous. *waves* Lets hope we don’t see a barrage of negativity designed to confuse even more voters. I’m having an election party on that special day. Come on over for tea and cookies.
October 16, 2008 at 2:24 pm
I watched this debate and it was much more exciting than the last. I must admit with all of the yelling I did at the tv, I’m sure I would’ve been escorted out of the building.
I did not see McCain as a good sportsman. I was thoroughly irritated by how he continuously interrupted Obama. And that smile? It looked so fake, I believe I could have lived without seeing it. To me, he often came off repetitive and monotonous as he repeated himself over and over again despite what Obama may have said when he countered. I admired the control Obama displayed as I know there were a few times in the debate where he was tempted to snap on him. He had that “Oh, no he didn’t” expression more than once. Yet, he took the high road, kept himself calm and cool with extremely presidential-like behavior.
I saw that ‘oh no he didn’t’ look as well, but he kept his cool. Very Presidential. McCain’s smile looked absolutely fake. After the debates, they had to pry it off with a crow bar.
October 18, 2008 at 5:24 am
McCain thinks that because he corrected the elderly woman who called Obama “an Arab” that he gets some type of crown, but he failed to reprimand those in the “fringe” whose racist behavior have been stirred by his running mate. Though you may not be able to control who comes to the rallies, you can certainly stand up and say that behavior won’t be tolerated. Instead, McCain said he was proud of the people that attend his rallies. I think he’s just glad that anybody shows up.
He’s a tricky one. Using one staged example so we can forget about the 99 ugly examples. What a man…..not. And of course he is proud of those people. He’ll say he is proud until he gets what he wants – then he will have no problems making his minions suffer along with the rest of us. If they had a brain, all this would matter. Or better yet, if they had a heart. *sigh*
October 18, 2008 at 5:51 pm
As usual I agree. What I noticed was how on certain topics Barack was actually smiling and laughing to himself as McCain did his spill.
I voted an hour before the debate since (TN) has early voting. After my 75 min wait I was releaved that I got it done and voted for Obama.
McCain knows that he’s out of options.
I mailed in my vote too. McCain has more options. He will be resorting to them as election date gets nearer. Poor, angry man.