Letter to the editor:

In debate, McCain was just annoying

James J. Poupard, Henderson

Friday, Oct. 10, 2008 | 2:02 a.m.

I watched the entire debate from Nashville and Sen. John McCain was particularly annoying, even more so than in the first debate, during which he did not look at Sen. Barack Obama.

This time he used the condescending phrase “my friends” 23 times.

Obama had to correct McCain several times, in particular on his claim that Obama would raise taxes for everyone. Obama, to his credit, didn’t let it slip through this time and made it abundantly clear he would give 95 percent of the population a tax reduction.

McCain showed his disdain for Obama when he used the term “that one” instead of calling Obama by his title or name.

The final annoyance was when McCain and his wife, Cindy, high-tailed it out of the auditorium almost immediately after the debate ended, while Obama and his gracious wife, Michelle, mingled for several minutes, which appeared to be welcomed by the crowd.

And, in spite of the polls saying Obama won the debate, his spin masters were saying McCain won.

Discussion: 3 comments so far…

By tokaloshe

10/10/08 at 8:06 a.m.

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With all due repect poupard, If 95 percent of americans get a tax reduction, (which is a lie) how does that solve problems?
The new "me" people are in for a long hard depression, and you can thank your greed for that.
Here is example, McCain did not want to go to the first debate he felt the problem was big enough with our economy that they needed emergency sessions, Barack said "i am going to the debate". It shows you that he has no experience and no understanding of how big the problem was and is.
By mikegino

10/10/08 at 9:46 a.m.

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When I look into Obama's eyes, I see Putin, Chavez, Hun Sen, Mao, Hitler, and Stalin. I see a demagogue who will do anything and say anything for pure, raw power.
By sambagirl

10/10/08 at 10:56 a.m.

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When I look into McCain's emotionless eyes, I see Marlon Brando's character in 'Apocolypse Now'. And Palin reminds me of Kathleen Turner's character in John Waters' 'Serial Mom'. McCain is a despot who looks down his nose at his subjects, but his followers have their heads so far up his a*^ they don't notice. He is rude, disrespectful and out of touch. The rest of the world already sees the United States in this way, it's just a continuation of what already is.

And yes, taxes will be needed to pay for this financial fiasco, but how about taxing Big Oil instead of taking campaign contributions (among other financial perks) from them in exchange for tax breaks when they're having 'record profits'. And this Wall Street bailout could have paid for a healthcare system for the entire country, new roads, highways, new schools, hell, even bail out all these states that now need bailing out, but Wall Street bigwigs still get to walk away with their multimillion dollar bonuses.