'That One'

Senator McCain should be ashamed! I am embarassed for him that he should refer to a fellow Senator in a public debate as "that one". I had thought I could live with McCain as president (if he should win) but since he has shown such disrepect for Senator Obama and since he disrespected the country by choosing Sarah Palin as his running mate, it will be a sad, sad day for this country if he were to win.

Posted by: Grandma | Oct 8, 2008 2:19:35 PM
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Grandma, if that is your only reason for not voting for John McCain, I am glad I am not your grandchild. Think of what my life will be like if obama is elected president. You are "spitting in the wind" if you think Joe Biden will be anything other than the same old Washington politician vs Sarah Palin.

Pookie:
I am actually schooled in poli-sci, and pscy.... I think that the fact that you are standing up for JM after he point blank counter-manded himself, several times last night, and repeatedly attempted to perpetuate the same lie about Obamas tax plan, and what he said about Pakistan (point blank, and with no ambiguity) over and over is commedable. Sad, but commendable.

Senator McCain should be ashamed! I am embarassed for him that he should refer to a fellow Senator in a public debate as "that one". I had thought I could live with McCain as president (if he should win) but since he has shown such disrepect for Senator Obama and since he disrespected the country by choosing Sarah Palin as his running mate, it will be a sad, sad day for this country if he were to win.

I had a knee jerk reaction last night when I heard that comment, and the finger point. I just felt it. Not that I had a second to "analyze", or even say well, it's just this, or that.
Now also imagine Mcsame doing THAT at a conference with like,.... North Korea, or Pakistan, or Spain. Oh, wait a minute.
I forgot. He won't even speak to them.

Posted by: pamela | Oct 8, 2008 2:01:42 PM

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If you had not been schooled in racism you would not have noticed 'that one' comment. I am black and I was paying attention to the speech for more comments of substance than name calling.
If you are for Obama you should be listening for just what he will do for the country, and it isn't what you think you are hearing.

I've read so many of these posts, and I'll jsut throw this out.
Let's say, you're a black man sitting in a room full of folks, in a dominatly conservative and old school folks.
you make a comment like the one mentioned before, and point to the white guy and say "that one". How do you think all the other white guys in that room will instantly feel. REGARDLESS of what was meant, jsut the automatic knee jerk response.
Now, I am caucasion.
I had a knee jerk reaction last night when I heard that comment, and the finger point. I just felt it. Not that I had a second to "analyze", or even say well, it's just this, or that.
Now also imagine Mcsame doing THAT at a conference with like,.... North Korea, or Pakistan, or Spain. Oh, wait a minute.
I forgot. He won't even speak to them.

hey, INDYVOTER.......since your most recent comment doesn't make much sense, I really can't comment on it, so I will let it pass......sorry can't hang around for your next gem.....I'm heading out now to save the economy of the country.....or as Obama would say,
",,,,of the world.! Bye now.

hey, INDYVOTER.......since your most recent comment doesn't make much sense, I really can't comment on it, so I will let it pass......sorry can't hang around for your next gem.....I'm heading out now to save the economy of the country.....or as Obama would say,
",,,,of the world.! Bye now.

I just seem to find it rather strange that Palin was in FL and after her remarks

"Palin then went on to blame Katie Couric's questions for her "less-than-successful interview with kinda mainstream media." At that, Palin supporters turned on reporters in the press area, waving thunder sticks and shouting abuse. Others hurled obscenities at a camera crew. One Palin supporter shouted a racial epithet at an African American sound man for a network and told him, "Sit down, boy."

She did not find it needed to say anything against the racial slurs, she just went on with her speach. And now McCain has pointed out "that one". I can't help but think that they are trying to play on the fears of the American people by pointing out that
"that one---'racial slur' is Dangerous"
Even with his Harvard education.
I am very ashamed.

You guys should hear yourselves; you sound like kindegarten arguing over crayolas. This is our lives, 'that one' is not the one to run our country.
McCain is not perfect, but if the red phone rings you better hope he is there to answer it. Don't need your comments about that remark, because I can have my opinion, goodness knows each of you has yours. If it had been a republican having all these things in their past cyberspace would be overloaded with democrats not just smearing they would be pouring by bucket loads to make damn sure everyone knows what kind of savory characters he had been associating with. I am black and I hope that when these obama lovers get into the voting booth they will realize they have nothing to apoligize for and he is not the man to run this country.

justj joey,

It is not black\white thing. It is simply a dis-respect for sitting United States Senator. Is it being blown out of proportion? Sure. But that is what campaigns do. Republicans are guilty too for assuming it is race baiting. It is simply an insensitive remark from an insensitive Senator who, while he should no better, has a long history of making insensitive remarks when getting a bit riled. It goes to temperment and judgement. The remark re-inforces people's belief McCain has neither.

You guys should hear yourselves; you sound like kindegarten arguing over crayolas. This is our lives, 'that one' is not the one to run our country.
McCain is not perfect, but if the red phone rings you better hope he is there to answer it. Don't need your comments about that remark, because I can have my opinion, goodness knows each of you has yours. If it had been a republican having all these things in their past cyberspace would be overloaded with democrats not just smearing they would be pouring by bucket loads to make damn sure everyone knows what kind of savory characters he had been associating with. I am black and I hope that when these obama lovers get into the voting booth they will realize they have nothing to apoligize for and he is not the man to run this country.

I wouldn't vote for the Republican ticket if McCain was running for dog catcher and Palin was the pit bull he was chasing. I'm fed up with them.

Hey, Jake...it looks like your readers may have missed out on my great comments shortly after the debate last night. I wrote out my sagacious analysis ..... and never got the "Post" box...in looking over the comments this morning, it almost looks like several of your responders were having a private conversation with each other...please advise me how to do that, would you? In any event, my comments were so good, I thought they bear repeating. I was interested in learning last night that Burton...don't know his first name, let's just call him "that" Burton...apparently the Obama campaign's communicator with the media...had an email out to you folks even before the debate was over.....suggesting that there was something sinister about McCain's use of referring to the other guy as "that one." Have you ever noticed how often the playing of the "race card" is done by the Obama...not the McCain...campaign? Can't figure this one out...Obama isnot Black...he isnot
Afro-American...he isnot White..and if our media analysts would do their homework, they would know that Obama is BI-RACIAL...no big deal in that...he is part white and part black, with neither part being the dominant side. All the media ignores that terminology...the correct terminology...unless they are in cahoots with the Obama campaign...again, it is the Obama campaign...with its Burtons and Axelrods that play the race card every once in awhile. Gee, did you ever wonder...or analyze...why they might do that? Just look at some of the responses from folks you have attached to this article and I think you easily will be able to see their reasoning.
Hell....white vs. black...black vs. black...pity poor Barack...how we are picking on him because of color....but wait a minute, I just explained that he isn't black...he isn't white, so what gives.

What we have is sleazy electioneering by Obama's handlers, and lousy digging into the story by "analysts."

2+2 can = 4 ....or 22, depending how you look at it!

Emm,

I don't think many people would have pounced on it if McCain hadn't in the previous debate seemed to be really angry with Obama and snickering when Obama was talking, in addition to not looking at him the whole while. Not to mention he refused to shake Obama's hand after the second debate and got Cindy to shake it instead.

If hadn't done all of that, I'm sure people would probably taking as a misconstruing of words, not a sign of contempt. I found it rather condescending that McCain kept saying Obama didn't understand this or that. Well, Obama had a good reply in my opinion: You're right. I don't understand how we ended up invading a country that had nothing to do with 9/11. Not to mention McCain kept walking around when Obama was talking. Rather distracting.

The issue is McCain seems to be quite peevish and grumpy these days- and he's letting it show too plainly.

The voters awarded Obama the “win” (38% to 30%, with the rest choosing no clear winner). But that result was actually the least useful of the evening. Because while the earlier debate did not result in any net change in support for the two candidates, Obama walked away with a clear lead in new voters tonight. After the debate ended, 26% of the audience had become McCain supporters while 42% said they planned to vote for Obama. Only a quarter of the group was still undecided.

Even more dramatic was the shift in the voters’ personal reactions to the two candidates. Before the debate, McCain had a 48/46 favorability rating; that improved to 56/36 by the end. But that’s about where Obama started the evening—54/36. After an hour and a half, Obama’s favorability numbers were 80/14. As Joe Biden would say, let me repeat that: 80% of the undecided voters had favorable views of Obama and only 14% saw him negatively for a net rating of +66. Not even Bill Clinton got such a warm response in town hall formats.

"Sen McCain was an officer and he was born in a period of MANNORS."

If indeed there was some disrespect intended, and not an innocent use of two words we use everyday when referring to that one and not this one, he probably picked it up from Obama's comment on Hillary as "likable enough."

Seriously, this is the most trivial whine in the history of mankind, but yet again, the Dems have managed to outdo themselves this time.

Emm,

1. Yes, it's true we don't know the extent. We can't read his mind, but we can watch his actions. And more then anything, Obama seems to be more of a peacemaker then McCain. If anything, Ayer's violent methods seemed have influenced him that it is NOT the way to go. Ayers is no longer spouting his radical govt takeover views. Obama hasn't "followed" him. They just served on the same committee, and Obama has condemned Ayer's acts of violence.

2. He has not deflected the questions- he has indeed answered them. He said he condemned Ayer's acts of violence. He said it was true he had known and worked with Ayers, but not that he had shared his views. Now, he was serving on the board of a charity. If he had gone into some business partnership with Ayers, that would be different.

3. It's not true that Obama worked for ACORN in the first place. Project Vote was not under ACORN in the first place. The only association Obama has with ACORN is that he helped represent them as a lawyer against the state of Illinois in successful lawsuit alongside the U.S. Department of Justice to force state compliance with a federal voting access law.

You can rest easy. Even if you don't agree with Obama's views, he's no dangerous terrorist or terrorist sympathizer nor does he intend to make America a socialist country :)

Yeh, too bad they won't work, as evidenced by the continued fall of the Dow in response to these bright ideas.

Sen McCain was an officer and he was born in a period of MANNORS.

I guess he has lost all of those along with his commoon sense.

How dare he be so rude as to address Senator Obama as: "That One"

Did you all watch the debate last night? Obama explained what he'll do for America if he's elected, while McCain literally danced around the stage. Town Hall format & Obama knocked him out again. Sorry McCain having an attitude just helps us, keep up the good work. See you in the Senate next year.

Obama 2 - McCain 0

Obama/Biden the coolest ticket in town