Speaking Of Everything…

The Debate: McCain Makes The Case For… Experience?

Sen. McCain repeatedly said, “You don’t understand” and “I went to…”

So what does that say about Sarah Palin?

Obama came off as very knowledgeable when it comes to foreign policy and compassionate for the little guy on domestic policy. He also demonstrated that he wouldn’t take any guff off McCain, but refrained from being disrespectful.

McCain, however, never looked at Obama and consistently sought to diminish him.

Let the spin begin!

McCain will be declared the winner based on the asshole quotient. The pundits will say Obama missed opportunities to land heavy shots on McCain, and for sure, there were some openings. But this ain’t over. There are still 40 days left in this thing. Why use up your heavy artillery if you don’t have to? Obama still has bullets in his clip, McCain’s clip is empty.

Tonight was to be his big night; this debate focused on foreign policy which is supposed to be McCain’s spinach.

Whenever Obama boxed McCain into a corner, McCain pulled out a heart tugging story about a veteran, or a of a visit to Waziristan, Bezerkestan, or wherever, concluding with a condescending phrase.

He stayed in attack mode all night long, but Obama didn’t bite. He smiled and responded, “I agree with John on that point,” and would then gently give an example where McCain didn’t appear to know what the hell he was talking about.

McCain was all bluster, Obama was cool.

Since most pundits will go into “sports metaphor mode” why shouldn’t I?

See the election as a tennis match… this is the third and final set and tonight it was “Game one, Mr Obama!”

Obama hung tough, stood his ground and didn’t look like an asshole.

The “Independents” and “Undecideds” can’t say they don’t know where Obama is on foreign policy after tonight.