Broken Corset

Seriously, this debate was a total debacle for McCain in my mind.  If you were ANYONE but his core constituency, I can’t imagine you thought he was successful.

What was worse?

1.  McCain playing the wounded child in the first half hour.  Did he look like he was going to cry for the playground aid, or was that just me?

2.  McCain finishing up his testimony on behalf of Sarah Palin by telling us, “[h]er husband’s a pretty tough guy, by the way, too.”   There you go, clearly a guy who values his running mate’s contribution and sees her as an equal – not as the female half of a marriage. 

3.  The fact that McCain seems to think his (clearly well vetted) running mate has a child with autism when it is actually downs syndrome.

4.  When talking about Obama’s requirement for a health exception for the mother in any late term abortion ban, McCain put the world health in quotes.  (Presumably to signify a mother’s health is nearly ridiculous?)

5.  McCain’s assertion that his campaign would have refused to engage in negative attacks if only Obama had done town meetings.  Was this a “you wouldn’t play with me, so now I’ll call you names” moment?

6.  McCain honing in on Obama as a negative campainer…  especially the ads that attack his healthcare policy.  Hmmmm….  I think I’m okay with ads detailing actual policy differences…  Unlike those trying to tie Obama to terrorism – a claim that McCain clearly stands by despite it’s ridiculous basis.

It’s hard to say which moment was worse for McCain.  But I did laugh out loud a few times, and finished the experience with a sense of relaxation, peace and happiness.  Usually I’m riled up after these things, but tonight… it nearly seemed like comedy.  Slam Dunk if you ask my opinion.