Sure. Several things, in fact. I was listening on radio, and so only saw the faces and gestures later.
I remember McCain calling Obama "Senator Government" and then quickly correcting himself. I'd like to think it was accidental, but am not completely convinced.
I remember McCain saying that he'd nominate judges who were "competent" to the Supreme Court, and that he has no litmus test. Then, in his next breath, he acknowledged that a willingness to overturn Roe v. Wade was a prerequisite for "competence".
I remember McCain using every opportunity to attack Obama, whether on reasonable grounds or the spurious ones his campaign's been pushing. And I remember Obama defusing every single one of them. (There are several cases in which I -- and various fact-checkers online -- caught Obama stretching the truth, too. Still, I tend to believe that the man who was consistently speaking untruths was doing so deliberately, while the other was probably not.)
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Date: 2008-10-16 11:43 am (UTC)I remember McCain calling Obama "Senator Government" and then quickly correcting himself. I'd like to think it was accidental, but am not completely convinced.
I remember McCain saying that he'd nominate judges who were "competent" to the Supreme Court, and that he has no litmus test. Then, in his next breath, he acknowledged that a willingness to overturn Roe v. Wade was a prerequisite for "competence".
I remember McCain using every opportunity to attack Obama, whether on reasonable grounds or the spurious ones his campaign's been pushing. And I remember Obama defusing every single one of them. (There are several cases in which I -- and various fact-checkers online -- caught Obama stretching the truth, too. Still, I tend to believe that the man who was consistently speaking untruths was doing so deliberately, while the other was probably not.)
Hope you're better rested than I.