Liveblogging the Postpartum Depression Debate, Part V

Oct 08, 2008

This is the first time your editor has really paid attention to those squiggly lines on the CNN independent voter torture graph. Wow! The uncommitted voters of Ohio donotlike this John McCain character. The only time we've seen a real happy response to McCain was when he was talking very generally (and quite well) about America's history as a "peacekeeper." (Ha.) And then he had to snarl and say "this isn't the time for on-the-job training," and the male and female lines went down like the stock market. What does it mean?

10: 30 PM -- Here, again, is this remarkable clip:

10: 30 PM -- The debate is over! Thank the American Jesus. Is the American Jesus an Evil Empire? "Maybe, heh heh heh." 10:30 PM -- The last question was obviously from Peggy Noonan. Brokaw described it as "zen," and it was "What don't you know." So, now you do know Peggy's column in this Friday's Wall Street Journal. 10:31 PM -- Your editor made dinner at 4:30 p.m., Pacific time, took his hike with the dog at 3:30 p.m., and now he is deep in the second bottle of wine, at 7:32 p.m. Pacific or 10:32 p.m. Eastern or whatever time it is, in Nashville. ("Pickin' time!") 10:33 PM -- McCain doesn't know what the unexpected will be, because nobody knows what a map is? Why is he talking about "comrades"? Why is he a Soviet? 10:34 PM -- The Ohio voters love that part, until he talks about the tiller. Ergh. Brokaw yells at them for getting in the way of his teleprompter. We are finally done! 10:35 PM -- Oh lord, Michelle looks so hot. 10:35 PM -- Oh forgive me lord, Cindy looks pretty hot! 10:35 PM -- But we will not get a porn wrestling match, only Wolf Blitzer saying that "Senator McCain obviously has some disdain for Senator Obama." But Obama charmingly sweet talks Cindy (who is looking for a younger man) and then he and Walnuts just spin away from each other. Such hate! 10:38 PM -- MSNBC, with Chris Matthews: "And John McCain, out of nowhere, attacks the moderator, Tom Brokaw." This is that weird point when Brokaw asks both candidates whom they might choose for Treasury, and McCain snarls, "Heh heh, well not you, Tom." WTF? 10:40 PM -- Barack and Michelle are still out there shaking hands, smiling, talking to everyone. McCain and Cindy left! 10:40 PM -- Matthews notes that McCain is not willing to jump in the shit-mud with Sarah Palin, so he is "somewhat embarrassed" about Palin reading all this weird racist crap at her rally appearances. 10:42 PM -- Switching over to C-SPAN. Barack and Michelle are still there, talking to everyone, walking around, taking pictures with people, what is going on, where is McCain and Cindy? 10:43 PM -- So weird. They bolted. And Barry and Michelle are really just individually working the small crowd. Why won't the people talk about this on CNN and MSNBC? 10:43 PM -- Please go to C-SPAN, see what's going on. 10:43 PM -- C-SPAN announcer: "You should know Sen. McCain and his wife Cindy have left." 10:45 PM -- Wow. 10:45 PM -- Seriously, switch to C-SPAN. Barack and Michelle are STILL working the room like a private party, and McCain and Cindy are LONG GONE. What is up, did they just surrender, like in Michigan? 10:46 PM -- What's remarkable, here, is that Barry and his wife are doing a thing you've seen, if you've seen the Clintons work a room, back in the glory days of the 1990s. Totally involved with everyone, smiles, charm, concern, serious looks as they listen. 10:48 PM -- What does this MEAN? Why won't CNN and MSNBC show this video? 10:49 PM -- They're all doing group pictures now, with the Obamas. This has become an Obama private party of supporters. 10:50 PM -- And now Barack is talking to a group of well-dressed white men and women, business people, country club types. They're all nodding and looking serious. 10:53 PM -- GO TO C-SPAN, WATCH THIS, IT IS REMARKABLE. 10:59 PM -- Our <a href="http://debatehub.c-span.org/">friends at C-SPAN</a> are going to get us some video to embed here, because this was interesting, and you did not see it on CNN, MSNBC, FOX, etc. 11:02 PM -- Let's go to CNN for a bit. What's her name, the one we love, she just said it was "condescending" the way McCain told that smart young man (but he was black!) that the lower people probably never heard of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. 11:05 PM -- Paul Begala finally gets around to the Wonkette point, that the Obamas hung out for a half-hour, a very Clintonesque performance. 11:06 PM -- Yes, she is back, Campbell Brown, she announces that Obama won, 54% to 30%. McCain's unfavorables are still 46%. 11:09 PM -- Ha ha, "That one" is now the go-to-commercial clip on CNN. And check out the black guy, who asked the question that got McCain to insult him with how black guys wouldn't know about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. That guy is <a href="https://wonkette.substack.com/p/liveblogging-the-boring-economic-town-hall-depression-debate-part-iv">right there in the shot,</a> behind Obama. And he visibly winces at the "that one" line.

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