The Final Debate



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This final debate is clearly a case of the frontrunner vs. the laggard. McCain tried to throw the entire kitchen at Obama, sounding more like the fevered swamps of Free Republic than the president of the United States.

And Barack Obama? He made the case again that this election isn’t about the Republican distraction du jour, but instead about important issues like the economy.

It’s the important stuff, stupid.

As Obama said, the McCain Volcano of Desperation “says more about your campaign than it does me”.

I wish for the condescending John McCain to have a fun time being pushed around by his wife in Sun City.

Also, based on McCain’s face, he’s trying out for the lead in the next Mask movie.

Smarmy guys shouldn’t be elected President. John McCain will prove that.

Obama camp:

“We came into the debate with two thirds of the American people thinking that John McCain is running a negative campaign, and Senator McCain spent 90 minutes trying to convince the other third. Once again, Barack Obama won a clear victory because he made the case for change for the middle class, while John McCain just had angry and negative attacks. Barack Obama showed the steady leadership that the American people need, and offered specific plans on the issues that matter to the middle class – creating jobs, cutting health care costs, building a new energy policy, and getting our economy moving. Senator McCain said that George Bush isn’t on the ballot, but he couldn’t name a single way that his economic policies will be any different. This was John McCain’s last chance for a game-changer, and he didn’t get it,” said Obama-Biden campaign manager David Plouffe.

Post Debate:
* Obama has won the Fox News focus group and the CNN focus group
* CBS poll: Obama 53-22 over McCain
* CNN poll: Obama 58-31

Another win, folks.

McCain once again never said “middle class”. He did say ACORN and Ayers though.

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64 Responses to “The Final Debate”

  1. Sean D. Martin says:

    Smarmy guys shouldn’t be elected President. John McCain will prove that.

    Actually, Bush Jr proved that. McCain won’t prove the “shouldn’t” because he won’t be elected.

  2. Quaker in a Basement says:

    OK, the “Mask” thing was out of line.

    I agree on the rest, though.

  3. Rheinhard says:

    Yeah I think McCain is gonna win over lots of ex-Hillary female voters by snorting derisively at those silly concerns over “women’s health”. Women… whatta bunch of whiners! Vote for me!

  4. ed says:

    McCain pwns the key Blinking Jackass demo.

  5. Vanessa says:

    I thought John McCain did better than he has done in previous debates if only because he finally decided to discuss political issues instead of constantly slinging mud. That said, it won’t be enough for him. Obama is our next president.
    :)

  6. jr says:

    “you have ties to ACORN and Bill Ayers”-John McCain to Carol

  7. somejackass says:

    I can’t believe how bad McCain looked on the “zero” quote. For the love of God, looking condescending is better than looking like you just got something shoved unexpectedly in your rear. The stunned look, the blinking. Give me the condescending laugh anyday.

  8. Just John says:

    “Zero?”

    Shouldn’t have asked a question he didn’t know the answer to.

  9. bimbo slice says:

    i got the feeling

    McCains handlers told him to comeback with a solid response to every Obama answer (ie dont give Obama any ground) and everytime he did, it seems like he didn’t know what to say….its like he forgot and fizzled…for example…when Obama called him out for not restraining the name calling and vengefulness… that rambling he did about veterans with caps and honor and Iraq and Vietnam .respectful people with caps…….where was he going with that???!

    for McCain its like that feeling you know..of running to the restroom to take a dump and then losing the desire to take it once u get there.

  10. Mylegacy says:

    Obama actually scored a KO.

    As the tapes get looked at more you’ll see it being used. When McCain said Bob the Plumber was going to be FINED by Obama’s Health Care plan – and Obama looked right into the camera and said, “NO John – my plan excludes small business from that.” AND – McCain almost fell over backwards. He threw his head back and rolled his eyes.

    Overall – it’s really not fair – Obama is a romp.

    My only concern now is the 600,000 who are getting disenfranchised in Ohio and the how many hundreds of thousands the Repugs are trying to remove in other states. These guys are a stain upon the land. May they never darken our days again.

  11. Repack Rider says:

    Some hack oppo researcher is going to get his head handed to him and ordered to stand at attention while McCain sh!ts down his neck for missing that “Zero” in the briefing on a position that McCain himself had never bothered to read for himself.

  12. Jay Tea says:

    Well, I think we saw last night which candidate has the… what was the phrase… oh, yeah, “balls” to talk trash to their opponent’s face, and which one wimped out.

    And did Obama ever answer why he voted against Roberts and Alito? I nodded off after his umpteenth “people want to hear about the issues” response to a question about… well, issues.

    J.

  13. Jay Tea says:

    So, if McCain’s appearance is now a fair election issue, can we talk about Obama’s ears? Or, at least, Biden’s hair plugs and Botoxed forehead?

    The odd thing is, one can take that facial problem of McCain’s and spin it into an asset…

    J.

  14. j mccann says:

    Even if Obama wins….

    there will be no bipartisanship.

    Get ready of at least 4 years of the same kind of shit the left has pulled while bush is/was in office.

    your blind cheerleading and worship of Obama, who is nothing more than your typical politician that will say anything or associate with anyone as long as it is politically beneficial, isn’t going to be enough to get anything done. (Seriously…I really think OW wants to blow the guy the way he kisses his ass like he’s some kind of messiah.LOL)

    If he wins, I and many others will take great joy in sabotaging his entire presidency.

    Bipartisanship my ass.

    LMAO!

    And i get the distinct feeling that this isn’t going to end on nov.4th either, considering ACORN has been implicated and in some cases busted completely for voter fraud. it will cast doubt on the true results, especially in close states!

    LMAO!

  15. Nimrod Gently says:

    RIGHT WING GLOSSARY

    BIPARTISANSHIP: Democrats doing what Republicans tell them, even (especially) when in power

    BALLS: Anger, sarcasm, tension, barely controlled temper. (only applies to Republican candidates)

    You know what’s funny? Reading the summaries on the BBC News site of Internet Opinion. They ask everyone, Kos and Townhall and even Malkin. Shockingly enough, in every single debate, Hugh Hewitt, RedState and Malkin have all given McCain 5/5 and Obama 1/5. EVERY SINGLE TIME. They’re advertising the fact that they aren’t rational people.

  16. william says:

    From the Politico –

    “Joe the Plumber” also told Katie Couric in an interview after the debate that the Illinois Senator has “a tap dance…almost as good as Sammy Davis, Jr.”

    Oh the racism!

  17. Leota2 says:

    Well, it seems that John McCain indeed has “balls>”
    Unfortunately he tripped over them and while being treated for
    the a** whipping he got — the doctors say that it’s a medical miracle
    that those balls also affected his reasoning, blustering facial ticks and even more strangely–his mouth.

    You see Jay Tea–we have a POTUS with balls. He’s now hiding in the WH.
    We need one with brains, vision, an even nature and the ability not to scare hell out of electorate every time he wakes up grumpy.

    You, of course, will defend McCain– this obviously angry, troubled, small man who even now has some of his defenders watching him in horrified wonder. As McCain said on the Straight Talk Express back in 2000–People who do nothing but run negative attack ads probably have no vision for the future or aren’t ready to articulate it.

    Damned by his own former integrity.

  18. Bruce Henry says:

    jmccann: “If he wins, I and many others will take great joy in sabotaging his entire presidency.”
    How very patriotic of you.
    Country First.
    Asshole.

  19. If he wins, I and many others will take great joy in sabotaging his entire presidency.

    He’s going to write TWICE as many anonymous comments on someone else’s weblog!

    Hahahahaha, what a loser.

  20. Get ready of at least 4 years of the same kind of shit the left has pulled while bush is/was in office.

    Yeah, like remember when Bush was president and Republicans had a 100-seat majority in the House and a nearly filibuster-proof majority in the Senate oh wait they never did and we will? Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. Too bad.

  21. z_adura says:

    JT, don’t you think the Obama’s handlers were giving each other high-fives when McCain clumsily dropped in the crap about Ayers and ACORN. They’ve been hoping to lure McCain into this mud pit for a long time, and predictably, the “fight” candidate delivered.

    I don’t think I have seen a more pathetic campaign for president than McCain’s at least since Dukakis.

  22. ed says:

    considering ACORN has been implicated and in some cases busted completely for voter fraud.

    Yeah, I remember Alberto “Fredo” Gonzales and Karl Rove making a concerted effort to make election-timed cases against ACORN and others of voter fraud. What ever happened to that effort, anyway?

  23. mike in dc says:

    Still trying to figure out how a double-digit win by Obama would be spun by Republicans and wingnuts.

    John McCain went full wingnut last night. To paraphrase Robert Downey Jr. from Tropic Thunder, “You never go full wingnut.”

  24. C.S.Strowbridge says:

    jmccann: “If he wins, I and many others will take great joy in sabotaging his entire presidency.”

    Bruce: “How very patriotic of you.”

    Remember, for these people, it’s party first, country second, if that high on the list.

  25. Duros Hussein62 says:

    when Obama called him out for not restraining the name calling and vengefulness… that rambling he did about veterans with caps and honor and Iraq and Vietnam .respectful people with caps…….where was he going with that???!

    I wondered about that too. Talk about a non-sequitor.

    The odd thing is, one can take that facial problem of McCain’s and spin it into an asset…

    Oh, please, do tell.

  26. ed says:

    I’m sure william will find camaraderie with the Good Americans in the many videos of people filing into and out of McCain-Palin rallies. You know, Republicans. Mission accomplished william!

  27. PD100 says:

    “If he wins, I and many others will take great joy in sabotaging his entire presidency.”

    How so? Are you already admitting to sedition when when you’re not looking for a handout?

    Sabotage. Please, you could fuck up a baked potato.

  28. Nimrod Gently says:

    Remember, for these people, it’s party first, country second, if that high on the list.

    Party and country are the same thing to the likes of McCann. The Democrats, indeed anyone either to the left of Tom DeLay or who simply doesn’t back the party in any and all things (even the progeny of Bill Buckley isn’t immune) are the enemy, to the extent that when they are in power it’s not America anymore, its the United States of Pinkoland or something. Their team is the ONLY team that counts, that isn’t evil; so when their team loses, it’s not democracy, it’s a coup.

  29. j mccann says:

    This horrible socialist will be exposed for what he really is, and all the idiot americans that voted for him will have to hang their heads in shame. Obama will make Bush look like the best thing since sliced bread when it’s over.

    Bruce henry…your idea of racism…

    tapdancing joke = racist.

    Rev. Wright = not racist.

    Please explain that one. You’d be delighted to know that another of your pals on this site, Quaker, is now also interested in using the appropriate definition of racism as well.

    So, could you please explain that “racism” allegation you threw at “Joe the plumber.”

  30. Nimrod Gently says:

    Every time an imbecile uses the word “socialist” who clearly has no idea what socialism is, God kills a kitten. I mean, I kill a kitten. I mean, I kill the imbecile.

    I guess what I’m trying to say here is read a goddamn book.

    Bruce henry…your idea of racism…

    tapdancing joke = racist.

    Rev. Wright = not racist.

    That was William. I expect he was joking. Don’t ask me what the joke was though.

  31. j mccann says:

    Yes bruce henry, you’ll be interested to know that Quaker thinks that calling people racist for things such as “tapdancing jokes” isn’t racist either.

    After all, I have the proof right

    here.http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/09/poll-gop-frustration-watch/#comments

    None of your allegations of racism are taken seriously anymore because the only qualification you use to sling that smear is the fact that you disagree w/someone.

    Win.

    Obama will be ruthlessly smeared if he takes office.

    Bi-partisanship can go to hell.

    LMAO!

  32. PD100 says:

    “Obama will make Bush look like the best thing since sliced bread when it’s over.”

    Eh? Isn’t the Connecticut Cowboy supposed to be the greatest President since infinity-history-will-vindicate-him!!1!1!! -at least in mouthbreather-land? Way to set the bar, genius.

    “Obama will be ruthlessly smeared if he takes office.”

    Oooooh. Gauntlet thrown down from greater Wingtardia. Unintentional Comedy Gold days ahead.

  33. Parthenon says:

    These switches from actually contesting the election to angry declarations of defiant opposition are very encouraging. Seems to me the wind is out of their sails.

  34. Haplo9 says:

    >Remember, for these people, it’s party first, country second, if that high on the list.

    You actually said this, presumably with a straight face, on the website of Oliver Willis. Who is the very personification of a party-comes-before-everything kind of guy. Talk about projection..

  35. Duros Hussein 62 says:

    Obama will be ruthlessly smeared if he takes office.

    Bi-partisanship can go to hell.

    Why do you hate America and what it can become, asshole? Why is it always your way or no way at all with you douchenozzles?

    We are sick and tired of the way your team has fucked up this country over the last eight years and we’re not gonna take your shit anymore. We want our fucking country back NOW and we want to return it to its rightful place as the “shining beacon on a hill”, an international leader in innovation and education, prosperity and growth and not the biggest fucking joke of a bully on the planet. If you don’t get that, then get the fuck out. Stay in your rat hole for the next eight years, possibly sixteen, because you obviously have nothing positive to add to this society.

    I’m sick of your shit.

  36. Nimrod Gently says:

    You actually said this, presumably with a straight face, on the website of Oliver Willis. Who is the very personification of a party-comes-before-everything kind of guy. Talk about projection..

    Oops you caught us out, clearly posting on the same blog as someone means we have absolutely 100% the same opinions and even personality as that person. I mean CLEARLY.

    This is what I was saying earlier. The Republicans revel in being a strictly regimented hivemind, they just don’t comprehend individuality.

  37. Yeah, McCain finally got the balls to talk about Ayers to Obama’s face… and then Obama slapped him around on it.

  38. Parthenon says:

    Obama will be ruthlessly smeared if he takes office.

    What do you mean, ‘IF’ he takes office? You clowns got any more ruthless smears left in the tank? Hiding the cannibalism charges until AFTER he’s elected, are you?

    Your type kinda reminds me of this guy in my hometown that used to write letters to the editor about his UFO visits.

  39. Old Navy won that one by keeping Obama on the ropes. But, for the record, autism is not Down’s Syndrome.

  40. Haplo9 says:

    Yes Nimrod, individuality is really scary. I just can’t stand it. Your ability to see through my facade is amazing. *rolls eyes* You might want to note that I didn’t say that everyone here is a party first man, just Oliver. I would include a few of his commenters, including CS, in that vein, seeming to think they are the forces of light fighting against the darkness. The point is this – if you want to talk about how the other side only cares about party first, you might want to do it at a place that isn’t all about.. party first.

  41. Hedley says:

    All I know is that I am now voting for Jackie Chan.

    “Chan We Need”

  42. Nimrod Gently says:

    No, your point is “eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Liberals”.

  43. Haplo9 says:

    Since you don’t appear to have said anything, I’ll take that as an apology for trying to misread me. Thanks Nimrod, accepted. :)

  44. Zython says:

    there will be no bipartisanship.

    Nor should there be. The Republican party needs to get the message that America won’t tolerate that kind of crap anymore.

    Get ready of at least 4 years of the same kind of shit the left has pulled while bush is/was in office.

    Translation: I can dish it out, but I sure as hell can’t take it.

    If he wins, I and many others will take great joy in sabotaging his entire presidency.

    Why do you hate America?

  45. Duros Hussein 62 says:

    f he wins, I and many others will take great joy in sabotaging his entire presidency.

    I can see it now:

    “Hello, is this the White House? Is your refrigerator running? *snicker snicker*”

    Fucking child.

  46. j mccann says:

    OW, the only balls you should be talking about are Obamas, because you want to play with them.

    You blind cheerleader.

  47. j mccann says:

    Duros Hussein says…

    “Why do you hate America and what it can become, asshole? Why is it always your way or no way at all with you douchenozzles?

    We are sick and tired of the way your team has fucked up this country over the last eight years and we’re not gonna take your shit anymore. We want our fucking country back NOW and we want to return it to its rightful place as the “shining beacon on a hill”, an international leader in innovation and education, prosperity and growth and not the biggest fucking joke of a bully on the planet. If you don’t get that, then get the fuck out. Stay in your rat hole for the next eight years, possibly sixteen, because you obviously have nothing positive to add to this society.

    I’m sick of your shit.”

    My response: Funny, I pose a lot of the same questions to you.

    Douchenozzle.

  48. Quaker in a Basement says:

    Yes bruce henry, you’ll be interested to know that Quaker thinks that calling people racist for things such as “tapdancing jokes” isn’t racist either.

    I forget.

    When did I say you could speak for me? Oh that’s right. Never. (And here’s the reason why–you’re badly misinterpreting what I wrote to you.)

    And when did you finally provide us your definition of racism. I think that was Never also.

  49. Parthenon says:

    OW, the only balls you should be talking about are Obamas, because you want to play with them.

    And a homophobic cherry on the bigot sundae.

    Well played, sir. Shall we throw on some ‘Damned Jews responsible for all the wars in the world’ sprinkles?

  50. Jaime says:

    Trying out for the next Mask movie, thats funny. He totally did have this weird, constipated, bothered look on his face the entire time. I couldn’t figure it out.

    The debate was a classic showcase though of the Republican campaign: let’s try to destroy the other guy instead of talking about our own policies. And notice how McCain skirted around the question the moderator asked about Obama being called names at a Palin rally? Yeah he had no answer for that one because he knows his campaign didn’t do SHIT when that happened.

    McCain came off as such a sourpuss pouter last night and it only makes me think he is a sore loser, definitely not a man qualified to lead this country.

    Obama was calm, strong, smiling and stuck to the issues while McCain was judgemental, smug, unhappy and downright jealous that a guy 30 years his junior has a jump on him.

    Cant wait to see McCain lose this one.

  51. Duros Hussein 62 says:

    My response: Funny, I pose a lot of the same questions to you.

    Okay, which part?

    It was your party that recklessly got us where we are today, by mismanagement, incompetence, cronyism and blind loyalty.
    This country needs an enema to wash the shitstains of the GOP off the seats.
    And you nominate the same fucking thing. You’re perfectly happy with staying the course.

    You hate this country and don’t want us to succeed.

  52. Bruce Henry says:

    Mccann, I wasn’t talking about Quaker or anybody else. I have no idea what you’re talking about when you refer to “tapdancing jokes.”
    You called for deliberately sabotaging the presidency of a duly elected President Obama, and I think that that is unfuckingpatriotic.
    Have I ever called you racist? I honestly don’t remember. I know I think you are a dogmatic neanderthal laissez-faire freemarketcandonowrong doctinaire diehard, but I don’t remember charging you with racism. Maybe I did.
    Oh, and you are an unpatriotic cowardly asshole who pretends to have a life, too.

  53. Duros Hussein 62 says:

    I apologize to all here for my language today. I’m mad as hell, and I’m not gonna take it anymore, that’s all.

  54. j mccann says:

    LMAO!

    I see that I have ruffled the feathers of rabid socialist Duros Hussein.

    LMAO!

    Quaker, nice attempt to play dumb.

    You had stated that Wright saying bigoted things that made “white people uncomfortable,” weren’t racist, so I’d like you to say that a tapdancing joke made by Joe the plumber wasn’t racist either. After all I guess both statements “just made people uncomfortable,” which by your definition, isn’t racist.

    I’ll be waiting for you to stand up against the moron on this thread that made the claim.

    And yes, my apologies Bruce. It was a socialist named WILLIAM that made the incorrect allegation of racism.

    Quaker, what say you?

    LMAO!

  55. Jaime says:

    Duros Hussein 62 and Bruce Henry-

    RIGHT ON MAN. That’s all I have to say to you. RIGHT ON.

    And jmccann, I don’t understand why you insist on coming to a blog that’s obviously not for you, and purposely ruffling everyone’s feathers. Have you nothing better to do with your time than try to get a rise out of people, because it’s clear that you are getting off on it from your constant “LMAO” remarks. I think we all know at this point that you are laughing your ass off but its not quite so clear why exactly. Are you a little crazy maybe? I think so!

    “LMAO”

  56. Quaker in a Basement says:

    so I’d like you to say that a tapdancing joke made by Joe the plumber wasn’t racist either.

    I’d like world peace. Looks like we’ll both be waiting a while.

  57. Quaker in a Basement says:

    After all I guess both statements “just made people uncomfortable,” which by your definition, isn’t racist.

    You apparently can’t articulate your own definition of racism. Please don’t try to explain mine to me.

  58. j mccann says:

    Ah, I see that Quaker is not man enough to apply the same standards in regards to accusing people of being racist.

    Big surprise there.

    Hypocrite.

    LMAO!

  59. Quaker in a Basement says:

    Also:

    Quaker, nice attempt to play dumb.

    It’s never playing.

  60. Duros Hussein 62 says:

    I see that I have ruffled the feathers of rabid socialist Duros Hussein.

    Not at all. Just sick of your shit, and all the mouth-breathers like you. More evidence for the need to criminalize st00pid.

    You apparently can’t articulate your own definition of racism.

    Nor socialism, apparently.

    LMAO AT YOU!

  61. Nimrod Gently says:

    William was JOKING. He’s on YOUR side. And stop posting LMAO for the love of God.

  62. Quaker in a Basement says:

    Ah, I see that Quaker is not man enough to apply the same standards in regards to accusing people of being racist.

    See, that’s where you’re wrong. I’m always consistent. That’s because I know the definitions of the words I use.

    Racism. Define it if you can, mccann.

  63. Duros Hussein 62 says:

    He keeps saying Socialist like it’s a bad thing. No one has told me why it is so scaaaaaary.

    Perhaps Mr. Gently could help me out with that. Is socialism scary, Nim?

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