Here’s the one moment from the final debate that will live in infamy
Not every debate has a take-away moment, that you will “take away” with you from that night, that moment that you will never forget, that moment that encapsulates one or the other candidate in brief flash of insight. McCain had one in the second debate when he referred to Obama as “that one.”
Tonight McCain had another take-away moment when he discussed abortion rights and put the “health” of the mother in air-quotes:
Did you notice how Obama’s comments registered the maximum value with the dial-group and McCain’s comment, in turn, cratered the dial-group’s rating? It was ugly.
This was far more significant and memorable than the phony “I am not President Bush” line that the pundits all loved so much. That was a truly craptastic line — right up there with Nixon’s “I am not a crook.”
i’m John McCain, and I have no message.
Ayers! Ayers! Taxes! Earmarks! Maverick! Ayers!