After watching tonight’s debate, yet again, I believe that there were a few things that I don’t think that the media caught onto. The biggest of these is the condescending tone that I felt John McCain used during several of his arguments. In particular, the statement where he referred to Obama as “That One” but it was the entire statement. His tone. His finger pointing. His referring to pork barrel spending as “goodies.”
John McCain: “By the way, my friends, I know you grow a little weary with this back-and-forth. It was an energy bill on the floor of the Senate loaded down with goodies, billions for the oil companies, and it was sponsored by Bush and Cheney.
You know who voted for it? You might never know. That one. You know who voted against it? Me. I have fought time after time against these pork barrel — these bills that come to the floor and they have all kinds of goodies and all kinds of things in them for everybody and they buy off the votes.”
Overall, I felt that Obama won the debate. Obama looked strong and determined to help the country. He sounded confident and appealed to the American people. John McCain focused on attacks and accusations. He continued the same rhetoric and practiced his same bullet points that he used in the last debate. Obama was new and refreshing.
It’s the economy stupid.
