I couldn't blog during the Tuesday night debate; had to timeshift it. Maybe it's just as well, though, because the content felt mostly like a retread of the first debate.
Just a few observations:
- McCain said "my friends" 17 times, by my count.
- Obama said McCain thinks he (Obama) is "green behind the ears." See my earlier post on this eggcorn.
- I thought McCain showed a severe lack of self-awareness when he (twice) said he would provide a cool hand at the tiller. (Actually, the first time he said "cool," the second time he said "steady.") This from the man who was described this way by a Republican colleague, Thad Cochran of Mississippi, in the Boston Globe: "The thought of his being president sends a cold chill down my spine. He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and he worries me."
- Not a single "maverick" from McCain. I guess that ship has sailed.
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