Debate turning point
I think last night’s presidential debate was going in John McCain’s favor, but clearly – based on all the polls – didn’t end up that way. And I believe there was a three-word turning point in that debate: “eight years old.”
In fact, Mr. Ayers has become the centerpiece of Sen. McCain’s campaign over the last two or three weeks. This has been their primary focus. So let’s get the record straight. Bill Ayers is a professor of education in Chicago.
Forty years ago, when I was eight years old, he engaged in despicable acts with a radical domestic group.
Obama made the perfect point that the whole line of discussion was moot. But McCain still wouldn’t drop it. At from that point on, slowly but surely, the debate swung back to Obama.
There are a lot of reasons McCain lost the debate – he was angry, bitter, condescending, and evasive. But there’s your turning point.
Jeff St Real says:
Yep, if not those three words, then certainly that question. I thought after McCain issued the “I’m not George Bush” response, that he was going to go for the knockout. That was his high point, though. From there on he was snarky and goofy and it just fell apart.
There was a lady from Forbes magazine on Fox News last night and she made a great point that each successive debate reinforced confidence in Obama and led to more uncertainty in McCain. I would have voted for Obama on issues alone, but now I’m convinced he has the steady hand and the character it takes to be president.
All of these accusations about Ayers, and whatever else the Republicans are pulling out of the bag, are so anemic that they just look pathetic. I don’t mind Sarah Palin going out there making an ass of herself, but to see McCain doing it just makes me sad.