The Final Debate

Not quite the smack-down everyone expected, but McGrumpy got in a few shots. You might not have noticed, but I left after an hour. McCain smells like somebody's grandpa, plus he was doing that karate chop thing to emphasize his points. He was lurching from garbled point to garbled point, and I was afraid one of those karate chops was going to land on my head.

It's a good thing for Blinky McNasty that I left before the Roe v. Wade question came up. If I had been there when he did his air quotes and made his sneering remark about protecting women's health, he would have had his booster seat shoved up his ass. How DARE he belittle women and the choices we have to make. Quite frankly, his mocking response isn't getting anywhere near the press it should. I guess we're all too interested in Joe the Plumber. I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that JtP is male. (Ok, I've seen the photos - he is a white male.) Not saying there's sexism involved, but...it has a certain sexist aroma about it.

I don't know how Obama manages to appear so unflappable. I really wanted him to go for the jugular and bring up Troopergate, McCain's transition chief lobbying on behalf of Saddam Hussein, Keating, etc. etc. etc. It was probably wiser and safer to stick to the issues and not stoop to McCain's level. But nowhere near as satisfying for Obama supporters who want to see McCain squirm and squeal like the pig-dog that he is.

Here are my top five most annoying/outrageous things that came out of McCain's mouth:

5. Joe the Plumber.

4. "Sarah Palin is a role model to women" and "I'm proud of her" and "Her husband's a pretty tough guy, by the way, too."

3. Ayers, ACORN, "My campaign is about getting this economy back on track." (whiplash!)

2. "The whole premise behind Senator Obama's plans are class warfare, let's spread the wealth around."

1. "Just again, the example of the eloquence of Senator Obama. He's health for the mother. You know, that's been stretched by the pro-abortion movement in America to mean almost anything.
That's the extreme pro-abortion position, quote, 'health.'"

'Nuff said.