So old and so out of touch with the reality of this economy they say of John McCain. He is also said to have been prone to ill manners, temper tantrums, and outburst of anger when things do not go his way. This is even said by some who served with him in the military. His handlers have worked on that to make him appear mild mannered. Yet, in the last debate with Obama you could see the real McCain coming out. He spoke down to Obama and even called Obama "that one" instead of using his name. Whenever Obama answered questions McCain would clench and bite down hard, tightening his jaw muscles. Then he would try to say the that Obama does not understand or that Obama doesn't get it. He lost his manners and just about stormed out of the venue as soon as the debate was over. It is clear that McCain is upset over his numbers dropping in the polls. Still he tries to avoid the issues by usingg his wife, Sarah Palin and others to launch attacks on Obama that are lies and accusations without facts. This is desperation at its worst. just look at this article from the New York Daily News:
Desperate McCain campaign pushes Obama link to 1970s radical
John McCain's camp went heavily on the offensive against Barack Obama (below) on Wednesday.
John McCain's campaign careened wildly between the high and low roads Wednesday - a whiplash ride that suggested a growing desperation to start catching up to Barack Obama.
Instead of the customary message of the day, there were two - in jarring juxtaposition:
- McCain wants to help Americans save their homes.
- Obama's ex-Weather Underground "friend" would just as soon have blown one up.
That came from a startling statement put out by the McCain campaign from John Murtagh, a Yonkers city councilman and GOP state Senate candidate.
Murtagh was referring to a 1970 firebombing of his family's upper Manhattan home, when his father, New York State Supreme Court Justice John Murtagh, was presiding at a trial of Black Panther radicals. The Weather Underground was suspected in the attack, although no one was caught. "Barack Obama may have been a child when William Ayers was plotting attacks against U.S. targets - but I was one of those targets," Murtagh said in the statement.
Murtagh was 9 at the time;Obama was 8.
"Barack Obama's friend tried to kill my family," he concluded.
Obama fired back on ABC News: "Why don't we just clear it up right now: The notion that somehow [Ayers] has been involved in my campaign, that he is an adviser of mine, that ... I've 'palled around with a terrorist,' all these statements are made simply to try to score cheap political points." Obama has had only sporadic associations with Ayers, a distinguished professor of education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, since meeting him in the 1990s.
McCain's strategy is loaded with risk, an ex-aide said.
"One risk is the potential for backlash," said former McCain communications chief Dan Schnur, referring to voters' limited tolerance for negative attacks. "The other is that these personal allegations obscure what McCain has to say about housing mortgages and other serious matters."
"Obviously," added Schnur, "that's a risk they've decided is worth taking."
At Tuesday's debate, McCain never mentioned Ayers, after days of jabbing at him. He focused on the economy, including his $300 billion plan to help homeowners avoid foreclosure.
Obama suggested McCain didn't have the chutzpah bring it up face to face. "I am surprised that, you know, we've been seeing some pretty over-the-top attacks coming out of the McCain campaign over the last several days, that he wasn't willing to say it to my face," Obama said.
Murtagh, who wrote about the attack in a Daily News Op-Ed in April, said the McCain campaign tracked him down last week.
"The issue is really not an attempt on my family's life. The issue is Barack Obama's judgment," Murtagh told The News.
Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden said the serious-minded debate questions from average Americans showed voters are "looking for a steady hand, leadership, an optimist - not an angry man lurching from one position to another."
Obama, for his part, blasted McCain Wednesday for proposing "more of the same Bush economics that led us to this point."
"I can take four more weeks of John McCain's attacks," Obama told a boisterous crowd at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. "But the American people can't take four more years of John McCain's Bush policies."
Appearing on Fox News last night with running mate Sarah Palin, McCain was asked if he thought Obama was prepared to be President. "I don't," he replied. McCain earlier held a rally with former Notre Dame and current Cleveland Browns backup quarterback Brady Quinn.
John McCain calls Barack Obama 'that one' during debate: Was it rude or not?
Wednesday, October 8th 2008, 11:19 AM
Sen. John McCain (R-Az.) answers a question as Sen. Barack Obama (D-Il.) looks on during their townhall-style presidential debate Tuesday night.
John McCain referred to Barack Obama as "that one" last night, a moniker Team Obama said bordered on disrespect.
"There was an energy bill on the floor of the Senate loaded down with goodies, billions for the oil companies. It was sponsored by Bush and Cheney. You know who voted for it? You might never know - That one," McCain said, indicating Obama.
"You know who voted against it? Me," McCain added.
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Moments after McCain used the phrase, Obama spokesman Bill Burton e-mailed reporters: "Did John McCain just refer to Obama as 'that one'?"
Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden, making the rounds on the morning talk shows Wednesday, said he didn't read much into McCain's reference to Obama as "that one," or the Republican's unwillingness to make eye contact with his opponent.
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Biden chalked it up to "part of his style" when McCain's on the attack.
"I thought that was odd," said Obama strategist David Axelrod, "but I'll let others decide" whether it was a dis.
"I don't know if he [McCain] was disrespectful" but "I think he looked angry and agitated," Obama adviser Robert Gibbs added.
McCain advisers dismissed suggestions McCain intended the remark to be rude. He referred to Obama as "that one" when noting which candidate voted for a President Bush-backed energy plan.
Was McCain's use of the moniker "that one" in reference to Obama offensive?
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