New York Times almost gets it right - "barely looked at him all night"

[steve2470]

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/27/us/politics/27debate.html?em

If Mr. Obama came into the debate seeking to link the economic crisis to Mr. McCain and to Mr. Bush, Mr. McCain sought to portray his rival as a naïve interloper; he barely looked at him all night, and seven times used a variation of the phrase that Mr. Obama “doesn’t understand.”

“I’m afraid Senator Obama doesn’t understand” and “What Senator Obama doesn’t seem to understand” and “Senator Obama still doesn’t understand” were Mr. McCain’s constant refrains, delivered with a frozen smile and a hint of condescension.

“A little bit of naïvete there,” Mr. McCain said after Mr. Obama’s remarks on a question about the American-Russian relationship.
The two men were somewhat wary of the debate’s unusual format — each had two minutes to answer a question, and then five minutes for free-flowing and perhaps unpredictable debate. During the first question, they generally kept outlining their policy views rather than engaging directly.

more at link above, bolding mine

[xiamiam]

1. it backfired...belittling and refusing to look at him..mccain looks like a fool..nt

[tularetom]

2. He fucking NEVER looked at him

I think the poor old fart was afraid of him.

[SteveM]

3. Well, so much for elitism and talking down (nt)

[buff2]

4. McLame thinks he is above blacks

Obama kicked his pasty white ass. McSame was arrogant,annoyed and got pretty pissed off when Obama was sticking it to him. That quick tempered moron belongs in a nursing home,NOT the White House.

[stray cat]

5. McCain thinks he is above everyone - much like Bush