Did John McCain know where he was at last night?

[ck4829]

He was inserting stump speech lines into the debate last night, something one isn't supposed to do at a Presidential Debate.

Style: Cluttered, jumpy, and often muddled. Frequent coughing early on helped neither his arguments nor his image. Jokes about being deaf and anecdotes about Normandy and George Shultz seemed ill-advised - even his pen was old. His presentation was further hindered by his wandering discussion of the differing heights of North and South Koreans and his angry assertion about how well he knows Henry Kissinger. Fell into the classic politician's trap of inserting familiar stump speech applause lines into debate responses - which only works if done with enthusiasm and clarity (and if received by applause - a big No-No in Lehrer's auditorium, which the audience obeyed seriously and silently). Keenly aware of the grand, grave occasion, McCain wavered between respectful and domineering, and ended up awkward and edgy.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/gradingthefirstpresidentialdebate

Did John McCain forget he was at a debate last night or something?

[billyoc]

1. He was getting in touch with his inner Stockdale.

:rofl:

[susanbanks44]

4. WHO AM I WHY AM I HERE?

[grannie4peace]

2. yea-- i thought it wasn't a debate for mcshit-it was campaigning

[hisownpetard]

3. And even when he used parts of the stump speech he's uttered hundreds of times, he flubbed it.

Ex: When he said that an earmark for studying the DNA of bears has been approved, he said
'I don't know if it's a paternal issue' instead of saying 'paternity' issue.

Give him the hook and get his mean, snarling face off my screen.