No way can I read the whole comments section here before commenting, so here’s my “first blush” general overview response to the debate (I’mm going to write in specifics tomorrow morning on my own site and save everyone here too much more tonight):

McCain has finally arrived.

I mean by that, here’s the guy I was hoping he’d be in the earlier debates, with specifics, directly confronting issues contradictions and unanswered, bothersome “unidentifieds” associated with Obama, including those Obama is responsible for.

Obama convinced me he’s untrustworthy.

I mean by that, Obama talked too loudly and too rapidly at the very outset, did not engender confidence accordingly — where the supportive media was while this was going on, I have no idea (some writing that Obama “maintained calm” and was “cool” and “composed” are just outright inaccurate).

Obama displayed a very offensive “smirking” “non-smile” while McCain spoke; Obama ALSO tried appeasing the moderator with grins, mouthed words (pronounced with his mouth but inaudible) to the moderator, as if he and moderator were in some “special relationship” or Obama was attempting to establish such — I sensed farther on in the debate that the moderator declined Obama’s come-ons because Obama eventually stopped this behavior while he never stopped his smirking non-smile/fake-smile while listening to McCain.

Other things about Obama that I found very disquieting (issues aside but there are a lot of issues I want to write about tomorrow on my own site) were that he did not look at McCain during the earlier debate, looking down and toward McCain when he spoke about McCain, BUT, it was a disrespectful glancing, dismissive (all the Obama complaints about McCain’s not “looking at Obama” in the first debate — there was Obama displaying a far more extreme disregard tonight for McCain).

And, Obama didn’t respond or offer any explanation that was believable about the Ayers/Acorn commisseration, returning instead to his wan excuses about “years ago” and “not a part of my campaign.”

I find Obama exceptionally offensive. When he turned eventaully to stare at the camera (about his “most important issue,” that of “energy”), his head was tilted to a side while speaking — revealing he REALLY is avoiding people and/or misleading the public, there’s some problem there with him not being available and the side-head-tilt is a real problem when he instead is emphasising, so he says, his “most important (issue) to (his) campaign…”

Anyway, I realize the media’s probably going to have a 360 degree opposite interpretation than me, but, my views, my read of the events tonight — specific issues pending later discussion on my own site.

S on October 15, 2008 at 11:10 PM

Gah, Hillary is now pronouncing that Obama “has sealed the deal with the American voters” — did anyone ever think she’d say otherwise?

I can’t stand this media presumption on public opinion, as if they’re there to dictate just what “the American voters” think or must think.

Hillary is shocking, though. It’s as if she has no self respect.

S on October 15, 2008 at 11:12 PM