First things first, as always I watched the debate with Mrs. PolitiPornster and afterwards we discussed without the undue influence of the pundits. We both concluded at that time that Obama had one the debate. Apparently, we were not alone as CNN, CBS and others reported that polling favored our conclusion.
I for one am glad that these debates are over, plain and simple. The debates will likely have little to no effect on the eventual outcome of the election.
McCain’s debating style is annoying. The first debate, Maverick, Maverick, Maverick. The second debate was My Friend, My Friend, My Friend. Last night it was of course, Joe the Plumber, Joe the Plumber, Joe the Plumber. Mr. McCain, please stop repeating yourself, please stop repeating yourself, please stop repeating yourself.
If you had to condense McCain’s argument from last night, this is what you would get and it ain’t pretty my friends: There’s this autistic plumber named Joe who will raise your taxes. That is it in a nutshell.
Now, we here at PolitiPorn have predicted that McCain will win and likely in resounding fashion. Despite the polls, PolitiPorn believes that McCain will win every state that Bush took in 2004 and likely pick up a few traditional Blues as well.
Our analysis begs the question, why the hell is John McCain so freaking spastic? He’s gonna win, at least he could act like it. Instead, McCain is acting like he’s headed for sure defeat. He’s throwing every accusation he make against Obama in hopes that people outside of the Limbaugh crowd will grab ahold of one. That’s not how winners debate.
Look, most would agree that the Swift Boats Hooligans back in 2004 were the single most important factor in preventing Kerry from winning. They were Rove’s secret weapon and they worked in a stunningly effective manner. Now, consider this…George W. Bush did not bring up the SwiftBoaters once in any of the debates he had with Kerry. Not once. Why? Because he knew he was going to win.
If, and this is huge all caps IF, McCain were to lose this election, you can lay the blame squarely on old Johnnie Boy. He’s acting like a loser and if he does this enough, people will start to believe he is a loser. Once they believe, they’ll either not show up to the polls or they won’t vote for him. Americans love the happy warrior but we don’t tolerate losers.
Oh, John McCain didn’t say “My friends” once last night. Hey John, were not friends anymore, what up with that?
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