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“That One”

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Debates, McCain, Video

McCain’s biggest shot at Obama tonight…

I just don’t think McCain connected with the audience as well as Obama did tonight.

I’ll have more thoughts soon.


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4 Responses to ““That One””

  1. Alan Stewart Carl Says:
    October 7th, 2008 at 9:06 pm

    “That one” is a pretty dismissive way to refer to someone. It grated on me at the time and the CNN crew has harped on it as a very bad moment for McCain.

  2. required Says:
    October 7th, 2008 at 11:36 pm

    It brings to mind “I did not have sex with that woman.”

  3. mike mcEachran Says:
    October 8th, 2008 at 7:37 am

    Even Fox questioned the “that one” comment. Glaring mistep by a guy who needed to blunt an “angry old man” image problem.

  4. mhb Says:
    October 8th, 2008 at 10:50 am

    Ignoring for a moment how disrespectful “that one” sounds, the tone he used with “I betcha don’t know” is as if he’s speaking to a room full of children. I felt that way several times during the debate – McCain was infantalizing the voters, I felt: “Most of you had probably never heard of Fannie and Freddie before all this happened…” Ugh.

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