Anyone else notice McCain attacking Obama's "eloquence" tonight?

[msallied]

"Look how eloquent he's being?"

As if that's a bad thing. To be eloquent. No, John, let's just say any old stupid shit that comes into our heads! Let's sit down to a big ol' helpin of word salad, the official food of the McCain campaign!

Clearly, he was reaching out to the lowest common denominator more than usual tonight.

[1corona4u]

1. Several times....

he's such a jealous old fucker.

[msallied]

11. I agree that this is the number one emotion here with McCain.

The jealousy and the condescension just seeps from every crease on the bastard's face. People who talk to others the way McCain talks to Obama are people who feel threatened.

[Darkhawk32]

2. Using the word eloquent in this context means feminine.

It's a way to feminize Obama.

[LiberalAndProud]

31. You think so?

I thought he was framing Obama as disingenuous. He was calling Obama a liar without saying it out loud.

[Fridays Child]

3. In McCain's world, eloquent is the new uppity.

[Raschel]

32. Yep. Romney called it "smooth".

[jzodda]

4. Of course! Because Joe the plumber does not do "eloquence"

:D

[nc4bo]

5. He's a hater, pure and simple. Wishes he could be the man that Obama is

minus the beautiful brown tan - well he might have some hate for that too!

Barack Obama is the complete opposite of John Mccain. Thank God!

[Phredicles]

6. Maybe 'eloquent' just = 'please don't hold my being a shitty-assed speaker

against me'?

[ColonelTom]

7. More Rovian lowbrow populism.

"I don't know what he means by ell-o-quint, but it sounds like some mamby-pamby liberal elite B.S.!" :rofl:

[Occam Bandage]

8. I know it's wrong of me. I've worked with aphasics of all sorts. Still,

I laugh whenever I come across the phrase "word salad." I love that term. Love love love it.

[msallied]

15. lol. I love to revisit it on occasion.

As a way to remind myself that I once did go to school for Psychology and have since decided to pursue a writing career. I miss my studies, though, and hope to return very soon.

[cynatnite]

9. In other words...Obama sounds smarter than him n/t

[SayitAintSo]

10. My fellow prisoners .....

[msallied]

16. Senator Government

another great moment... lol

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

12. Imagine that. Mastery of one's native language

Too bad Grampy never did master it. Wonder how his conversational Vietnamese is? And I wonder what he thinks of his colleague Sen. Jim Webb's beautiful and accomplished Vietnamese wife. She's probably just another "gook" to Grampy.

[Cha]

13. See, this is why I can't

watch..I don't even want to think of how furious that would have made me.

Obama has had to go up against the forces of evil and he's still standing strong!

[msallied]

17. I like to think I have a slightly moderate tolernance level, at least for the debates.

I can't stand to watch Fox News or listen to right wing radio anymore. The debates are usually entertaining for me. But tonight... tonight I was seething with fury throughout many parts of this. My stomach was in knots. Obama cleaned McCain's clock pretty effectively though. He neutralized Ayers and mostly ACORN. He flat-out pummeled McCain on the health care debate too. Overall it was a very heated debate.

[Cha]

27. Thanks for watching and

giving your very vivid report..this is how I like to digest it..in small doses:)

[Viking12]

14. He was feeding a lot of red-meat to the anti-intellectual base tonight. Eloquence = elitist

[msallied]

18. This is why I don't vote Republican.

[clarkgabe]

23. Kinda of Like Chris Farley's Old Character on SNL

It kinda reminds me of the character that Chris Farley used to do on SNL, Bennett Brauer, the Weekend Update Correspondent(The finger-quote guy) (I don't "shower on a daily basis", or even "at all"..) John McCain turned into Bennet Brauer before our very eyes tonight! "Oh sure, he's the ELOQUENT one"

[msallied]

24. "I eat my own dandruff"

:rofl: LOVED that character! :)

[Richard Steele]

33. And to the racist base. "Eloquent" is damn close to "well-spoken". nm

[Thrill]

19. Yeah its like telling a beautiful woman. "Ugh, she soo hot"

[kwolf68]

20. You know what that means?

"Out of one's league"

[aaronbees]

21. In addition to many other things, it's another variation on ...

attacking anyone who appears smart/intellectual, implying they'll pull a fast one on us. Problem is, it's going to take someone smart and capable to get us out of this mess, which the voters are already recognizing given the polls breaking for Obama in recent weeks. McCain doesn't have much left in his little toy ammo box, so he's playing to the lowest common denominator here ... once again ... pretty much what he's done from the get go. What a sad and pathetic piece of work he is.

[alcibiades_mystery]

22. I am no orator, as Brutus is

but as you know me all a plain, blunt man
who loved his friend
And that, they know who gave me public leave to speak of him
For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth
Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech to stir men's blood
I merely speak right on
And tell you that which all of you do know
Show you sweet Caesar's wounds
These poor, poor dumb mouths
And bid them speak for me
But were I Brutus, and Brutus Antony
There were an Antony would ruffle up your spirits
And put a tongue in every wound of Caesar
That would move the stones of Rome to rise and mutiny!

(That's from memory...bagging on the other guy's "eloquence" is the oldest trick in the book)

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

25. Impressive recall of Shakespeare!

I was always a fan of Antony before Brutus. Brutus was a bullshit artist.

[msallied]

26. Beautifully done!

:applause:

[Lionel Mandrake]

28. The trick works best if the speaker affecting humility

is in fact more eloquent than his opponent. As was Antony according to Shakespeare. As was Socrates (on numerous occasions) according to Plato.

The trick didn't work very well for McCain.

[AlCzervik]

29. yes and i bet Obama uses Cutlery and puts the napkin on his lap. Step out the cave McCain.

[liskddksil]

30. Just like in the VP debate

when Senator Biden would give an intelligent answer, Palin would say how she's not a Washington insider (ie. I dont know as much as you do about the issue).

[Lorien]

34. It's something that we haven't seen for eight years

that's why it's so surprising to him.