Probably the oddest and startling moment was when McCain called Obama "That One."
How disrespectful and dehumanizing! He has a title and a name, it's Senator Barack Obama, and McCain, you better get use to his soon-to-be NEW title: President Barack Obama! I believe the American people want a certain level of common courtesy between their candidates for president. They've both earned their position from votes of the people, and deserve to show respect for each other as peers out of respect for all Americans.
McCain also later refused to shake Obama's hand one final time.
As you can see, McCain touches Obama on the shoulder, and as he turns around he offers his hand directly to McCain who refuses to do the same, so Obama pivots and shakes Cindy's hand instead. An obvious sign of disrespect for Obama. I'm not sure what McCain thinks he's accomplishing from this attitude, I guess it's his strategy to make Obama look unimportant, but it ends up making McCain look like a total ass.
My personal favorite moment of the night was a lighter one after the questions were over at the end of the debate. Both candidates shook hands then stood together at center stage where they temporarily blocked the view of the teleprompter for the moderator Tom Brokaw. I believe that what Obama and McCain did next was the perfect example of their contrasting styles and could be an indication of how they will act as president when confronted with a problem.
When Brokaw told them they were "in my way of my script" Obama reacted quickly and he calmly stepped aside, smiled and waved. McCain took a second or two to react while clapping and then scurried off stage as quickly as possible in a hunched over manner. The result? Obama = smooth, McCain = erratic.
I don't usually over-analyze things like this, but when I first saw it, McCain's reaction caught my attention as unusual. Be sure to watch it several times focusing on Obama and McCain separately, and let me know what you think.
Overall McCain came off as the angry old man and Obama, as usual, was Mr. Cool. There was no "game-changing" moment for McCain and he knew it as he left the building well before Obama who continued to meet people in the audience. Obama has the momentum and will be our next president in a time of great turmoil. As I write this, financial markets all over the world are falling sharply because of the economic crisis. Things are about to get bad...real bad I'm afraid.
The choice for REAL change is clear. We must vote for "That One."
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