Dear John McCain,

[Rob]

[philaarts.com]

ill point but not cause i tuck my thumb in!!!

[Plaidman]

I agree with Tom, but choose to think McCain was doing the "tap on the other shoulder so he looks at the wrong side trick".

McCain frightens me. And I'm not talking about John.

That's what I thought too....the grandpa who thinks the misdirect shoulder tap is clever and still funny so he does it to his grandchild, then goes "Gotcha!"

I fully expected it to follow with a "I got your nose!" gesture from McCain.

[goad74]

I dont think McCain was being racist when he said "that one", I think he honestly just forgot what Barack's name was.

My grandma does the same thing all the time.

[Plaidman]

Yeah, I don't think it was racist either. Did it come across as sounding disrespectful? Yes.
Was it intentional? I doubt it. The mind is the first thing to go. McCain has bigger things to worry about, like how in fact you freeze spending and at the same time buy up all the bad mortgages. That's like going on a diet and only eating fast food.

[phoondaddy]

"Let's help the fucktards out." - John McCain

[scrojo]

I think many of you are mischaracterizing McCain with the handshake (he shook hands already - point for hobbs - and was simply tapping Barack on the shoulder to facilitate a handshake for his wife.. behavior that is not unusual in any normal social situation.). Video clips need context.

and the notion that "that one" is some sort of racial code is a stretch of the imagination, at best.

agreed. the WTF mccain moment for me came when he said he was going to buy up all the bad mortgages and then make the banks reduce the principle . besides being a complete slap in the face to a 2nd grade understanding of economics and capitalism ( and skrewing over people that didn't get a crap loan ) where is this money going to come from !!??!??!! houses in my neighborhood are over priced in the hundreds of thousands each. nationwide it has to be in the trillions collectively.

[Golden Printing Boy]

[boatdreams]

the audience appears to have been drugged with something that causes no facial expressions whatsoever...like some awesome apathy pill.

Corporate owned media and two remarkably similar political "choices" seem to have that effect on a population.

[phoondaddy]

SNL Needs to get Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo to reunite, play Obama and McCain in the debate, then bust out into "Ebony and Ivory" at the end.