On Sep 27, 7:22*am, "Tom Littleton" wrote:
"daytripper" wrote in message

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Anyway...according to the only *sampling* poll of those who actually
watched
the debate that I've found so far, Obama "won" the debate hands-down.

I found it fun to keep an eye on CNN's response meter of real-time emotional
response from a captive audience. Obama was actually getting better response
from Republicans, at times, than McCain. It was visible that when the
speaker switched from Obama to McCain, the meter plummetted, so I think
McCain's mannerisms put folks off. Sadly, Obama missed one opportunity to
end it all. McCain went on about Iran's Republican guard being a supporter
of terrorism. Iran doesn't HAVE a Republican Guard, the military wing is the
Revolutionary Guard, and had Obama politely pointed that out, it would have
made McCain look dim on his strong suit. Instead, Obama responded, repeating
McCain's error. So, silly season continues.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Tom

Assuming that Obama was conscious of the mistake, I think that he was
better off not saying anything about it: if he had, McCain would
probably have spun it as Obama the Liberal's sensitivities to how the
bad guys want to be called.