More debate highlights/wingnut reactions (UPDATED)

I’ve been absent all morning, so I haven’t had a chance to post any more of my favorite clips from the debate, so here they are.

In my opinion, the best moment of the debate was when Obama used McCain’s surly set up from the previous debate, about how he “doesn’t understand,” to launch into a monologue about the things he indeed doesn’t understand. It’s brilliant:

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Another great moment was when, after John McCain for the umpteenth time lied about Obama’s statements on Pakistan — McCain continually asserts that Obama “announced” he would “attack Pakistan,” when nothing even remotely resembling that happened — Obama launched in to a very statesman-like, informed, detailed appraisal of Pakistan, and then turned McCain’s words back on him. Around 40-45 seconds in is the incredibly uncomfortable moment where Obama said, “Sen. McCain suggests that somehow, you know, I’m green behind the ears and, you know, I’m just spouting off, and he’s somber and responsible…” At that point, McCain, as if the words were Obama’s own, suddenly got up and said, “thank you very much, heh heh.” It was so weird and gross and uncomfortable:

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Okay now the wingnut reactions! Andy McCarthy’s was the best, over at the Cornhole:

We have a disaster here — which is what you should expect when you delegate a non-conservative to make the conservative (nay, the American) case. […]

Now, as the night went along, did you get the impression that Obama comes from the radical Left? Did you sense that he funded Leftist causes to the tune of tens of millions of dollars? Would you have guessed that he’s pals with a guy who brags about bombing the Pentagon? Would you have guessed that he helped underwrite raging anti-Semites? Would you come away thinking, “Gee, he’s proposing to transfer nearly a trillion dollars of wealth to third-world dictators through the UN”? […]

Great. Memo to McCain Campaign: Someone is either a terrorist sympathizer or he isn’t; someone is either disqualified as a terrorist sympathizer or he’s qualified for public office. You helped portray Obama as a clealy qualified presidential candidate who would fight terrorists.If that’s what the public thinks, good luck trying to win this thing.

With due respect, I think tonight was a disaster for our side. I’m dumbfounded that no one else seems to think so. Obama did everything he needed to do, McCain did nothing he needed to do. What am I missing?

Haha, he basically makes the liberal, factual case FOR US. It’s basically, “Look, either we’re unhinged wingnuts or we aren’t! Which is it?” I also like that the stupid wing-tards are still asserting that their way is the “American” way. Actually, sir, the American way is to invite all viewpoints, even those of wingnuts. We have to have something to laugh at, you know.

Next up is Kathleen Parker, who’s in the process of slowly learning just what a stable of hicks her readers are, having written an honest column about what a moron Sarah Palin is. In this piece, which Betty Cracker points out will probably bring a lot more hate mail to Kathleen Parker’s desk, Parker writes about the effect Sarah Palin is having on this race. The veil is slowly coming off for her:

On Monday, Bill Kristol wrote in his column that Palin thinks Obama’s association with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright needs to be discussed more.

Because hardly anyone ever mentioned it?

Haha, that’s something a liberal, I mean realist, would point out.

Palin also took the opportunity in Clearwater to deflect criticism of her interview with Katie Couric. First she joked that she was only working for Tina Fey’s job security. Then she said the reason she did so poorly in the interview was that she was annoyed.

We are to infer that the reason Palin gave answers that ranged from ridiculous to nonsensical was that she was merely withholding her insights to demonstrate her pique? Right.

Nevertheless, “Yaaaaaaaaaaaay.” [from the crowd]

This is a wingnut writer, remember! Too funny. You can almost see her rolling her eyes as she addresses, for the first time in her career, the utter stupidity that characterizes the Republican base.

Democrats and other critics distracted by her winks may have missed the message, but Palin’s target audience heard it loud and clear. She is like the high-pitched whistle only dogs can hear. While Democrats heard non-answers, superfluous segues and cartoon words — shout-out, I’ll betcha, doggone, extra credit — Republicans heard God, patriotism, courage, victory.

It’s called code, and Republicans are fluent.

Oh my god, she’s actually talking about Republican dog-whistles. Here’s where she finally zeroes in on the truth about the campaign that no wingnut dare speak, save she:

The McCain campaign knows that Obama isn’t a Muslim or a terrorist, but they’re willing to help a certain kind of voter think he is. Just the way certain South Carolinians in 2000 were allowed to think that McCain’s adopted daughter from Bangladesh was his illegitimate black child.

But words can have more serious consequences than lost votes and we’ve already had a glimpse of the Palin effect.

The Post’s Dana Milbank reported that media representatives in Clearwater were greeted with taunts, thunder sticks and profanity. One Palin supporter shouted an epithet at an African-American soundman and said, “Sit down, boy.”

McCain may want to call off his pit bull before this war escalates.

She told the honest truth, that no one, saved unhinged retards, actually believes that Obama is a terrorist or terrorist sympathizer, or a Muslim or any of those things, but that the McCain campaign is willing to let its dumbest voters think so.

Wow. And there you have it: The Republican Party.

Congratulations, Kathleen! If you want to make the full transition, we lefties are a forgiving crowd.

(h/t World o’ Crap for the McCarthy article)

UPDATE: Hahahaha, the Merkin was absolutely apoplectic about McCain’s proposal to buy up home mortgages:

I can’t underscore enough what a rotten idea John McCain’s ACORN-like government mortgage buy-up is. I said it during my liveblog. And I’ll say it again: “HE WANTS TO EXPAND THE BAILOUT. He wants to do what ACORN wants to do. We’re Screwed ‘08.”

This was his supposed “game-changer.” This was the very first thing out of his mouth during the debate tonight – his big pitch right off the bat. The McCain campaign immediately sent out this fact sheet on the proposal, which will cost at least $300 billion. The proposal involves directing the Treasury Secretary to “purchase mortgages directly from homeowners and mortgage servicers.” That’s on top of the trillion-dollar crap sandwich, the $85 billion to AIG, the $25 billion to automakers, the $200 billion in capital and credit lines to Fannie and Freddie, and who knows what else we’ll be forking over to California, Massachusetts, etc., etc., etc.

He spent the entire debate assailing massive government spending – while his featured proposal of the night was to heap on more massive government spending to pursue home ownership/retention at all costs. If Obama had proposed this, the Right would be screaming bloody murder about this socialist grab.

Someone call the WAAAAAAAAAAHmbulance!

Pam Spaulding also shares some actual quotes about the debate from Freeper-tards:

I’m so incredibly angry about this that I can’t see straight.

Get over it! I don’t care what McCain says. He can say whatever he wants, just so long as we keep NOBAMA out of the WH!

I forget, which one is the socialist?

Memo to Michelle Malkin: try attacking the other side. I have become so tired of this woman.

Haha, I love it when they start eating their own.  Liberals really don’t do that.  Do we?  I’m hard-pressed to come up with an example.  I mean, things got a little nasty during the primary, but then again, most of the liberal thinking-heads were IN TEH TANK!!!!!111! for Obama anyway.  More Freepers:

It just depends on what the guidelines for the buy are, but right now..I have to go the same way our COMRADES on the other side. Whatever it takes to defeat Obama..we can deal with the details with McCain the White House, and Palin swinging the gavel in the SEnate..sorry Harry, but she is the President.

Carla Fiorina is on Fox right now supporting this Socialism and is proud of the idea that Gov’t should be doing this.

Carly’s back?  YAY.  More:

NOBAMA can spend all night flatulating out of his mount and the RATS won’t give a RATSASS, just as long as he wins. WELL, WE’D BETTER WAKE THE HELL UP TOO, AND STOP THE INTERNAL WHINING FOR KRIPES SAKES!

Can’t – the socialists have taken over this thread. I’ve said it before, FR needs a socialist enema.

so who is going to bankroll the island where FReepers can live? I couldn’t be more mad at McCain right now even if I tried.

And he tried, yea he tried so hard he pooped in his computer chair, but nay, t’wasn’t enough.