Snark of the Day: John McCain

The Snark of the day goes to John McCain: (Video)

“I will never delay the start of the World Series for an infomercial.”

 

David’s quote of Ed Morressy seems to me quite on the money. Consider the operative phrase of Ed’s very first line: “Stench of Desperation”.

And what is driving this desperation, you may ask? Wasn’t Obama ahead? What explains this?
Well,

Here’s a transcript of last night’s debate.

If I get time, there’s a number of points I’d like to break out of it.  But for now, a quick overview of who won and who lost.

If there’s one thing that

I am fustrated.   The media has set the bar so low that even Barack Obama can clear it.    Take the debate’s first quesation, on the state of the economy, via CNN:

I think everybody knows now we are in

The gloves are off.

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Hat tip: Ace

Much has been said about Obama Ayers, but not nearly enough, in my view.

This morning, David Bernstein looks at the subject, and says it well:

Obama is an extremely ambitious man. He’s been interested in a national political career

McCain won.  Obama spent far to much of his time being defensive, and stammering, and leaning on pharses like ‘since the great depression’.  Add to that, the meme that Obama’s been pushing, along with the leftie blogs,  all week as

Barney Frank is not impressed with John McCain’s involvement in credit melt down:

“McCain is Andy Kaufman in his Mighty Mouse costume – ‘Here I Come to Save the Day,'” Frank said as he left a Thursday morning caucus meeting

Fox:

John McCain will suspend his presidential campaign Thursday and has asked to postpone his debate Friday with Barack Obama so the two senators can return to Washington to help negotiate a Wall Street bailout, an approach to the financial

Love him or hate him John McCain flies by his instincts.   McCain has suspended this campaign, and asked that Friday’s debate be postponed, James Taranto, Wall Street Journal:

McCain said Wednesday he is directing his staff to work with

The Obama Meltdown continues:

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Lynn Forester de Rothschild, a prominent Hillary Clinton supporter and member of the Democratic National Committee’s Platform Committee, will endorse John McCain for president on Wednesday, her spokesman tells CNN.

The announcement will

Megan McArdle on the Atlantic/Jill Greenberg photo nonsense:

Magazines have to extend their writers and photographers a great deal of trust. The editors can’t follow people around to make sure that they don’t make up quotes or stage photographs,

“1982. John McCain goes to Washington. Things have changed in the last 26 years, but McCain hasn’t,” says a voice-over in the ad against shots of a Rubik’s Cube, a disco ball, a massive cell phone and an old computer.

So, Obama has been losing ground as he gets more shrill. What’s his solution to the problem? Get even more shrill.

Senator Barack Obama will intensify his assault against Senator John McCain, with new television advertisements and more forceful attacks

RALEIGH (WTVD) — In an election for President of the United States in North Carolina Tuesday, Republican John McCain suddenly and breathtakingly surges to a 20-point win over Democrat Barack Obama, 58% to 38%, according to this latest exclusive SurveyUSA