Don’t touch me, That One!

Wow. What a jerk move.

In 2000, my father and I actually agreed on a political point. We both liked John McCain. I still knew I was voting for Gore, but I liked McCain and wanted him to be the nominee so two good men could debate serious issues and I could probably live with losing to the McCain of 2000, as we must call him these days.

McCain ‘08 has been a different animal. Most old men seem to mellow out in their twilight years, but some get cantankerous. McCain is clearly the cantankerous sort. And in his effort to win the White House, he has pretty much sold out, and after resisting years of Viet Cong torture has finally been broken to the point of saying anything to win, no matter how dishonest.

In tonight’s debate, he was angry and obnoxious. He would pony up one of his baseless attacks immediately after Obama had just explained how baseless the attack, already on the air in dozens of markets, truly was. It’s like he forgot his hearing aid.

And at the end, McCain, who loves to attack Obama for not “reaching a hand across the aisle” (boy does his beauty queen running mate love that line), couldn’t even reach his cranky hand out to “That One.”

“That One.” Nice, John. I mean, Senator McCain (I’d hate to upset Leslie Sanchez with my informality).

In case you missed this diss running off to a bathroom break, here, watch it over and over again:

(Note: C-SPAN’s Debate Hub is a better link than the one attached to the video above.)