McCain Reminds me of Gore in 2000
Remember the debates between Gore and Bush back in 2000? Gore could hardly contain himself in the first debate and would breathe heavily into the microphone and mumble while Bush was talking. The second debate found a Gore so quiet and polite that it was scary. Finally in the 3rd debate he was more casual and himself. (It was like Goldilocks and the 3 bears…)
The New Hampshire debate Saturday found McCain rude and obnoxious with his jabs at Romney. I heard several pundits talk about this that while McCain and others focused on the things they wanted to by attacking Romney, the image cast by McCain was his worst (and apparently common) side.
The debate yesterday was almost funny in how sedate McCain was. He had obviously been told by advisers that acting the way he did in the first debate doesn’t help him and to just act presidential and dignified and hope the polls hold. At times he seemed so timid that I turned to my brother and said, “McCain is acting like a dog that just got back from the vet after being neutered.”
Just like Gore in 2000, I find McCain of 2008 annoyingly unpredictable in something as straightforward as a debate.