New ad: Ninety Percent
by Joshua • Oct 16th, 2008 at 8:05 am • 4 comments
The most memorable moment from last night’s debate was easily McCain’s statement that he is not George W. Bush. It was one of his most confrontational moments, and definitely a pre-canned line. McCain had other one liners in the bag, but his delivery fell flat.
As I mentioned in the Urbanagora liveblog of the debate, Obama should have immediately hit back and said, “When you vote with someone 90% of the time, it can be pretty hard to tell you apart.”
Today they hit it out of the park with this ad. (Thanks to Ryan for directing me to this)
Comment by Buck B. on 16 October 2008 at 8:11 am:
Personally, I thought the most memorable moment of the night was when McCain got all weird and creepy about exemptions for the “health of the mother”.
Comment by Joshua on 16 October 2008 at 8:19 am:
That was probably the moment that resonated most for liberals, and moderate women. That’s also probably the moment he will get beat up on the most over. If Hillary really wanted to help Obama, that line would present a great opportunity for her to attack McCain.
Comment by Buck B. on 16 October 2008 at 8:21 am:
Also, I couldn’t shake the idea that I’d seen this debate before. Turned out I was right.
Comment by Brian Pierce on 16 October 2008 at 9:43 am:
My most memorable moment was when Obama talked about members of Palin’s crowd saying “Terrorist” and “Kill him!” It surprised me that he would be so explicit about it and I think in a purely emotional way probably had an effect on a lot of viewers.