John Mccain condescending to black guy, won't shake his hand

The one moment that was jarring for most was McCain's "that one" comment. Some questioned if it had racial implications.

Honestly, I felt it was just more awkward than anything else. And that if you're going to read anything into it, it should be his general disdain of Senator Obama, rather than an assumption of a racially loaded term. He seems to have the attitude of "How can this young whipper-snapper who is just a first-term Senator dare to challenge me for the presidency?!" As in, "Get a load of that one!"

For me, the more worrisome moment of the debate came when McCain told a young, black questioner, "You've probably never heard of Fannie Mae." We were doing play-by-play of the debate on our website and I shouted out, "Why not? Why wouldn't he have heard of Fannie Mae?"

Would McCain really have said the same thing to an older, white questioner? It seems unlikely. Of course, it's nearly impossible to separate out age, race and whatever else is going through McCain's head at that moment. Can I say definitively that McCain said that because of the person's race? No, I definitely can't. But that was a moment for me that was more loaded with racial possibility than his reference to "that one."

I think McCain has to at least be savvy enough not to tell someone in the audience that they don't know elementary things that are in the news, no matter what their race is. Chalk up yet another awkward moment brought to you by Grandpa McCain.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cenk-uygur/worse-than-that-one_b_132863.html
Senator McCain likes to claim he will be a bipartisan leader. He likes to claim he will get things done once elected president, because he knows how to reach across party lines. He may say this, but does Senator McCain "Walk the talk"? Does he really know how to reach across party lines? No. He does not.

In tonight's presidential debate, Senator McCain failed big time in that most basic principle of bipartisan leadership: attributing inherent worth to his equal from the opposite side of the political spectrum.

Yes, I know that Senator McCain is behind Senator Obama in the polls. I know he needs desperately to change the dynamics of the campaign. I know his campaign put a commercial on the internet that accused Senator Obama of thinking he's "The One"... the messiah... almost Moses-like.

But, Senator McCain, tonight you referred to Senator Obama as "...that one." Not "Senator Obama", "my opponent", or "he does" (which would have fit the context of the rhetorical question Senator McCain asked the audience in his previous sentence). Not even "that man." But "that one." Who speaks that way about another person? Who calls a person "that one"?

Certainly not a future president... especially one who claims he knows how to work across party lines - (although every time he uses Senator Lieberman as his example of a Democrat who he works with, I feel like reminding him that Senator Lieberman is not really a Democrat any more) - and claims Senator Obama never has.

And, related to that, I think Senator McCain should talk to Senator Lugar (R - Indiana), because then he'd find out Senator Obama definitely knows how to reach - and work - across party lines.

It's a shame, Senator McCain, that you are so unaware of who you really are.... so unaware of your inability to respect that man who - if you were to be elected president - would be someone the American people would expect you to work with.

But that's okay. Even if you aren't aware of how little respect you have for Senator Obama, the American people are now more clear than ever about that fact.

The last question of the debate was "What don't you know and how will you learn it?" Well, Senator McCain, this is something you obviously don't know... about yourself. But about five weeks from now - when you are analyzing the reasons why you lost the election - I think this essential fact about who you are will be crystal clear to you.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-g-brant/from-the-one-to-that-one_b_13284...

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[wervasdeferens]

McCain's a racist? Say it ain't so.

He's white,72 years old and had a privileged childhood, and you're saying he's a racist?

I find that hard to believe.

McCain introduced the MLK holiday bill!

Oh, he voted against it...nevermind!

[d3v07]

Damn, McShameful.

[mrpsycholeojoey87]

mccain is funny because he did not want to touch barack obama's hand but he ended up touching his back in the first place by tapping on his shoulder if he did not want to touch obama's hand he should not have touch him in the first place

[uzijohn]

@ShamelessNation,

I don't watch Howard's show either, but I watched that video

In these poorer neighborhoods people are completely

disengaged from the system,

Self-serving black leaders push their community to vote, even

telling them how to vote, nobody’s saying “get informed”

Black voting patterns are a statistical anomaly,

90% always vote the same Party, 97% for Obama,

NO group anywhere votes to such a polarized extreme

Only the educated seem to reject this plantation mind-set

[ShamelessNation]

@uzijohn Only stupid people listen to Stern and no one with a brain gets real info from his show. You can figure out that the blacks who gave the "right" answers were edited out right? I will also assume that you know that most people don't read newspapers since many oif them are out of commission (so to speak) these days. Anyone who doesn't keep up with the media isn't missing much since it's full of 1/2 truths some of the time and lies the rest. So I'd say you are pretty ill informed.

[uzijohn]

@ShamelessNation,

I get my ideas about black America having worked in a black neighborhood for several years, many nice people, but few listen to the news and almost none read a newspaper,

The Howard Stern show clip exposed what I already knew and what many others suspected, I could be called many things, but "ill informed" isn't one of them!

[ShamelessNation]

@uzijohn You get your idea about black america from Hoard Stern? You are the one who is ill informed.

[Dragonmanxx5]

i found this interesting till i saw YoungTurks appear on here

the self hating white people who kiss other races asses just for there skin color

time for me to go find another video cause i wont watch the rest of this ignorant one

[phillies4eva]

Not condescending. Example of condescending: ask legitimate question, person answers with a superior attitude and a tone of voice that says to the other person that they are a complete and total jack ass.

Example of extreme condescension: person makes a comment, the other person replies with: NO! with a tone of voice that says to the other person that they're a jack ass, and inclusively that they aren't even worth a rebuttal. However, these people are most often incorrect and should be shot.

[uzijohn]

Mccain's statement was quite relevant

Look at the video "Harlem voters"

(By Howard Stern)

Hardly anyones following news or politics closely today, even fewer are black,

However I appreciate those who do!

[Narxist]

TYT are mooooorons