I watched the debate with friends – all Democrats – so we laughed, yelled and said HUH? pretty much in unison to some of the nonsensical statements of McSame.<\/p>\n
But today I re-watched some of the debate and was more aghast at McSame’s condescending attitude shown by not looking Obama in the eye and just being an arrogant asshole – as when he kept saying that Obama just did not understand.<\/p>\n
I recognized the eyes averted sneer from when I lived in DC – which is predominantly black. Tourists in the Mall or Hill area, tended to use this same non-eye-contact when they saw black men…[yes if you lie in DC long enough you can spot tourists and differentiate them from the residents:-)]. My black friends, especially males, said it made them feel like they were not “there.” It was a condescending look and I am sure that McCain absolutely meant it to convey that a black man was not fit to be on the same stage with him!<\/p>\n
This video captures much of the nastiness. It’s nasty racism in the way that republics do it best – snidely!<\/p>\n