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Smooth sailing for Obama until debate arrived in Iran
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| Contributor | Imperator |
| Last Edited | Imperator Sep 27, 2008 07:53am |
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| Category | Opinion |
| Media | Newspaper - Chicago Tribune |
| News Date | Saturday, September 27, 2008 01:50:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | For most of the debate Friday night, Sen. Barack Obama was the one who presented himself as presidential and strong. And Sen. John McCain appeared to be the guy who was wavering.
Then came Iran.
That's when Obama's mouth dried up, and he appeared to be standing alone at that terrible border between presenting yourself as presidential and dealing with that knock on the door in the middle of the night, with the aide outside saying, "Mr. President, the planes are in the air."
I'm not saying Obama failed, or that McCain won. If you're an Obama supporter, your guy won. If you're a McCain supporter, your guy won. We're stubborn Americans now.
It'll all be decided anyway on the Sunday morning talk shows, as the Beltway punditry tap-dances its way into a consensus, that point at which they drink from the cup of common wisdom and some line is pulled out from Friday's debate, a line to be prattled on by some politically active late-night TV host, just before the host introduces Dr. McSteamy to talk about his stupid show about the hospital and the love affairs and the hot nurses.
But as I write this, the debate has just ended, and I have turned off the spinners on television, and I'll most likely be embarrassed by my words, for not waiting for that cup of common wisdom to pass my desk and offer safety.
Still, I thought that Obama looked so good, and so presidential, up until that terrible moment for him, the Iranian moment, when he could have used a pitcher of water to wash his tongue down from the roof of his mouth.
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