So much to say on the debate, but lol_meme pretty much covered it for me

[effervescible]

WHAT MCCAIN SAID:

"Obama is eloquent."

WHAT MCCAIN MEANT:

"...for a black man >:("

Comments

[ursamajor]

From thesaurus.com:

eloquent
5 thesaurus results for: eloquent
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry: eloquent
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: Fluently persuasive and forceful.
Synonyms: articulate, facund, silver-tongued, smooth-spoken

... OH WAIT. >:(

[jaina.livejournal.com]

I half-expected him to call Obama "boy"

[girlmitzi.livejournal.com]

Is it wrong that I desperately wanted that to happen?

[kudzita.livejournal.com]

If wanting closetedly-racist fuckwits to out themselves as overtly racist fuckwits on national television is wrong, I don't wanna be right.

[jaina.livejournal.com]

Right. It's not about wanting people to be racist fucksticks, it's about exposing them if they're gonna be racist fucksticks on their own.

[girlmitzi.livejournal.com]

I'll drink to that sister friend!

[c0untmystars.livejournal.com]

If it's wrong, I don't want to be right. I missed the debate and was really disappointed to turn the TV on and find that nothing controversial happened. :P

[irenak.livejournal.com]

I thought it was really funny how McCain was all like, "Yeah, I called out all of those fringe people on what they were saying!" except he totally didn't.

And by 'funny,' I mean 'depressing.'

[jaina.livejournal.com]

And how he was all BLINKBLINKBLINKBLINKBLINKBLINKBLINKBLINKBLINKBLINK.

[imre-nico.livejournal.com]

I have plenty of problems with fucking McCain's behavior, believe me. XD

That said, I didn't get that subtext out of that comment, at that moment.

I read it more as "eloquency is something to fear- talkin' good is the province of LIBURRAL INTELLEXUALS, trying to get one over on good, average, unpretentious folk!"

They used to say stuff like that about Clinton ad nauseum, and Kerry too, actually.

[dougras.livejournal.com]

THE DEVIL IS ELOQUENT.

OBAMA IS ELOQUENT.

Obama = Antichrist.

Q.E.D.

[arafel.livejournal.com]

I read it more as "eloquency is something to fear- talkin' good is the province of LIBURRAL INTELLEXUALS, trying to get one over on good, average, unpretentious folk!"

Agreed. Sadly, anti-intellectualism has been the norm for some time now.

[jaina.livejournal.com]

I definitely see the anti-liberal intellectual thing but...I can't get past how close it is to "my, that guy is so articulate for a black man!"

[kumagoro-usagi.livejournal.com]

Lordie. :/

[emiweebee.livejournal.com]

I really liked the moderator. He wasn't inclined to put up with any guff.