Politics aside, presidential candidate John McCain’s reference to candidate Barack Obama as ‘that one’ during the second presidential debate was a stunning moment. One that will surely be sliced and diced by contemporary political pundits and future historians.
And of course the webherd didn’t take long to pick up on it. Mere minutes after the incident occurred it was posted to YouTube and Twitterers were atwitter. By the next morning (as I write this), it was all over the web.
Here are some interesting links:
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNzA9LfMlmU
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/That-One-08/28186684673
Website: http://thatone08.com/
Analysis, with lively comments sections:
ABC News: http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/10/debating-mccain.html
Huffingtonpost.com: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/07/that-one-mccain-calls-oba_n_132802.html
Newsbusters.org: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brent-baker/2008/10/08/networks-condemn-mccain-calling-obama-one
Other links:
crooksandliars.com: http://crooksandliars.com/nicole-belle/manners-manners-mccain-refers-obama-o
Digg: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/McCain_Refers_to_Obama_as_That_One
