And this moment will flush what's left of McCain's "honor". This is his sighing-moment, his "You are no JFK"-Moment, his looking-at-his-watch- and "there you go again"-moment. Because evil little things like that will get stuck even in the numbest of undecided voters' minds.

Bye, bye, Johnny. And the best thing is: You could have won this. You brought this on yourself by being the small man you are.

A presidential candidate: "that one".

A Young African-American man: "you probably hadn't even heard of (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) before this".

With John McCain's history of crashes, we can expect 3 more of such statements.

The instant McCain said "that one", I had this look and thought of, what did he just say? I almost immediately thought it was semi-racist. I couldn't believe he would say something like that. Then I thought about all the attack ads that McCain is running and quickly realized that it is part of the pattern from McCain.

I also really disliked the way McCain seemed to be talking down to some of the audience members, especially the young, black man, and to the American audience. Instead of discussing the issues at hand, McCain would talk about something a little different or he would attack Obama (not to say Obama didn't do this either, but it wasn't to the extent of McCain). It's like McCain thought the American people weren't smart enough to understand the intricacies of the issues. He just really seems out of touch.

When I ask myself who is more likely to relate to issues that are or will affect my generation, its not "that one" it's Barack Obama.

That's not even something you'd say when you're having an argument with your kid sister.

I wondered if anyone else would notice this. Because of the lack of reaction, I considered that maybe I was making too much out of it, but it certainly seemed disrespectful to me.

That said; I don't believe it was racially motivated. I think he's in a corner and he's fighting back in the only way he's capable. It's certainly not the way I would expect a President to act.

Disrespectful? Yes. Racist? No.

As for the talking down crap, he's right, most Americans had no idea what Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were before this happened, and if you ask most of them today, they still couldn't tell you what they are.

Bob Barr 08.

At first I thought he said "that guy" because it just couldn't be so that he said "that one." Then they showed Michelle Obama at the end and she looked positively relaxed and confident, as if she just called the movers to start heading for the White House. Did she recognize that McCain just toasted himself?

I think some times candidates get a lingo going on the campaign bus/plane about the opponent. It can be something that perpetuates itself in privacy, because saying the name can get old, or maybe there's a more nefarious side to the joke. Sadly, the candidate who practices this risks the verbiage coming out in public. Only then - and sometimes not even then - does the politico realize how BAD this sounds.

Anyway - thanks John - you probably brought a few undecideds over to O's side with your unpresidential behavior. How will you spend the remainder of your post-mav years anyway?

It had to happen, but this was fast: http://www.thatone08.com