90 Minutes We'll Never Get Back

Last night's "debate" was a total disaster. For John McCain. For his opponent, that one, you know, whatshisname, the one who looks like the black guy McCain was talking down to about the economy...? For that one, it was a complete triumph.

Because I'm shallow and only notice things to be mocked, there were only two points during the debate that I was interested at all. One came about an hour in, when the camera was in a medium-shot of Obama from the front as he answered a question, and then, in the background, we saw a pair of legs wobbling across the stage. McCain refused to sit down for most of the debate, and he tottered about incessantly, but somehow his frail, bird legs unstably weaving through Obama's shot just cracked me up. Where was he going? Probably the same place he bolted for 5 minutes after the debate ended, whereas Obama and wife remained for half and hour, signing autographs and shaking hands. (I think McCain had to go to the bathroom really, really, really bad. He probably dropped, like, a twenty-five year-old turd in the shape of his presidential aspirations.)

The other funny/sad moment was, with about 10 minutes to go, when McCain for once did not stand up to answer a question. In fact, he was slumped in his chair, or rather propped up on his calcium deposits, in what appeared to be an excruciatingly uncomfortable position. But the real treat was that he answered the entire question without his microphone. And he didn't ever notice that he was holding the microphone in his lap the whole time. And the sound guy had to scramble to pick up McCain's voice on the lapel mic. And Tom Brokaw didn't say, "use the microphone, Senator."

Apparently I am the only person who noticed that moment, because not one pundit has made mention of it. That's too bad, too, because it was goddamn funny.

Any other debate responses?