"That one" is McCain's Maccaca moment

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

It reveals the same congenital insensitivity and cluelessness ( and some might say inherent and unrecognized racism)

Demeaning. Dehumanizing. And far more revealing of the utterer than the subject.

[napi21]

1. THAT ONE!

[AllyCat]

2. That was really, really bad. I don't know if he was trying to be HRC on SNL

referring to Fey's Palin or what, but it was really disrespectful. More and more I believe he is a racist.

[krkaufman]

31. Chuckle. That reminds me... SNL starts doing a Thursday show this week ...

... a 1/2-hour of "political" bits. "SNL Weekend Update Thursdays"

[BlueJac]

3. That one!.................you mean the next president you old fool!!

The debate showed your old body walking around being angry

[DCBob]

4. McCain will regret "that one".

[sakura]

5. "It rubs the lotion on its skin..."

Buffalo Bill McCain.

[cameozalaznick]

10. LOL - nt

[scarletwoman]

6. Exactly! It's SO clear that McCain holds Obama in utter contempt.

And I do think he's a racist.

[brer cat]

19. He clearly showed his racist views all night...

very condensending to the black questioners in the audience. His lack of control is unbelievable.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

7. It just always slips out.

They can't help but reveal themselves when the pressure is on.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

8. Is the MSM running this?

[cameozalaznick]

12. Suzanne Malveaux pointed it out on CNN

and either KO or Rachel mentioned it on MSNBC.

[ShadowLiberal]

13. Obama's campaign is pushing the story according to NBC

They sent out at least a half a dozen emails on it to reporters already, and that was like an hour ago that they said that on NBC.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

21. This can't go unreported!

[AwakeAtLast]

9. I have to agree with you.

I hope he doesn't get away with it!

[Catherine Vincent]

11. It's too bad Obama didn't comeback and say "McCain meant to say "The One". nt

[cascadiance]

17. I haven't seen the debate yet, but wondered if this is what he was trying to refer to...

Since, as Thom Hartmann notes, the McCain campaign has been calling Obama "The One" to fuel the "code words" of the Christian wingbats to call him the antichrist. I'll have to watch the debate on my DVR now to get the context of this...

Mark Thompson on the special edition of MIP on Sirius was really talking about this a lot on my way home.

[BlueIdaho]

14. I agree - this is McCain ending his presidential run. nm.

[theothersnippywshrub]

15. It was bad but I think McCain is going to go really ugly and negative now.

His "Maccaca" moment may yet be coming.

[Clio the Leo]

16. or Perot's "you people" .....

...... as said to the NAACP.

[KitchenWitch]

18. "That One" = "You People"

Both are equally offensive.

[LuckyLib]

25. Yes, another version of "these people" and "those people" always used to refer to folks of color.

[yellowcanine]

37. Yep, I am sure a linguist would say it is classic "not like us" language.

[Zech Marquis The 2nd]

20. "That one!"="Macaca"

boy oh boy, this was a serious gaffe, and combines with all the racial nonsense from the recent campaign stops, this is McSame's Macaca moment...i'm still shocked that he said that.

[RamboLiberal]

22. And it will be a great positive for us

Imagine the home made signs and stickers. "I'm voting for that one!"

[burythehatchet]

23. Agree

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

24. kick. I think this is a big deal. nt.

[here_is_to_hope]

26. Its already a slogan...

here...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7361836

[Borgnine]

27. It reminds me of the start of the show "That Girl..."

Someone could make a fun video parodying that.

[IamyourTVandIownyou]

28. Hhheelppp mee, I'mm melllllttting.

.

[Mimosa]

29. Another possibility for 'That one'? Old McCain forgot Barack's name?

My DH used to accompany me to a nursing home when I visited my grandmother (which was every day for me, and once a week for him).

We got to know people there and visited with people whose families rarely visited them. So we got to know how elderly slip up. Hub heard McCain say 'that one' and later mentioned that for a microsecond the name Barack Obama escaped Mccain's elderly brain. Either possibility -encroaching senility or ingrained racism- is ominous.

This isn't to say racism isn't there, we know it is. On a forum I co-admin the board owner is a med professor. Weeks ago he had posted about his observation of McCain. He said something about 'mini-strokes' called TIAs. I forget what it stands for but he noticed during the last debate that Mccain's left eye was blinking A LOT. This time it wasn't.

So, what's the possibility that for a second McCain couldn't remeber 'that one's' NAME?

[krkaufman]

30. Nah, not nearly as directly racial.

It certainly does add to the narrative of McCain as a bitter dude and undiplomatic, but it isn't necessarily racial.

[Raine]

32. A "senior moment", possibly? I almost wonder

if he actually momentarily forgot what Obama's name was so instead of referring to him as Senator Obama said "that one". x(

[Rosa Luxemburg]

33. at least McCain could have said the gentleman or the senator but the one!

[happydreams]

34. This shit coming from McCain has now convinced me that he

is a racist. He has sub-humanized Obama--a very articulate and decent guy. I disagree with a lot of Obama's positions on foreign policy and his links to Wall Street worry me as well, but I'm hoping that he will be able to disentangle himself from the latter's influence when he tries to fix this unholy mess.

[FrenchieCat]

35. You are very incorrect......

and you need to think about what you are writing.

He has NOT sub-humanized Obama, although he may have caused himself some damage.

You see, Barack Obama can not be "Made" anything other than what he is by anyone, and in particular by John McCain.

[Forkboy]

38. .....

:thumbsup:

I'm a firm believer that the only one who can define someone IS that someone.

[happydreams]

39. Yes he did sub-humanize him and that combined with the hate spewing

from McCain and Palin's campaign using "terrorist" in place of the N-word only adds to it. Palin's Dominionist background and that movements links to racists along with McCains links to racist and other hard right Naziesque orgs like the World Freedom Foundation puts them into the category of white supremacists for me.

Frenchie, with all due respect you need to read what I said more carefully. I never implied Obama was "Made" into anything. McCain, IMHO, has sub-humanized Obama in his mind as a part of his racist worldview. That should be obvious from the context.

[yellowcanine]

36. It does not rise to the level of "macacca" but definitely proves he rude and insensitive and it is

excellent SNL material, along with the robotic pacing and the incessant "my friends."

Shit I am starting to feel a little sorry for him.

Never mind, the feeling has passed. We're good.