[Family Guy]

As I anticipated, Obama won on style and McCain won on substance.

I think that McCain won on style because he seemed more presidential and more safe. Obama looked like a gamble.

[nclaurel]

The post about the spittle that Obama had on his lips on several occasions didn't make for style either. He actually was very incongruent between his speech and his sweating and spittle.

[MHGinTN]

As one who has studied the power of subliminal messages, I would humbly offer that McCain won the election last night. Here's how I got there.

Every time John McCain linked his career associations (like Kissinger) to the recent (past two decades) history of this nation, he sent a subliminal message that he is ready on day one to lead this nation, even in war and certainly in peace. [Which would a conscientious parent trust their four year old with while at the store, grandad or a tatooed and pierced gothic wannabe early teen down the block?]

Every time Barry Obama said 'I agree with John/Senator McCain' he sent the subliminal message that he is a neophyte wannabe. [Who cannot remember an instance in their formative years when they or a close friend was trying to fit into a soical set and used that method to try for acceptance?]

Every time Barry Obama tried to talk over and interrupt John McCain while he was speaking, Barry came across like the typical liberal snot displayed nightly on Hannity and Colmes. [Barack Obama is much more like Alan Colmes than he is like John Kennedy.]

What settled into undecided minds who viewed the entire debate last night was a stark contrast of a wannabe, junior Senator from Illinois, Barack Obama, and a man in full, John McCain.

When the debate on the economic issues comes up, all McCain needs to do is attach Obama's tax hike philosophy to the bailout of Wall Street due to democrat forced mortgage dole and he will walk into the White House in a landslide.