From last night

[ericcoleman]

It's all over the news now. Just cause I'm too lazy I'll point you here

A couple of comments. McCain's comments at the end are what I was referring to last night. What he said about Obama was beautiful.

And I will say, for the record, McCain won this debate. He had better writers and better delivery.

Comments

[tlunquist.livejournal.com]

I agree McCain's delivery was better - I think Obama's writers were better, but that may also be because I have some deep bias against some of McCain's philosophy/policies that makes me not see the humor in a few of the lines.

[naomikritzer]

McCain's delivery was perfect -- dry with a side of cranky. Obama's wasn't as good because some of the time, when he'd deliver a laugh line, you could tell he wasn't 100% sure people were going to laugh, or what he was supposed to do if they didn't.

They were both pretty damn funny, though.

[alymid.livejournal.com]

Nicely done on both their parts. One of the things Evan observed earlier - Obama mostly made fun of himself, and McCain mostly made fun of Obama . . .

But its nice to see the levity and I agree McCain's comments were very well done.

[wildcard9.livejournal.com]

I just watched (well, mostly listened to since I am at work and I am not supposed to be watching videos here, although audio is fine) the roast. I applaude both of them. I especially liked McCain acknowleding the racial barriers broken and saying "good riddence" to them. "I can not wish Obama good luck but I can wish him well." Well said, Sen. McCain, respect for your opponent clearly came through, even if you don't want him to win.

[fredhuggins.livejournal.com]

Hey, I wish McCain well, too. I wish him a nice, quiet relaxing retirement next year. One he so richly deserves for all his years of service.

[fredhuggins.livejournal.com]

Sorry, but I completely disagree. McCain's act was slow-paced and thoroughly mediocre, and he only made it less noticeable by closing with his best joke - a meta comment that built nicely as it cheekily set Obama up for failure. Kinda clever, but also quite cheap.

Obama, on the other hand, closed with earnest, unfunny political blather that made McCain's act look funnier by comparison - audiences tend to think you're only as funny as your last joke. But the actual body of Obama's speech had a greater quality and quantity of jokes (Obama's "That One" joke, for example, took me by surprise, but I could see McCain's similar joke from miles away), and Obama had more satirical bite - his comment about Giuliani even left Bill Maher in shock.

I also wish McCain had stuck to his guns and not cut his Aristocrats joke.

[ericcoleman]

What it boils down to for me is that McCain made me laugh more. It also helped that he seemed to have actually read his speech before, Obama was obviously seeing some of it for the first time.