McCain’s Debate Gestures

by Walter Alarkon - 10/16/08 10:47 AM ET

John McCain is catching hell from liberal bloggers for his body language during Wednesday’s debate.

Daily Kos has a video mash-up of McCain’s eye rolls and grimaces, which blogger Jed L called “childish” and said was the reason voters were turned off by McCain’s performance.

TalkingPointsMemo flags McCain’s use of finger quotes when he talks about the “health of the mother” during an exchange over abortion.

And AMERICAblog has a Reuters photo of McCain at the end of debate sticking his tongue out while Obama stands placidly. It took place when McCain was confused over which way to exit the stage. Blogger Joe Sudbay wrote that the shot “sums up the debate.”

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