I missed this after the debate but it's worth asking....

Was he a codger? A grumpy old man? Is that what we need? Chris Matthews nails it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suaSR9NvwqM...ead.php?t=82506

Less like a troll than a malign fungal eruption draped in an expensive suit. Nasty hard little voice, no presence, failure to acknowledge or make eye contact with his opponent, the camera or the audience, swearing under his breath. It is hard to believe that anyone can take this person seriously as a presidential candidate.

What he said.

For me, I thought he was a tossup between "troll like" and "constipated".

Troll...?
I'm assuming you don't mean those cute little toys...
Yeah, I can your point.
But he was more like a walking tumor...You don't want to acknowledge it's there, but you have to do something to get rid of it! And the sooner the better!

"Constipated, angry troll"

I saw him showing himself as cowardly and condescending because he would NOT make eye contact with Obama. Also, he lied all through the debate and kinda got away with it (with spinning pundits) especially when he ran the ad that had Obama saying, "you're right Senator McCain," and not leaving in the part where Obama said but you are wrong and lying on this part.

He was a nasty little troll...as said...never made eye contact, had nothing good to say, was downright rude....acted as though if he just kept talking, nobody would hear Obama making a fool outta McCain.