McCain looked like a piece of chalk, shuffling around the red-carpeted stage, a grumpy old man armed with a double-barreled shotgun surveying his property, Elmer Fudd "hunting wabbits." The cartoon character, who sings, "kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit," aims to shoot Bugs, but ends up seriously injuring himself.
"This is a guy who sang, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran, who called for the annihilation of North Korea. That I don't think is an example of speaking softly," Obama soberly pointed out.
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WASHINGTON - It was a moment that stood out in a presidential debate void of many pithy sound bites: "That one," Republican John McCain said contemptuously of Barack Obama, pointing in the general direction of his Democratic rival while discussing energy policies.
Those two small words didn't just leave many pundits cringing, but more significantly, they caused some in the African-American community to accuse McCain of racism in his dismissive treatment of the man aiming to be the first black president in U.S. history.
the 'that one' remark, you instantly take it as racist. I know that I did."

WASHINGTON (AFP) � After a lackluster debate, John McCain now has less than four weeks to turn the race for the White House around, as observers on

Sens. John McCain and Barark Obama debate Tuesday, Oct. 7 in Nashville. (AP Photo/Jim Bourg) The junior senator from Illinois is making his name known.