that one!

and how did McCain refer to Obama?

But I guess you are fine with Obama being called "Alpha and Omega"

Give me a freaking break. You people just love to bash McCain with every word he says. The fact that you think McCain wouldn't have said it to a white man just shows how little you know. Frankly, McCain has called white members of congress some pretty nasty things during his time. I've never heard of him using ANY disparaging remarks towards African Americans and I see nothing wrong with the use of "that one" in the context of his statement.

Gwoman2, Exactly why it it disrespectful to refer to someone as "that one" when the person you are referring to refers to himself as "the one"?

Pretty disrespectful in my opinion. I thought his only redemption would have been if he would have said, this one not "me" as he did. But, he didn't so in my opinion it was plain wrong.

McCain is just mad that a bi-racial man could command such attention and be so intelligent that he is in the lead at the polls. Obama is not even wasting his time worrying about those type of remarks. Remember, he is black so he has had to deal with these types of issues all his life. He expects behavior like this anyway when he decided to run for President. Unless you are a minority, you can't possibly know what it's like to deal with all the racial/degrading comments you have to endure in your life (most of the time you don't even bother to tell someone or complain about it because it happens so much. You just learn to live with it. You don't like it but you live with it. ) There is a double standard here. White people can say all types of comments to minorities and justify it all day. But if the tables are turned and a minority says a disrespectful/racial comment - it's a big problem. Not fair but that's the way it is.

"That one" or "the one" still sounds better than "white people" at least he didn't say "that mixed one" or "the man who is trying to pass himself off as black when he is of a mixed race".. I couldn't care less what they call each other, the mud slinging will get worse the closer it gets to voting day. They both need to spend more time letting us know the true facts about the issues we face and how they intend to try to solve them. Their childish name-calling certainly wont change my vote.

I agree. That is the one part of the debate that really upset me. It's like he considers Obama an object instead of a human being.

I did miss the debates as I had to work. I don't think "that one" is all that disrespectful but then again, I didn't hear it's context. I don't like McCain at all or anything he stands for. I actually was one of those that was torn between McCain & Obama initially & mainly because I wasn't real big on either of them. As time rolls on, I find that Obama is winning my heart more and more. Does that mean that I think Obama is ready to lead this country? No or at least I don't feel he is. What I know for sure is that McCain would be an absolute mistake.

when i saw that i was shocked . it was rude.. is it age?hate? or just rudness. I feel bad for obama . did you noticed he would not shake hands with him at the end. shame on him. I was sad to see this and he walked out at the end without greeting people.

I think the reference to Obama as 'that one' was disrespectful and inappropriate but I do not think it was racial or racially motivated. I think it just showed McCain's total disdain for Obama AKA 'that one'. I'm sure today with all of the attention it is drawing, he wished he hadn't said it.

I don't think that he was necessarily was being racist. I do think that pointing and saying "That One" wasn't the best way to get his point across. He has a name and a title. It's 'Senator Obama.'