A friend of mine e-mailed a really grainy picture of McCain's strange post-debate convulsion that I think he literally took off his TV. Thanks to Hunter for a high res version. Seriously, what is this?
Update [2008-10-16 2:38:22 by Todd Beeton]:A-ha, just watched it back on DVR and what happened was that at the end of the debate McCain was a little confused about which side of the desk to go around to thank Bob Schieffer. McCain, you see, was walking around to his right, just as Schieffer was walking to his left, so McCain stopped mid-walk, made this face where he stuck out his tongue as though to say "d'oh, which way am I going!?" and then turned back the other way to greet Schieffer. Unfortunately for McCain there are these things nowadays that capture still images. Of course, McCain can't be too thrilled with this new fangled thingy we call "video" either.
Update [2008-10-16 2:48:54 by Todd Beeton]:Just watched the very awkward final post-debate moments after the episode documented above. John McCain really didn't know what to do with himself up on that stage before the wives got up there, and then once they did, McCain almost ignored Cindy to say hi to Michelle, in a transparent attempt to make a wrong from the last debate right. But what was even weirder was that as he looked out on the audience, he stuck out his tongue again, as sort of an awkward greeting. What a strange nervous tick. Steven Colbert has hysterically documented McCain's "tongue jut" and Nate Silver has thoroughly analyzed it but this was beyond your average "tongue jut." This was something altogether different. Any theories are welcome.
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