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My friends, like many of you I watched the second presidential debate, and my friends, I have to tell you, I was astonished by how many times McCain said “my friends”. My friends, it was like his opener for every other sentence! I wanted to check how many times to be exact, and luckily my friends, the Sleuth at the Washington Post tallied it up. 22 times, my friends. 22. Read her full recap:

So the debate was 90 minutes, equal time to both, my friends let’s say McCain spoke for roughly 45 minutes, meaning he averaged a “my friends” about every 2 minutes. Seeing as how polls show Obama was viewed as more likeable during the debate by a whopping 65% to 28%, McCain might want to bump up to using “my friends” every minute. And if he does, people playing this debate drinking game should probably stop. Ouch.