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Kudos to Senator McCain

Fri 10 Oct 2008, 09:38 PM



by Ben Langhinrichs
Although I wish it hadn't gone so far in the first place, I was glad to see Senator John McCain try to tamp down the rage at a town hall meeting in Minnesota today:
"I have to tell you. Sen. Obama is a decent person and a person you don’t have to be scared of as president of the United States," McCain told a supporter at a town hall meeting in Minnesota who said he was “scared” of the prospect of an Obama presidency and of who the Democrat would appoint to the Supreme Court.
Finally, an echo of the more decent John McCain who has been absent at times from this campaign.  I want to be sure to give credit where it's due, so kudos to Senator McCain.

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What has been said:


718.1. Rob McDonagh
(10/11/2008 10:22 AM)

Indeed. Overdue, but welcome. I hope the next time somebody suggests Senator Obama should be killed, Senator McCain stomps on that idea as well...


718.2. Rob McDonagh
(10/11/2008 10:29 AM)

Just read the full article. Ouch. The crowd was NOT receptive to McCain's attempt to dial back the rage. As you sow, so shall you reap, no?


718.3. Ed Maloney
(10/11/2008 01:33 PM)

Well, it doesn't excuse his running mate out there throwing big, raw hunks of red meat to "the base". If she's inciting this type of behavior I don't think it's particularly noble of him to discourage it. Anything to shift focus from the economy I guess.


718.4. Jon
(10/13/2008 12:54 PM)

How soon we forget about the RNC Nomination. I seem to remember the Demonstrations from the Demos outside turning into Looting and rioting...


718.5. Brian Pletcher
(10/22/2008 04:40 PM)

Er, it was a pretty backhanded defense.

"No, ma'am. He's a decent family man [and] citizen that I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues and that's what this campaign's all about. He's not [an Arab]."

So, being a decent family man is mutually exclusive from being "an Arab"? Wow, way to alienate 325 million people in the world and ~3 million americans.