[Vision2020] Some Respect for McCain

No Weatherman no.weatherman at gmail.com
Fri Oct 10 18:28:13 PDT 2008


Ms. Mix has just made my point.


On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 7:25 PM, keely emerinemix <kjajmix1 at msn.com> wrote:
> However, Chas, McCain and Palin bear responsibility for having stoked the
> fires that lead to insipid questions about how "frightened" someone is that
> "an Arab" like Obama would be President.  It's clear that McCain realizes
> that this trashes his already-imperiled campaign, but he has no one to blame
> but himself and his attack dog, the woman anointed to bring the rural
> religious right to his fold.
>
> Keely
> http://keely-prevailingwinds.blogspot.com/
>
>
>> Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:14:09 -0700
>> From: chasuk at gmail.com
>> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
>> Subject: [Vision2020] Some Respect for McCain
>>
>> I do have some respect for McCain, especially after exchanges like this:
>>
>>
>> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/10/mccain-defends-his-rabid_n_133710.html
>>
>> John McCain was booed by his own supporters during a rally on Friday
>> after he described Barack Obama as a "decent person and a person that
>> you do not have to be scared of as president of the United States."
>>
>> McCain was responding to a town hall attendee who claimed he was
>> concerned about raising a child under a president who "cohorts with
>> domestic terrorists such as [Bill] Ayers." Despite the fact that
>> McCain and his campaign have repeatedly used Ayers to hammer Obama in
>> recent days, the Arizona Senator tried to calm the man.
>>
>> "[Senator Obama] is a decent person and a person that you do not have
>> to be scared about as President of the United States," he said, before
>> adding: "If I didn't think I would be one heck of a better president I
>> wouldn't be running."
>>
>> The crowd groaned with disapproval.
>>
>> Later, McCain was again pressed about Obama's "other-ness" and again
>> he refused to play ball. "I don't trust Obama," a woman said. "I have
>> read about him. He's an Arab."
>>
>> "No, ma'am," McCain said several times, shaking his head in
>> disagreement. "He's a decent, family man, [a] citizen that I just
>> happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues and that's
>> what this campaign is all about."
>>
>> At another point, McCain declared, "If you want a fight, we will
>> fight. But we will be respectful. I admire Sen. Obama and his
>> accomplishments." Supporters booed then also. "I don't mean that has
>> to reduce your ferocity," McCain responded. "I just mean to say you
>> have to be respectful."
>>
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