Yep, McCain had his flaws, but he actually told his own people when they were being assholes sometimes.
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Now, the pundits I am seeing are making a big deal of the fact that Santorum did not correct the woman. Do you think he should have corrected the woman in the audience, do you think he handled it correctly?
Patients, poll incoming.
It sure helped him, didn't it? McCain's campaign was basically declaring he wasn't W Bush, defending Obama and siding with both against Republicans for the mega-bailout. His campaign is a model in what not to do.
He could have handled it like McCain did. Just saying.
To answer the question I posed here: to my mind he handled it quite well. He is a man running for office. It's not his job to defend one of his opponents, and to do so in this case would have goten him booed, which would be counterproductive to his goal. All things being equal, it is nice when people stand up for the facts, but in this case, all things where far from equal.
So here's my question? Why does it seem it's only the person on the right that needs to be so careful to handle situations so as not to offend anyone? When was the last time somebody suggested a left wing candidate "tone it down" or speak up for his/her political opponent?
So here's my question? Why does it seem it's only the person on the right that needs to be so careful to handle situations so as not to offend anyone? When was the last time somebody suggested a left wing candidate "tone it down" or speak up for his/her political opponent?
So here's my question? Why does it seem it's only the person on the right that needs to be so careful to handle situations so as not to offend anyone? When was the last time somebody suggested a left wing candidate "tone it down" or speak up for his/her political opponent?
Because no major Democratic candidate would ever allow somebody to express hate speech or crazy conspiracy theories or whatever on their mic at their event without denouncing them absolutely and immediately. You also just don't have as much of that kind of thing coming up at Democratic political rallies. People that are prone to hate speech or crazy conspiracy theories or whatnot mostly congregate around the Republican or Tea Party events.
Nobody is asking the Republicans to do something the Democrats don't already do. We're asking the Republicans to at least make 10% of the effort the Democrats do on that kind of stuff.
Right, no crazy conspiracy theories or hate on the left at all. :roll:
Because no major Democratic candidate would ever allow somebody to express hate speech or crazy conspiracy theories or whatever on their mic at their event without denouncing them absolutely and immediately. You also just don't have as much of that kind of thing coming up at Democratic political rallies. People that are prone to hate speech or crazy conspiracy theories or whatnot mostly congregate around the Republican or Tea Party events.
Nobody is asking the Republicans to do something the Democrats don't already do. We're asking the Republicans to at least make 10% of the effort the Democrats do on that kind of stuff. To a Democrat that just seems like obvious, basic morality. If I was at work and somebody said something like that I'd denounce them. So would pretty much anybody I know. So when even a presidential candidate doesn't, that raises serious alarms.
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Now, the pundits I am seeing are making a big deal of the fact that Santorum did not correct the woman. Do you think he should have corrected the woman in the audience, do you think he handled it correctly?
Patients, poll incoming.
So here's my question? Why does it seem it's only the person on the right that needs to be so careful to handle situations so as not to offend anyone? When was the last time somebody suggested a left wing candidate "tone it down" or speak up for his/her political opponent?
Yeah, look how well that worked for McCain.
In a political context? I guess not so much, but right is right. I applauded McCain at the time for being a stand up guy.
In a political context? I guess not so much, but right is right. I applauded McCain at the time for being a stand up guy.
I didn't know honesty and leadership was only a liberal issue. Anything I would like here, I would like it from both sides. :shrug:
I hear you Gina. Sorry about the sarcasm. I was glad he said something too (but then, I'm like the one conservative in the world that likes John McCain).
No! That was fine X! I didn't vote for nor care for McCain, but that has nothing to do with praising him for doing the right thing.
What I don't understand, is why correcting her might have lost him the presidency. There seems to be an agreement it might have though, so I went with it.
I'm sure that was his big take-away from the campaign. "Libs think well of me for talking nice about him."
I don't think what he told the crazy lady had anything to do with him losing the election. On the other hand, it sure didn't help him win it either. I think LuckyDan has a point, if McCain said it to curry favor or maybe even votes, it...well...didn't.