Stephen King with a tweet on Senator McCain.

[Different Drummer]

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John McCain's finest moment (for me) came in 2008, when a woman at a rally referred to Obama as an Arab. "No, ma'am," McCain replied. "He's a decent family man, a citizen that I just happen to have disagreements with." That's manning up.

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[Cha]

1. Good on Stephen King for Tweeting

this.. Excellent on so many levels.

Mahalo, DD

[Different Drummer]

3. Mahalo, Cha! n/t

[WestIndianArchie]

2. Thats when I knew he was a decent human being. Politics aside

He would not allow that piece of shit, to say what she said about Barack and get away with it. There are limits and he drew the fucking line. He stated without equivocation, NO NO No you are not going to do this. I will Respect Senator John McCain for that, forever.

[Different Drummer]

4. Ditto. n/t

[PJMcK]

5. Sure

And Sarah Palin was his choice as a running mate.

Is there much of a difference between the woman McCain confronted and Palin?

[WestIndianArchie]

6. Stop it.

John held the line. He would not allow his campaign to be used for stupid shit. I accept that PALIN WAS A COMPLETE AND UTTER MORON. John McCain survived as a POW in Vietnam. Let that sink in. You should be ashamed of yourself for even questioning my support.

[Volaris]

9. As will I.

[FakeNoose]

7. This scene he describes is actually on video, I've seen it recently

I don't know who owns that tape, but I believe I saw it on MSNBC within the last week.
It's very telling of McCain's character, he was always respectful towards Obama.

[Totally Tunsie]

8. Video is on this link:

[link:https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=11045210|

[leftstreet]

10. Wait. The opposite of an 'Arab' is a 'decent family man?'

Jesus fucking Christ

I must have missed something

[Lithos]

12. McCain understood

He understood the woman was a bigot who conflated Arabs with being Muslim and thus terrorism. Probably a few more negative stereotypes thrown in as well.

[JI7]

13. he was responding to what the woman meant by the use of that term

same as when they accused Obama of being born in Kenya. it's not a negative thing because there is something wrong with being born in kenya. it's what those who say it are implying with it.

[xor]

14. That was criticism people laid out against him back then, but I never took it as him meaning that

I think his intent was what any decent person would have wanted to say. I'm also sure if he had a little bit more time to form the thought correctly, then he would have been more precise with his words. That was my take on it then, and I never saw/heard anything from him to make me think any different since.

[Aristus]

15. He handled it as best he could.

That brainless quiff of a woman was so fucking stupid that the only response she deserved was John McCain palming her ugly fucking face and then shoving her as hard as he could into something sharp and pointy. He didn't, and deserves credit for that.

[spanone]

11. Agreed 100%

[DoctorJoJo]

16. That Was a Touch of Class That May Never Be Excelled.

Can you imagine the Orange Buffoon in a similar situation?

[Honeycombe8]

17. A good tweet. I like Stephen King....seems to be a good guy. nt

[oasis]

18. Gentleman and statesman. RIP Senator.

[JohnnyRingo]

19. They always cut that clip short.

I recall hearing the crowd immediately booing him for such sacrilege. I never heard that part again.