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McCain defends Obama against crowd

October 10th, 2008 – 5:18 PM by Pat Doyle

McCain repeatedly made comments seeming to tamp down some of the harsher criticism of Obama from the crowd.

A man stood up and said he and his wife were expecting a child, adding, “We’re scared of an Obama presidency,” and went on to ask McCain about who he would appoint to the Supreme Court.

McCain began his answer by telling the crowd that Obama “is a decent person, a person you don’t have to be scared to be president.”

The statement drew loud boos.

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2 Responses to "McCain defends Obama against crowd"

Dora says:

October 10th, 2008 at 5:37 pm

Maybe the chorus of concern by other Republican’s and conservatives is getting through. Now he needs to stop running the ads that do the same thing his and Palin’s speeches were the last week.

Habanero says:

October 11th, 2008 at 2:30 pm

I believe that the reason McCain is pulling back from the low blows against Obama is that the ever-dwindling pool of undecided voters don’t find such attacks to be attractive. His base enjoys the harsh approach but are confused and upset that it isn’t helping McCain close the gap.

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