Obama thanks McCain for toning down

[jefferson_dem]

Nice move. Now the ball's back in McCrypt's court. :)

Obama thanks McCain for toning down
from The Swamp by Jill Zuckman

by Jill Zuckman

Philadelphia - Barnstorming to get out the vote across this pivotal Pennsylvania city, Barack Obama paused Saturday to thank John McCain.

"I want to acknowledge that Senator McCain tried to tone down the rhetoric at his town hall meeting yesterday," Obama said, referring to a raucous gathering where voters urged McCain to get tough on Obama. "I appreciated his reminder that we can disagree while still being respectful of each other."

And Obama also noted that McCain served the country with honor "and deserves our thanks for that." McCain is a decorated Vietnam veteran who was held as a prisoner of war in Hanoi for five and a half years.

Voters at McCain's town hall meetings and rallies have gotten increasingly riled up, demanding that McCain go after Obama harder. One person said he was scared of Obama and another called Obama an Arab terrorist yesterday. McCain told them that Obama is a decent family man and that he just disagreed with him.

"I want everyone to be respectul," McCain told the crowd yesterday in Minnesota. "And let's make sure we are because that's the way politics is done in America."

Still, as Obama hit the first of four Philadelphia rallies, he couldnt resist following his thanks to McCain with a dig: "But when it comes to the economy and what families here in Pennsylvania are going through, sen mccain still doesn't get it."

http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/10/barack_obama_john_mccain_3.html

[Arkana]

1. No one better get angry at Obama for this because I'll kill them.

He had to acknowledge it.

[jefferson_dem]

7. Oh, it's an ace move.

High Road Obama.

Now...when McCrypt goes negative again it will make him look like that much more of a angry political opportunist.

[caledesi]

9. I agree! nt

[mscuedawg]

2. Obama is more Presidential than McCain could ever be AND a true gentleman! eom

[Schulzz]

3. Now McCain will look even more stupid if he starts again. nt

[Rosa Luxemburg]

8. McCain will probably blame anything to come on his advisors

but that won't work for him either.

[Sodan]

12. So true. :D

[elkston]

4. He shouldn't thank McCain until all the ads come down and the talking points go away (eom)

[alsame]

5. Good, it was the right thing to do. And it also puts pressure on

McCain to keep the tone civil and focused on issues.

[RichardRay]

6. The man understands how to be.

Grace is one of Barack's most salient characteristics, and this is just another example of it. MacCain (Palin) went overboard, it got out of hand, McCain had to backpedal and Barack's response is just one more example of his mastery of political speech. I believe he'll carry the same mastery into statecraft, and that's going to be fun to watch.

[stolivodka]

10. Denied McCain a pretext for reverting to negative. Immediately followed up with an attack..

..It is really strange to see a Democrat running for President that seems to seriously want to win. Every time McCrap does *anything* Obama is there with the perfect response, leaving the Pukes scrambling to recover..

Pretty soon us rabid liberal attack-bloggers are gonna become obsolete! :scared:

[Sugarcoated]

11. I knew it.

I knew Barack would acknowledge McCain doing the right thing. And far from putting him down for it, I absolutely LOVE him for it.

Leadership.

[nyhuskyfan]

13. I don't really consider that a 'dig'

Saying he doesn't understand the economics situation for average families - that's expressing a disagreement about policies and the issues.

[Danger Mouse]

14. A brillaint move that paints McCain into a corner.

:)

[agoldenyael]

15. Welp

What strikes me is the reaction to McCain's reproval of people calling Obama a tarrorist: 'it's so planned, they've got this stuff scripted', etc. This whole Obama-thanks-McCain seems just as scripted as it does condescending.

[MorningGlow]

16. Total class

Respectful of McCain, taking control of the issue, and this way it gets pointed out that McCain was being an asshat by saying that shit.

Excellent move. :applause:

[Paladin]

17. The operative word being "TRIED to tone down...."

Very shrewd, very classy, very Obama.....

[BklynChick]

18. class act, he is AND strategic. Gobama!