Class versus Ass

[rufus dog]

Saw this great post over at Kos - I was not sure what Obama
said as McCain struggled, as mentioned in numerous other
posts, the takeaway from Debate 1 is the stark contrast
between personalities, an area Obama clearly dominated.


http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/27/11751/6583/851/612394

"And then I watched the replay of the debate to digest
the whole thing.  To  think rather than emote my way through
the responses. And it was in watching the replay that I picked
up my absolute favorite unsung moment of the debate.

It came when  Senator McCain was stumbling with Ahmadinejad's
name. He was  stumbling hard, almost unable to get the name or
any semblance of it pronounced.  Very quietly, but audibly
Senator Obama can be heard saying something. In the first
viewing, I knew he had said something there, but was unable to
decipher exactly what  he had said.  In listening to the
replay it's easy to hear his comment.

He quietly acknowledged to Senator McCain "That's a tough
one."    When I heard his remark, his gracious nod to the
Senator's struggle to pronounce a very difficult name, his
compassion for the man, I choked up. It humbled me.  It made
me briefly look inward, and feel lesser for originally maybe
hoping that it was some cutting barb. And it showed him as a
man greater than politics,  greater for inspiring empathy and
compassion for a fellow man."