He's a decent family man

[maestro8]

Is it just me, or does that lady remind you of the Simpsons' crazy cat lady?

[mscalisi]

I agree that McCain lack of clarification should not be interpreted to mean that he believes that Arabic people cannot be "good family men".

It is however, sad and pathetic that these things are being tossed around both as misinformation and that they underline deep-seated racism in our country.

Much like it would be political suicide to not have corrected this woman, it also would have been political suicide to defend the image of Arabic people to this group. I don't believe that McCain is racist, but people who are racist will be voting for McCain. Not necessarily because they like his policies best, but because he's not black, brown, or muslim.

I think as much as McCain may disagree with supporters with these views, he probably recognises that it's not in his best interest to alienate them.

Originally Posted by harper

It is unfortunate that people read into events things that are not there. That's how lame arguments are made. There are two lists of items from which both candidates are drawing when they make their alleged statements. One is the list of things that Obama clearly IS and the other is the list of things that Obama clearly IS NOT. These lists are in no way necessarily exclusive. That is what is being read into the statements. Obama is a decent family man and Obama is not an Arab. Neither Obama nor McCain even implied that Arabs are not decent family men.

Obama is from Illinois and Obama is not a sheep does not mean there are no sheep in Illinois.

[JJuggle]

Originally Posted by mscalisi

I agree that McCain lack of clarification should not be interpreted to mean that he believes that Arabic people cannot be "good family men".

I would like the record to reflect that I did not say that McCain himself believes that Arab men can not be good family men.

If anyone believes I did, then it only goes to demonstrate my point in the first place.