After a week of telling audiences both from the stage and in ads that Obama is a terrible, scary person who “pals around with terrorists,” McCain is now correcting audience members who parrot the trash back to him.
ABC News has video and excerpts:
“Frankly we’re, we’re scared,” one voter told McCain. “We’re scared of an Obama presidency. And I’ll tell you why. I don’t want to bring a child up in a country uh where — I love this country, we’ll bring our child up no matter what — but I’m concerned about someone that cohorts with domestic terrorists such as Ayers.”
Said McCain, “I want to be president of the United States and I obviously I do not want Senator Obama to be. But I have to tell you, I have to tell you, he is a decent person. And a person that you do not have to be scared as president of the United States.”
The crowd booed.
People also continue to repeat the line that Obama is a Muslim:
Another woman stood and said, “I got to ask you a question. I don’t believe in — I can’t trust Obama. I have read about him. And he’s not, he’s not – he’s an Arab. He’s not.”
Shaking his head no, McCain grabbed the microphone away from her.
“No ma’am,” McCain said. “No ma’am. No ma’am. He’s a, he’s a, he’s a decent family man, citizen that I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues. And that’s what this campaign is all about, he is not. Thank you.”
Scattered applause followed.
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