John McCain: Town Hall 06/05/08

John McCain
Town Hall
Buena Vista, FL 06/05/08

TRANSCRIPT:
QUESTIONER: Hey I'm Gil Theland, retired editor and publisher of the Tampa Tribune. Racism and Sexism, both subtle and not subtle were unsettling factors in the Democrats nominating process, what will you do to prevent this disrespect from happening in the general election race.

JOHN MCCAIN: Well, first off could I say I believe the overwhelming majority of American's have made a judgment and will continue to make judgments based solely on what they feel are the qualifications of the candidate. And I think it's frankly something that maybe we should look at glass full or maybe 9/10 about the fact that an African American and a woman both competed for the highest office in this country. I think it's something that we should be really proud of. Now there were elements that entered the race, there's elements in America on extremes, as we all know, that sometimes harm the image. But from literally thousands and thousands of hours of having contact with average American citizens I'm proud of the way that they judge us. I'm proud of the fact that Hillary Clinton, Senator Clinton inspired a generation of young women. As a father of three daughters, I congratulate her. And I congratulate her for her tenaciousness too; she worked very, very hard. And Senator Obama, I feel the same way, he inspired people in America in a very, very impressive way. Yea there were comments made from time to time, but I got the impression when those comments, or those things, came up that the voters resounded rejected that kind of thing, they don't want that in the United States of America. And when I see the growing presence and influence of people from all walks of life in America I'm more proud of America. But in direct to answer your question I will do everything I can to keep anything that may be that kind of ugliness out of this political campaign. And the best way you do that I think is to show always respect for your opponent. No matter who that opponent is, and I have a record of that in the campaigns that I've engaged in in my political life. Thank you.

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He has not lived up to his own words. He has not shown respect for his opponent at all. His campaign adds are full of lies and manipulated truths.