/rant on
Ok...we can talk about policies and platforms, or debate whether Democrats or Republicans are right on issue after issue. But, there is also how one behaves in public. Because the President is not just a policy maker, or "the decider" if you prefer a Bushism.
How our President handles himself in public settings reflects directly on how we see ourselves as a nation, and how the rest of the world sees us.
There is a "right" way
Obama Unfazed by Heckler Quote:
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama came to Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea Tuesday afternoon to talk about his energy policies, as he had earlier in the day in Youngstown.
But before he could delve into the topic, a man in the press photo gallery interrupted him, shouting complaints that the Illinois senator had not started the program with the Pledge of Allegiance. Many in the packed gymnasium murmured and some booed the disruption, but Obama took the heckler in stride and asked him to lead the pledge.
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And there is a wrong way:
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We have a lot of work to do. It's a very hard struggle, particularly given the situation on the Iraq-Pakistan border. -McCain on Geography
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You know that old Beach Boys song, Bomb Iran? Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran. - McCain on Foreign Policy
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Maybe that's a way of killing them. --responding to a report that $158 million in cigarettes have been shipped to Iran during Bush's presidency despite restrictions on U.S. exports to that country
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"Thanks for the question, you little jerk." - to a high school student after being asked about his age
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F**k you! I know more about this than anyone else in the room. - delivered to Sen. John Cornyn(R) during a floor debate
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and of course (because I am still furious about it):
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As the senator made his way through a sea of motorcycle enthusiasts...he was surrounded by scores of beer drinking men and scantily clad women...
Indeed, McCain felt so comfortable at the event that he even volunteered his wife for the rally’s traditional beauty pageant, an infamously debauched event that’s been known to feature topless women.
“I encouraged Cindy to compete,” McCain said to cheers. “I told her with a little luck she could be the only woman ever to serve as first lady and Miss Buffalo Chip.”
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/rant off
I apologize for the rant. And if I offended anyone to greatly. I simply find the differences between these two people, as human beings, to be glaring and stark.