Obama Recalls Viral Moment During McCain's 2008 Campaign: 'Some Values Transcend Party'

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Source: Huff Post

Oct 19, 2024, 01:26 AM EDT


Barack Obama reflected on late Sen. John McCain, his opponent in the 2008 election, and a now-viral moment from the Republican’s campaign that showed how his “character” compares to Donald Trump on Friday. The former president, in a speech at a Kamala Harris campaign rally, cautioned that he didn’t want to “over-romanticize” his relationship with McCain and noted that the 2008 GOP presidential nominee was a “conservative to put it mildly.”

“But you know what, he understood that some values transcend party,” said Obama while campaigning for the current Democratic nominee in Tucson, Arizona. “He believed an honest argument and hearing the views of other people. He didn’t demonize political opponents.”

He then referred to McCain’s response to a woman at a 2008 town hall-style event in Lakeville, Minnesota after she declared that she couldn’t “trust” Obama and pushed a baseless claim that he was “an Arab.” McCain shook his head no in response to the woman, whose claim is tied to a racist “birther” conspiracy theory about Obama.

“No m’aam, no m’aam. 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 said in a viral clip that’s also received backlash from those who say he didn’t do enough to combat against the woman’s anti-Arab racism.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/barack-obama-john-mccain-2008-campaign-donald-trump-character_n_67132609e4b0e2b6e54c1c1d

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. I know of no finer orator alive today than Barack Obama. It was a tremendous speech. . . . . nt

[Bayard]

2. I remember that moment with McCain

I'm thinking he would endorse Kamala now.

[COL Mustard]

3. McCain was a decent man

Of course he’d endorse Kamala, especially over Trump.

[Beartracks]

4. No doubt in my mind on that.

[KS Toronado]

5. No doubt in my mind, he'd be backing Kamala.

One of the few Republicans who knew right from wrong.

[llmart]

7. If I'm remembering correctly...

Orange anus mouth was explicitly told he wasn't welcome at McCain's funeral.

[KS Toronado]

9. You are correct

[4lbs]

8. There's a reason that Dumpy wasn't invited to the funeral.

Nearly every other ex-POTUS was there. Obama, Clinton, both Bushes, even John Kerry, Mitt Romney, and Hillary.





However, not Heir Orange. Dumpy then tried to excuse his absence as not wanting to disrupt things by showing up, so he didn't.

Uh no, dipshit. They didn't want you there.





BTW, who is that standing next to widow Cindy McCain? Mike Pence and umm.... Paul Ryan.

You know, your VP that you tried to hang, and the "loser" in 2012.

[4lbs]

6. I remember that. Is this the video? It wasn't at the HuffPo link so I searched for it.