Question Puts McCain in Tight Spot

troung · 11-14-2007, 19:00 PM

Slow news cycle, he laughed a bit and then said how much he respected her and so forth....

Question Puts McCain in Tight Spot
By MARC SANTORA,The New York Times
Posted: 2007-11-14 10:50:22
Filed Under: Elections News, Politics News
(Nov. 14) -- When presidential candidates appear at public forums, passions about the field are often on vivid display. Monday, Senator John McCain received a question from a woman in Hilton Head Island, S.C., that was blunt and harsh.

“How do we beat the *****?” the woman asked.

Mr. McCain was obviously uncomfortable, trying to deflect the vitriol with humor and offering to give a translation. But he did not condemn the questioner, instead calling it an “excellent question.”

He then addressed the question without any apparent doubt as to whom it referred.

“There was a poll yesterday,” he said, “that shows me three points ahead of Senator Clinton in a head-to-head matchup. I respect Mrs. Clinton.”

The clip began showing on Web sites like Salon.com, the liberal site TPM.com and others, with bloggers asking why Mr. McCain had not taken the questioner to task.

More StoriesA spokesman for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton declined to comment on Mr. McCain’s response. But some of her advisers said they were surprised that he had not defused the moment more artfully, given the possibility that it might stir sympathy or outrage on Mrs. Clinton’s behalf in some quarters.

Some of her allies have accused her male Democratic opponents of ganging up on her in their last televised debate.

Mr. McCain has studiously avoided personally attacking Mrs. Clinton, whom he has said he likes. His campaign said yesterday, “Mr. McCain has on many occasions expressed his respect for Senator Clinton, just as he did when confronted with the question in South Carolina.”

Copyright © 2007 The New York Times Company

**Ironduke** · 11-14-2007, 19:47 PM

Beat the what?

troung · 11-14-2007, 20:12 PM

B-i-t-c-h

HistoricalDavid · 11-14-2007, 20:13 PM

Subtle.

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troung A Self Important *Senior Contributor* Join Date: 08-03-03 Posts: 4,390 Country:	Question Puts McCain in Tight Spot Slow news cycle, he laughed a bit and then said how much he respected her and so forth.... Question Puts McCain in Tight Spot By MARC SANTORA,The New York Times Posted: 2007-11-14 10:50:22 Filed Under: Elections News, Politics News (Nov. 14) -- When presidential candidates appear at public forums, passions about the field are often on vivid display. Monday, Senator John McCain received a question from a woman in Hilton Head Island, S.C., that was blunt and harsh. “How do we beat the *****?” the woman asked. Mr. McCain was obviously uncomfortable, trying to deflect the vitriol with humor and offering to give a translation. But he did not condemn the questioner, instead calling it an “excellent question.” He then addressed the question without any apparent doubt as to whom it referred. “There was a poll yesterday,” he said, “that shows me three points ahead of Senator Clinton in a head-to-head matchup. I respect Mrs. Clinton.” The clip began showing on Web sites like Salon.com, the liberal site TPM.com and others, with bloggers asking why Mr. McCain had not taken the questioner to task. More StoriesA spokesman for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton declined to comment on Mr. McCain’s response. But some of her advisers said they were surprised that he had not defused the moment more artfully, given the possibility that it might stir sympathy or outrage on Mrs. Clinton’s behalf in some quarters. Some of her allies have accused her male Democratic opponents of ganging up on her in their last televised debate. Mr. McCain has studiously avoided personally attacking Mrs. Clinton, whom he has said he likes. His campaign said yesterday, “Mr. McCain has on many occasions expressed his respect for Senator Clinton, just as he did when confronted with the question in South Carolina.” Copyright © 2007 The New York Times Company __________________ To sit down with these men and deal with them as the representatives of an enlightened and civilized people is to deride ones own dignity and to invite the disaster of their treachery - General Matthew Ridgway

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