Once again, my opinion of John McCain has been diminished. A protestor disrupts his speech, and instead of taking the high road and letting security remove the person quickly and quietly, he decides to make a rude remark like "don't be distracted by the ground noise and static".
McCain and the Republicans like to continually remind people of his time in the Hanoi Hilton. Maybe someone should remind him what he was fighting for, things like the U.S. constitution, and Freedom of Speech. Wouldn't he have come off much better by saying something like, "Please don't boo, every American has a right to their own opinion, even if we don't agree". But that's not the Republican way, anyone who doesn't agree with the Republican base is either out of touch, or isn't patriotic.
As a former POW, he knows better than most how precious our freedoms are. I'm not saying he should have stepped aside and gave the microphone to the protestor, but he didn't have to make fun of the protestors. Many of their actions were way out of line, with the destruction of property and disruptions at the convention, nonetheless they have the right to PEACEFUL assembly.
A majority of Americans are now opposed to the war in Iraq, and to call it "ground noise and static" is very dismissive and just goes to show how out of touch he is with what the American people believe and what they stand for.
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