But just once, wouldn’t it be nice to have someone on our side with the verbal skills to respond appropriately to something like this? McCain came out with the typical, milque-toast response when he had the ball sitting on the tee for him. One well-worded firm rebuke could establish a sound bite that could last the length of this campaign, but like most of our other fine representatives, he brings a knife to a gun fight and goes soft. Blown opportunity. Obama is the most easily defeated Democrat candidate there has been for decades, but it’s still a crap shoot because our side is too scared to fight aggressively.
McCain should have replied, “I am sad to hear such a comment coming from my opponent’s campaign for the Presidency. It speaks volumes for the immaturity and ignorance of the candidate whose surrogates are speaking such nonsense.”