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McCain crowd pleasers
Republican Presidential candidate Sen. John McCain spoke at a town hall meeting at Xavier University today. Read the story here.
The crowd consisted mostly of undecided voters invited after they were picked by random polling, according to campaign reps. Others were university faculty and staff, and McCain supporters.
I kept note of the moments that drew applause from this mixed crowd. They were:
McCain’s arrival, set against the Air Force theme song “Wild Blue Yonder.”
McCain recounting his time spent as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, followed by, “I will put my country first now and always. You can count on it.”
McCain mentioning that France has a pro-American president, followed by, “If you live long enough, anything can happen.”
The conclusion of McCain’s opening speech, invoking Reagan’s famous “shining city on a hill speech” and the story of Matthew Stanley, 22, who died in Iraq.
McCain’s answer to the first question, is outlined in the above story.
McCain: “I’ve never asked for nor received a pork barrel earmark project for my state and my state is doing pretty well.”
McCain: “The United States of America will never torture a prisoner in our custody.”
McCain refusing to answer a question from a blogger with wearechangeohio.com who attended the town hall meeting as a member of the media then began yelling out questions without being called on.
McCain disagreeing with a questioner who said Iraqi citizens had a better life before the U.S. invasion. “If you ask the Kurds…I think you would find they didn’t have a very good life under Saddam.”
McCain: “I don’t take well to threats.” In response to questions from the aforementioned blogger on why he didn’t meet with Blair Gadsby, who staged a hunger strike outside McCain’s office.
Former Hillary Clinton supporter Rosemary Meinders to McCain: “Thank you for your lifelong service to this country.”
Meinders to McCain: “What’s your position on the Equal Rights Amendment, and what’s the reason you can’t include me and many other women in the constitution of hte United States.”
McCain challenging Barack Obama to join him in town hall meetings, saying “I think they (voters) would like to see us appearing together and responding to the question and comments people have.”
The conclusion of the town hall meeting.
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