To clarify. In the full clip several people had questioned Obama's American-ness and used that to question his character, including the woman at the start. John McCain corrected this saying that he was a "Decent, family-man *citizen*" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIjenjANqAk …
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The point isn't whether he put down the attack as strongly as someone on the left would have, the point is that he was willing to defend someone across the aisle. Against the inclinations of his voter base. Putting his principles ahead of the political victory.
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Correcting problems among those who support you is essential to having integrity. Meanwhile Trump soaks up support from the Neo-Nazis and Farage lets the lie about £350M going to the NHS spread until AFTER the Brexit vote.
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Context. That woman was saying she couldn't trust him because he's an arab. McCain corrected her by stating that he was a citizen. I.e. not a foreigner (as was meant by arab), but an american. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIjenjANqAk …
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It's easy to forget that, until very recently, there were decent conservatives.
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A world apart from the politics of today
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