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Wednesday, October 08, 2008
McCain Refuses To Shake Hands With "That One"
Josh Marshall has put up the video of John McCain refusing to shake hands with Barack Obama after the second Presidential debate in Nashville, TN on Tuesday night. Earlier in the event, he referred to his Democratic presidential rival as "that one" which this viewer including numerous others saw as a racially insensitive remark considering the long history of African Americans have had with being referred to as objects instead of as people with titles and qualifications.
Labels:
2008 elections,
Barack Obama,
blogging,
John McCain,
presidency
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