“First of all, Senator McCain, I just want to commend you on your service for our country’’ the young woman said. “But, earlier this year, in April, you had made comments about, like, the mudslinging, how it had been affecting other campaigns, and how you didn’t want to do that. But recently, especially last week when Obama went to Europe, it seemed like there was a lot of campaign ads that you put out that were doing that. And the one yesterday, comparing him to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton…Like, I was like, Ok-Kayyyy. So it seems like, to Americans like me and other people, like you may have flip-flopped on what you had said earlier. What is your response to that?”
Mr. McCain replied: “Well, first of all, um, let me say that there are differences, and we are drawing those differences and I have said earlier, I admire his campaign. But what we are talking about here is substance, and not style. And what we’re talking about is who has an agenda for the future of America. Campaigns are tough, but I’m proud of the campaign that we have run, I’m proud of the issues that we have, trying to address with the American people, and again, I would hope that Senator Obama would join me so that we could discuss this as he said he wanted to quote, “duel” over taxes, I believe it was yesterday. So all I can say is that we’re proud of that commercial, we think Americans need to know that I believe that we should base this campaign on what we can do for Americans here at home, and how we can make America safe and prosperous and that’s the theme of our campaign. I thank you.”
