Pradyot Sharma Opinion Editor While answering questions at a town hall meeting in Lakeville, Minnesota, during the 2008 presidential campaign, Republican candidate John McCain was told by a supporter about the then-Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama: “I can’t trust Obama. I have read about him, and he is not… he is an Arab.” McCain cut her off with a nod of disapproval and, taking the microphone back, went on to defend Obama, saying: “No, ma’am. He’s a decent family man (and) citizen that just … I just happen to have…
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