McCain's campaign spokesman just made a new very self-humiliating comment in a statement to The Nation. This time about the visitors to the Berlin speech of Barack Obama:
...failed to recognize the need to visit wounded combat troops, instead choosing to continue on with a schedule that included meeting with international leaders and fawning Germans.
Emphasis mine.
Seriously, if you are running a campaign based on experience in foreign affairs, you should be able to control your own spokespeople. I attended the Berlin speech and people were not fawning there. It was a success, yes, but there was no uncritical reception. What I noticed afterwards was that people actually started a serious debate on the different topics raised and there was no total agreement.
The difference between Sen. Obama's and Sen. McCain's campaign is, that Obama treats other peoples with respect. Especially when they are the population of one of America's staunchest allies. Every year, McCain attends the Munich Conference on Security Policy. Maybe next year, when he prepares for a new year in the Senate, he should leave that bubble and talk to people on the street.