RE: You Wanna Know...

It appears John McCain does actually pay attention to the "liberal, elite media" that's been rebuking his ear-splitting silence while his fired-up supporters bellow epithets and falsehoods at and about Barack Obama.

Ana Marie Cox describes the revamped McCain response in her recent blog on TIME's Swampland. Here's an excerpt:

Indeed, he just snatched the microphone out the hands of a woman who began her question with, "I'm scared of Barack Obama... he's an Arab terrorist..."

"No, no ma'am," he interrupted. "He's a decent family man with whom I happen to have some disagreements."

Let's hope Gov. Palin gets the "Respect in the Workplace" memo this time. Still, too little too late?

UPDATE: Here's a video montage of the encounters described above...