8.8K views · 645 reactions | On this day in 2008, Sen. McCain put civility over politics—shutting down false claims about his opponent during a town hall-style campaign event and defending then-Senator Obama as “a decent family man, citizen, that I just happen to have disagreements with.” | The Resistance | Facebook

🗳️ It’s Election Day in America today which reminds us of another one in the not so distant past: November 4, 2008, when the band was on tour in support of Accelerate. That night the guys were playing an encore in Santiago, Chile when Bertis Downs came on stage with his laptop to share the news that Barack Obama’s victory as the next President of the United States was imminent and indisputable. The band then charged into a rousing version of “I Believe” to celebrate the news. 🗳️ If there’s an