"He is not an Arab. He is a decent man!"

During the 2008 presidential elections, Senator John McCain campaigned in several states. In Lakeville specifically, he encountered a prejudice remark on his competitor President Barrack Obama. An old woman asked McCain whether Obama is an Arab or not? And his response showed idiocy and irrelevance. He responded to her saying the following "No mam, he is a decent family man." I honestly don't get what he was trying to state. And if I did get his statement I would say that he meant "all Arabs are immoral, irresponsible, and inappropriate people". It's a shame that those words came out from a man who ran for presidency. It was so unprofessional of him to respond in words that are considered quite offensive to a certain race. While watching the video on YouTube I found a video response, to the McCain campaign in Lakeville, by Ben Affleck. Every single word he spoke was absolutely true. At first he clarified that McCain's response to the woman was senseless, and he quoted  that "an Arab and a good guy are not antithetical to one another". He seemed to be certainly aware of the negative influence the media have on the public and their alteration of news. As he said "I know in the media they don't show that "referring to the fact that the media always tries to conceal a big chunk of the news or story so they could appoint the aggressor or "the bad guy[s]". I recommend you people to watch both videos and I have included both links below. Link 1/Link 2