When Obama says things like this...

[shina]

Originally Posted by slang

The friction starts when someone doesn't recognize when they are talking about something that I clearly don't believe in or support in any way.

But you can have a healthy debate without going overboard and insulting the other person's opinions. Some people do not know how to debate in good way.

Originally Posted by slang

Or going further, that I actually despise. Read the body landguage and the tone of the people that you're around. Do you really want to irritate them? If yes, then you can normally learn how pretty quickly.

On this I agree with you. Body language is a large part of communication. Something many folks do not recognize, however, I think most the candidates have this in check pretty well.