In the past weeks McCain/Palin have been attacking Obama, saying he does not love America, McCain has asked "who is the real Obama?" They say he pals around with terrorists, that he does not love America, that he does not think America is a force for good in the world and they insist that he answers these questions to the America public.
Interestingly enough, these typical republican strategies of character assassination, have not worked like they have in the past for the simple reason that the economy has people interested, for once, in the issues, to the point they have been turned off by the attacks and lack of leadership that McCain has shown in a time of crisis.
Now as the lunatics in the crowds are yelling "kill him" this rhetoric enters dangerous territory.
I had hoped Obama would take McCain to task during this last debate over this issue. But as the polls show it has all worked against McCain I suspect Obama will continue to take the high road since it has been working. But McCain actually said that he is gonna bring up the William Ayers thing during the debate!
Boy I hope this happens! Then Obama will have the chance to answer and this is what I hope he says:
First he should mention that he is not interested, and neither are the American people interested, in such baseless distractions, but since McCain brought it up he must address it.
second he needs to address the bigger picture. How can McCain/Palin question Obama's patriotism and love of this country? Obama never questions McCain's nor Palin's. In fact it is safe to say that everyone running for the office of President loves the country, in fact every senator loves the country, there is no need to question their patriotism, that is exactly the divisive politics that McCain preaches he is against. In fact he answers every question with the statement that he is the one to reach across the isle.
third, to suggest Obama is friendly to any terrorist is beyond the pale, absurd.
so what is the relationship to Ayers? Well a conservative Republican and supporter of Reagan started the Annenberg Foundation which has an institute for education reform. Annenberg hired Ayers to work for the foundation since he is an expert on Education Reform. He also asked Obama to be on the board. So Obama and Ayers both worked together on this mostly republican foundation. End of story. Ayers involvement in the Weather Underground happened when Obama was 8 years old.
Of course Obama won't mention it but he could mention the following story:
McCain Official Helped Saddam Lobbyists
The McCain campaign, meanwhile, is facing new scrutiny over a top official’s ties to former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. The investigative journalist Murray Waas has revealed the head of McCain’s presidential transition team took part in a lobbying effort to lift the US-backed sanctions imposed on Iraq after the first Gulf War. The lobbyist, William Timmons, worked closely with two other lobbyists later convicted for acting as unregistered agents of Saddam Hussein’s government. Timmons helped the lobbyists on a deal that would have granted a contract to resell Iraqi oil. Timmons stood to share a $45 million windfall if the deal was approved. Timmons reportedly consulted on public talking points and lobbying strategies with top Iraqi officials, including former deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz.
so who should we be concerned with, those with ties to Saddam or a professor of education?
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