Rightwing.

Bush and his comapany already put us in a deep hole.
You are dogging my question just like Sarah Palin does all the time. Tell me what are the changes McCain talks aout and how he is different with Bush in solving all problems.

So keep sticking with your party and let this country ruin,,,your words Idiot. And Oldberman he is a bozo, thats an insult to clowns

It was Obama who said , he was just someone he knew on the street,If it was not that important, why did Obama have to lie about it?

Re: RightWing

Can’t say I understand your concern about the relationship, RightWing. Are you saying this guy Ayers is still a fugitive or maybe some kind of crook who has been treating Obama to glamorous vacations at a secret Shangri-La? Given thousands and thousands of dollars to Obama’s campaign?  Giving Obama mysterious birthday parties on a yacht? Or maybe you’re suggesting Ayers is trying to get Chicago to secede from the United States?

What is wrong with you neocon? Ayers paid for what he did in the 60s and the society forgave him. Now he is a respected professor. If association with a rehabilitated professor is label as a terrorist, I guess all his students could be terrorists, and the institution where he is teaching would be a shool of terrorist training. You know and I know this is a desperate smear campaign McCain tries to get back on his feet, so why don’t you explain to me what change McCain would bring to us if he is the president? Would you think Palin be able to run this country or ruin this country with the present economic turmoil and two unresolved wars? By the way Todd Palin was a member of an Independent Alaska party whose goal is to secede from America untill 2002 ( just watch Oldberman video clip on MSNBC). So keep sticking with your party and let this country ruin, you idiot.

What is wrong with you neocon? Ayers paid for what he did in the 60s and the society forgave him. Now he is a respected professor. If association with a rehabitated professor is label as a terrorist, I guess all his students could be terrorists, and the institution where is teaching would be a shool of terrorist training. You know and I know this is a desperate smear campaign McCain tries to get back on his feet, so why don’t you explain to me what change McCain would bring to us if he is the president? Would you think Palin be able to run this country or ruin this country with the present economic turmoil and two unresolved wars? By the way Todd Palin was a member of an Independent Alaska party whose goal is to cecede from America untill 2002 ( just watch Oldberman video clip on MSNBC). So keep sticking with your party and let this country ruin, you idiot.

I wonder why the press wants the truth not to be known ....Relationship Between Barack Obama And Bill Ayers Is Much More Extensive Than Obama’s Campaign Is Willing To Admit

Obama’s Top Campaign Staff Have Attempted To Downplay The Relationship Between Obama And Bill Ayers:

Obama Spokesman Robert Gibbs Said That Obama And Ayers Weren’t Close And That Obama Was Only 8 Years Old When Ayers Was Bombing Buildings. Robert Gibbs: “If you read the article ... it says these two men weren’t close, this man isn’t involved in our campaign. Bill Ayers is somebody that Barack Obama said his actions were despicable and these happened when Barack Obama was 8 years old.” (FOX News’ “FOX & Friends,” 10/6/08)

Gibbs Has Also Limited The Relationship Between Obama And Ayers To Serving On Two Boards Together. John Roberts:  “Barack Obama knew Bill Ayers and had contact with him between 1995 and 2005. Exactly what was the nature of the relationship?” Robert Gibbs: “Well, John, as The New York Times reported this weekend, they served on two boards together during that time period.” (CNN’s “American Morning,” 10/6/08)

Even Obama Has Previously Referred To Ayers As “A Guy Who Lives In My Neighborhood” And Not Someone He Exchanges Ideas With “On A Regular Basis.” Obama: “George, but this is an example of what I’m talking about. This is a guy who lives in my neighborhood, who’s a professor of English in Chicago who I know and who I have not received some official endorsement from. He’s not somebody who I exchange ideas from on a regular basis. And the notion that somehow as a consequence of me knowing somebody who engaged in detestable acts 40 years ago, when I was 8 years old, somehow reflects on me and my values doesn’t make much sense, George.” (Sen. Barack Obama, ABC Democrat Candidates Presidential Debate, Philadelphia, PA, 4/16/08)

But Obama’s Connections With Bill Ayers Are Much More Extensive Than He Or His Campaign Staff Is Willing To Admit:

In 1995, During Obama’s First State Senate Campaign, William Ayers And Wife Bernadine Dohrn Hosted A Meeting Of Chicago Liberals At Their Home For Obama, Which One Attendee Said Was Aimed At “Launching Him.” “In 1995, State Senator Alice Palmer introduced her chosen successor, Barack Obama, to a few of the district’s influential liberals at the home of two well known figures on the local left: William Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn. While Ayers and Dohrn may be thought of in Hyde Park as local activists, they’re better known nationally as two of the most notorious—and unrepentant—figures from the violent fringe of the 1960s anti-war movement. ... ‘I can remember being one of a small group of people who came to Bill Ayers’ house to learn that Alice Palmer was stepping down from the senate and running for Congress,’ said Dr. Quentin Young, a prominent Chicago physician and advocate for single-payer health care, of the info rmal gathering at the home of Ayers and his wife, Dohrn. ‘[Palmer] identified [Obama] as her successor.’ ... Dr. Young and another guest, Maria Warren, described it similarly: as an introduction to Hyde Park liberals of the handpicked successor to Palmer, a well-regarded figure on the left. ‘When I first met Barack Obama, he was giving a standard, innocuous little talk in the living room of those two legends-in-their-own-minds, Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn,’ Warren wrote on her blog in 2005. ‘They were launching him—introducing him to the Hyde Park community as the best thing since sliced bread.’” (Ben Smith, “Obama Once Visited ‘60s Radicals,” The Politico, 1/22/08

From March Of 1995 Until September Of 1997, Obama And Ayers Attended At Least Seven Meetings Together Relating To The Chicago Annenberg Challenge. (Chicago Annenberg Challenge, Board Of Directors Meeting, Minutes Of The Board, 3/15/95, 3/31/95, 4/13/95, 6/5/95, 9/30/97; National Annenberg Challenge Evaluation Meeting, List Of Participants, 5/24/95; Chicago Annenberg Challenge, Chicago School Reform Collaborative Meeting, Minutes, 10/23/96)

NOTE: Bill Ayers Was Asked To Help Obama Formulate The Chicago Annenberg Challenge By-Laws. (Chicago Annenberg Challenge Board Of Directors Minutes, 3/15/95)
In 1997, Obama Praised Ayers’ Book On The Juvenile Justice System. “The two men were involved in efforts to reform the city’s education system. They appeared together on academic panels, including one organized by Michelle Obama to discuss the juvenile justice system, an area of mutual concern. Mr. Ayers’s book on the subject won a rave review in The Chicago Tribune by Mr. Obama, who called it ‘a searing and timely account.’” (Jo Becker and Christopher Drew, “Pragmatic Politics, Forged On The South Side,” The New York Times, 5/11/08)

Obama On William Ayers’ “A Kind And Just Parent: The Children Of Juvenile Court”: “A searing and timely account of the juvenile court system, and the courageous individuals who rescue hope from despair.” (Chicago Tribune, 12/21/97)
“[Obama And Ayers] Have Also Appeared Jointly On Two Academic Panels, One In 1997 And Another In 2001.” (Russell Berman, “Obama’s Ties To Left Come Under Scrutiny,” The New York Sun, 2/19/08)

From 1999 To 2002, Obama Served With Ayers On The Board Of Directors For Woods Fund Of Chicago. “[Ayers] served with [Obama] from 1999 to 2002 on the board of the Woods Fund, an anti-poverty group.” (Timothy J. Burger, “Obama’s Chicago Ties Might Fuel ‘Republican Attack Machine’,” Bloomberg, 2/15/08)

During The Time Obama And Ayers Served Together On The Woods Fund, Ayers Was Quoted Saying “I Don’t Regret Setting Bombs ... I Feel We Didn’t Do Enough.” “‘I don’t regret setting bombs,’ Bill Ayers said. ‘I feel we didn’t do enough.’ Mr. Ayers, who spent the 1970’s as a fugitive in the Weather Underground, was sitting in the kitchen of his big turn-of-the-19th-century stone house in the Hyde Park district of Chicago.” (Dinitia Smith, “No Regrets For A Love Of Explosives,” The New York Times, 9/11/01)
NOTE: Obama, Born August 14th, 1961, Was 40 Years Old When Ayers Was Quoted. (Obama For America Website, http://www.barackobama.com, Accessed 10/6/08; Dinitia Smith, “No Regrets For A Love Of Explosives,” The New York Times, 9/11/01)
While Obama And Ayers Were Serving On The Woods Fund Together, Ayers Posed Standing On An American Flag For An Article In Chicago Magazine Entitled “No Regrets.” (Marcia Froelke Coburn, “No Regrets,” Chicago Magazine, 8/01)

Obama And Ayers Are Neighbors In Chicago’s Hyde Park Neighborhood. “Twenty-six years later, at a lunchtime meeting about school reform in a Chicago skyscraper, Barack Obama met Mr. Ayers, by then an education professor. Their paths have crossed sporadically since then, at a coffee Mr. Ayers hosted for Mr. Obama’s first run for office, on the schools project and a charitable board, and in casual encounters as Hyde Park neighbors.” (Scott Shane, “Obama And ‘60s Bomber: A Look Into Crossed Paths,” The New York Times, 10/4/08)

Obama Spokesman Ben LaBolt Told The New York Times That Last Year Obama And Ayers “Bumped Into Each Other On The Street In Hyde Park.” “[Obama spokesman Ben LaBolt] said they have not spoken by phone or exchanged e-mail messages since Mr. Obama began serving in the United States Senate in January 2005 and last met more than a year ago when they bumped into each other on the street in Hyde Park.” (Scott Shane, “Obama And ‘60s Bomber: A Look Into Crossed Paths,” The New York Times, 10/4/08)
Neighbors Have Said “It’s Only Natural” That Obama Would Know Ayers, Who Often Opens His Home For Gatherings, As Obama And His Wife “Are A Part Of Our Neighborhood And Part Of Our Social Circle.” “Since coming out of hiding in 1980, the couple have raised three boys in Chicago and become part of the fabric of their liberal South Side neighborhood. Neighbors said it’s only natural that Obama would know Ayers and Dohrn, who often open their homes for gatherings filled with lively discussions about politics, arts and social issues. Obama and his wife ‘are part of our neighborhood and part of our social circle,’ said Elizabeth Chandler, a neighbor of Ayers’.” (Trevor Jensen, Robert Mitchum and Mary Owen, “Bill Ayers’ Turbulent Past Contrasts With Quiet Academ ic Life,” Chicago Tribune, 4/17/08)
Ayers’ Organization, The Weather Underground, Was A “Violent Left-Wing Activist Group”:

“William Ayers ... [Was] A Founding Member Of The Group That Bombed The U.S. Capitol And The Pentagon During The 1970s.” (Russell Berman, “Obama’s Ties To Left Come Under Scrutiny,” The New York Sun, 2/19/08)

Ayers’ Group, The Weather Underground, Is A “Violent Left-Wing Activist Group.” “Senator Obama’s ties to a former leader of the violent left-wing activist group the Weather Underground are drawing new scrutiny as he battles Senator Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination.” (Russell Berman, “Obama’s Ties To Left Come Under Scrutiny,” The New York Sun, 2/19/08)
The Weather Underground Produced A Manual Which Begins, “We Are A Guerrilla Organization. We Are Communist Women And Men, Underground In The United States For More Than Four Years.” “The coalition was said to be a violence-prone faction inspired by the Weather Underground’s ‘‘Prairie Fire,’’ a guerrilla warfare manual published in 1974. The manual begins, ‘We are a guerrilla organization. We are Communist women and men, underground in the United States for more than four years.’” (Paul L. Montgomery, “2 Women In Brink’s Case Identified With Weathermen From Start In ‘69,” The New York Times, 10/ 22/81)

I admire the McCain camp’s patience in holding back this disclosure of Obama friends, especially knowing that they knew this since Hillary used this in the debates. I’m sure that this must pain them deeply to have to inform the public now of this dastardly candidate. Gee, by golly, this info came to them almost as fast as the financial meltdown. I think I have a better way to settle this whole thing and put away the mudslinging. One on one, the basketball court, Sarah vs Barack, for the title. John, I’m sorry that it must be Sarah but let’s face it, the only thing that you can dribble and shoot requires Kleenex or Depends, and besides you would not mind using a woman for your personal gain now, would you? There, and trash talking is tolerated more during sporting events so you could keep on keeping on without being chastised. The major agenda would be accomplished, your chances of winning would greatly improve because Barack certainly wouldn’t have time to practice his B-ball skills since he is too busy palling around with all those terrorist types. Good Lord. you know none of those types even know what sport is. There we go now John, you can’t lose, you can trash talk, hide behing your woman’s accomplishments, take credit for them, and proclaim to the world that the “Best Man Won”. Sound like a plan??

Sounds like Ayers’ initial approach to life had more in common with McCain than Obama.  The only difference is Ayers appears to have changed for the better as he grew older, but McCain is 71 yrs old and still thinks bombings are a solution to anything and everything – in fact, McCain has even been spotted singing “bomb, bomb, bomb” in public places, especially to old Beach Boy tunes.

Find more dirt and keep dirty your hand by picking it up and throwing it at people. Mayor Palin, we want to hear the real issues. Try harder to find something to talk about economics and all the changes and reform more specifically. I am tired of hearing slogans and rhetoric without any substance. It is irritating to see you wink at me when you can’t answer a question or smile when you are dogging the question by beating around the bush. I am tired of hearing “As a governor” or “up there in Alaska”. As a governor, you still use the same tricks when you are running for the mayor: the wink, the smiles, the rhetoric and most of all, trying to be a common folk while you are not. In Alaska you rode on the religious bank wagon to your Governor Office, now you are the staunchest supporter for big oil companies, no wonder why they just put in 1 million $ to your campaign. I guess McCain did not pick you as his VP, I think big oilers made this decision for him so they can get another loyal VP to replace Dick Cheney no matter how bad the economy is or how hard we Americans have suffered under this administration.
This is the first election that I am really afraid for the future of our country with economic turmoil and two unresolved wars that are going to be in the hand of a small town mayor from Alaska who has no experience in federal politics or international affairs. As for a governor, less than two years with all the controversies still going up in Alaska, I am even more pessimistic of your ability and personality.

Unfortunately, in the US of Bush, negative campaigns seem to work so well for the Repubs, especially as October surprises.  Even though it’s been shown over and over again that the “terrorist” claim about Obama that Mrs. Mooseburger is slinging around is not true, it’s as though truth doesn’t matter.  The issues don’t matter. The nation doesn’t matter.  Our status in the world doesn’t matter.  For the McCain camp, nothing matters but that they win and they’ll do anything and say anything to make that happen. 

What’s so disturbing is that we as a people are letting it happen.

What’s wrong with Alaska ceceding from the US? Also California, Texas, New York and anyone else that wants to.  The federal governemnt no longer represents us, why should we be ruled by it.  And taxed by it.

  TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION IS TYRANNY!

Todd Palin is my kind of guy, even though I’ve never slept with Sarah. Just because McCain is resorting to racism to win the election is no reason to disparage a noble cause like America’s dismemberment.

Purple Mushroom, It’s called the Keating 5 for a reason. Also Check on Bidens vote and speech for the Iraq Invasion,He backed GWB 110% on the invasion, the WMD claims as did many others. The only reason Osama didn’t was he was in the Illinois senate and could not vote, even if he could have it would have been just a present.All you do is shoot off rumors with absolutely no facts. and you claim to have a degree. In what I would like to know.

@ JimM;

Yes and smarter than dogs.  Sorry, I like pigs; just not the Palin/McCain kind!  But, in the vernacular, Palin/McCain are in fact sewer scum.  But, you know, even sewer scum has uses as a fertilizer.  So, I guess we should use Palin/McCain as fertilizer; yes?  What do you think of that?  But, I can’t help but wonder if they would be toxic to living things?  Some sewer scum has heavy metals; can you say poison?  On second thought, they wouldn’t even make good fertilizer; never mind!

Hey Farenheit

Pigs are gentle, intelligent creatures which are unfortunately slaughtered so carnicvores can eat their flesh.

Palin and McInsane are hardly worthy of being called pigs-I would more accurately characterize them as Sewer Scum

What Ails our country presently..A money gobbling Illegal Invasion into iraq and a Economic Wall street laden meltdown…and Who’s sitting smack Dab in the middle of this Stew…John McCain.
Johnny Boys complicity in the lead up to the War crime called ‘Iraq Freedom’ can be viewed 3 days Post Anthrax Attacks.And every time he parroted Cheney’s LIES!How many Trillions are we already in the Hole for because of these LIES? And Who continues to want to dig US 10 Billion more down a Month to continue this Blood for Oil invasion and Occupation? which Leads US directly to .....
His complicity in this current Intentional Economic Attack can be trailed from Keating 5 right to the man who stands behind his Right Shoulder..Phil Gramm!
John McCain shouldn’t be facing an Audience - he should be facing a Firing Squad!

@ RightWing;

I’ll give you only this; both candidates suck hind tit!
Kucinich/Nader are the only honest brokers (maybe Ron Paul).
In any event; we’re screwed!!!

If you must bring up the Keating Five ,bring up all five , then ask yourself, why was McCain the only one to testify against Keating, where was John Glenn, and the other Dem. Senators, they refused to testify, even the prosecutor said McCain just made a bad judgement call, Obama on the other hand ,has made many Bad calls, look at the Illinois senate, Todd Stroger, Tony Reszco, Mayor Daley, Rev.Wright. Bill Ayers, Emil Jones, Gov. Blago. the list goes on and on. The Illinois Senate, is the most corrupt in the country, and where does B.O. hail from? Something stinks, it must be the B.O.

McCain and Palin are pigs/swine!  Why would Americans want to wallow in a pigsty?

Main Entry:
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: pigpen

Every night Sarah Palin sleeps with a traitor, who wanted to destroy the Union and was a card-carrying member of the Alaska Independence Party, which wanted to sever Alaska from the USA!

Re: Nass

But Keating thought of McCain as a loyal supporter:

“. . . Keating, who raised more than $100,000 for McCain’s race, lavished the first-term congressman with the kind of political favors that would make Jack Abramoff blush.

McCain and his family took at least nine free trips at Keating’s expense, and vacationed nearly every year at the mogul’s estate in the Bahamas. There they would spend the days yachting and snorkeling and attending extravagant parties in a world McCain referred to as “Charlie Keating’s Shangri-La.”

Keating also invited Cindy McCain and her father to invest in a real estate venture for which he promised a 26 percent return on investment. They plunked down more than $350,000.

McCain still attributes the attention to nothing more than Keating’s “great respect for military people” and the duo’s “political and personal affinity.” But Keating, for his part, made no bones about the purpose of his giving. When asked by reporters if the investments he made in politicians bought their loyalty and influence on his behalf, Keating replied, “I want to say in the most forceful way I can, I certainly hope so.. . . “

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/make_believe_maverick_the_real_john_mccain

Not once has any finance, economic, political or otherwise insiteful rebutted the Lie-berterrorist contention that the HUD program to help minorities gain access to “FAIR” homeloans by the Quasi-Progressive Clintonian/DLCers. Blame about all aspects of the program execpt the usary interest rates, voluminous closing documentation, hyped value appraisals and high pre-paid penalties, among other bad business practices.  Had these rate been a little higher than prime, none of this would be happening, esspecially its frequency. Anything and everyone is at fault but Deregulation and the Reagan Era Political-Realist/economic fantasist.

Blacks, Latinos and poor whites are to blame everyone. Does this sound like the sixties or what?

Whatever happens in November, the next president will not be able to use American tax dollars to directly assist the American people beyond that the rich and powerful deem necessary, insuring a one term administration.

These types lie for a living, so is this surprising…?

But I found more hilarious Palin “verbiage talk”, LOL… supposedly Palin (during the debates) spoke at a (LOL) higher “grade” level than Biden.  check this out:

“CNN is reporting that a language monitoring service concluded that Palin’s remarks on Thursday were ranked at a higher grade level than Joe Biden’s.  She spoke at between a 9th and 10th grade level while Joe Biden spoke at about an eighth grade level.”

http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2008/10/04/palin-speaks-at-higher-grade-level-than-biden/

Is this the biggest bunch of NON-NEWS you’ve ever heard…..

So… ya know…it got me a ta thinkin’....  and I wondered, Palin MUST know these big words then…. right..?

Unemployment = 12 letters
Disastrous = 10 letters
Incompetent = 11 letters
Feloniousness = 13 letters
Phantasmagorical = 16 letters
Prevaricator = 12 letters
Homophobia = 9 letters
Sanctimonious = 13 letters
Geopolitics = 11 letters
Scientific = 10 letters (this one should be easy)
Fanaticism = 10 letters
Pococurante = 12 letters
Impecuniousness = 15 letters
Untrustworthy = 13 letters

Gee Willikers, I almost forgot… She should “get” this one…
Fundamentalist = 14 letters

I have need to stop.  I’d be here forever.

The traitorous Palin family background includes a desire for Alaska to secede—a place bought and paid for by American citizens.

If this is their best shot at a chance to stem the tide that is overwhelmingly in favor of Obama/Biden, looks like the “Straight Talk Express” just got a tracheotomy and is truly sucking wind!!

Vincent Tividad,
Thank you for that link to the real McCain.  There’s nothing like a smear campaign by McCain which will bring Nader supporters back to Obama.

Now if the leader of the Alaskan Independence Party was successful in his efforts as Palin wished him to be, all that oil would no longer belong to the US would it?

Not that he disapproves of their smear campaign but even Rove says that McCain and Palin will have to come up with something in addition to smears like an economic policy for instance.

Palin should be careful with her accusations as in “people who live in glass houses…”  She and her husband have both been associated with the Alaskan Independence Party the leader of which has, like bin Laden and other terrorists, referred to the US as being satanic.  Palin welcomed him to a conference in Wasilla by wishing him success.  Her husband did not give up his membership in the party until his wife entered politics as a republican candidate for mayor of wasilla.  See dailykos.com for details.