Is Barack Obama the perfect candidate?

No

 

Thursday, February 28, 2008

As Barack Obama has become the presumptive Democratic nominee, the spotlight has shown brightly on his shady friends. While he speaks of a hope for a better America, he has befriended William Ayres, a terrorist who seeks to destroy the America his wife is only now proud of.

William Ayres was involved in the bombings of New York City police headquarters in 1970, the Capitol building in 1971, and the Pentagon in 1972. He committed this acts while a member of the Weather Underground. In 1970, Ayers described the group’s philosophy as “Kill all the rich people. Break up their cars and apartments. Bring the revolution home, kill your parents, that’s where it’s really at.â€

In a supreme dose of irony, on September 11, 2001, The New York Times published an interview with the terrorist in which he said “I didn’t regret setting bombs..I didn’t feel we did enough.†When asked whether he would do it all again, Mr. Ayers responded “I don’t want to discount the possibility.†In the interview, he also spoke of how The Weathermen were “an army of lovers†and described having had various sexual partners, including his best male friend.

Now to Obama’s relationship with the terrorist. Obama’s spokesman has confirmed their friendship saying "Yes, they're friendly. They know each other."

Beginning in 1999, Mr. Ayers and the Senator served together for three years on the board of the Woods Fund. The Chicago-based nonprofit’s mission is to help increase opportunities for the disadvantaged. According to tax filings, Obama received compensation of $6,000 per year for his service. Would you want to work with an admitted terrorist?

In 2001, after serving together on the board, Obama accepted a $200 campaign contribution from Ayres. Would you take money from a terrorist?

Then in 2002, The Center for Public Intellectuals, an organization whose mission is to “create a more engaged civil society, hosted a panel called “Intellectuals in Times of Crisisâ€. Ayres and Obama spoke on the panel together. Would you speak on a panel about intellectualism, for a center promoting civility, with a terrorist?

Again in 2005, the two met to give testimonials at the farewell dinner for Rashid Khalidi, who worked on behalf of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, a State Department declared terror group. Would you give a positive testimonial for a terrorist alongside another terrorist?

While we are in the midst of the global of war on terror, Barack Obama is friends with the enemy. Could our commander in chief be friends with the enemy and also defeat them?

 

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Point is that Obama will be swiftboated to kingdom come if he's nominated. Just wait for it.

 

Where did you hear this from?


And even if that was true, which it isnt, what do you mean whats the point? ::

 

Well he really isnt staying too much above the fray. He is attacking just as much as everyone else. But to me, its all part of politics. Obama should come out swinging.

 

He won't come out swinging. He'll be sneaky about it, throw some pointed jabs then say how the horrible swiftboating is just the "old politics" that we hate so much. And it may well work.

In Oz we just had an election where the old guard conservatives tried everything to smear Kevin Rudd, the young "squeaky clean" upstart "liberal" with "no experience" and who was nothing more than a "bunch of cliches" and rhetoric, beholden to leftie interest groups. Trade Unions, the economy, inexperience, links to crooks etc.

And this upstart smashed them, in part by using the sneak attack...guerilla style. Some of the tit for tat TV ads were great.

Initial "swiftboat" attack against Rudd

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbcY5nUAQvY

Rudd's response

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHtUAWFm2sQ

You can see what he's doing...ridiculing the scare campaign, but getting his own digs in, then ending 'positive'. He did a whole bunch of these ads.

Obama will play it very cool, stick to the cliches, and may even win it by doing so.