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Title: McCain questions Obama radical ties (or, Why McCain will win)
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URL Source: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0408/9730.html
Published: Apr 21, 2008
Author: RYAN GRIM & MIKE ALLEN
Post Date: 2008-04-21 07:54:19 by Jethro Tull
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McCain questions Obama radical ties By RYAN GRIM & MIKE ALLEN | 4/20/08 10:59 AM EST Updated: 4/20/08 7:13 PM EST Text Size: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) stoked debate over a ’60s radical’s ties to Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday, saying Obama’s defense “borders on the outrageous.” William Ayers — a former member of the Weather Underground, which embraced bombing in its effort to end the Vietnam War — became an issue in the Democratic nominating race at last week’s debate. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) said Obama’s past meetings with Ayers are part of a “larger set of concerns about how we are going to run against John McCain.” Republican sources said McCain plans to make a major issue of the connection in the months ahead. Asked by host George Stephanopoulos whether he has any doubt that Obama shares his sense of patriotism, McCain brought the subject up. “I'm sure he's very patriotic. But his relationship with Mr. Ayers is open to question,” McCain said. “He became friends with him and spent time with him while the guy was unrepentant over his activities as a member of a terrorist organization, the Weathermen,” McCain said. “Does he condemn them? Would he condemn someone who says they're unrepentant and wished that they had bombed more?” Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton responded aggressively, calling McCain's salvo "smear politics." “Unable to sell his out-of-touch ideas on the economy and Iraq, John McCain has stooped to the same smear politics and low road that he denounced in 2000," Burton said. "The American people can’t afford a third term of President Bush’s failed policies and divisive tactics." David Axelrod, Obama's chief strategist, says in the forthcoming issue of Newsweek that the campaign is planning to expand its research and rapid-response team in part to counteract charges about Ayers. "He's not going to sit there and sing 'Kumbaya' as the missiles are raining in," Axelrod told the magazine. "I don't think people should mistake civility for a willingness to deal with the challenges to come." See Also Obama linked to gun control efforts Clinton adviser quits over China rhetoric McCain camp releases bundlers As a defense, Obama said during the debate: “The fact is, is that I'm also friendly with Tom Coburn, one of the most conservative Republicans in the United States Senate, who during his campaign once said that it might be appropriate to apply the death penalty to those who carried out abortions. Do I need to apologize for Mr. Coburn's statements? Because I certainly don't agree with those either.” McCain seized on that, calling Coburn a “great humanitarian” and “in my view, one of greatest spokespersons for the rights of the unborn.” “To compare him with Dr. Coburn, who spends so much of his life bringing babies into this world, that in my view is really — borders on outrageous,” McCain said. At the debate, Obama said of Ayers: “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.” Axelrod told Politico's Ben Smith in February: "Bill Ayers lives in his neighborhood. Their kids attend the same school. ... They're certainly friendly, they know each other, as anyone whose kids go to school together." Information about the pair's connection has been dribbling out over the past few months. Obama first met Ayers in 1995, during Obama's first state Senate campaign, and the two met with a small group of local liberal activists
Poster Comment: Michelle Obama displays disturbing racism By Pat Shannan Just what kind of 60;change61; is Barack Obama offering and just how much influence has his wife, Michelle had over him in their married life the past two decades? It appears that Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama does not look into a crowd of Obama supporters and see Americans. She sees black people and white people, eternally conflicted with one another. (Issue # 16, April 21, 2008)
In her senior thesis at Princeton University, Michelle LaVaughn, the future wife of the Democratic presidential candidate, stated that America was a nation founded on 60;crime and hatred.61; Moreover, she stated that whites in America were 60;ineradicably racist.61;
The 1985 thesis, entitled Princeton-Educated Blacks and the Black Community, was written under her maiden name, Michelle LaVaughn. Michelle Obama writes that the path she chose by attending Princeton would likely lead to her 60;further integration and/or assimilation into a white cultural and social structure that will only allow me to remain on the periphery of society, never becoming a full participant.61;
Not only does she see separate black and white societies in America, but emphatically elevates black over white in her world. As first lady, would she insist the White House be painted black? That57;s been a standard joke in this venue since the civil rights movement of the 1960s, but this next ominous quote from her thesis suggests that she would in fact urge her husband toward just such an extreme position.
60;There was no doubt in my mind that as a member of the black community, I am obligated to this community and will utilize all of my present and future resources to benefit the black community first and foremost.61;
She seems to justify those feelings with what she claims to see on the other side of the issue: 60;Predominantly white universities like Princeton are socially and academically designed to cater to the needs of the white students, comprising the bulk of their enrollments.61;
Michelle added in her thesis that to 60;whites at Princeton, it often seems as if, to them, [I] will always be black first.61; However, it was reported by a fellow black classmate, 60;if those 56;whites at Princeton 56; really saw Michelle as one who always would 56;be black first,57; it seems that she gave them that impression.61;
Michelle Obama57;s poll of black alumni concludes that other black former students at Princeton do not share her obsession with blackness. But rather than celebrate, she is horrified that black alumni identify with our common American culture more than they value the color of their skins.
60;I hoped that these findings would help me conclude that despite the high degree of identification with whites as a result of the educational and occupational path that black Princeton alumni follow, the alumni would still maintain a certain level of identification with the black community. However, these findings do not support this possibility,61; she wrote.
Most black alumni ignored her racist questionnaire. Only 89 students responded, out of 400 who were asked for input.
The thesis provides a trove of Mrs. Obama57;s thoughts and world view seen through a race-based prism. For a potential first lady, this is a very divisive view that would do untold damage to race relations in this country in a Barack Hussein Obama administration.
During this presidential election year in which the term 60;transparency61; has been frequently bandied about, candidates have buried a number of potentially revealing documents and papers. In Hillary Rodham Clinton57;s case, there57;s been a clamoring for tax records, White House memos and other material the candidate57;s team has chosen to keep from release.
The 96-page, 1985 Princeton thesis, restricted from release by the school57;s Mudd Library, has also been the subject of recent scrutiny. Commentator Jonah Goldberg remarked on National Review Online, 60;A
reader in the know informs me that Michelle Obama57;s thesis is unavailable until Nov. 5, 2008, at the Princeton library. I wonder why.61;
60;Why a restricted thesis?61; asked Pastor Louis Lapides on his website,
Thinking Outside the Blog. 60;Is the concern based on what57;s in the thesis? Will Michelle Obama appear to be too black for white America or not black enough for black America?61;
Will an Obama administration really offer constructive 60;change61; or just an intellectually refined racism?
Pat Shannan is the assistant editor of American Free Press. He has been working in the alternative news business for more than 30 years.
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#43. To: christine (#40)
Hunh?
Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, George W. Bush - sovereignty And he makes as much sense when he stumps for McNasty as Bush does here trying to explain something he knows nothing about. In fact, it is painfully obvious Bush didn't even bother to listen to or to understand the question in the first place. Watching Mudboy Slim shot himself in the foot over and over trying to defend and sell McNasty is entertaining. For example I like the way he claims that this guy who talked about a hundred years in Iraq is going to end things in a four year term, or claims Iran is our biggest problem. He deals in wishful thinking, doesn't even have a remote clue as to what we have done to harm the People of Iran that wound up pushing them into this theocratic government. He does not see how the other counties in that region are restless, irritated and fed up with our Machiavellian ways in that area and our warmongering. He doesn't have a clue about the quiet talks the Saudis have had with the Russians and how willing our friends are to dump us if we become more a liability by invading Iran. Just as the world got fed up with Japan and Germany and took them out, it is perfectly possible for nations to unite to contain the cancer of war and hate we are trying to foster in the ME and other parts of the world. He is clueless politically and has worse then a flawed product to sell. I would not worry about him.
Heehee.
Obama will have policies like affirmative action to favor blacks. That's because Obama is black. McCain supports immigration and trade policies that favor Mexico and Mexicans. What's McCain's excuse?
Heh heh heh...I wouldn't worry about me, either...MUD
Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, It's a good thing that Allen pulled his makaka gaffe. Webb turned out to be one of the only half-decent people in the Senate.
Webb's a one-term weiner...MUD
Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, He's retarded.
God is always good!
Obama is 45. This means that he was five years old in 1968 when this guy was in operation. Obama says he was 8 above, but he was five. The article gets around this by saying that the guy was still mulling over stuff decades later when Obama met him in 1995. Reading the article, it appears the real allegation is that Obama is civil to his neighbors, and not much more.
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I guess globalist bootlicking is how McCain got to where's he at now.
Ohhh puhh-LEEEZZZE!! Barry Hussein is NOT JFK!! Have you no shame, dude? Sheeesh...MUD
Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, Maybe this will be an example of who is one, and who is NOT! :)
As a country, the USA has deeply injured the world and it's a national obligation to right that wrong as much as possible. For us to try to safeguard our 2nd Amendment rights at the expense of lives of innocents worldwide doesn't fly in my book. -- Pinguinite http://freedom4um.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=78060&Disp=44#C44
LOL...I'm voting for either Ron Paul or Bob Barr. I don't have a horse in this race. All my political time and money will go towards getting Jim Gilmore elected as the next Senator of Virginia...MUD
Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, Get Rush to tell you why the shit he fills your head up with is true. That way you'd be able to do more than parrot talking points like an idiot.
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The Democrats and Republicans run shitty candidates every 4 years, and then they wonder why they never win in a landslide and why many Americans would rather stay home than bother voting.
that and deep pockets, slippery ethics and an heiress wife .
Buzz off, twit...the grownups are talkin'...MUD
Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, What happened to mudfish or longnose sardine or whatever his name was? I'm sure he's all gaga for McCain.
The same logic would say that, if Obama gets the nomination and you vote for McCain, you're not voting FOR McCain, you're just voting AGAINST Obama. Strange logic, though, as it seems to imply that, although all three may be equally bad, for some reason Obama is worse than the others.
To reason, indeed, he was not in the habit of attending. His mode of arguing, if it is to be so called, was one not uncommon among dull and stubborn persons, who are accustomed to be surrounded by their inferiors. He asserted a proposition; and, as often as wiser people ventured respectfully to show that it was erroneous, he asserted it again, in exactly the same words, and conceived that, by doing so, he at once disposed of all objections. - Macaulay, "History of England," Vol. 1, Chapter 6, on James II.
Rush is going to order you to vote for McCain at the last minute and that will be that. Everyone here knows that except for you. You gonna start thinking for yourself all of a sudden? Hell no, it will be just like 2004 when Rush ordered you to vote for Bush at the last minute. All you will be able to so is squeek "Yassir!"
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Well good Mud.. I hope a miracle happens for us all. I don't know enough about Bob Barr, and really haven't done any homework on him. I better get busy. I think I heard Gilmore was very very strong on protecting personal property rights.
As a country, the USA has deeply injured the world and it's a national obligation to right that wrong as much as possible. For us to try to safeguard our 2nd Amendment rights at the expense of lives of innocents worldwide doesn't fly in my book. -- Pinguinite http://freedom4um.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=78060&Disp=44#C44
A lot of conservatives couldn't stand Bush and threatened to vote 3d party or not vote at all in 2000 and 2004. The moment Rush and the rest of the idiot GOP talking heads gave the order, they obeyed and became Bush shills. It'll be the same with McCain.
Not to mention having an Admiral daddy (who, among other things, made sure that Israel got away with the USS Liberty attack) to pull lots of strings for him.
Gilmore was also a leader in stopping attempts to implement federal internet taxes...he's a bit of a populist, but he's far preferable to Mark Warner (a RAT ex-Governor). I won't be donating any cash this year to the Presidential election this year. But hopefully I can help the GOP retain one of their Senate seats...MUD
Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, I think it's people who see no difference between the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich (and who suggest that the Weimar Republic might even have been worse) who are not true Americans. They have no idea why we fought the Second World War. They may well think we fought on the wrong side in that war. By the way, if "Americans they are not" applies to everybody who ends up voting for Obama (and even to other people who may not, as I am presently undecided between Barr and Obama,) doesn't that add up to a lot of non-Americans in this country, quite possibly a majority? (Including, I might add, virtually all blacks in this country. They're all non-Americans, eh?)
To reason, indeed, he was not in the habit of attending. His mode of arguing, if it is to be so called, was one not uncommon among dull and stubborn persons, who are accustomed to be surrounded by their inferiors. He asserted a proposition; and, as often as wiser people ventured respectfully to show that it was erroneous, he asserted it again, in exactly the same words, and conceived that, by doing so, he at once disposed of all objections. - Macaulay, "History of England," Vol. 1, Chapter 6, on James II.
not to mention his hugging and kissing vietnam in the backseat.
Webb may well not be elected to a second term in the Senate, if he becomes Obama's running mate and is elected VP in the meantime.
To reason, indeed, he was not in the habit of attending. His mode of arguing, if it is to be so called, was one not uncommon among dull and stubborn persons, who are accustomed to be surrounded by their inferiors. He asserted a proposition; and, as often as wiser people ventured respectfully to show that it was erroneous, he asserted it again, in exactly the same words, and conceived that, by doing so, he at once disposed of all objections. - Macaulay, "History of England," Vol. 1, Chapter 6, on James II.
Kind of like you Rush Limbaugh types going into hysterics over Clinton? I couldn't stand Clinton either, but he was in no way worse than McCain either at home or abroad. Fact is, they have a lot more in common than they have different. As long as you're locked into the "Republicans are all good guys" way of thinking, I guess it can't be helped.
LOL...Obama/Webb '08!! Bring it on...MUD
Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, Do you?
That sounds like a winning combo to me, MudBot.
I loathe RINOs more than RATS, Rupert...MUD
Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, His heiress wife told him to. Anheuser Busch wanted contracts in Vietnam.
TLP likes Webb, too...y'all are all nuts...MUD
Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, Excellent. won't be donating any cash this year to the Presidential election this year Never again for me. But hopefully I can help the GOP retain one of their Senate seats Well, I'm not affiliated, and have no plans to be. If a person comes along that is committed to things I support, then great. Otherwise, they are committed to their own power, and I'm not interested in helping them at our expense.
As a country, the USA has deeply injured the world and it's a national obligation to right that wrong as much as possible. For us to try to safeguard our 2nd Amendment rights at the expense of lives of innocents worldwide doesn't fly in my book. -- Pinguinite http://freedom4um.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=78060&Disp=44#C44
Do you? I thought it was to defeat fascism. (Which meant, among other things, replacing the Third Reich with the equivalent of the Weimar Republic.) But, if you have a better explanation, why don't you enlighten me?
To reason, indeed, he was not in the habit of attending. His mode of arguing, if it is to be so called, was one not uncommon among dull and stubborn persons, who are accustomed to be surrounded by their inferiors. He asserted a proposition; and, as often as wiser people ventured respectfully to show that it was erroneous, he asserted it again, in exactly the same words, and conceived that, by doing so, he at once disposed of all objections. - Macaulay, "History of England," Vol. 1, Chapter 6, on James II.
That may be all he gets, he shows none of the usual signs of the selected ones. He's a great populist, i love him, he's not going anywhere.
I find parallels and interesting simularities to the two. As usual, you assume and are wrong.
Indeed it was...MUD
Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, I detect a bias...MUD
Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, I think that there's more LBJ than JFK in BHO. Think "Great Society" and other huge wastes of money.
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#44. To: christine (#25)
"there is one now. Mudboy Slim."
Obama for president 2008
#45. To: christine (#40)
"mud is askert of the islamofascist terriers."
Obama for president 2008
#46. To: RickyJ (#42)
Yeah, but he at least hasn't been going to a church for 20 years that goes by the philosophy that Cones wrote about. "Kill the white enemy": That slogan may get you the black vote but I kind of doubt it will get you any of the white vote unless of course they are retarded.
#47. To: Ferret Mike, christine, Minerva (#44)
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the U.S. Constitution!!
#48. To: Jethro Tull (#39)
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-MUD- was for George Allen until he called a stalking macca a macca. Now if Allen were black, he'd be given extra credit for calling a guilter a cracker. That darn double standard, it just keeps popping up over and over.
#49. To: Rupert_Pupkin (#48)
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the U.S. Constitution!!
#50. To: Rupert_Pupkin (#46)
McCain supports immigration and trade policies that favor Mexico and Mexicans. What's McCain's excuse?
#51. To: Jethro Tull (#0)
#52. To: Rupert_Pupkin (#46)
Obama will have policies like affirmative action to favor blacks. That's because Obama is black. McCain supports immigration and trade policies that favor Mexico and Mexicans. What's McCain's excuse?
#53. To: Ferret Mike (#45)
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the U.S. Constitution!!
#54. To: christine (#25)
there is one now. Mudboy Slim.
#55. To: Peppa, christine (#54)
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the U.S. Constitution!!
#56. To: Mudboy Slim (#53)
Ohhh puhh-LEEEZZZE!! Barry Hussein is NOT JFK!!
#57. To: Vitamin Z (#27)
#58. To: Vitamin Z (#52)
globalist bootlicking is how McCain got to where's he at now.
#59. To: ... (#56)
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the U.S. Constitution!!
#60. To: christine (#25)
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#61. To: Cynicom (#14)
Voting AGAINST the black Obama is the the white trash way of sending a message.
#62. To: Mudboy Slim (#55)
LOL...I'm voting for either Ron Paul or Bob Barr. I don't have a horse in this race.
#63. To: Mudboy Slim (#55)
LOL...I'm voting for either Ron Paul or Bob Barr. I don't have a horse in this race. All my political time and money will go towards getting Jim Gilmore elected as the next Senator of Virginia...MUD
#64. To: ... (#62)
Rush is going to order you to vote for McCain at the last minute and that will be that. Everyone here knows that except for you. You gonna start thinking for yourself all of a sudden? Hell no, it will be just like 2004 when Rush ordered you to vote for Bush at the last minute. All you will be able to so is squeek "Yassir!"
#65. To: castletrash (#58)
that and deep pockets, slippery ethics and an heiress wife .
#66. To: Peppa (#63)
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the U.S. Constitution!!
#67. To: Cynicom (#30)
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It was amusing to see them trying to be coy, much like third graders, Americans they are not.
#68. To: Rupert_Pupkin (#65)
#69. To: Mudboy Slim (#49)
Webb's a one-term weiner
#70. To: Mudboy Slim (#37)
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Sounds to me like you've got an early case of McCainDerangementSyndrome...MUD
#71. To: aristeides (#69)
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the U.S. Constitution!!
#72. To: aristeides (#67)
They have no idea why we fought the Second World War.
#73. To: Mudboy Slim (#71)
LOL...Obama/Webb '08!!
#74. To: Rupert_Pupkin (#70)
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the U.S. Constitution!!
#75. To: castletrash (#68)
not to mention his hugging and kissing vietnam in the backseat.
#76. To: Fred Mertz, The Leadpenny (#73)
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the U.S. Constitution!!
#77. To: Mudboy Slim (#66)
Gilmore was also a leader in stopping attempts to implement federal internet taxes
#78. To: angle (#72)
They have no idea why we fought the Second World War.
#79. To: aristeides (#69)
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Webb may well not be elected to a second term
#80. To: Mudboy Slim (#53)
Obama for president 2008
#81. To: aristeides (#78)
"...it was to defeat fascism."
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the U.S. Constitution!!
#82. To: Ferret Mike (#80)
"As usual, you assume and are wrong."
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the U.S. Constitution!!
#83. To: Ferret Mike (#80)
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