Red Dawn
Senior Member
My point is, that I don't believe in guilt by association. I'm not a right winger because my father is. I'm not a "terrorist sympathizer" because my boss was SDS when he was a kid anymore than I was entitled to kudos for the honors he had later in life.
As for Ayers... Del, you're a smart guy. You know what politics are and how it makes strange bedfellows. If any politically powerful person is required to run down the list of their "associates", there are going to be some unsavory people there. For me, the ultimate question is... will those unsavory people affect policy. I don't think Obama's will... I think McCain's undoubtedly already have.
So there ya go.
And we both know this is only being done now because the McCain camp is desperate.
Exactly.
The entire GOP campaign has never been about issues. Its always been about the lowest common demoninator. Obama is a secret muslim, he's not an american citizen, he attended radical madrasses, he's a fancy pants elitist. I've barely ever heard one republican surrogate or McCain campaign staff talk about McCain's healthcare plan, his position on NAFTA trade, his position on Roe v. Wade, and until recently Repubs were all against regulation of "the markets".
Its almost as if republicans would rather crash and burn our democracy, than see a Democrat in the white house. Their campaign is appealing to the most sleazy, lowest common denominator, the most base and vile instincts of people. They don't want to talk about issues, they'd rather burn down the village to keep a Democrat out of office.
All politicans, and most people, have associations that are unpleasant. People's character can always be questioned, unless they are Mother Theresa. McCain repeatedly cheated on his wife, he divorced her when she became badly disfigured in a car accident and married a beer heiress 20 years his junior. A beer heiress that stole drugs from her own charity. McCain was associated with criminals who cost american tax payers a trillion dollars in the S&L crisis. Sarah Palin and her husband associate with a political party who advocates sedition and treason. Who's leader hates the United States. McCain has numerous "associations" with criminals and terrorist sympathizers, which have never been exploited by the Obama campaign.
Palin and McCain are taking the low road because they're desparate. No doubt about it.