On "This Week," McCain Attacks Obama on Ayers Connection

btw - did anyone notice on "This Week" that McCain thinks people pay capital gains taxes on their 401K plans?

People Unclear on the Concept.

Madison, Wisconsin is known to be pretty leftwing. Berkeley, California is known to be pretty leftwing.

Chicago, Illinois has never been accused of being leftwing. Mayor Daley has never been accused of being leftwing. The Chicago Tribune has never been accused of being leftwing.

So when you hear all these ooh! ooh! comments coming out about someone that Chicagoans (who presumably would know him best) have fully accepted into their community, give that some thought.

The Chicago Tribune's editorial the day after the debate supported Ayers's work in Chicago. Mayor Daley made a statement supporting Ayers's work in Chicago.

If it sounds too bad to be true...it probably isn't true. McCain oppo research team is either ignorant or trying to mislead voters. (Likely both.)

Every time Senator Obama or one of his spoke persons tries to link Senator McCain's policies to President Bushs', McCain should link Obama's policies with the failed presidency of Jimmy Carter--because that's what you're going to get.

lisa, it matters to many. and we do care.

This is an intriguing recap of an article stating that Rupert Murdock has the goods on Obama but is saving them to break after he beats Hillary Clinton. He wants Bloomberg in.

It covers Rezko and Auchi but boy of boy this looks plausible.

LMAO calli, another republican plant

pp, duel citizen doesn't matter. Who cares.

Pssst....Hardy did you happen to know that Ayers' father was a CEO Commonwealth Edison, which is owned by Exelon the largest utility in Illinois.

Which does support Obama....

Soooo is Ayers still connected with Commonwealth Edison? Even with stock that would benefit from Obama and his support of nuclear power?

I don't know...but that is still a connection larger than $200, not to mention that coming out party in his living room back in the 90s.

And that is a connection that maybe the voters in Nevada might want to know about since Obama has such strong ties to a company that has been itching to export/force it's nuclear waste probelm on another state.

CNN: After All the Major PA Newspapers Shun Her, Clinton Boasts of Support by Richard Mellon Scaife's Conservative Pittsburgh Paper. Pathetic. "The New York senator famously built a relationship with former critic Rupert Murdoch, whose New York Post frequently blasted both Clintons. The Australian-born media baron even hosted a fundraiser for her during her second Senate run. But over the past few months, her presidential campaign has taken its apparent embrace of former media adversaries to a new level, sending reporters articles that praise Clinton and attack Barack Obama drawn from conservative outlets including the National Review and the American Spectator, and quotes from Republican pundits like Ed Rollins and Grover Norquist. And former President Bill Clinton made an appearance on talker Rush Limbaugh's show the day of the Texas and Ohio primaries - contests in which the conservative radio host had urged listeners to vote for Hillary Clinton as a means of sabotaging the Democratic nominating process. 4/21 About says it all doesn't it ?

lisa, the "so what" about dual citizenship is that your husband is not running for the president of the us, swearing allegiance to it alone. elected officials, in order to show they are impartial, step down from boards, ceo positions etc., and put their assets in blind trusts so there is no impropriety. i would think citizenship "might" be included there.

Calli, please tell me what is off about him now. I forgot to put this in my post to you.

There was something off with Ayers back then and there is still something off with Ayers now.

I remember the man...and blame him for his own actions and ----------------------------------------------------------

Calli, I guess you know him personally to make that statement.

Folks, this Ayers guy didn't contribute one penny to Obama's presidential campain as far as we know. In 2001 he once contributed 200 dollars to an Obama campaign in Chicago.

People who sit on boards of foundations don't select each other. Nor do people in a neighborhood of a city select each other.

If we like it or not, Ayers is a distinguished Professor and a wellknown and active guy in Chicago nowadays. Everyone in politics, charity foundations, education program etc. knows and works with the guy. I read the statement by the Mayor of Chicago who knows Ayers a lot better than Obama does , who worked with him on several programs etc. and who wrote that it is ridiculous to blame Obama for knowing Ayers.

Other than the Mayor btw, Obama called the Weather Undergrounds acts 'detestable' which is a pretty strong condemnation in anyone's book.

So what IS the problem? Is everyone in Chicago who knows and works with Ayers a supporter of the 70's actions of that Weather Underground? Is everyone who lives in Obama's pretty chique neighborhood and who's on friendly terms with neighbor Ayers suspect? No doubt a lot of Repuclican voters talk to him all the time as well.

So yes if your goal is a smear campaign against Obama, using all the nonsense there is, go ahead. But don't pretend there's any substance here, and if you think that Obama has any respect for these Weather Underground actions you must be out of your mind for these are the total opposite of everything this man stands for and has stood for in the 20 years of his public service.

Another note on this...

"William Ayers Weather Underground past no big deal in Chicago." Lynn Sweet, Chicago Sun-Times. April 18, 2008

"Ayers, who became a scholar at the University of Illinois-Chicago, was also eventually embraced by a pragmatic son of blue-collar Bridgeport desperately trying to upgrade Chicago's chronically troubled schools: Mayor Daley, whose father's legacy was tarnished because of anti-Vietnam War protesters getting clobbered in the 1968 convention and the "Days of Rage" the next year.

Rabbi Arnold Jacob Wolf knew Ayers in the 1960s and re-met Ayers and Dohrn decades later. In the 1960s Wolf said he and Ayers were on opposite sides of the use of violence to effect social change. Then, Ayers thought it useful. Wolf came out of the school of nonviolence."

Maryland,

I grew up in the SF Bay Area, and have no probelms separating who did what during that turbulant time. Ayers and his group always seemed like a rich, college kids, who loved cameras in their faces more than anything.

Then all the random off the wall comments that had no bearing on the peaceful anti-war movement, like 'kill your parents'.

Of course, their bombing escapades and camera time was rather significant which lead many to believe their goals had nothing to do with anti-war beliefs.

In other words, in CA we thought they were frauds, especially since the media could find them nightly but somehow the govt couldn't.

Now in Oakland, the Black Panthers were started because of police brutality. They read the Constitution and discovered it was legal for them to carry shotguns, as long as it wasn't concealed. They organized as a way to protect their community. They also help to start a breakfast program for needy children.

Here is one organization which seemed to only serve itself and was destructive...sorta. While making weird demands all the time, and throwing in random off the wall statements like 'kill all the rich people', 'kill your parents', which have nothing to do with the anti-war movement.

Compared to the Black Panthers that formed in service to it's community. Literally, to help save lives and then to help those same people's children before they went to school.

There was something off with Ayers back then and there is still something off with Ayers now.

I remember the man...and blame him for his own actions and those he inspired in his group.

Maybe you should take a walk over to Wiki and remind yourself.

mara,

FYI: I have had posts blocked also. Usually it concerns a copy and paste from a newspaper though. However, a few of my own creations have been deleted after posted. I am not sure there is consistency to state that any point of view is favored. I am a Clinton supporter; I assume you are an Obama supporter. I tried to post a short article from the today's Boston Globe. It was blocked as "spam." It could be that it is copyrighted.

I am amazed at the ignorance of some bloggers here.

PP, Obama has a duel citizenship, so what. My husband does too.

We should not judge Obama with "guilt by association?" Excuse Me - Radical Left Wing Moveonorg. Liberals - if someone is thinking of running for President of the United States of America, it would seem logical and practical to extricate yourself from some of your more "radical and terrorist and anti-american" friends before announcing your candidacy. Unless, of course, you are so stupid (in the George W. Bush sense of the word) to understand that your friends are "radical and terrorist and anti-american" and they make you unelectable. Is the correct word for Obama "filled with HUBRIS"?? It will be a very, very annoying run for the presidency for Obama since the Republicans are certain to keep bringing up "guilt by association" and silly issues like flag pins! OBAMA SHOULD MOVEON OUT OF THE RACE! NO WIMPYBAMA 08! NO MOVEONORG. IN THE WHITE HOUSE! NO RADICAL LEFT WING TERRORISTS IN THE WHITE HOUSE!!!

No coincidence, first Stephanopoulos gets this info from Fox News Hannity, then brings it up in the so-called debate. Then McCain is his first guest on thisweek... Now who is "Fair"????

The modern state of Israel was founded by terrorists (vs. Britain most notably). I suppose we should dump them by McCain's "Ayers Logic". What fools.