Obama the Great? I Think Not. - April 24, 2008
I’m neither a Democrat, nor a Republican. I vote for the candidate that best fits what I believe in, regardless of party affiliation. I also like to think I’m a good mix between liberalist and conservative, I lean different ways on different subjects. Barack Obama is a liberal, but not a very conscientious one. I for one am having a hard time believing anything that comes out of his mouth. His comfortable association with an unrepentant former terrorist should cause anyone with the least bit of sense to question his character.
When the issue came up in a recent Democratic debate, the Illinois senator tried to work around it. “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 said. He added that to suggest “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.”
Obama continued to say, “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?”
This excuse for equivalence is unconvincing, if not a complete lie. Would Obama be friendly with someone who actually bombed abortion clinics and defends that conduct? I don’t think so. But he is friendly with William Ayers, a leader of the radical Weather Underground, which in the 1970s carried out a terrorist bombing inside the U.S. Capitol, among other numerous locations. (Though the last person who should object is Hillary Clinton, whose husband pardoned two Weather Underground members.)
Obama minimized his relationship by stating that he only knows of Ayers. But they have quite a bit more of a connection than that. He’s appeared on panels with Ayers, served on a foundation board with him and held a 1995 campaign event at the home of Ayers and his wife, fellow former terrorist Bernardine Dohrn. Ayers even gave money to one of his campaigns.
It’s not that these two terrorists have denied their crimes. After emerging from years in hiding, they escaped federal prosecution because of government misconduct in gathering evidence, but they don’t pretend they were innocent. In 2001, Ayers said, “I don’t regret setting bombs. I feel we didn’t do enough.”
Dohrn has even tried to defend the explosions, claiming that “our acts of resistance were tiny and symbolic.” She even went to prison for refusing to testify about an armored-car robbery involving her maniac followers. I’m sure that crime was tiny and symbolic to the two police officers and the security guard who were shot to death in the process.
The funny thing is that all of this is public record, and Barack Obama would have to be a complete fool to not realize that, yet he claims he has no affiliation with these terrorists. Could you imagine if we learned of the Clinton’s having a long association with a former Klansman who used to terrorize blacks? The media would have a field day, and you could kiss her campaign goodbye.
It may just be me, but you can learn a lot about someone’s character by the people they associate with. If a kid hung around a bunch of drug dealing gang bangers, it’s a pretty safe bet he’s a drug dealing gang banger.
I’m out
Joe
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I couldn’t agree more. I find that even building up to the first impression say setting up the meeting over the phone it is even a great idea to smile while talking. The shape of your mouth has a huge impact on how you are perceived on the other end of the line.