Monday, August 25, 2008
BARACK OBAMA
Examining Obama's New Ad, Featuring... Bill Ayers?
The Politico reports that Obama is running an ad in Ohio that attempts to rebut recent criticism from McCain and outside groups about his relationship with William Ayers. Here's the section on the man who planted bombs in the U.S. Capitol, the Pentagon, and police stations, and said in 2001 that he felt he "didn't do enough."
Obama: I'm Barack Obama, and I approved this message.
Announcer: With all our problems, why is John McCain talking about the sixties? Trying to link Barack Obama to radical Bill Ayers. McCain knows Obama denounced Ayers' crimes, committed when Obama was just eight years old. Let's talk about standing up for America today. John McCain wants to spend $10 billion a month in Iraq...
Four points:
1. It's good to see the Obama campaign conceding that Ayers is "a radical" who committed crimes, not just "a professor who lives in Barack's neighborhood."
2. Why is McCain talking about the sixties? He isn't. He's talking about Obama's relationship with Ayers over the past two decades or so, and Obama's comfort working closely with a man who built bombs to kill American soldiers and cops.
3. The crimes were committed when Obama was eight. Well, Eric Rudolph committed his crimes quite a few years back. Does he get cut some slack?
4. I am sure the McCain campaign thanks their rival for running an ad in Ohio that depicts Ayers, calls him a radical, mentions his crimes. This will make it a much bigger story.
UPDATE: Allahpundit paraphrases: "Yes, we’re friendly, but it’s ancient history and I denounced what he did, so what’s the big deal about socializing with, um, an unrepentant terrorist?"
08/25 07:27 PM
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