The right-wing’s found new William Ayers angle with which to attack Barack Obama!
Obama and Ayers, a professor who once worked against the US government as a member of 60s radical group the Weather Underground, have worked together in Chicago, leading many conservatives – and Republican candidate John McCain – to claim Obama’s sympathetic to the “domestic terrorist.”
Those arguments began to falter last week after politicians and pundits – and polls – criticized McCain’s negative angle.
Though Senator McCain has been easing up on the Ayers offensive, his supporters are hoping a new, gay line will scare voters away from Obama.
WorldNetDaily today ran a piece highlighting Ayers’ endorsement of a book called Queering Elementary Education: Advancing the Dialogue about Sexualities and Schooling,” which Ayers described as an” important contribution to nourishing the ethical heart of teaching.”
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This, of course, rubs the right the wrong way. According to them, the book’s nothing more than a mode of sexual corruption:
It’s a collection of essays by radicals in the teaching profession, who believe adults and small children must be taught to “think queerly.”
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The Ayers connection with this despicable movement to sexualize our kids needs to be examined closely. Spellbound people are drawn to Barack Obama and are choosing to ignore key elements of his ideological pedigree. We need to bring this aspect of Ayers/Obama radicalism into the foreground. Ayers is not just a terrorist who attacked government buildings. He’s an advocate of revolution in America by indoctrinating and sexually corrupting the next generation.
It’s unlikely McCain and his inner circle will embrace this argument, but the candidate said today that he’ll bring Ayers up at this Wednesday’s presidential debate.
fredo777
“Obama and Ayers, who once worked against the US government as a member of 60s radical group the Weather Underground…”
The way that’s worded almost makes it seem as though both Obama + Ayers once worked with Weather Underground, instead of just Ayers.
L
The American school system tried to “sexualize” me by allowing teachers to wear wedding rings or change their names and use “Mrs”. They even included subversive works by William Shakespeare and encouraged opposite sex dancing. None of it worked, I was an 18 year old virgin who dreamed of going down on his best buddy. Thankfully, my SAT scores allowed me to go to college where I learned to suck dick.
CHURCHILL-Y
You are known by the company you keep 777, you should know that.
JJ
The Republicans seem to think that there is some groundswell of “Jerry Springer” voters out there that they could pry from their trailers if only the party could package its message of hate in just the right way.
I think the polls show that the country has had enough. One might even say that after Iraq, Hurricane Katrina, Financial Collapse and Sarah Palin Obama should have a 25 point lead, not the 10 he has.
Who knows, though, maybe McCain will turn it around in tomorrow’s debate.
fredo777
Yes, we can be judged by the company we keep. So, does that mean McCain is a fraud due to his association with Charles Keating or that Palin is a secessionist for her closeness to husband Todd (former member of AIP), or even that Obama is a slumlord because of his connection to Rezko?
I think we can safely assume that the answer is “No”. While one’s judgment can come into question, your circle of friends/acquaintances doesn’t necessarily indicate your personal ideology. For example, some of my friends are atheists while others are devout Christians, etc.
Their personal beliefs don’t necessarily mirror my own +, yet, they are people with whom I interact. Like the rest of us, Obama is basically a decent person who has made some bad mistakes/judgment calls from time to time.
At the end of the day, though, I think he has proven himself to be cool under pressure (+ much criticism thrown his way), decisive, + level-headed throughout most of this race. When he speaks about his economic plan, for example, it is specific + well-thought out. As such, I’m glad to cast my vote for the Obama/Biden ticket.
blake
Fredo777,
You bring up good points that a logical mind would be able to grasp. But, you are directing your comments to Church-nazi, a warped, twisted racist who hates people with obvious African ancestry, like Obama, than he does his fellow gays.
Again, I wonder if Church-nazi had his DNA sequenced and found that he has AFrican ancestry and freaked. This might explain his racism tendency in the same manner closeted gay men are some of the most vicious closet cases.
Mark
It is time the Church stopped getting tax exemption. Here in California, next election we will have a ballot initiative to have tax exempt status removed from churches. Churches are political and dangerous, and in an economy that is shuddering from fear, Churches should not be exempt.
Chris
Gee, I didn’t know I was a “spellbound” person.
I mean, I *like* the Hitchcock movie with Gregory Peck & Ingrid Bergman, but I don’t think it’s one of his best. The Dali dream sequence is pretty cool, though.
CHURCHILL-Y
Yeah right, Rezko, Ayers, Wright, Meeks, Acorn.
If one were to follow your logic one would come to the conclusion that Obama is some sort of poor little red riding hood who just happened to stumble upon all these criminal and dangerous characters time and time again.
Obama has been associated and has befriended all these characters and organizations and ideologies in his adult life, no one has forced him to it.
He has chosen to involve himself with them because in the shady world of thuggery of the south side of Chicago these elements reign supreme and since that no longer benefits him he is now trying to make it seem like he never involved himself with them and their criminal activities.
“he has proven himself to be cool”
As cool as a cold blooded snake, deceptive, portraying himself as an empty slate so that some can see in him whatever they wish to see, but in truth he is far from the smooth and intelligent person he wants to be seemed as. His economic plan with the help of Acorn will only end up destroying once and for all the United States. Read it people and read McCain’s and you’ll see which is the best.
fredo777
If you want to have a pissing match over whose associates are shadier, find another participant. I’d rather focus on the real heart of the matter: which candidate is more presidential.
McCain is trying to get by on “experience” which basically just means that “I should be Prez because I’ve been around longer”. Comparing Obama to McCain in the debates, for example, one of them gives the distinct air of being seasoned, firm, + ready to lead. Hint: it’s not “the other one”. McCain wants me to vote for his election as leader of the country, when he can’t even run a smooth, organized, consistently-focused campaign? Are you kidding me?
“His economic plan with the help of ACORN will only end up destroying…the United States…”
Wow. That is such a load of bullshit, I can hardly fathom your point in typing it. Oh, wait, I know exactly why you typed it. To pull yet another McPalin-friendly con job.
McCain’s plan does not even compare to Obama’s in its potential benefit to the average American middle class family but if you want to continue the lie that McCain is looking out for most of us, go right ahead. The smart voter will know the truth (which doesn’t bode well for Johnny Mac).
Btw, Obama is every bit as “cool” + intelligent as he wants to be seemed (sic)…–“seen”, maybe?– as. When he is elected, I pray to God, you will be proven utterly wrong in your ridiculous assertion that he’ll “destroy” the U.S. + that he isn’t exactly the type of leader we need right now. I’ll even be kind enough not to say “I told you so” if he wins.
Blair-y
John McCain’s presidential campaign has been on the attack against the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now for its voter registration tactics as well as its ties to rival Barack Obama. Today, Acorn fired back at McCain, accusing the Arizona senator of erratic and misleading behavior.
“ACORN to McCain: Have You Lost That Loving Feeling?†reads a release by the organization this afternoon, noting that McCain was the keynote speaker at a Feb. 20, 2006 Miami rally cosponsored by Acorn to build support for a comprehensive immigration reform bill co-sponsored by McCain and Sen. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts. The bill never passed Congress.
In a statement, Bertha Lewis, chief organizer of Acorn, sharply attacked McCain, suggesting the 72-year-old senator is “erraticâ€â€”a word that Republicans believe Democratic opponents use against McCain to stir up concerns about his age.
“Maybe it is out of desperation that Sen. McCain has forgotten that he was for Acorn before he was against Acorn; he was for immigration reform before he was against immigration reform; and he was a maverick before he became erratic,†Lewis said.
She added, “We are surprised at his efforts to vilify an organization that, until recently, he saw as an ally. Maybe this surprise attack and change of heart is indicative of his state of mind, and the way he would govern.â€
Matt
I love reading the comments from the crazy liberals and conservatives on here. I’m so happy that I am not required by law to stand with you in November. I’ll be nice and comfy at work and home while you make your voices heard.
Steve Benen
McCain’s terrorist associations continue to be increasingly interesting as well. We’ve known for a while that McCain has befriended a convicted felon who advised his supporters on how best to shoot federal officials, used the money of a convicted criminal to help buy a house, befriended a radical anti-Catholic televangelist, befriended a radical anti-American televangelist, was a long-time associate of Charles Keating, and hired for his campaign the publisher of a Confederate nostalgia magazine who has described Nelson Mandela as a “terrorist.” This week, we also learned about McCain serving on the board of the extremist U.S. Council for World Freedom, where he worked alongside Iran-Contra figures, and a eugenics researcher studying “white superiority.”
Last night, MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann had a very interesting report on McCain’s associations, including the McCain campaign touting an endorsement from Leonore Annenberg, who helped created the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, where, wouldn’t you know it, Obama and Ayers met. Olbermann also noted McCain having hooked up with a right-wing hate group called the Oregon Citizens’ Alliance, despite warnings McCain received from then-Sen. Mark Hatfield, an Oregon Republican, about the radical nature of the organization.
While hanging out with the group, McCain heard speakers praise — you guessed it — domestic terrorists. McCain could have gotten up and left, but didn’t.
ChristopherM
Way to abdicate civic duty, Matt.
Matt
Why should I vote Christopher? I’m ok with either candidate. Either way, according to their plans I get a tax cut. I’m no big on the gay issue. I’m don’t have any interest in getting wed and there is already a constitutional ammendment against it in my state so it’s a moot point for me.
Troy Adamson
One need look no further than party affiliation to judge the “company we keep” claim. Ayers was never the party leader or someone Obama followed, but McCain proudly boasts close ties with:
GW Bush
Cheney
Rumsfeld
Gonzales
Rice
(to name a few)
Not to mention all the Strom Thurmonds out there in the Republican party….
fredo777
Matt, if you don’t want your vote, give it to me.
I’d like you to place one vote on my behalf on Nov. 4th for Barack Obama/Joe Biden, please + thank you.
There, that was simple enough.
CHURCHILL-Y
^ Aww….That Acorn spirit is alive and well in ya Moesha777 ain’t it.
fredo777
Speaking of ACORN…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/14/plouffe-fights-back-at-ac_n_134591.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/13/acorn-mccain-and-gop-used_n_134284.html
seitan-on-a-stick
Matt is pretending to be a lot of things, like racist Churchill-y (a lost cause)
Here are some other past comments from (door)-Matt who keeps stating that he won’t vote, wins either way whoever is elected because he’s “Rich”, is looking for employment so must hate his current “high-paying” job despite 5th Grade-level diction, labels everyone “liberals” and “conservatives”, hates New York because everything happens here (Evil Big City of Homos) and he lives in the Midwest somewhere near Brokeback Mountain (so we may not need him to stand up and Vote) as Dumbass people should not vote (but do!) Please, don’t be Absent-of-Intellect to Vote Absentee!
MESSAGE TO MATT: Bitch, you are on Crystal Meth or just plain Crazy!
On the political spectrum, Gays are more aligned with Progressive social values which are not neccesarily Gay like Roe V Wade etc. and can be Fiscally Moderate (because we are Taxed at a higher rate than Heterosexual Married couples who receive Special Rights and no Gay Community Center has been built with Pork Barrel earmarks) so it’s a little less black-and-white than your simplistic Forrest Gump world view.
So, besides the aforementioned Attack Queers, the Ayers story hasn’t got media legs for “Erratic” and clearly desperate McCain and his little dog, Palin, too.
However, ACORN could be a liability for Democrats.
Churchill-y and your friend Matt(ress), TAG, you’re (sh)IT!
CHURCHILL-Y
7-YR.-OLD GETS AN ACORN VOTE –
http://www.nypost.com/seven/10122008/news/politics/7_yr__old_gets_an_acorn_vote_133207.htm
Lovely! right up Obama’s alley.
SoManyPictures
I use to be shocked that McCain would take this path but actually now I expect it from him
seitan-on-a-stick
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Matt
Seitan-on-a-stick,
You are strange. I don’t hate New York, I’m work, I am college educated, and I live in the South.
I don’t understand what is wrong with being wealthy and seeing no difference between McCain and Obama.
Do you hate everyone who doesn’t agree with your values?
Mark
Ayers looks like Justin Timberlake’s character in the Love Guru!
fredo777
haha
This is the guy that all of these repubs are trying to make us fearful of?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-080417-bill-ayers-photogallery,0,1980202.photogallery