since when is the truth McCarthyism? In 1995, State Senator Alice Palmer introduced her chosen successor, Barack Obama, to a few of the district’s influential liberals at the home of two well known figures on the local left: William Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn.
While Ayers and Dohrn may be thought of in Hyde Park as local activists, they’re better known nationally as two of the most notorious — and unrepentant — figures from the violent fringe of the 1960s anti-war movement. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8630.html Obama served on a board with former Weather Underground member William Ayers and "that relationship with Mr. Ayers on this board continued after 9/11." Hillary Clinton on Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 in Democratic debate in Philadephia Documents released Tuesday by the University of Illinois at Chicago shed some light on Barack Obama's relationship with William Ayers, a founding member of the 1960s and 1970s radical group the Weather Underground. The massive collection of newly released documents -- 140 boxes full of them -- includes agendas that clearly put Obama and Ayers in the same room for meetings of Chicago Annenberg Challenge, an educational initiative that Ayers was instrumental in starting and that Obama chaired in the 1990s. http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/08/26/newly-released-documents-highlight-obamas-relationship-with-ayers/ On Oct 6, 5:52 am, "[ Republican for Obama ]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Despicable: McCain and Palin Revive > McCarthyismhttp://www.buzzflash.com/articles/contributors/1797 > > "We see America as the greatest force for good in this world, our > opponent though, is someone who sees America, it seems, as being so > imperfect that he's palling around with terrorists who would target > their own country." -- Sarah Palin > > Those are the words of Sarah Palin, a candidate for Vice President of > the United States and an embarrassment to herself and our country. Her > presence on the Presidential ticket of John McCain demeans all > Americans who understand the words truth and civility. It shows us > once again that the Governor is only interested in attaining unbridled > power and self-importance no matter what the cost to the dignity of > the election process. Her words are lies and her lies tell us the > truth: Sarah Palin is unfit to govern the United States of America. > > McCain’s selection of Palin is just as revealing. It was a last minute > cynical choice intended to take the spotlight off truth and substance > and replace it with lies and parlor tricks. It’s an affront to our > election process and the American people. As a consequence, the > Governor of Alaska has now settled into the immoral and unethical > world of the gutter language of hate, distortion, lies and vitriolic > attacks, in order to conceal the vacuum of ignorance in which she > lives. > > Mrs. Palin’s reprehensible comments were based on Senator Obama’s > acquaintance with William Ayer’s, a member of the Weather Underground > in the tumultuous sixties. Many major publications in this country > including The New York Times and Time Magazine previously investigated > this erroneous charge against Obama and then disregarded it as > unfounded. Even so, in true McCain style the Republican candidate > threatened to keep his accusations in the news. And now, like a > ventriloquist he speaks little while he pulls the strings inside Palin > in a blatant and transparent attempt to turn non-issues into issues. > > William Ayers operated in an environment of division and hate over > forty years ago during a defining time in America’s history. Ayer’s > actions may have been inexcusable at the time but they were his > actions, not Senator Obama’s. > > Mr. Ayers is now sixty three and a professor at the University of > Illinois at Chicago. By the McCain/Palin yard stick, that would make > every faculty member and every student who has passed Ayers in the > hall or attended one of his lectures, a terrorist sympathizer. The > university has an enrollment of over 20,000 students. Are they to be > accused of hanging around terrorists and found guilty by association > as well? Is this the America we want to pass on to our children? Do we > want to relive the Joe McCarthy days Do we not have enough real issues > and decisions to discuss in the coming four weeks? > > Edward R. Murrow, one of the great journalists of our time, said it > best when confronting Joseph McCarthy:“We must remember always that > accusation is not proof and that conviction depends upon evidence and > due process of law. We will not walk in fear, one of anot her. We will > not be driven by fear into an age of unreason.” --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
