for the most part truth and you are complete strangers On Oct 6, 6:47 am, mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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-high... > > 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.”- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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