Posted by
Always To The Right on Wednesday, October 08, 2008 1:37:44 PM
Greta van Susteren asked Michael Barone whether the topic of William
Ayers has any relevance to Barack Obama’s candidacy last night after
the debate. He replies that it’s at least as legitimate as Sarah
Palin’s per diem, and gives three reasons for why it should get more
attention
Barone’s three reasons:
- Obama stresses his commonality with the American people. Do most
people feel comfortable working closely with unrepentant domestic
terrorists who still want to overthrow the capitalist system in America?
- Obama presses educational issues as part of his campaign. He spent
years working with Ayers on the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, which
pushed efforts to create primary educational organizations that would
create political activists for the Left - and which largely failed in
any of its intended purposes.
- Obama has lied and obfuscated about his relationship with Ayers.
Clearly, Ayers was not just “some guy in the neighborhood”, but a
political adviser at least on educational issues who provided a key
launch for Obama’s political career.
I think the latter two are more compelling than the first. Perhaps
a better way of structuring the first point would be to relate it to
Obama’s insistence that he has better judgment than John McCain to lead
the nation. Can anyone believe that a man who worked with an
unrepentant domestic terrorist for years and considered him
“mainstream” has the judgment necessary for the Presidency?