The gloves are off, the heels are on, and the presidential race is dredging up infamous events from 20, 30, even 40 years ago.
Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin defended her claim Sunday that Barack Obama “pals around with terrorists” because of his association with a 1960s radical.
Democrats denounced the charge, and warned that it would trigger reexaminations of Republican presidential nominee John McCain’s past. Sure enough, Obama’s campaign released a Web video and a letter about McCain’s role in the Keating Five scandal from the early 1990s.
McCain “does not want to play guilt-by-association, or this thing could blow up in his face,” Democratic strategist Paul Begala said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
The names being bandied about – Bill Ayers and Charles Keating – are unfamiliar to millions of Americans, and their wrongdoings occurred decades ago. But political operatives dredged them up over the weekend, and they could play a prominent role in the campaign’s final month.
Palin, the Alaska governor, defended her earlier comments about Obama and Ayers, in which she said the Democratic nominee is “palling around with terrorists who would target their own country.”
Ayers was a founder of the violent Weather Underground group during the Vietnam era. Its members were blamed for several bombings when Obama was a child. Obama has denounced Ayers’ radical views and activities.
The two men live in the same Chicago neighborhood and once worked on the same charity board. Ayers hosted a small meet-the-candidate event for Obama in 1995, early in his political career. Obama strategist David Axelrod has said the two men are “friendly.”
On Sunday, Palin told reporters in California that her comments were about “an association that has been known but hasn’t been talked about. I think it’s fair to talk about where Barack Obama kicked off his political career, in the guy’s living room.”
In fact, Obama was questioned about Ayers during a prime-time Democratic debate against Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton before April’s Pennsylvania primary.
“The heels are on, the gloves are off,” Palin said of her campaign strategy.
Obama, speaking Sunday to thousands at an outdoor event in Asheville, N.C., fired back. He said McCain and his aides “are gambling that he can distract you with smears rather than talk to you about substance.”
(CBS / Associated Press)
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One doesn’t even have to go much further than Obama’s friendship with the Soneh Yisrael Rev Wright. Before Obama decided his association with Wright would cost him the election, Obama made it clear that he is standing by his pastor. Does any Yid really want to vote for someone whos longtime friends have stated their desire to have Eretz Yisrael annihilated?
This voter doesn’t think so.
It’s about time! The American public needs to wake up before its too late. We are terrifyingly close to electing a naive radical with dangerous ideas on Mideast security and the economy. Let’s support a team of American patriots who have a solid record of government reform and fighting for our interests.
This news report from the left-wing CBS Network covers up Obama’s unsavory past and his unsavory associates who lurk in the shadows, waiting for him to take power.
Obama concedes that he got his start as a “Community Organizer.” That is a euphemistic term for a radical left-wing rabble rouser, who is guided by the principle of the notorious Saul Alinsky.
He waspromoted by the super-corrupt Daley political machine in Chicago, and has always hung around with radicals–Farrakhan, Wright, and Ayers (not 30 years ago–very recently).
Obama is witholding information on his huge funding sources, which dwarfs McCain’s funding.
He is a radical left-wing socialist, and his left-winf radical friends in the media are salivating at the prospect of having him revolutionize America.
There is nothing wrong with bringing up true points about your opponent in order to show his unsavory past (and current) life associations.
Here’s the scoop on Obama’s mentor, Saul Alinsky:
Saul Alinsky was a Marxist who taught advance organizing techniques to far-left activists. He founded a foundation called Industrial Areas Foundation in 1940 and its graduates in turn trained Obama to be a “community organizer,” a term most Americans think has to do with charity, such as feeding the poor, but in the Alinsky world, it means using agitation to harass community schools, banks, and institutions which, in the mind of Alinsky followers, are all part of the evil free enterprise system.
Obama also worked for ACORN, another group founded upon Alinsky principles. Alinsky is regarded by Obama as one of his heroes.
We have MUCH to ask for these Yemei Rutzoin.
Make no mistake, Obama is up in the polls.
The economy is on very shaky ground.
These are very scary times.
May H-shem answer our Tefilos letova.
And whats even more sad is that many jews, including posters on this sight, dont realize this.
This is not a smear campaign as the Obama camp would have you believe. It is an information campaign designed to inform the American public who Barack Obama really is. the Main stream Media has done an excellent cover up job for Obama so far, and they continue to cover up for him. so the American public needs to be really educated. Unfortunately, there is no other way to get the information out so Americans know the truth unless the Republican candidates Mc Cain and Palin reveal the true facts.
EVERYTHING is “B’yad Hashem”
What we need to do is Teshuvah and be Mispallel:
I bring you some facts so you know what the truth is.
FACTS: (from Hannity on Fox)
“Obama & Friends”
Obama is not revealing ANYTHING about his years in College in New York at Columbia University,
Besides for these facts found in Obama’s book, that his roommate a Pakistani called Saadeek & him were doing Drugs Enthusiastically & Drank beer heavily, he is keeping EVEYTHING else about his NY years a tight SECRET!
From the Pro-Obama New York Times: “Obama has declined repeated requests to TALK about his NY years, release his Columbia transcript, or identify even a single fellow student, co-worker, roommate or friend from those years…”
The title of Obama’s Senior Thesis is “Soviet Nuclear Disarmament” in 1983 at the height of the Cold War! At the time then President Reagan was putting forth a policy of peace through strength what did he believe then? – and now he Sais he would “sit down unconditionally” with N. Korea, Iran….
He MUST be hiding a “blossoming radical philosophy”
And what about his time at Harvard?
He became president of Harvard Law Review, but very little else about his time there.
How did he get into the Ultra Exclusive Harvard Law School?
Sutton former Borough President of Manhattan had said that a known Radical Extremist with ties to the Saudi Government PERSONALLY asked him to help Obama get into Harvard. He was introduced to him by a friend who was raising money for him by the name of Dr. Khalid Al Mansour who is a top advisor to a key Saudi Arabian Official and a former mentor to The Black Panther Party”. Al Mansour is a familiar figure to Blacks in the US and Muslims around the world. He is an Author, a Lawyer, a Saudi Adviser and an Orthodox Muslim, a Black Nationalist, and an outspoken enemy of the state of Israel.
The following are words that Obama’s close friend Al Mansour said in public:
“The —– Jews took over Judaism and they are the ones who are saying ‘we want Jerusalem, we want Samaria, we want the Arab land, and when you ask they why do you want it? They say G-D gave it to us. Well says Al Mansoure yelling: “THAT IS A LIE!!”
He also said about white America:
“For white people don’t feel bad. Whatever you do to them they deserve it. G-D wants you to do it, and that’s whether you cut off the nose, cut off the ears, take flesh out of their bodies, don’t worry, G-D wants you to do that!!!!!!”
There is more…. But I am sickened by what I wrote till now… I’ll skip some of the other radicals he worked with like Sol Olinsky etc. and continue with….
Obama left a $50,000-$60,000 job in NY & went to Chicago to become Community Organizer – to learn how to lead…. “A Radical to over through the Government”
He had NO Impact as Community Organizer.
He wasn’t Organizing a Community; He was organizing his career – his life step to the next level to Presidency.
Obama Surrounded himself with the city’s MOST RADICAL elements:
At a gathering in the Terrorist Ayers house in 1995 was the beginning of Obama’s “Rapid Rise” from Community Organizer to a man “One Step Away” to become YOUR next president. He was working his way up to over through the government.
In as recent as 2005, he purchased a house paying $1.65 Million – same day that Resco Family (well known Radicals & Liberals) purchased a house next door to them, and down the street of Louis Farrakhan – Leader of Nation of Islam. He lives half a mile from well known Terrorist W. Ayers.
Obama was in Venezuela and admires the “Rosho” the Dictator Hugo Chaves & Fidel Castro.
Well, do you need more proof of who Barak Obama REALLY is?
Who cares about the economy now? (Not that Obama will do any good, in fact, he will only do bad)
He is NOT fit to be The President of the United States!
If you do NOT go out and vote in Nov. then you are actually voting for Obama!
Have a G’mar Chasimah Tova
bacci40,
We are not bringing up the 60s, we are talking about this because these facts are nogaya to the election. If he is associated with Bill Ayers, a person who IS AN UNREPENTANT TERRORIST, that means something. The problem is that “oif dem gonif brent dem hitel” and Obama is the guilty one. If you have a problem with his associations, which you must because you dont want anyone to bring it up, thats too bad on you.
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Except.. that I’m a registered Democrat who is going to be voting AGAINST his party – because there is nothing in the candidate Obama that makes me want to see him elected.
I’m hoping the majority of voters use a higher criteria than “the republican want” or “the democrats voterwant” and actually elect who they feel is the better candidate.
the gedolim have said loud and clear we must vote MCcain , that is the opinion of harav hagon rabbi moshe wolfson shli’ta and the admo’r of rimanov rebbe shli’ta ,it was anou. on the kol hacharadi on friday 0508001818 “veosisu kechol asher yiricho”
bacci40 post#14:
You ignore the FACTS!
Don’t you think he will “forever” stay grateful to the Anti-Whites/ Anti-Jews Al Mansour for enabling him to get into Harvard? If not for that favor (and ALL other favors like them that we are not aware of) Obama would not be where he is today! These Rishoyim took this talented young Black Muslim, and very cleverly promoted him to where he is now. At this moment we don’t know EVERYTHING. We don’t yet know exactly how much money they spent on him etc. and how much our enemies like the Saudis were/are involved!
Obama lives NEXT DOOR to some of the most radical, liberal politicians in the USA! His children go to the same school as theirs….
And you make it sound like this is old past ‘aveiros’ that Obama did ‘teshuva’ on! Baloney!
They are probably the ones behind him!
Oh, so V E R Y cleverly!
Why in the World does ANYONE believe that Obama will FIX the bad economy?
Whatever he had said till now just sounds like its gonna make it become worse!