Palin: Obama Is Pals With Terrorists

GOP Vice Presidential Candidate Cites Dem's Association With '60s Radical Bill Ayers

(AP)  Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Saturday accused Democrat Barack Obama of "palling around with terrorists" because of an association with a former '60s radical, stepping up an effort to portray Obama as unacceptable to American voters.

Palin's reference was to Bill Ayers, one of the founders of the group the Weather Underground. Its members took credit for bombings, including nonfatal explosions at the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol, during the Vietnam War era.

While Obama and Ayers live in the same Chicago neighborhood, served on two boards and had at least one political connection, it is a stretch of any reading of the public record to say the pair ever palled around. And it's simply wrong to suggest that they were associated while Ayers was committing terrorist acts.

The Republican campaign, falling behind Obama in polls, plans to make attacks on Obama's character a centerpiece of candidate John McCain's message in the final weeks of the presidential race. Coming late in the campaign, Palin's remark could be particularly incendiary, however, and could knock Obama off his focus on the troubled economy.

Palin told a group of donors at a private airport, "Our opponent ... is someone who sees America, it seems, as being so imperfect, imperfect enough, that he's palling around with terrorists who would target their own country." She also said, "This is not a man who sees America as you see America and as I see America."

The Obama campaign called Palin's remarks offensive but not surprising in light of news stories detailing the campaign's come-from-behind offensive.

"What's clear is that John McCain and Sarah Palin would rather spend their time tearing down Barack Obama than laying out a plan to build up our economy," Obama campaign spokesman Hari Sevugan said in a statement.

Palin's remark about Obama "palling around with terrorists" comes as e-mails circulate on the Internet with suggestions that the Democratic candidate is secretly a radical, foreign-born Muslim with designs against the U.S. - even though Obama is a native of Hawaii, a Christian and has no connections to Muslim extremists.

Palin, Alaska's governor, said that donors on a greeting line had encouraged her and McCain to get tougher on Obama. She said an aide then advised her, "Sarah, the gloves are off, the heels are on, go get to them."

The escalated effort to attack Obama's character dovetails with TV ads by outside groups questioning Obama's ties to Ayers, convicted former Obama fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko and Obama's former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.

Ayers is a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He and Obama live in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood and served together on the board of the Woods Fund, a Chicago-based charity that develops community groups to help the poor. Obama left the board in December 2002.

Obama was the first chairman of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, a school-reform group of which Ayers was a founder. Ayers also held a meet-the-candidate event at his home for Obama when Obama first ran for office in the mid-1990s.

In an interview with CBS News earlier in the week, Palin didn't name any newspapers or magazines that shaped her view of the world. On Saturday, she cited a New York Times story that detailed Obama's relationship with Ayers.

Summing up its findings, the Times wrote: "A review of records of the schools project and interviews with a dozen people who know both men, suggest that Mr. Obama, 47, has played down his contacts with Mr. Ayers, 63. But the two men do not appear to have been close. Nor has Mr. Obama ever expressed sympathy for the radical views and actions of Mr. Ayers, whom he has called 'somebody who engaged in detestable acts 40 years ago, when I was 8."'

Earlier Saturday, Palin spent 35 minutes at a diner in Greenwood Village where she met with Blue Star Moms, a support group of families whose sons or daughters are serving in the armed forces. Reporters were allowed in the diner for less than five minutes before being ushered out by the campaign.

Palin, whose 19-year-old son, Track, deployed last month as a private with an Army combat team, was overheard at one point commiserating with one of the mothers: "Any time I ask my son how he's doing, he says, 'Mom, I'm in the Army now."'

[tonic1111]

PALIN IS PALS WITH CHENEY. ENOUGH SAID.

[mcfailin]

This shows how desperate the Mc-Failin'' campaign has become. They know they are losing this thing by a big margin now. These attacks will only make the margin bigger. Americans are tired of the McCain lies, and we already know what a liar Failin is.

[jsilver2th]

Wow desparate-

Palin''''s the one with the anti-American connection though...

The so-called Alaska Independence Party that according to party officials Palin and her first dude are both former members and Palin even sent the party convention a tapped pep talk this year.

They don''''t even believe in the good old USA and they want to pull out of the US and set up their own little socialist state in Alaska... In the old days they would call this Sedition.

These people are certified woodsey kooks and Palin is their beroine- this explains why she is seen as taking on the GOP in Alaska- her real party of choice is the AIP and only joined the GOP to get along so she could go in to politics- A bunch of right-wing wacko nut jobs that think Alaska is the new motherland- Palin even went to far as to get on an airplane in Texas and fly to Alaska when she was going into labor so the child could be "born on Alaskan soil."

Listen to the way she talks about Alaska- plus this garbage she preaches about Alaska harboring refugees in the "End Times."

I hope there are enough sane Republicans to stop this non-sense.

[pughenry3]

Bill Ayers and a Barack Obama connection.

Chicago has a tradition for bomb makers beginning with the Haymarket affair bomb that killed 7 police officers in 1886.

The Haymarket Affair bomb was thrown during a May Day rally for striking workers. There is a statue in Haymarket Square marking the place of the bombings.

The Unabomber Ted Kazinski grew up in the Chicago area, graduated from Harvard University before getting his PhD in mathematics from the University of Michigan, and then taught at U.C. at Berkley. The Unabomber received his moniker by targeting universities and airlines. Ted Kazinski later targeted professors at Northwestern University in Chicago and a United Airlines President with his bomb packages.

Bill Ayers the Weatherman bomb maker is two years younger than Ted Kaczynski the Unabomber, but both have Chicago connections and both received degrees from the University of Michigan about the same time. Bill Ayers received an undergraduate degree in American studies and Ted Kazinski received his Phd in mathematics from the University of Michigan a year earlier than Bill Ayers%u2019s undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan. Bill Ayers went on to get his Masters in teaching at Columbia in 1987.

[tonic1111]

Sarah Palin is attempting to scare people to win votes.

Sarah Palin is a terrorist. She is attempting to terrorize us. The only thing that gives me terror is that John Mc Cain has such bad judgment and that she could become President.

Mc Cain has melanoma, an incurable cancer and he will not release his medical records.

We have a right to see them.

Does Mc Cain Pale-in comparison to Obama ? Oh yes he does

[sjc_1]

Boy Scout Bob and pull ring Barbie must be getting mighty desperate.

[sedean1]

OH, FOR SHAME!! Here comes the swift boat attack, wondered when the pathetic liar and bushwannabe would get to it! And they used Palin to start it, well shame on you both!!

[ivandrago]

Palin = scum.

[ofufo]

Palin is the scariest candidate I''ve ever seen and I''m 66. She apparently has unlimited ambition but without ethics or self-knowledge. For a detailed review of her political career in Alaska visit this link:
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v30/n19/raba01_.html

[cdfoxtrot4]

This attack by Palin is astonishing. Why is it she can say whatever she wants, but everyone has to walk on eggshells when it comes to talking about Palin and her suitability for the presidency?

[orange541]

What about Sarah and Todd''s membership in the Alaska Independent Party? She even sent them a nice video in 2008. They want to separate from the United States. AIP is connected to groups in the South...all white groups.

Sarah Palin is a traitor. She wants to destroy the United States. Is she also a racist?

[tonic1111]

BARACK OBAMA WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD WHEN AYERS WAS DOING WEATHERMEN.

AYER''S LIVES IN OBAMA''S CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOOD AND WAS RECOGNIZED BY MAYOR DALEY FOR HIS WORK IN EDUCATION.

OBAMA DOES NOT PAL AROUND WITH THE GUY.

BUT PALIN DOES PAL AROUND WITH ***
CHENEY.

[ramos937]

Palin told a group of donors at a private airport, "Our opponent ... is someone who sees America, it seems, as being so imperfect, imperfect enough, that he''s palling around with terrorists who would target their own country." She also said, "This is not a man who sees America as you see America and as I see America."
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Summing up its findings, the Times wrote: "A review of records of the schools project and interviews with a dozen people who know both men, suggest that Mr. Obama, 47, has played down his contacts with Mr. Ayers, 63. But the two men do not appear to have been close. Nor has Mr. Obama ever expressed sympathy for the radical views and actions of Mr. Ayers, whom he has called ''somebody who engaged in detestable acts 40 years ago, when I was 8."''
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I knew that the McCain/Palin ticket was desperate but desperate enough to be this stupid to think that the American public would take stock in what they are saying?

Palin used the Times article as foundation for her claim but in the same piece, the times reported the above.

McCain deserves our pity but not our votes.

[ramos937]

Sarah Palin must be a racist who hates brown and black people. That can be the only explanation.

[ttkkdd]

McSame/Palin campaign is clearly panicked because of their declining poll numbers. They are now using any tactics to scare Americans.
But I ain''t buying what the GOP says anymore. You''ve all lied enough about Iraq, WMD, al Qaeda''s connection with Iraq, etc. ENOUGH!

[ne_patriot7]

Typical Repugnant ploy.... if you have nothing constructive to say about your own campaign, lie and malign your opponent.. Politics of fear at work again... and I''m sure over the next week all the a$$holes that frequent these blogs will be repeating this sh^t as if it were the gospel truth...

Must be very taxing to have a brain so small....

[jsilver2th]

John McCain signed a confession to war crime at the request of the North Vietnamese Communists when he was in prison.

Patrick Henry said I have but one life to give to my country.

John McCain says Country First these days but his record is one of betrayal.

What would Patrick Henry say if he could watch John McCain signing that confession? If he would betray us them he would betray us now.

[ivandrago]

Palin likes Cheney, and she has the nerve to mention Ayers. Really? Who''s got more blood on their hands?

[williewomper]

I think she needs a visit to a MHMR facility. She doesn''t have both oars in the water. In other words, she''s a whack-o! Go back to Alaska and hang out with the Anchorage booze hounds on 4th Avenue, maybe they''ll believe you..........

[helloall34]

This is ridiculous, but it''s probably gonna gets worse. The republicans are down and they have nothing to lose now, so they are gonna get dirty. It''s going to be ugly in the next few weeks.

[royalia]

George W. Bush is a gay lover of Saudi Prince Abdullah! Look at the pictures of them holding hands! Google it! Bush trades gay *** for oil deals! His father did too! The Bush family has sold our American soul for Saudi crude oil! He''s an unpatriotic Muslim!

[toby2957]

Wow - this Palin wench is showing her true colors now! McSame is done. It''s over.

[jsilver2th]

McCain and Palin talk about former 60''s radicals when they have Jon Voight campaigning for them?

Talk about the Hollywood elite and former sixties radical! He made an anti-American veteran film with his very good friend Jane Fonda that was a scathing attack on the U.S. war efforts.

[ne_patriot7]

jsilver2th: I don''t know if he (McA$$hole) signed a confession of war crimes or not (personally, I haven''t seen any evidence of that), but in McSame''s own book he readily admitted he gave up information on his unit and his ship.... so much for the "war hero" scumbag traitor...

[flajoe1]

She said an aide then advised her, "Sarah, the gloves are off, the heels are on, go get to them."

How sexist..... and from one of her own aides.

[jab232]

Hey, Sarah, 159,000 people lost their jobs last month. More than three quarters of a million have lost jobs this year. What do lies about Barack Obama do to help those people? If I didn''t know any better, I''d think you were trying to take people''s eyes off of the way the GOP "deregulate at any cost" people like John McCain caused us to lose jobs, health care, pensions, houses, and 401K''s while we paid the highest inflation in 27 years. I''d think you didn''t want us to remember that we are on the edge of a depression because of people like Phil Gramm and John McCain. I''d think you were trying to make us forget that your CEO buddies like Carly Fiorina got 40 million dollar parachutes while laying off 18,000 ordinary working people. I''d think you were trying to help us forget how McCain encouraged DHL to come in and take over an American company and destroy all kinds of American jobs. Now, I''m not very smart, Sarah, but I''m smart enough to know that if you didn''t have to hide the real pain you all have caused ordinary people, you wouldn''t have to tell lies and get so nasty. Well, let me tell you. This time, we won''t forget.

[libra127]

Such a lie by Sarah Palin is UNCONSCIONABLE. And she knows it''s a lie as she even quotes the New York Times article which found no evidence of any close association of Obama with Ayers. "Palling around", my eyeball !

Palin is just another untrustworthy politician with no scruples whatsoever about doing anything and telling any lie to try to get elected. She may be pretty and charismatic, but she has no assets to offer which are relevant to the Vice Presidency.

McCain showed his incredibly bad judgement in choosing her.

[beehive21-2009]

She''s a very lovely lady,who speaks like a blond,watch her eyes,the old guy is very funny, picking a blond too be his VP ?

[tonic1111]

BARACK OBAMA WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD WHEN AYERS WAS DOING WEATHERMEN.

AYER''''S LIVES IN OBAMA''''S CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOOD AND WAS RECOGNIZED BY MAYOR DALEY FOR HIS WORK IN EDUCATION.

OBAMA DOES NOT PAL AROUND WITH THE GUY.

BUT PALIN DOES PAL AROUND WITH ***.CHENEY

[macusweil]

She should talk her own husband wanted Alaska to secede from the union and out of his US citizen ship. She recently praise this radical bunch early this year as good for Alaska.

[toby2957]

Go get ''''im Sarah, we''''ve been waiting for somebody to do this!

Posted by StormyTexan at 07:00 PM

If you think this kind of trash helps McSame, you''re in for a very big surprise.

[pughenry3]

Bill Ayers and a Barack Obama connection.

Chicago has a tradition for bomb makers beginning with the Haymarket affair bomb that killed 7 police officers in 1886. The bomb was thrown during a May Day rally for striking workers. There is a statue in Haymarket Square marking the place of the bombings.

A Chicago native the Unabomber is now serving a life sentence at SuperMax Federal Penitentiary in Florence Colorado for killing three people with mail bombs. The Unabomber Ted Kazinski grew up in the Chicago area, graduated from Harvard University before getting his PhD in mathematics from the University of Michigan, and then taught at U.C. at Berkley. The Unabomber received his moniker by targeting universities and airlines. Ted Kazinski later targeted professors at Northwestern University in Chicago and a United Airlines President with his bomb packages.

Bill Ayers the Weatherman bomb maker is two years younger than Ted Kaczynski the Unabomber, but both have Chicago connections and both received degrees from the University of Michigan about the same time. Bill Ayers received an undergraduate degree in American studies and Ted Kazinski received his Phd in mathematics from the University of Michigan a year earlier than Bill Ayers%u2019s undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan. Bill Ayers went on to get his Masters in teaching at Columbia in 1987.

[tonic1111]

REV O WRIGHT A.

YOU ARE NOT A BLACK MAN YOU ARE A RACIST.

[lawyertom1]

I find this type of mud slinging incredibly funny. Palin the pathological liar would know a fact from a fantasy in any case. Tell us Governor about your minister and his belief in witchcraft, how he threw out the demons (all of tape) when he prayed over you re your run for governor, and how you believe that balderdash also. You are just plain weird.

[macusweil]

Her husband is a traitor to the US and wanted out.

[duffyn]

It''s my understanding that Bin Laden and others have been in secret contact with sarah paling on a secret code satellite telphone. Since bush and the repugnants like to kill as many Americans as they can (he actually said this one day, only he did use that dirty word republican). At any rate as white as white can be they figured sarah paling would make the perfect terrorist to infilerate the White House and tip everything off to the terrorists. She''s just saying the (*&^ about Obama to throw us off track, or, it coud be her and mcsame are losing... Gee??? What a bunch of hooty patooty.. Election time in the U.S.!!!!

[wmaney]

Who are they "Keating" - have they forgot the old maxim that what goes around come around? Remember this:

http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/1989-11-29/news/mccain-the-most-reprehensible-of-the-keating-five/1

[cdfoxtrot4]

Why aren''t Democrats demanding an apology for this outrageous charge? If it were the other way around, there would be h_ell to pay if anyone made a comment like this about McBush or Palin.

[libratine]

Boy it is "anything but the economy" or real help for the American people from the McCain Campaign from here on out. McCain is not only incompetent but desperate.

[told_u_so]

Obama was 8 when Ayres committed a crime.

Bill Clinton pardoned him years and years later.

He lives in the area that Obama lives in... he is a respected educator and neighbor.

Palin and mcGoo really make me sick.

Too bad you are running against a man that has class and grace with a good heart, or all of your afairs and crooked pasts would be exposed.

Plus

I WANT A PRESIDENT AND VICE THAT ARE Smarter than a 5th grader!!!

[bec67]

You go Sarah, you are doing what the panty waisted media has not had the B&lls to do. You have my vote.

[wmaney]

Who are they "Keating" - have they forgot the old maxim that what goes around come around? Remember this:

http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/1989-11-29/news/mccain-the-most-reprehensible-of-the-keating-five/1

[john-in-ct]

Sarah is anything but a nice person. If she was really a good mom her daughter wouldn''t be pregnant. I''ll bet she wouldn''t have anything nice to say about anyone else whose teenage daughter got pregnant.

***, the words that spew out of her mouth. Yet she won''t admit to her own misdeeds as governor of Alaska. Oh yeah, and she believes that God is behind the U.S. in Iraq. Doesn''t she realize the muslims believe that Allah is helping them too.

Religion is the problem, not the solution. Every religion can''t be right. Someone has to be wrong. Why can''t people take responsible for their own deeds without bringing God into it.

[john-in-ct]

Sarah is anything but a nice person. If she was really a good mom her daughter wouldn''t be pregnant. I''ll bet she wouldn''t have anything nice to say about anyone else whose teenage daughter got pregnant.

***, the words that spew out of her mouth. Yet she won''t admit to her own misdeeds as governor of Alaska. Oh yeah, and she believes that God is behind the U.S. in Iraq. Doesn''t she realize the muslims believe that Allah is helping them too.

Religion is the problem, not the solution. Every religion can''t be right. Someone has to be wrong. Why can''t people take responsible for their own deeds without bringing God into it.

[macusweil]

"Palin told a group of donors at a private airport, "Our opponent ... is someone who sees America, it seems, as being so imperfect, imperfect enough, that he''''s palling around with terrorists who would target their own country." "

And her own husband is someone who sees America as being so imperfect he wants to make his own country out of our 49th state with her blessing.

[wmaney]

Who are they "Keating" - have they forgot the old maxim that what goes around comes around? Remember this:

http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/1989-11-29/news/mccain-the-most-reprehensible-of-the-keating-five/1

[barsellers]

Sarah Palin is an animal. She charged rape victims up to $1200 for the rape kit investigators used to gather evidence. This woman is NUTS!!!!

[wmaney]

Who are they "Keating" - have they forgot the old maxim that what goes around comes around? Remember this:

http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/1989-11-29/news/mccain-the-most-reprehensible-of-the-keating-five/1

[toby2957]

Thanks, Sarah, for showing the American people what you''re made of, and for helping Obama win the Presidency. Thank you.

[bm6005]

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,................What a MAROON she is. You too stormy MORON!!!