Grim News

First off, Olberman has got t be one of the biggest boobs on TV. He spews forth crap against both the republicans and democrats that show his lack of understanding of many issues. Though to be fair, he mostly spews forth on democrats for mispronounciations (as opposoed to the republicans who he spews forth for just about anything).

Let me start off by saying I have no real opinion on Palin. She hasn’t really said anything of substance since she was apointed as McCains running mate. Obama did the same thing for a LONG time, simply putting forth platform vagaries, but eventually he started adding substance. Palin hasn’t gotten there yet, and likely won’t.

But on to Olberman’s comments.

First he talks about Ayerds as a guy Obama barely knows, and all they did was serve on a charity board together. Well, as we know Obama had his “political coming out party” in Ayers living room. Let me ask you, would you decide to say, have your 50th or 40th birthday, or 25th wedding anniversary party (or party of other significant event) in the living room of someone you barely know? Someone who’s “just some guy in the nighborhood? If the relationship is so casual and distant as Olberman suggests, would Ayers, just some guy in the neigborhood, ask Obama to chair and be put in charge of disseminating millions of dollars? Would you trust a charity’s millions with some guy who happens to live in the neighborhood?

Olberman characterizes Ayers as a reahbilitated terrorist (and then mocks the use of the word terrorist), yet Ayers is unrepentant. Just a few years ago he said “I’m not sorry. We should have done more.” Doesn’t sound like the words of the man Olberman is characterizing.

Then Olberman talks about the fact that Obama was only 8 when the bombings happened. Typical Red Herring arguement. He goes on to talk about Palin’s husband being a member of an organization that once wanted Alaska to ceceed from the nation. This also ocurred in 1973. So would not the same “it happened when I was 8″ arguement hold up? What’s good for the goose is apparently not good for the gander. Hypocracy at work. Oh yeah, Palin’s husband isn’t running for office. Oh, and in 2002 he withdrew from that party.

Palin’s speech for the convention for that party was a speech to welcome the party to her town. This is very typical of many mayors. Just because she wrote a welcoming speech for the organization, doesn’t mean she supported it’s 30-year past cesession agenda. This bring to mind the quote “I may not agree with what you have to say, but I will defend with my life your right to say it.” Now, I will grant Oblerman that this was probably not the best judgement on her part, to welcome them, but this is nothing compared to the other issues being discussed.

Let’s talk about the 8 years old angle on the Ayers story. This means that when Obama befriended Ayers, he was already well aware of Ayers past activities, which actually makes this even WORSE! If Hitler were still alive and McCain became friends with him, stated “Oh, he was just some guy in the neighborhood and besides, I was 2 when he was killing millions of jews” do you think that would fly? Of course not, and it shouldn’t.

Again to be clear, I do NOT think that Obama supported in any way, shape or form Ayers past. Who knows, Ayers may have conned Obama into thinking that he was repentant, even though his quotes in the media show otherwise. I certainly wouldn’t consider Obama a radical by association in this case. The REAL issue here is 2-fold:

1) Knowing that he was a radical in his past, and unrepentant currently, Obama exercised poor judgement in his interactions with a guy like Ayers.

2) The evidence clearly shows that the relationship was more than “just some guy in the neighborhood.” So the issue is more about honesty and being forthcoming. If Obama had stated from the beginning they they were friends, and that Obama had felt that the Ayers of present was completely different than the Ayers of the past or whatever, it would be more of a non-issue.

All of that being said, Joe Sixpack out there doesn’t really know who Ayers or the Weather Underground is, don’t remember it, and probably couldn’t care less. McCain is barking up the wrong tree on this one. He should focus more on Obama working on a case for his former law firm that sued Citibank because they were not offering up ENOUGH sub-prime mortgages as dictated by the widely expanded CRA. THAT is something that Joe Sixpack will have more interest in.