Obama's 'mainstream' friends
Obama's 'mainstream' friends - The Boston Globe
Is this Obama's idea of "respectable" and "mainstream" political thinking? If so, doesn't that tell us something about his judgment and standards?
In Chicago the other day, radio producer Guy Benson discovered video recordings of Ayers and Dohrn speaking at a reunion of antiwar radicals in November 2007. To live in the United States, Dohrn told the group, is to be "inside the heart of the monster" that is such a "purveyor of violence in the world." Ayers denounced America as an imperial warmonger steeped in "jingoistic patriotism, unprecedented and unapologetic military expansion, white supremacy . . . attacks on women and girls, violent attacks, growing surveillance in every sphere of our lives, on and on and on."
Even if Obama doesn't personally believe these things, is it really "tired tripe" to ask why he seems so comfortable in the company of people who do? Is it really "extremely stupid politics" to wonder whether such people might play a role in an Obama administration? Rather than slam the few journalists who raise such questions, might it not behoove others in the media to follow suit?
Labels: Election 2008, Media, Obama, Terrorism
posted by Marc1A at 4/27/2008 04:17:00 PM
1 Comments:
I hear you.
Let's be real here. I wish a lot of people would be real. They were not passing acquaintances of Obama, they were a heck of a lot more than that. They were good friends, contributors and fundraisers. Honestly, what do people think they talked about over tea and crumpets? The latest Oprah Broadcast? Come on people, you know and I know that when people are that close, they discuss philosophy and goals, and there is no doubt what that philosophy and the goals he wishes he HAD acheived and is still wanting to. You know, it's no wonder that nobody has tried to nail down Obama on what position on law and order is and should be.
And the same goes for Obama and Wright and he didn't know what the preacher was spouting at the pulpit over the years. We've seen one tape that they were able to obtain, so are you telling me in twenty years that was the only time he delivered such a sermon? Geez.
I will not vote for this man. Not under any circumstances.
April 28, 2008 5:47 AM
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