The American Mind

Obama was 14 years old when the Weather Underground disbanded. If this is the best the GOP has got they’re in deep trouble. This is just about as silly as the McCain Manchurian candidate rumors.

“Giving away the Republican playbook?” That’s cute, but the first moment someone notice Obama doesn’t wear a flag lapel pin i could have told you that the GOP would trump up any lack of conformity with shallow surface-level “patriotism” Obama may display.

It’s interesting to me how the goalposts get moved with each subsequent election cycle. It was a huge deal that Bill Clinton smoked pot; now Obama’s brief cocaine use in his youth is no big deal (someone should have told GW that fessing up would have been a lot better than his silly “i haven’t done drugs in the last 25 years” bit). During Clinton’s campaign whether or not he dodged Vietnam was a huge story; now i bet that looks like chump change next to “OMG Obama may have taken a $200 contribution and chatted once with a former radical and domestic terrorist.”

Boy, i bet those of you with antiquated apple-pie ideas about patriotism can’t wait to see what the next generation of political candidates will come up with to trump minor associations with a former Weatherman!

>>Obama was 14 years old when the Weather Underground disbanded.

Well, thats about as relevant as as Oba-wan trying to lend Ayers credence by explaining that Ayers is a “tenured professor”.

Both statements earn a big, golden “SFW?”.

Oba-wan was 35 when he began his political friendship with Ayers, and 37 when they became professional colleagues (fostered by non other than Mz. “Do what I say, not what I did” Obamamama).

I’d say that is quite old enough to understand you don’t hang with admitted and still-dreamy-eyed-wanna-be terrorists, ’specially one that blows up your own cops.

But we’re talking about Oba-wan here, and the Anointed One need not explain his political background and upbringing, eh?

Funny; this “Change” he keeps yapping on about sure seems to all come from the past.

Not so much “change” as “retro”.

And hell yes, the GOP is going to open both barrels with the Ayers connection. Rightly so, and right next to the Rezko and Wright affairs.

I hear John McCain was brainwashed by the communists when he was a prisoner and now he works for them.

They’re all colleagues of Robert Byrd, he was in the KKK 50 years ago, so McCain, Clinton and Obama sympathize with the KKK.

This is so stupid it hurts.

Personally, i don’t see what the big deal is, ultimately. Tom Zarek is a former terrorist and he’s done just fine as VP under Laura Roslin.