Public Opinion: Barack Obama and William Ayers—a Legitimate Issue?

Sarah Palin and the McCain campaign have pushed the issue—how legitimate is it? Post your thoughts.

October 9, 2008 RSS Feed Print

The McCain campaign, especially Sarah Palin, and its allies have tried to use former Weather Underground member William Ayers to tarnish Barack Obama in the final weeks of the campaign and to paint the Democratic nominee as untrustworthy and dangerous. How legitimate an issue is Obama's association with William Ayers? Post your thoughts below.

Previously: Barack Obama and John McCain's debate—polls give it to the Democrat. What do you think?

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hotel suchen niederlande of 8:49AM May 03, 2010

BARACK YOU ARE THE BEST PERSON IN THE WORLD

TALIIYHA of IL 11:57AM November 07, 2008

First of all, wikipedia is the least acurate website in the world.

Next, to the first speaker: The fact that YOU do not want to hear about a speciific issue does not mean very much to anyone. Sorry, it just does not. However, you make an interesting point: being board members or affiliates with someone does not mean you both believe the same things or are the same kind of person. Yet, how do explain the fact that William Ayers and his wife Bernardine Dohrn (Whom is also a former member of the Weather Underground) hosted a meet-n-greet for Obama to meet their neighborsand in the 1990s when he ran for Senator of Illinois and also donated $200 to Obama during his 2001 campaign? It does not seem as though they had trouble getting along.

Now, to the second speaker: How did you take an argument concerning whether or not the connection between William Ayers and Barack Obama is rellevent and turn it into a religious discussion on race? Also, what does Rev. Wright have to do with this? Getting back on track, you too make an intersting point: if you continually wind up close to a person "coincidence" becomes less and less plausible. I theink the first speaker did an alright job arguing agaist your point so I will not. Instead, I am going to write on the issue you for some reason shot into this article out of nowhere: Race. To answer the question which you felt your "relgion" teachers had not successfully explained: "Why God had a racial policy to begin with?", i will simply say, he never did :). Unfortunately, being a church member has never ment that a person will be as indiscriminent, wise, and all-inclusive as God. The main thing to understand is God gave us churches, bibles, and other forms of worshipfull devices, but Man has to learn to use them correctly.

rigsB of AL 5:52PM October 26, 2008

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