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akuma587 on 10 October 2008
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rocketpig said:
akuma587 said:

I saw a lot of people report the Reverend Wright story for way longer than the story actually deserved to be run.  I can't tell you how many times I saw that one soundbyte on TV.  And they discussed it at pretty full length.

The Ayers' story has been around for at least six months, the McCain campaign has brought it up more recently for lack of other dirt on Obama.

I have seen way more coverage of these stories than McCain's ties to the Keating Five and to Jack Abramoff, both of which are more directly relevant to politics than either of Obama's relationships.

Ugh, a 25 year old situation that a man was cleared of is not more relevant than who his opposition might be listening to today.

Honestly, there is no reason to bring up the Keating 5 situation at all anymore.

On the flip side of that coin, Ayers and Wright have received far too much Fox time over the past six months.

 

I agree, I don't really believe that McCain had any meaningful connection to either of those things or that Obama had any meaningful connection to Ayers or Wright in a way that would influence him politically.

Obama did have meaningful connections to Rezko, but Obama himself has said that he is not proud of those connections.  I don't hold something against a politician as much, Democrat or Republican, if they admit it isn't a good thing.  Sure, Cindy McCain popped some pills.  Do I care about it?  No.  She was honest.

George W. Bush, on the other hand, has been bailed out by his father several times for DWI and for a possession of cocaine charge in Houston.  Needless to say both were buried.  Do I hold that against him?  Yes, but not because he did those things.  I hold it against him because he covered it up.

 



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