Source: Special to HNN (10-5-08)
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Today, Palin and McCain are making headlines by claiming that Obama's connection with Chicago based education professor William Ayers, a member of the Weather Underground in the late 1960's and early 1970's , means Obama "consorts with terrorists."
Though this strategy helped Repubican candidates win elections in the 1940's and 1950's, it will not work now.
First of all, at a time when most Americans are worried whether they keep their jobs, fund their businesses, be able to use their credit cards, retire with dignity or send their children to college,the questioning of Barack Obama's patriotism and "Americanism," will seem like a cynical ploy to divert attention from a discussion of programs and policies which are critical to the average American's future. Some will view it as an insult to their intelligence; others may see it as dangerous attempt to inflame racial, religious and regional prejudice at a time when Americans have to come together to solve some of the most difficult economic problems they have faced in their lifetimes.
But secondly, this strategy will backfire because Sarah Palin, the self described "pit bull" of the McCain campaign, has a history of very questionable associations herself. Sarah Palin's pastor's comments about gays put him at least as far outside the American mainstream as Rev Wright. And Sarah Palin's husband's association with the Alaska Independence Party put him squarely in the company of people whose mindset approaches those who engineered the Oklahoma City Bombing. Scratch people around Sarah Palin and you will find examples of racism, anti-Semitism and homophobia that will not hold up well under public scrutiny. People living in glass houses, even when they are near the Artic Circle, should be careful of throwing stones
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