Comments on: Sarah Palin and the Glass House http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/10/sarah-palin-and-the-glass-house Wed, 09 May 2012 10:28:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: idjiut http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/10/sarah-palin-and-the-glass-house/comment-page-1#comment-44020 idjiut Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:52:41 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/?p=5613#comment-44020 That statement that the connection between Ayers and Obama is only a 'passing relationship', is propaganda at best or an out-right lie at worst. We still don't know all of the information concerning Antoin 'Tony' Rezko, other than he is a Syrian-born Chicago slumlord convicted of money laundering and influence peddling and financially supported by a Sadaam era billionaire Iraqi National living in London named Nadhmi Auchi and that Rezko misused government funds obtained fraudulently for some housing projects that have fallen into disrepair and are now uninhabitable. Also, Mr Moore failed to mention the unusual circumstances involved with Obama's purchase of his current $1.3M Chicago suburb mansion and that the unemployed wife of Tony Rezko purchased the adjoining lot on the same day from the same property owner for more than $600,000 and later sold part of that lot to Obama for approx $125,000. Did I mention ACORN? Mr Moore is either intellectually dishonest or incredibly ignorant. That statement that the connection between Ayers and Obama is only a ‘passing relationship’, is propaganda at best or an out-right lie at worst. We still don’t know all of the information concerning Antoin ‘Tony’ Rezko, other than he is a Syrian-born Chicago slumlord convicted of money laundering and influence peddling and financially supported by a Sadaam era billionaire Iraqi National living in London named Nadhmi Auchi and that Rezko misused government funds obtained fraudulently for some housing projects that have fallen into disrepair and are now uninhabitable. Also, Mr Moore failed to mention the unusual circumstances involved with Obama’s purchase of his current $1.3M Chicago suburb mansion and that the unemployed wife of Tony Rezko purchased the adjoining lot on the same day from the same property owner for more than $600,000 and later sold part of that lot to Obama for approx $125,000. Did I mention ACORN? Mr Moore is either intellectually dishonest or incredibly ignorant.

]]> By: Rob in Michigan http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/10/sarah-palin-and-the-glass-house/comment-page-1#comment-44019 Rob in Michigan Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:32:14 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/?p=5613#comment-44019 Here's the sad thing, which I've commented on already on other sites: A) I don't care about Ayers. If he was a 'terrorist', then he should be in prison. He isn't. What does that say about the DOJ under Republicans? Apparently, they didn't see this as something worth persuing, oh these many decades later. Plus, Obama was 8 when this crap went down. The late 60's and early 70's was a time of extremes... we know this. Vietnam, Protests, National Guardsmen shooting College Students... it was all F-ed up. And it was all 40-frickin'-years ago! Get over it. B) Politicians "know" a lot of people... in the term that they are photographed smiling and shaking hands. Do they do a background check on every person that they've ever said "hello" to? NO. Because that would be impossible and stupid. I have no doubt if we search deep enough, we'll find John smiling and shaking hands with some pretty shady characters... like anyone who desperately wanted to tell his colleagues that he "knew somebody important". It's a wash. C) Does Ayers control my job prospects and the ability to pay my mortgage? No?! Then, why the *F* are we talking about him? D) (my main point) Negative attacks are to fire up the base to get out there and support you. At this point (30 days before election and dropping) either the Republicans support John or they don't. He can't change their minds. So, he needs to speak to the middle. Screaming hysterically about radicals from the 60's isn't going to do that. Us, who are not affiliated with any party, are looking to how you are going to help or hurt us RIGHT NOW and for the NEXT 4 YEARS. Is Ayers planting bombs right now? Is Obama planning on inviting him to be a Chief of Staff? Then, who cares??! Whatever he may (Ayers) have done as a 60's radical, it won't affect me now. And, it should have been dealt with long, long before now. It's irrelevant. E) As to Wright... he's a pastor speaking his mind. Does he inform public policy? No. Has Obama given ANY indication that he would immediately embrace the Pastor's positions... No. Again, for those of us not already rabidly Republican... not a big deal. It seems to me that McCain (through his "advisers', trying desperately to invoke Rove) is trying to create fire where it only exists in the minds of the already Republican-faithful. That isn't going to allow him to win the White House, and his strategists should know this by now, if they weren't incompetent boobs. Here’s the sad thing, which I’ve commented on already on other sites:

A) I don’t care about Ayers. If he was a ‘terrorist’, then he should be in prison. He isn’t. What does that say about the DOJ under Republicans? Apparently, they didn’t see this as something worth persuing, oh these many decades later. Plus, Obama was 8 when this crap went down. The late 60′s and early 70′s was a time of extremes… we know this. Vietnam, Protests, National Guardsmen shooting College Students… it was all F-ed up. And it was all 40-frickin’-years ago! Get over it.
B) Politicians “know” a lot of people… in the term that they are photographed smiling and shaking hands. Do they do a background check on every person that they’ve ever said “hello” to? NO. Because that would be impossible and stupid. I have no doubt if we search deep enough, we’ll find John smiling and shaking hands with some pretty shady characters… like anyone who desperately wanted to tell his colleagues that he “knew somebody important”. It’s a wash.
C) Does Ayers control my job prospects and the ability to pay my mortgage? No?! Then, why the *F* are we talking about him?
D) (my main point) Negative attacks are to fire up the base to get out there and support you. At this point (30 days before election and dropping) either the Republicans support John or they don’t. He can’t change their minds. So, he needs to speak to the middle. Screaming hysterically about radicals from the 60′s isn’t going to do that. Us, who are not affiliated with any party, are looking to how you are going to help or hurt us RIGHT NOW and for the NEXT 4 YEARS. Is Ayers planting bombs right now? Is Obama planning on inviting him to be a Chief of Staff? Then, who cares??! Whatever he may (Ayers) have done as a 60′s radical, it won’t affect me now. And, it should have been dealt with long, long before now. It’s irrelevant.
E) As to Wright… he’s a pastor speaking his mind. Does he inform public policy? No. Has Obama given ANY indication that he would immediately embrace the Pastor’s positions… No. Again, for those of us not already rabidly Republican… not a big deal.

It seems to me that McCain (through his “advisers’, trying desperately to invoke Rove) is trying to create fire where it only exists in the minds of the already Republican-faithful. That isn’t going to allow him to win the White House, and his strategists should know this by now, if they weren’t incompetent boobs.

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