Oh my. If you thought Sarah Palin’s comments about Bill Ayers were a big deal over the weekend, wait until you get a load of what she said today at a campaign stop in Clearwater, Florida. Sarah Barracuda is on the loose. Read her comments about Ayers below:
Evidently, there’s been a lot of interest in what I read lately. Well, I was reading my copy of The New York Times the other day, and I was really interested to read about Barack’s friends from Chicago.
Turns out, one of his earliest supporters is a man named Bill Ayers. And according to The New York Times, he was a domestic terrorist and part of a group that, quote, “launched a campaign of bombings that would target the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol.”
Wow. And there’s even more to the story. Barack Obama said Ayers was just someone in the neighborhood. But that’s less than truthful. His own top advisor said they were, quote, “certainly friendly.” In fact, Obama held one of the first meetings of his political career in Bill Ayers’s home. And they’ve worked together on various projects in Chicago.
These are the same guys who think “patriotism” is paying higher taxes. (Remember what his running mate Joe Biden said!) This is not a man who sees America as you and I do -- as the greatest force for good in the world. This is someone who sees America as “imperfect enough” to work with a former domestic terrorist who targeted his own country.
This, ladies and gentlemen, has nothing to do with the kind of change anyone can believe in -- not my kids and not your kids. What we believe in is what Ronald Reagan believed in! That America is “a shining city on a hill for all mankind to see” that America is a good and honorable nation, and that the virtues of freedom are worth fighting for! The only man who can take on Washington is John McCain.
The response from team Obama:
“Governor Palin’s comments, while offensive, are not surprising, given the McCain campaign’s statement this morning that they would be launching Swiftboat-like attacks in hopes of deflecting attention from the nation’s economic ills. In fact, the very newspaper story Governor Palin cited in hurling her shameless attack made clear that Senator Obama is not close to Bill Ayers, much less ‘pals,’ and that he has strongly condemned the despicable acts Ayers committed 40 years ago, when Obama was eight. What’s clear is that John McCain and Sarah Palin would rather spend their time tearing down Barack Obama than laying out a plan to build up our economy,” said Obama-Biden spokesman Hari Sevugan.
Folks, the gloves are off. By bringing up Ayers, the McCain camp is making the not to subtle argument that the McCain-Palin ticket is the “real American” ticket. I mean tying Obama to Ayers is a clear sign that the campaign is playing the patriotism card big time. In essence their message has become, “John McCain is more pro-America than Obama”. They won’t officially say that but that’s the battle cry. Don’t miss that.