Wm. Ayers v. Todd Palin: Tales from GBA-Land

[maddezmom]

Wm. Ayers v. Todd Palin: Tales from GBA-Land
04 Oct 2008 08:21 pm

In response to Gov. Sarah Palin's invocation of Barack Obama's "terrorist" "pal" William Ayers, Democrats have settled on a rhetorical response that inquires, innocently enough, whether Todd Palin's association with anti-American secessionists is fair game, especially in light of Palin's charge that Obama "is not a man who sees America as you and I do."

Todd Palin, a former member of the Alaska Independence Party, might well have seen America unlike his wife did -- that is, an America that one can secede from. He was comfortable belonging to and being associated with a political party whose founder seemed to delight in denouncing the principles that hold our union together.

Now -- maybe that's not fair. Maybe Todd Palin didn't believe in all of the principles the AIP espoused... indeed, the AIP seems to be a bit of a cultural relic in Alaska, a quirky old friend. A difference may be that many professional conservatives genuinely believe that Obama's association with William Ayers -- more accurately, he refusal NOT to associate with him -- is a genuine reflection of Obama's poor judgment, whereas no one really cares about why Sarah Palin stayed married to her husband. He seems like a good guy, a loving father, hard to find in a chaotic world, and that she didn't dump him because he associated with some dum-dum secessionists is probably a sign of good judgment.


" a laughable comparison," says Tracey Schmitt, Palin's spokesperson. "Bill Ayers was a founding member of the group that bombed the US capitol and the Pentagon."

On the other hand, there is very little evidence that Ayers's radical worldview ever influenced anything Barack Obama did, said or thought -- indeed, there is evidence of the opposite -- whereas one can easily assume that a husband and wife influence each other's beliefs quite often.

more:http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/10/wm_ayers_v_todd_palin_tales_fr.php

[taddles]

1. Ewwwww....

" a laughable comparison," says Tracey Schmitt


I seem to have gotten some Schmitt on my shoe.

Laughable comparison huh, so having a husband who was a member of a secessionist group thta called for the destruction of the United States is no big deal but being on a non profit board with a former radical is....leave it to the Republiscum to spin their own stink into rosewater.

[Augdog20]

2. McCain's 2nd Ayers: John Singlaub & McCain's USCWF membership

Besides the G.Gordon Liddy friendship that mediamatters.org publicized,
there's:
I picked up on Paul Begala's lead on Meet the Press and compiled a brief expose of McCain & U.S. Council for World Freedom (USCWF) & Contra point-man John Singlaub:
http://bluesunited.blogspot.com/2008/10/nyts-silence-on-mccains-ayers-g-gordon.html

THIS IS THE OTHER STORY THE MEDIA NEED TO COVER!

[Fyddlestyx]

3. Sarah Palin, Joe Vogler, and The Alaskan Independence Party

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmYqRfp6-x8

[sce56]

4. What about the Witch Hunter Pastor Muthee

When can we pull him out!



And I wonder if they will look at the web site for the VP Granny www.votefortheGILF.com which directs you to the JohnMcSame web site with the GILF herself introducing on video!