The insidious aspect of McCain's Ayers strategy

[Armstead]

The McCain camp doesn;t even have the balls to do a real smear job on Obama, regarding Bill Ayers.

If you listen closely to McCain and some of his surrogates, McCain is once again tryiong to have his cake and eat it too.

He is not saying "Obama is associated with a known terrorist."

Instead, he is saying, "I don't care about Bill Ayers. What is troubling is that Sen. Obama won't answer the questions about their association. He needs to answer the questions in the public mind, and prove he is truthful."

Well Obama has answered the "questions" many times, and journalists have investigated it. Their connection is very loose at best.

The McCain camp knows this. But by raising the "questions" and refusing to listen to the answers, they connect the two men in a way that can't be unraveled by the truth.

You can do that to anyone about anything. "I saw Joe in the park and there was also a known child molester in the park at the same time. This raises questions about whether Joe is also a child molester."....It doesn't matter what Joe says, if you have raised the "question" about something that is totally coincidental and unrelated.

Luckily, the Mccain "answer the question" strategy seems to have failed. But it is disgusting, and it shows how little character McCain actually has to indulge in such smear tactics of "guilt by questions."

[TwilightGardener]

1. I figured it was just a way to say "Obama" and "terrorist" together in the

same sentence. But I think you're right, they're trying to prolong this by saying, "He needs to tell the truth", implying that not only is he shady, but a liar--no matter how many times Obama has answered this or how many journalists have investigated the loose connection. Thank God it's not working.