Bombers, Bombers, And Bombers

August 21, 2008 by John H. Taylor | Filed Under DSPQ, Democratic Party, Election 2008 

A new ad by an outfit called the American Issues Project has produced an ad linking Sen. Obama to ex-Weather Underground leader William Ayers. Here’s Ben Smith’s article. Controversial this evening: The ad says that while the Sept. 11 bombers failed to strike the U.S. Capitol, Ayers succeeded. Some say that this links Obama with Islamic terrorism, but it doesn’t. It links him with Ayers, which to prim political purists is bad enough.

I don’t like the Ayers ad. But here’s the DSPQ piece (Dr. Gannon’s Double Standard Paranoia Quotient): If Sen. McCain had knowingly maintained an institutional association, such as serving together on a non-profit board, with an unrepentant abortion clinic bomber, he’d be attacked unrelentingly and deservedly. By the same token, those who wonder why their possible future President didn’t shun Ayers are entitled to their views. Whether voters really care or not, it’s a legitimate if tangential issue.

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