Comments Posted By Bald Ninja
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OBAMA PLAYING HARDBALL - THE CHICAGO WAY
Point taken Chuck.
If Ayers were the only skeleton in Obama's closet then this line of 'attack' would be weak indeed. There does seem to be a pattern of Obama's 'poor judgement' relative to his 'past' associations. It seems your problem is with the ad Obama is currently trying to have squashed - I think the more interesting point of Rick's post is what Obama's response to it reveals about him. The quality or efficacy of that particular ad is another issue (I haven't seen it, so I can't speak to it's lameness or awesomeness).
Like I said, there are much more convincing and meaty arguments against Obama - and many of them more directly point to his poor judgement than bringing up Ayers.
Comment Posted By Bald Ninja On 27.08.2008 @ 14:08
Force or terror? When you've bombed the government and wish you had done more I'd say both.
Logical fallacy? I'm not equating Ayers with Obama - what I am saying is that it's legitimate to question a candidates motives and principles who would knowingly and willingly associate with someone like Ayers. You know, Obama's vaunted JUDGEMENT. Does this association automatically 'disqualify' Obama - no, but it sure does make me ask questions.
So why did Obama have such a close public relationship with Ayers? I doubt Obama shares the same outlook as Ayers on America but Obama's is probably closer to Ayers than my own. That or his relationship with Ayers was politically expedient at the time and it simply didn't bother him that Ayers is an unrepentant terrorist - which would paint Obama as someone willing to do whatever it took to forward his political career and not as the pure idealistic political crusader who will reform our government and nation.
Obama's association with Ayers is certainly not the end-all-be-all argument against voting for him - nor is it one of the best arguments - but I don't see how considering it as a factor is crazy or unfair.
Comment Posted By Bald Ninja On 27.08.2008 @ 08:21
So, you liberals out there - if McCain had associations in his past with someone who had bombed an abortion clinic it wouldn't be fair game? You wouldn't bring it up? You don't think it would indicate a character flaw or ANY insight into his political leanings? Be honest with yourself.
And Chuck, you may find this hard to believe but my primitive conservative brain can distinguish between someone who USED and ADVOCATES the use of force/terror to further their political goals (Ayers) and someone who ASSOCIATES with such miscreants to further his own political aspirations.
Comment Posted By Bald Ninja On 26.08.2008 @ 17:22
I'm inspired by Obama's commitment to free speach - Yes We Can (Shut you up)!
Comment Posted By Bald Ninja On 26.08.2008 @ 10:27
Roland,
You're convinced McCain can't hold his own in a townhall free-form debate with Obama? McCain has certainly had some flubs and misstatements. However, it seems that whenever Obama speaks extemporaneously he has to deliver a prepared speech the next day to 'clarify', back-track, reverse all the non-sense he spewed the day before. The more Obama talks without a teleprompter and about issues of substance the more easily it is to see that he isn't a great thinker and problem solver and his after the fact clarifications show he is indeed not a messiah come to resurrect our dead political system but just another politician.
Comment Posted By Bald Ninja On 8.06.2008 @ 22:13
'LET US SIT UPON THE GROUND AND TELL SAD STORIES OF THE DEATH OF KINGS'
#10 The world reaction to the Obama nomination should be a message that he could be the best thing to happen to American foreign policy in a very long time.
Really? He's not even president yet and he's already angered the Palestinians for declaring that Jerusalem "must remain undivided". And he also recently changed (again) his policy on Iran. Now it's indistinguishable from Bush's. Despite what your liberal heart and mind might tell you his words and lack of experience and lack of judgment will matter more in how he's seen internationally than the color of his skin.
Is it worth celebrating that a black man is the nominee of a major political party? Sure. But if that's all he's running on and he wins then we're all in trouble.
Comment Posted By Bald Ninja On 5.06.2008 @ 22:39
OBAMA'S FRIENDSHIP WITH PFLEGER
I think that all you Obama lovers are going to be sorely disappointed if Obama is our next president. Then he'll actually have to do something - instead of just preaching "change blah blah blah hope blah blah blah". If the Democrat controlled Congess' First 100 days (and every day since) is any indication you'd better brace yourself for 4 years of ineptness. He has dangerous ideas and even more dangerous friends.
If the rhetoric I'm seeing here from his supporters is any indication of the kind of 'dialog' that can be expected then I don't think I'll need to worry too much about Obama being elected. If all you can say to convince the unconvinced is that we need a change from Bush and that 'everyone else' just loves Obama and believes in the change he will bring then the independents who will determine this election will not buy it.
Comment Posted By Bald Ninja On 3.06.2008 @ 23:57
