Radical
Terrorist
Communist
Socialist
Marxist
African
Arab
Muslim
Redistributor
Untested
Inexperienced
Liberal
Dangerous
Alternative
and so on...
There are a few things that I want to point out that bother me about this line of criticism of Barack Obama. It makes assumptions that are at times inaccurate and unfair, not to mention irresponsible and outright ridiculous. Assumptions like:
1. Certain individuals Barack has met in his life have had a profound and direct influence on his beliefs and intentions, especially the bad ones which make him a bad scary person.
2. Any level of association, even a second-degree or indirect connection, is equally likely to have this effect.
3. Obama's statements denouncing those unpopular beliefs are not genuine.
4. Obama's lack of action supporting or specific action contradicting those negative viewpoints is not enough to prove his innocence.
5. Although the information which is available about these associations is relatively benign, there have been other secretive interractions, that nobody has been able to provide evidence of, which reveal Obama's hidden agenda.
The reality is that there has never been any evidence that Obama's associations are any more significant than how he has characterized them and certainly nothing to suggest he was ever involved in any heinous activities. Nonetheless, the right wing continues to assert that these people's views are going to be responsible for the inevitable damage they predict will occur in an Obama presidency. People and groups such as:
Rev. Jeremiah Wright
Prof. William Ayers
Walter Annenberg
Raila Odinga
ACORN
New Party
Rashid Khalidi
The PLO
Bernadine Dohrn
Arab American Action Network
and so on...
Some are obvious, you've heard of them, here's an article on others:
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