Dirty Fighting and Dirty Money
As the election winds down to its final weeks, we are seeing dirtier and dirtier fighting between McCain and Obama. McCain has been focusing on an incredibly loose connection between Barack Obama and William Ayers, a former member of the revolutionary group the Weatherman. Labeling Obama as a friend of terrorists, McCain is trying to make Obama into an image of evil. In reality, Obama’s relationship has been existent to the point of necessity. When Obama was a rising figure in the Chicago political world, Ayers put together a meet and greet for him so he could be introduced to more politicians in Chicago as he was seeking a seat in the state Senate. They also both sat on the board of an anti-poverty group in Chicago. They were never friends, simply colleagues. Also, the violent actions Ayers took as part of the Weatherman was in the 1960s, 40 years ago. As Obama is nearing 50, that would put Obama under 10 years old while Ayers was actively bombing property of the United States government in protest of the Vietnam War. To try to link Obama to Ayers violent past is beyond ridiculous, it’s even beyond absurd.
Obama, on the other hand, has been accused of trying to play McCain’s age as a factor against him. The only complaints on this note I’ve really heard or read about is Obama repeatedly calling McCain erratic, so you can take that how you want. The problem with Obama’s campaign right now is investigations into his campaign financing. There are numerous people who have donated repeatedly to Obama’s campaign under fake names, such as “Qwerty” and “Good Will”. While the Republican National Committee would like to have you think this amounts to $220 million dollars, according to an investigation by the New York Times the figure is closer to $40 thousand*. Some are suggesting that the Obama campaign is simply backed up when it comes to responding to and refunding these donations, but in order to maintain his integrity it’s important that he have a group who’s job is simply to stay on this and make sure it’s as fraud-free as possible.
*This figure is counting donations that were not refunded as of September.
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