I don't know, if I was an upstanding American who worked hard and now has a chance to be President, being called a terrorist might not go over to well. I don't think free speech means you have to go along with slander such as this.
Talmadge,
One problem with that. The ad doesn't call Obama a terrorist.
That doesn't mean that they are not saying he is one by implication.
No, the implication is that Obama doesn't have very good judgment in choosing his political and personal associates.
The ad says that Bill Ayers is an admitted and unrepentant terrorist, which is true. It points out that Barack Obama has had a long, friendly relationship with Ayers, which is also true. Ayers has raised money (and lots of it) for Obama from the very beginning of Obama's policial career; Obama has helped to redeem Ayers's public image - an important thing for someone whose chief claim to fame is his role in bombing the U.S. Capitol.
Why should it be off limits to bring up Obama's chummy relationship with Bill Ayers? Since when has it become unfair or slanderous to speak the truth?
Obama has helped to redeem Ayers image? The man is a professor at one of the most well-known private institution in the country. Obama didn't have anything to do with that, and has done nothing to improve his image. Judging by his comments, it doesn't appear to me that he is even seeking improvement.
Talmadge,
How did Obama help to redeem Ayers's image?
Is it not clear that when a respected and respectable public figure like Barack Obama keeps company with an unrepentant terrorist, it has a much greater and more positive impact on the terrorist's image than it does on that of the public figure?
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