Analysis: McCain needs game-changing debate

ACCEPTING CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ASSOCIATES OF KNOWN TERRORISTS?

The Ayers-Weber-McCain connection. Truth? Guilt by Association? We report. YOU Decide!

Arnold R. "Arnie" Weber is a Chicago Annenberg Board Member and Chicago "insider". He was a part of the Nixon White House. Arnie Weber has held other Washington "insider" jobs too. He is a LONGTIME REPUBLICAN DONOR. But get this: Arnie Weber was a BOARD MEMBER of the infamous **CHICAGO ANNNENBERG CHALLENGE** organization, which was founded by known "TERRORIST" Bill Ayers!

Sarah Palin was using "guilt by association". This, however, is a two way street but Gov. Palin may not understand this.

NEW INFORMATION SHOWS THAT JOHN MCCAIN HAS ACCEPTED "TAINTED" CAMPAIGN MONEY FROM ARNIE WEBER, AN ASSOCIATE OF BILL AYERS.

Arnie Weber has given the maximum legal amount of $1,500 to the McCain campaign in 2008. He probably would have given more if allowed by law. In 2008, Arnie Weber made two separate donations of $1,000 and $500 to McCain’s presidential campaign run by EX-LOBBYIST AND WASHINGTON INSIDER RICK DAVIS.

I demand that Senator McCain denounce this man, Arnie Weber, and his associations to "terrorists" (as defined by his vice-president, Sarah Palin). I call on Senator McCain to reject these tainted donations. John McCain should then investigate how such a thing could possibly happen inside HIS OWN CAMPAIGN before seeking to cast stones at Senator Obama. McCain's campaign CEO, RICK DAVIS, needs to explain to the AMERICAN VOTERS his reasons for accepting this dirty money. Are they really that desperate to win this election? Doesn't John McCain still believe in the honor that he felt when defending this country against the enemy in Vietnam where he served as a prisoner of war for years?

THE "LIBERAL MEDIA" SHOULD ASK JOHN MCCAIN WHY HE ACCEPTED THIS TAINTED CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THIS "TERRORIST" ASSOCIATE. Incredible as it may sound, Arnie Weber doesn't even DENY that he ASSOCIATED FOR YEARS with a "KNOWN TERRORIST".

This is probably because he hasn't been asked.

Now for the reality check: It turns out that these types of "facts" are simply BASELESS SMEAR ATTACKS WITH NO MERIT! Yes. It is true. Attacks like this are meant to distract the uninformed voters near the end of an election. We don't hear about them very often because most candidates have too much integrity to run them. They know that winning an election based on lies is unacceptable. Besides, people want to talk about REAL issues affecting REAL lives, not play a game of "6 degrees of Kevin Bacon".

Random associations are EASY to find. For instance, it turns out that you can trace Obama's FAMILY TREE to both George W. Bush (10th cousins once removed) and Dick Cheney (eighth cousins). Yep! They are legally RELATIVES. This is yet another useless "fact" for Trivial Pursuit lovers, but it is not worthy of any media time in this national election for the greatest country on God's green earth.

If you want some more guilt by association, here is something to find out for yourself. Who said this? Who supports this guy and his political party? "The fires of hell are frozen glaciers compared to my hatred for the American government. And I won't be buried under their damn flag."

Guilt by association is an attack on voters and on the electoral process. Voters need to learn about the issues. Governor Palin should apologize for raising this STUPID guilt by association tactic against Senator Obama. And if she REALLY believes what she is saying, she REALLY should demand that they return "Arnie" Weber's campaign donations. Seriously. To do anything short of that would be blatant hypocrisy.

"Sooner or later, people are going to figure out if all you run is negative attack ads you don't have much of a vision for the future or you're not ready to articulate it." [John McCain - The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer - 2/21/2000]

The American people want to know, first and foremost, how each candidate will deal with the economy.

John McCain needs to calmly and deliberately make his case tonight and in the weeks to come that his proposals to freeze/cut spending are the RX for the current economic crisis.

There are associational questions about Barack Obama (William Ayers) that have not been answered, but I do not believe that most people will be listening to character issues right now.

Not that Bill Clinton was operating out of ideological purity—far from it. [He “triangulated” (stole from the Republicans) the concept that to fix the bad economy he inherited from Bush I, the country needed to balance the budget. Clinton did just that, and achieved an unparalleled economic turnaround.] Only one candidate is even promising to cut spending, and McCain needs to explain why this makes him the better candidate on economic issues.

People are scared, and without cogent guidance from McCain will simply elect to “throw the bastards out” by going with the change candidate.

McCain needs to forget the word “earmarks” and explain in terms a third grader can understand it how his policies can turn the economy around.

The negative messages need to be reserved for swing state TV and radio ads.

Look for McCain tonight to be selling the balanced budget message, and highlighting his warnings about Fannie and Freddie.

McCain also needs to explain where and how he OPPOSED the Bush administration with key votes, and why the 95% “supported#” does not tell the whole story.

If McCain does the above in a credible fashion tonight, he can begin to turn this around.

The American people want to know, first and foremost, how each candidate will deal with the economy.

John McCain needs to calmly and deliberately make his case tonight and in the weeks to come that his proposals to freeze/cut spending are the RX for the current economic crisis.

There are associational questions about Barack Obama (William Ayers) that have not been answered, but I do not believe that most people will be listening to character issues right now.

Not that Bill Clinton was operating out of ideological purity—far from it. [He “triangulated” (stole from the Republicans) the concept that to fix the bad economy he inherited from Bush I, the country needed to balance the budget. Clinton did just that, and achieved an unparalleled economic turnaround.] Only one candidate is even promising to cut spending, and McCain needs to explain why this makes him the better candidate on economic issues.

People are scared, and without cogent guidance from McCain will simply elect to “throw the bastards out” by going with the change candidate.

McCain needs to forget the word “earmarks” and explain in terms a third grader can understand it how his policies can turn the economy around.

The negative messages need to be reserved for swing state TV and radio ads.

Look for McCain tonight to be selling the balanced budget message, and highlighting his warnings about Fannie and Freddie.

McCain also needs to explain where and how he OPPOSED the Bush administration with key votes, and why the 95% “supported#” does not tell the whole story.

If McCain does the above in a credible fashion tonight, he can begin to turn this around.

The McCain-Palin Ticket

Sara Palin is an affront to basic human values that Americans are proud of and are continuously striving to achieve—independent and critical thinking, higher education, intellectual curiosity, humanitarian sacrifices, respect for all, tolerance and acceptance of different ideas, recognition of talent and above all democratic values, faith in liberty. Palin does not respect any one of these values. She has adopted a heinous path of arrogance, ignorance, narrow-mindedness, ruthless course of creating absurd lies to win the presidency at any cost. (Remember Tonya Harding before the winter Olympics to win the gold medal; how she behind the back attacked Miss Nancy Kerrigan, the co-athlete.) Palin is using mud slinging device as a legitimate weapon to divert the attention of those who especially are equally ignorant and who have not seen anything save their own neighbor where narrow provincialism and gossip take the front seat because their pent-up energy has no other out let. The oddest thing about Palin is that she is intellectually challenged.

Calling Obama “palling” with terrorists is a sin. Palin and McCain call themselves Christians. Shame on such Christians who spread lies like Hitler whose motto was “spread lies till the lies become the truth.” She calls Obama a terrorist by association. What a convoluted philosophy to run a country that is already bleeding profusely because of the financial debacle and the two wars in Middle-East. How can Palin look into the eyes of her own five children and lie so blatantly just to win the presidency? Palin is an emblem of disgrace and McCain a hypocrite. Electing such candidates for the nation’s highest posts is a clear indication of going straight to hell.

If McCain wins, it will clearly indicate that Americans are incapable of understanding the value of higher education that Obama’s mother single handedly instilled in her son. Higher education requires constant hard work. At college reading books, arguing with others to show your critical thinking skills, learning human history, collecting the right data to evaluate and creating a vision for America where peace, love, prosperity, respect, tolerance may freely flow and the beauty of the divine in every human being can be reflected. Obama has a universal vision, not a narrow minded hooliganism. He represents a leadership that is humble devoid of arrogance that has caused a bitterness and a lost of trust among the other leaders of the world. His anxiety and concerns for the downtrodden is uppermost in his heart that’s why universal health care plan has been chalked out in his agenda. Obama’s vision and plans are unifying for every one’s good whereas McCain’s will cause rift and division leading to frustration, hate and intolerance among Americans. The Republican’s policy is just like the 19th C British imperialism “divide and rule” and let the children of this great country go to the dogs by spreading fear and lies.

Republican policy has always worked on the principles of five “Ps” and these are: promise, plan, propaganda, postponement, and politics. We can checks the facts and the voting records of McCain. He says that he has been a soldier during the humiliating Vietnam War and therefore understands the plights of American soldiers. How hypocritical of him to vote against the veteran’s bill over and over again. One can google and search the truth of his voting trends. The Republican first P for promise is just another bluff of McCain.

McCain’s second P is plan. If we closely study his health care plan, we can find a trap that will cost us more money and not enough services. His health care plan is just down right misleading and a sham. His programs are all for the benefit of few richest hand picked corporation personalities.

McCain’s propaganda has a unique blend of Palin to it. Palin is used as a ploy, as a tool to do the dirty job of the white male, the shoddy Christians with their blatant lies and character assassination techniques of their opponents. Palin like a robot spits out lies like wild fire which engulfs millions of American minds converting them into instant morons. Propagandas have a mind numbing effect that can potentially poison the psyche overwhelmingly.

The fourth P is McCain’s recent classic postponement technique. In the name of rescuing the financial debacle in Washington, McCain postponed his campaign, leaving his countrymen in a limbo. What a master minded swindle case! He postponed and ran and left the boat to sink and stink. McCain is genuinely suffering from Vietnam War: Post Traumatic Syndrome. As a result of this, McCain has become uncontrollably erratic and a lunatic not fit to run for the presidency. His quixotic behavior indicates the early symptoms of Alzheimer that can be quite dangerous to run the country. Americans mustn’t vote for him. Electing him is electing Reagan who carried Alzheimer symptoms while the country was simultaneously under the spell of amnesia. The symptoms are dramatically visible in McCain. He must be under the urgent care of Medicare or Medical for long term recovery process.

The hope lies with Obama and his experienced, cool-headed running mate Joe Biden. The foresight of Obama is pragmatic and attainable no matter how gloomy the present appears.

The last P deals with politics: the dirty tricks that Republicans are famous for. Americans should not let them cheat once again by playing politics and manipulating their thinking process. Dirty politics uses unscrupulous mudslinging, swift-boat attacks that cost Kerry his presidency and in return America got the unwarranted Iraq War. By playing the dirty politics, the McCain-Palin ticket has fabricated the blatant absurdity of calling Obama a terrorist. What more dirty tricks do these candidates have up their sleeves?

America has to be on alert. This time American citizens have to unite to restore their dignity, self-respect, and credibility before their own children and before the entire world. They must use their voting power based on critical thinking and not on blind faith. Blind faith forces people to be fundamental lunatics.

America, acknowledge your sacred duty to vote, and vote right and do not get caught in the quagmire of dirty politics.

Basudha Sengupta
230, Langlie Court, Walnut Creek, CA 94598

Bed-Buddy of "First Dude" and "Dude-ess"??? Yeah, you betcha. And "they" have the balls to discredit Obama, Rev. Wright and that "60's radical".

It IS the economy and if Obama sticks to that issue it should be a slam-dunk for him tonight. "HOPE"!!!

I just don't see how McCain can top Sarah Palin's Republican Bund Rallies for sheer excitement!

Sarah Palin is no "pit bull in lipstick"; she is simply Rush Limbaugh in lipstick. She spouts off conspiracy-theory BS that inflames other small-minded people like herself. Perhaps she could lead the exodus of her intolerant, self-righteous supposed Christian followers "up there" to Alaska where they could actually declare their independence from the U.S. and sit around waiting for the end of days. No need to organize and fight an armed conflict for independence, as her husband has sought to do--most of the rest of would just say "good riddance."

McCain does need a game change-if he wants to win the debate, the election, and more importantly, be an effective leader someday.

What Mr. McCain seems to forget (as does Ms Palin, but she's still "catching up" on things so we can forgive her), Obama already survived the Wright/Ayers "issue" without too much trouble. Obama was vetted by a long,bitter, and intense primary campaign-these side issues simply do not matter to a majority of voters. So yes, McCain needs a game changing moment-one where he steps away from racially coded attacks and moves towards a campaign based on his vision and policies.

Since he has no vision or good policies, he will surely lose, but his dignity will at least be intact, and he won't risk being remembered as the man who became the manifesation of his own party's caricature of him in 2000: angry, unstable, and out of touch.

Obama represent the poor, the workers, the societism/communism, the idealism, and he can't keep clear of terrorism.
Mccain represent the rich, the bourgeois, the capitalism, the realism, and he can't keep clear of bushism.
Who can represent the world? Obama, of course.
Who can represent the USA? Mccain, of course.
Who should we choose as the president of USA? Mccain, of course!

McCain is doing great! What a performance so far. Obama looks like the angry Liberal he is. He's not looking good or coming off well tonight. Go Johnny Go! America doesn't want a Socialist like Barack Hussein Obama. Americans will elect John S. McCain because he is real and a true American.

stick to issues of economy thats what the world is consrn about. These attacks are too much but we will judge by approach to patinet issues.

Plain and simple Obama has no track record of any achievements other than using chicago style trickery in politics.Palin has proven she is at least a qualified business negotiator which is definitely an asset.She has sucessfully got contracts with oil companies that are better than any other state has.She has more support in her own state than any other state leader in the US.This tells me she is a fighter for the people,not a community organizer.Mc Cain has made mistakes and owns up to them.Obama owns up to nothing because he has done absolutely nothing.And to compare him to John and Bobby Kennedy,Martin Luhther King is a disgrace>he does not and never will have credentials as such

MCCAIN IS A FOOL TO NOT HAVE SPECIFICS ON WHAT HE WOULD DO. OB AMAN WILL TAKE US INTO TOTAL CHAOS. WE NEED TO REB EL AND ALL STAY HOME FOR THE NEXT WEEK TO PROTEST THESE TWO IDIOTS.

Ayers's influence on what is taught in the nation's public schools is likely to grow in the future. Last month, he was elected vice president for curriculum of the 25,000-member American Educational Research Association (AERA), the nation's largest organization of education-school professors and researchers. Ayers won the election handily, and there is no doubt that his fellow education professors knew whom they were voting for. In the short biographical statement distributed to prospective voters beforehand, Ayers listed among his scholarly books Fugitive Days, an unapologetic memoir about his ten years in the Weather Underground. The book includes dramatic accounts of how he bombed the Pentagon and other public buildings.

AERA already does a great deal to advance the social-justice teaching agenda in the nation's schools and has established a Social Justice Division with its own executive director. With Bill Ayers now part of the organization's national leadership, you can be sure that it will encourage even more funding and support for research on how teachers can promote left-wing ideology in the nation's classrooms--and correspondingly less support for research on such mundane subjects as the best methods for teaching underprivileged children to read.

If (as some of you state so strongly above) the big issue is economics. Let's really go back to where all this started.

"Some of the current problems can be traced to legislation passed in 1999 that lifted many regulations over the financial industry. That deregulation was championed by then-Sen. Phil Gramm, R-Texas, a McCain supporter, but also by President Clinton, who signed the legislation, and by former Clinton Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, now a top Obama economic adviser. "

Obama has many ambitious plans to spend more taxpayer dollars on a variety of federal programs, including clean energy technologies and job training. He's said he'll cut pork-barrel programs and the costs of the war in Iraq to pay for it — as well as raise taxes on the wealthy — but the specifics of his new spending plans greatly outweigh the few spending cuts he's identified.

Past and future, neither look bright from the Obama camp. And his near affiliations (not a stretch as cited above on McCain) to Terrorists, Controversial preatchers, etc.. Even the seemingly forgotten freudian slip of the tongue from his own spouse on the issue of her pride in america. His 'pulpit" of change sounds like a light at the end of a tunnel. I just believe that light is a train heading our way!

Duffy, you are an idiot. Get your facts right.

It is of no surprise to anyone that the United States is in a state of crises right now. I think there is only one man running that can bring us out of this and that is John MC Cain. The tought of having a man with 0 experience and has very liberal ideas on every thing and wants to raise taxes is very scary to someone who is wanting to retire. Anyone who has money in a 401 K has already lost and if he elected we can kiss the rest goodbye. He can say he has never had ties to terriosts but the truth is that he has, can we take that kind of chance after 9/11 just to mention one incedent. I think not.

we dont wanna hear about ayers issues ,lets talk about economy for now .plz mccain tell us something about economy

the world eyes are directing to the unstable economic and political condition of the united states. we could not call USA as the superpower anymore, nonetheless it still binds on the commitment to abolish and war against terrorist. it is very phenomenal and multi complex discussion to talk about two president candidates that are running for Washington. now the question will be, who will be the coming president? Barrack Obama?maybe. or McCain and his running mate Sarah Palin?. either Obama or McCain has chance to be the next president. it definitely depends on their Programs. how far they convince the society in every campaigns and debates. society is waiting for changing.

Experience is basically not the main criteria for a candidate running for the presidency. To me the most important criteria is to be able to determine what is the best course of action for this country. A president cannot be expected to know and comprehend all of the situations that happen throughout the world on a daily basis. A staff of highly intelligent and competent people is needed to analyze and advise the president on these situations. Therefore you need the candidate you is highly intelligent and is able to comprehend that advise that will be the most beneficial to his country. As you grow older your mental capacity gradually diminishes. At seventy three you could be at the stage of diminished capacity.

advise the president on these situations. Therefore you need an individual who is highly intelligent and able to make a these decisions. When an individual reaches a certain age his mental ability gradually diminishes and his judgment becomes impared. Seventy three is getting up there don

I dare say, I am not putting Mccain down for his age, but at 72 years old, he needs to take a calm walk in the park while he can, Mccain seems so indecisive, he hangs on to his old ways. He cannot move forward towards the future cause this is limited, he has no vision. I believe that he has come to a standstill, coud not begin to realize which way he is moving right or left. Yes! he serves in the Vietnam war, and he hangs onto it with his coat tail with a vengence. He is an angry old grandpa

After watching both debates, I am convinced that the R-presidential party is running scared! They are not capable of answering questions without attacking Barack Obama's character. Instead of giving clear subject-focused answers, every answer given seems to be a rebuttal of Obama's statements. Citizens of the United States of America, HAVEN'T WE HAD ENOUGH OF THE GAMES AND CONS? THE TIME TO GET OUR COUNTRY BACK FROM THE INSIDE WAR THAT BUSH AND HIS ADMINISTRATION HAS MADE US GO THROUGH THESE LAST EIGHT YEARS IS NOW!
I know this country takes care of other in need but we have become the country in need! And the Republican Party seems to be in denial concerning this issue! Their view seems to be " If the toy is not broken, don't fix it!" It may not be broken in their neck of the woods, but homelessness is up for Americans.
Family Suicides have recently increased because of the joblessness and financial strains some are going through in America. Crime, drugs, and a reign of fear is commonplace in our schools and our children!!! Governor Palin is a witness to the teenage pregnancy syndrome herself but her campaign blocks out any plans to better any of these issues. She is focusing on Obama instead of the degradation going on inside this great country America! Do we really need four more years of politicians focusing on making money instead of focusing on helping their citizens? Whom would you vote for if a candidate remotely spoke about this issue? Barack Obama, Red, White, and Blue!!! Let us put our petty prejudices/differences aside and vote for hope, recovery, and positive possibilities for our children and grandchildren! With the economy going the way it is now, even the wealthy have to look twice! Wouldn't you rather donate your money to good causes instead of having no money at all? Wall Street Bailout! Bush Style! How many more banks have to go bankrupt before you try a different plan? So, even you can benefit from Obama's plans! We, as American citizens need to come together; the wealthy as well as the poor and stand together and declare in a united voice, NO MORE! OBAMA IS PRESIDENT!

Does anyone truly believe that Obama will get elected?.... This country is run by good old boys and will continue to be run by them for at least twenty more years until todays generation takes over running the country,

How could any American vote for someone as radically liberal as Barack Obama? How could any American vote for someone who has said " I am a citizen of the world?" How can any American vote for someone who is connected with terrorism? Obama is a great performer/orator; he is of no substance, and scares the living shit out of me. I don't have a grand opinion of McCain, but Obama is scary.

THE ECONOMY SEEMS TO BE THE REAL ISSUE. LET'S BAILOUT ALL OF AMERICA NOT JUST THE RICH. AS I READ IN AN EMAIL, CALL IT THE AMERICAN DIVIDEND. HOUSEHOLDS WITH ANNUAL INCOME LESS THAN 5 MILLION DOLLARS WOULD RECEIVE A ONE TIME DIVIDEND OF 500,000[250,000 FOR SINGLES] MONEY TO BEUSED TO PAYOFF MORTGAGES, SET UP RETIREMENT FUNDS, COLLEGE FUNDS, VACATION FUNDS, AND TO BLOW.
ALL WOULD SPURN THE ECONOMY. SO THE NEXT 85 BILLION DOLLAR BAILOUT NEEDED, USE IT IN THIS FASHION INSTEAD. SELLOFF THE CORPORATE ASSETS TO ENTREPENEURS AND USE THE FUNDS RAISED TO PAY BACK MIDDLE CLASS AMERICANS THAT HAVE LOST THEIR RETIREMENT FUNDS, COLEEGE FUNDS ETC. IF WE ALL WOULD LEND A HAND TO EACH OTHER WE'D ALL GET AHEAD. INSTEAD OF THOSE THAT KEEP THROWING UP ROADBLOCKS TO KEEP MIDDLE CLASS AMERICA IN THEIR RUT THEY CSLL THEIR LIVES. IDEALISTIC? YES. POSSIBLE? MAYBE. BUT YOU CAN'T TELL ME THEIR ISN'T A SOLUTION TO ALL OUR MANMADE PROBLEMS. IT'S JUST TIME FOR SOMEONE TO STEP UP, HELL TIME FOR ALL OF US TO STEPUP AND PITCH IN. APATHY IS NO LONGER AN OPTION.

If McCain wants a game changer then he should promise to punish the bank executives (and all those on Wall Street who walked away with millions of dollars in bonuses ) where it hurts ..in their pockets and reclaim all their ill gotten gains. Then 98% of the population would cheer him on. However being a Republican that would go against the grain as they are a party for the rich...

I'LL GIVE YA A TAX CUT,
ALL PROCEEDS SPENT BY US ON GAS TO GET TOO AND FROM OUR JOBS SHOULD BE TAX DEDUCTIBLE, 100 %.
THEN MAYBE WE COULD AFFORD TO KEEP WORKING.

I think that as humans, we sometimes need to get real. Come elections, Obama will win because he is clear on issues of both the economy and leadership. McCain is spent force, too old and dull to usher in any meaningful change. I thought McCain should be retiring instead of wasting tax payer's money.

McCain has nothing to offer his full of old fashion ideals and his reign as president will be disastrous for American economy his foreign policies will cause more terrorists attack to American just like bush in the pursuit of war with out success spending billions of dollars to destroy other countries why millions of Americans are homeless without food and medical care
Obama is a better choice

The lesser of two evils is a cynical cop out.
But the option's are a hobson's choice.
So when it is inevitable what do some do?.
Lie back(up){lie lie lie } and either which way We are the ones who are not going to enjoy it.
Enjoy when you can, how you can."cause either one is going to undeservedly be the one; And then on the back of those who put them where they are, will violate everything voilatable.

I would like to submit some basic math to this debate about $700 Billion Dollars!
A million = 1000 x 1000 / A Billion = 1000 x 1,000,000, correct?
So $700, 000, 000, 000.00 is 700 Billion dollars, correct?
Next, we have roughly 325,000,000 (million) people in the United States, counting the unknown numbers of illegal aliens.
Now, divide $700, 000, 000, 000 (that a billion dollars) by 325, 000, 000 million people! The answer is $2,153,384.61 for each man, woman and child in this country!
Why are we giving all this money to rescue the thieving bankers? When we could all be multi-millionaires!

Hello: Anybody home. Nope They are both out to lunch. And we will starve;.ie.those who survive

The more I see and hear, the more I view Obama and Biden as the adults, and McCain and Palin as the rowdy, undisciplined teens who need strict parental supervision far more than they need an all-voter-paid for trip to the White House. McCain has stolen (1) Hillary Clinton's platform of "experience"; then Obama's platform of "change", and now seems to be trying to also steal Obama's platform of "judgment". Maverick? No. Renegade copy-cat. Nothing more. Palin? She's pure "entertainment". Nice, but we're trying to pick leaders for the U.S.A. in very troubled times here.

To: W Underwood

Re: your question as to who is quoted as saying "The fires of hell are frozen glaciers compared to my hatred for the American government. And I won't be buried under their damn flag," that would be Joe Vogler, founder of the Alaska Independence Party, a group which Palin herself has courted and whom her husband was once a member of. The group advocates Alaskan secession from the union.

The left have their radical 1960's era anti-war, communist sympathiser terrorists. The right have their radical pro-gun, pro-religion, anti-taxation federalist terrorists. Two sides of the same coin, both philosophies are equally guilty of extremism. But let's not attribute guilt by association here. Let's take an honest look at the candidates on both sides and judge them by their own actions and political proposals. Enough of the mudslinging and swift-boating, particularly when the attacks are completely irrelevant to the issues at hand. We've got bigger things to worry about than who had a campaign cocktail party at whose house.

Just yesterday they said Obama has never fired a gun in his entire 47yr life, and I ask, what kind of a terrorist is that? On the other hand if this guilt by acquaintanceship should be believed, it will be very difficult to tell who's a terrorist and who's not. By the way, every body living in Bill Ayers neighbourhood are terrorists!