The liberal outrage over questions about Obama’s associates is so revealing. They cannot hide their arrogance and condescention towards the bitter and clingy crowd. Liberals believe themselves to be morally superior to conservatives. They are so high-minded that they see concern over who Obama finds acceptable acquaintences to be off subject, irrelevant. Only simpletons and fools think it matters, they tell themselves. Why should we focus on this nonsense when there is so much to be done for the children?
Obama’s hometown paper reminds liberals what the rest of us simpletons already knew, that Obama’s friendship and comfort with the likes of Rev. Wright and terrorists like Bill Ayers matter, and they matter a lot.
Chicago Tribune
About Obama’s terrorist acquaintance
By Steve Chapman
When William F. Buckley Jr. died in February, one of the things widely praised, by liberals and others, was his stalwart insistence on moral hygiene. Even when his conservative movement was small and embattled, he rejected the temptation to join forces with anti-Semites, the John Birch Society and other extremists…
…It’s hard to imagine he would be so indulgent if we learned that John McCain had a long association with a former Klansman who used to terrorize African-Americans. Obama’s conduct exposes a moral blind spot about these onetime terrorists, who get a pass because they a) fall on the left end of the spectrum and b) haven’t planted any bombs lately.
You can tell a lot about someone from his choice of friends. What this friendship reveals is that when it comes to practicing sound moral hygiene, Obama has work to do and no interest in doing it.
Bruce McQuain has a look at this controvery, McCain’s attempt to keep it alive and Obama’s response. Check it out here.
Todd Feinburg, at his great new blog, Barack’s White Lies, has much more…
More on the unrepentent Bill Ayers here.