“Obama: No Knowledge of Ayers Terrorist Past”.

In fairness, there was no Google in 1995. How’s a dude supposed to know?

Any day now, we expect to hear, “This is not the Bill Ayers I knew”….

Obama and Ayers Pushed Radicalism On Schools.

And malice? Yeah, I sure hope so — Ayers is a founding member of the America-hating left, and a despicable character. “Guilty as hell, and free as a bird” is how I recall Ayers describing himself. Don’t you think their relationship calls Obama’s “judgment” into question? This last bit is admittedly “opinion” on my part — everyone is free to make what they will over the Obama-Ayers connection. But it is just a fact that they had a connection.

Some of you will probably find the term “America-hating” off-putting. I ask you to revisit my “Patriot Games” post which discusses the meaning of patriotism for folks of different political stripe. And you might want to read Ron Radosh’s post-9/11 piece on Ayers and the adoring NYTimes. I don’t see how you can read that and come to any conclusion other than “America-hating” is a kind way of describing Ayers. And not the Ayers of 8-year-old Obama’s memory hole — the Ayers of today, or at least the post-Annenberg, Obama-boosting Ayers. Even if you don’t want to besmirch the image of Saint Barry, ask yourself: what did Ayers see in Obama that was worth promoting?

According to CNN — darned leftist Ted Turner — and other news outlets, Governor Palin seems to think Senator Obama likes to hang with terrorists. (Must be a Muslim thing, eh Sarah?) She said so in at least two speeches today, one in Englewood, Colorado. “Our opponent though, is someone who sees America, it seems, as being so imperfect that he’s palling around with terrorists who would target their own country.” She cited her source as the NY Times. (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/04/us/politics/04ayers.html) Apparently, she’s too busy or was interrupted before reading the second half of the article, which concludes there never was a close association between Weatherman Ayers and Sen. Obama. Of course, she could also have gleaned this little tidbit from Washington Post, Time magazine, the Chicago Sun-Times, The New Yorker and The New Republic. So she’s not stupid? OK, must be malice.

Please send her back to Alaska. We miss her in Juneau.

By MATT VOLZ – 2 hours ago

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska judge on Thursday refused to block a state investigation into whether Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power when she fired her public safety commissioner this summer.

Judge Peter Michalski threw out the lawsuit filed by five Republican state legislators who said the investigation had been tainted by partisan politics and was being manipulated to damage Palin shortly before the Nov. 4 presidential election.

“It is legitimately within the scope of the legislature’s investigatory power to inquire into the circumstances surrounding the termination (of) a public officer the legislature had previously confirmed,” the judge wrote in his decision.

The probe is looking into whether Palin, who is the Republican vice presidential candidate, and others pressured Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan to fire a state trooper who was involved in a contentious divorce from Palin’s sister, and then fired Monegan when he wouldn’t dismiss the trooper. Palin says Monegan was ousted over budget disagreements.

The five Republican lawmakers had argued that the legislative body that ordered the investigation exceeded its authority. Their attorney, Kevin Clarkson, said the political bias was demonstrated by the plan of the Legislature’s independent investigator to issue a report by Oct. 10 although the full legislature won’t consider until reconvening in January.

But Michalski said in his ruling that the mere appearance of impropriety does not mean any individual’s right to fairness was violated.

The independent investigator, Steven Branchflower, still plans to conclude the probe and report his findings by Oct. 10, said Democratic state Sen. Hollis French, the investigation’s project manager. Branchflower’s report will not include the testimony of Palin’s husband, Todd, and several top aides who refused to appear under subpoena.

In the ruling, released minutes before Palin and Sen. Joe Biden faced off in a debate in St. Louis, Michalski agreed with defense attorney Peter Maassen, who argued that the Legislature has the authority to investigate the governor as it sees fit.

“He agreed with us on pretty much everything,” Maassen said of the judge’s ruling. “The separation of power principles that governed this case seemed pretty clear.”

Maassen represents the Legislative Council, 10 Republicans and four Democrats who authorized the investigation, and others involved in the probe.

Clarkson did not immediately return a message left at his office.

At first, Palin agreed to cooperate with the probe, but since being picked Aug. 29 to be McCain’s running mate, she, her family and staff have instead said the legislative investigation has been compromised by politics and that they would only cooperate with a separate investigation run by the Alaska State Personnel Board, whose members Palin can fire.

Michalski also threw out a lawsuit filed by Palin aides seeking to dismiss subpoenas compelling their testimony in the investigation. The aides had argued that the subpoenas should not have to be honored because they should not have been issued.

Todd Palin also refused to testify under subpoena, but he was not a plaintiff in the lawsuit filed by the state. His attorney, Thomas Van Flein, did not immediately respond to a question sent by e-mail of whether Todd Palin will testify. A phone call to his office was not answered.

I think she’s naive and inexperienced and would be eaten alive in DC and scoffed at by the world in general.

Perhaps tonight’s debate will change my thoughts on this.
Dawn

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