Obama ad links McCain to Keating scandal (Babington - AP)

[jefferson_dem]

Obama ad links McCain to Keating scandal
By CHARLES BABINGTON – 10 minutes ago

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Democrat Barack Obama, reacting to Republican charges about his links to a 1960s radical, fired back late Sunday with a Web video about John McCain's role in the Keating Five scandal from the early 1990s.

The short video, being e-mailed to millions of Obama supporters, summarizes a 13-minute Web "documentary" that the campaign plans to distribute Monday, spokesman Tommy Vietor said. He said McCain's involvement with convicted thrift owner Charles Keating "is a window into McCain's economic past, present and future."

The video release capped a day of complaints and warnings from Obama supporters. They said McCain was inviting a harsh examination of his past by having his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, repeatedly criticize Obama's association with Bill Ayers, a founder of the Vietnam-era radical group, the Weather Underground.

Palin said Obama sees America as so imperfect "that he's palling around with terrorists who would target their own country." She was referring to Ayers, whose strongest tie to Obama appears to be a 1995 meet-the-candidate event he hosted early in Obama's political career.

Weather Underground members were blamed for several bombings when Obama was a child. Obama has denounced Ayers' radical views and activities.

Rep. Rahm Emanuel, a Chicago Democrat and Obama supporter, warned against McCain's strategy on CNN's "Late Edition" Sunday.

"If we are going to go down this road — you know, Barack Obama was eight years old, somehow responsible for Bill Ayers," he said. "At 58, John McCain was associating with Charles Keating."

"If we really want to talk who is associating with who, we will," Emanuel said. "The American people will lose in that transaction."

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[Democat]

1. Most important point: Obama was 8 years old, McCain was 58 years old!

Democrats need to say that first and often when discussing this issue.

[Max_powers94]

2. OBAMA IS TWO STEPS AHEAD OF ABE SIMPSON

[adamuu]

3. On http://www.akip.org/, "Todd Palin was registered as a member..."

"Todd Palin was registered as a member..."
http://www.akip.org/
AIP or AKIP motto "Alaska First, Alaska Always"
so much for "Country First"
THAT'S NOT VERY AMERICAN, now is it?

How's that for guilt by association?

[BearSquirrel2]

4. Crazy Preacher man !!!

And if they are going to talk about Obama's lucid yet controversial preacher (because anything can be taken out of context), then we should talk about the witchhunting preacher of Sarah Palin!!!