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Originally Posted by GoS
Three things.
A) Welcome back, we missed you!! 
B) He said innuendo, as in implicitly suggesting it. That, and other similar ideas, is what they are playing to when they say "Country First" and whatever else they feel like saying to suggest that Obama is not like everyone else.
C) Obama and Ayers are not the closest of friends and have not seen each other in years. You make it sound like Obama calls him at the end of the day to talk about what happened that day. |
As far A) THANKS!!!
As for B) I think that point of view is quite a stretch. The overarching message of the RNC was that Obama was putting his own ambitions before his country, which has nothing to do with what color he is. For C), the point is that Obama is trying very hard to downplay this association, despite that they were once very much involved. I think Obama has moved to the national stage and Ayers was more of a local guy, so he's not part of his current career. Clearly Obama is embarrassed about the association, but I don't think he's being honest. I completely understand that Ayers is unavoidable, as was someone like Falwell for a Republican. However, it seems that he could put a lot of questions to rest by just saying that. He could say something like, "Sure, I was involved with Bill Ayers. It was nearly impossible to work in the Chicago community because he was involved in almost everything." But instead of that, Obama is acting like he's got something to hide and he makes it sound like they once ate at the same McDonald's and that's it.