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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Nov 5, 2008, at 12:10 PM, DSanner106 AT aol.com wrote:

> He was. Like it or not, Ayres was a terrorist, admits to it and  
> brags about
> it, just read his books.

I accept that because I have no interest in the guy. I take your word  
for it. I have no positive feelings for the guy whatsoever. I do not  
support what he did. I have no interest in him at all, except for the  
assertions by the McCain campaign of his relationship with Obama,  
assertions clearly intended to make people think that Obama supported  
criminal actions.

> Both Obama and his wife have multiple connections to
> Ayres and his wife.

I believe they live within four or five blocks of each other. They are  
all Democrats, I presume. Obama and Ayers both taught, perhaps at the  
same university. Obama was invited to a coffee at Ayers house some  
years back. Anything more that you know about?

> One does not have to be blood
> brothers with someone to be seen as paling around.

Of course not, but perhaps definition is why I am so flabbergasted and  
dismayed at what people have made of this non-relationship. I have a  
pretty broad knowledge of the American version of the English  
language, have lived in many towns and cities and states. The phrase  
"paling around with" means two people who spend social time together  
on a regular basis.

I find no basis for the assertion that Obama paled around with Ayers.

Gutter politics will continue as long as voters accept it. The votes  
just counted give me hope.