Ok seriously, this is just Democratic WHARGARBLing now. McCain knew a guy who knew a guy.

Obama just knew the guy. But whatever, this isn't going to get any traction on either front.

Oh man, the neocons are going to have to furiously ignore this one.

Mordant: Oh man, the neocons are going to have to furiously ignore this one.

Nah...mean-spiritedness and boorishness will suffice for now.

Insurance_EE_guy: Ok seriously, this is just Democratic WHARGARBLing now. McCain knew a guy who knew a guy.

Obama just knew the guy. But whatever, this isn't going to get any traction on either front.

It's the wife of respected Republican Walter Annenberg. The guy who started the foundation that Ayers and Obama were on the board of. McCain is a friend of Liddy's and was on the board of the Council for World Freedom. This is how the guilt-by-association game works - and it cuts both ways. You cannot question Obama's patriotism based on Ayers without also questioning McCain's. Yes, the whole thing is stupid - but McCain started this shiat and so now it's only fair that we question his own ties to extremists.

TFA: UPDATE: An Annenberg official called the Huffington Post back on Wednesday afternoon. "You wanted to speak to Ms. Annenberg? She's very elderly; she doesn't do press interviews."

Since when does HuffPOS qualify as press?

/FAIL

SpeshilEdjukashin: TFA: UPDATE: An Annenberg official called the Huffington Post back on Wednesday afternoon. "You wanted to speak to Ms. Annenberg? She's very elderly; she doesn't do press interviews."

Since when does HuffPOS qualify as press?

/FAIL

Not only that, but a quick search on Wikipedia reveals she's 90 years old. Did they really think she'd be in the office today?

/she always takes Fridays off for her jet-ski and sky diving club

Insurance_EE_guy: Ok seriously, this is just Democratic WHARGARBLing now. McCain knew a guy who knew a guy.

Sorry no. If the Right can do it, then the Left can do it too. If you can't take it, don't dish it out.

I'm reminded of when Tommy convinced me to start watching the Daily Show, I may have to follow the Huffington Post now also.

darkhorse23: Sorry no. If the Right can do it, then the Left can do it too. If you can't take it, don't dish it out.

Exactly.

If Obama is so evil for being associated with Ayers, then how can McCain accept an endorsement from somebody that has THE SAME association with Ayers as Obama? Does anybody NOT see how this is hypocritical and two-faced? I really wish this whole story would just go away but until McCain stops using it in his commercials and stump-speeches, he ought to be held to the same standard he has set.

I'm pretty sure the word "hypocrisy" doesn't exist in GOP lingo.

DamnYankees: I'm pretty sure the word "hypocrisy" doesn't exist in GOP lingo.

It does:

Hypocrisy:
-noun, plural -sies.
1. a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess.
2. a pretense of having some desirable or publicly approved attitude.
3. an act or instance of hypocrisy.
4. {Republicanese} What the Liberals do, but not us

Just wait until Arab Gulf nations conduct a coup on America and place McCain as our president. Yes those will be the days of happiness.

Wow...McCain just has to do EVERYTHING that Obama does.

The longer we talk about irrelevant bullshiat like this and the less time we spend talking about the economy, the more we all lose.

Obama is on point talking about the economy and telling people how he is going to get us out of the hole that Bush/McCain economic and fiscal policy has dug us into.

McCain is talking about Ayers, Wright, and the onion he used to tie to his belt.

Advantage: Obama.

Insurance_EE_guy: Ok seriously, this is just Democratic WHARGARBLing now. McCain knew a guy who knew a guy.

Obama just knew the guy. But whatever, this isn't going to get any traction on either front.

But In the Keating 5 McCain WAS ONE OF THE GUYS!

Democrats are really bad at negative campaigning. We all knew this already.

lexslamman: The longer we talk about irrelevant bullshiat like this and the less time we spend talking about the economy, the more we all lose.

Obama is on point talking about the economy and telling people how he is going to get us out of the hole that Bush/McCain economic and fiscal policy has dug us into.

McCain is talking about Ayers, Wright, and the onion he used to tie to his belt.

Advantage: Obama.

Was it a red onion or a white onion?

IXI Jim IXI: Wow...McCain just has to do EVERYTHING that Obama does.

Maybe Obama should start using things like straight talk, being a maverick, or the time he went into Vietnam to fight the Vietcong back in 1985 as a part of Reagan's attempt to quell communism from the world.

BOOOOOO!!!!!! KILL HIM!!!!!! BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

/it is so easy to be a McCain supporter nowadays...just add volume and spew baby spew

SpeshilEdjukashin: TFA: UPDATE: An Annenberg official called the Huffington Post back on Wednesday afternoon. "You wanted to speak to Ms. Annenberg? She's very elderly; she doesn't do press interviews."

Since when does HuffPOS qualify as press?

/FAIL

You clearly demonstrated how that was in fact not hypocritical or couldn't be defined as hypocritical with that post. Excellent work, shoot the messenger. What was that worth, 2 McCain points?

darkhorse23: Insurance_EE_guy: Ok seriously, this is just Democratic WHARGARBLing now. McCain knew a guy who knew a guy.

Sorry no. If the Right can do it, then the Left can do it too. If you can't take it, don't dish it out.

True, but I'd rather that the Left didn't do it. Let mcCain look like a complete hypocrite all on his own.

Of course, everyone knows that the GOP can't take anything that they dish out.

Insurance_EE_guy: Ok seriously, this is just Democratic WHARGARBLing now.

FTFA:

"It was never a concern by any of us in the Chicago school reform movement that he had led a fugitive life years earlier ... It's ridiculous," Republican Rep. Diana Nelson said. "There is no reason at all to smear Barack Obama with this association. It's nonsensical, and it just makes me crazy. It's so silly."

I can't wait until this election is over and we can all come together as a country again.

Ed Finnerty: I can't wait until this election is over and we can all come together as a country again.

Keep on dreaming that dream. I do too.

Ambassadors Walter and Leonore Annenberg also sponsored The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania which sponsors FactCheck.org, which only proves the evil terrorist libural bias against our great American Hero Maverick McCain.

/nonsense, nonsense go away

Your party fall from sky like broken bird GI

rppp01a: lexslamman: The longer we talk about irrelevant bullshiat like this and the less time we spend talking about the economy, the more we all lose.

Obama is on point talking about the economy and telling people how he is going to get us out of the hole that Bush/McCain economic and fiscal policy has dug us into.

McCain is talking about Ayers, Wright, and the onion he used to tie to his belt.

Advantage: Obama.

Was it a red onion or a white onion?

Red. There was a shortage of white onions in nineteen-dickity-two.

darkhorse23: Insurance_EE_guy: Ok seriously, this is just Democratic WHARGARBLing now. McCain knew a guy who knew a guy.

Sorry no. If the Right can do it, then the Left can do it too. If you can't take it, don't dish it out.

They both do it, and both whargarbl

lexslamman: plug it up! plug it up!

NeverDrunk23: They say the people with '23' in their name are some of the evilest people around Fark. You monster!

You guys are making me laugh so hard my eyeliner is running - keep going!

//have to leave for a wedding rehearsal and dinner in an hour
///can't wait to come back and refresh this to finish reading it

Ed Finnerty: If so, can I be on it? Will it be in your profile? I'm never on anyone's profile lists.

You're in mine now!

Ed Finnerty: I can't wait until this election is over and we can all come together as a country again.

Have you seen Palin and McCain whipping up their "base?" This country wont unite until the republicans stop motivating with fear and suspicion.

jerry2a: ... McCain started this shiat...

Bears repeating.

/lots of bears.

Anyone look at the list of former ambassadors that support McCain? I'm willing to bet that at least 40% - and that's a lot - of them were political appointees, not career Foreign Service Officers. Like the Pizza Hut dude that Bush appointed as Ambassador, etc.

So really, it's like saying, "Here's a list of top Republican donors that the Bush boys and Reagan gave cool jobs that are now supporting me."

Not too exciting.

Aw, I want to be profiled. My e-self esteem needs a boost.

I think this election has finally broken me.

Funk Brothers: Just wait until Arab Gulf nations conduct a coup on America and place McCain as our president. Yes those will be the days of happiness.

McCain is endorsed by terrorists!

While I don't expect this to be mentioned by any right-wing show host, caller, guest, or pundit, it's nice to see it finally out there.

Yeah, but Walter and Leonore Annenberg have nice, Amurrikin-sounding names, unlike that socio-fascist-commie Barack HUSSEIN Obama (who doesn't look like the guys on the money, plus I heard his name sounds like "Barack Saddam Huseein Osama Gonna Bombya").

Can we talk issues? Like, ever?

// plzkthxbai

BuckTurgidson: Bears repeating.

What is the best kind of repeating bear?

Insurance_EE_guy: McCain knew a guy who knew a guy.

Obama just knew the guy

dude, whatever helps you justify it, go for it. you're the one who has to live with it.

BooBoo23: /boo!

BooBoo!

//23 is the real number of the universe

darkhorse23: BooBoo23: /boo!

BooBoo!

//23 is the real number of the universe

I'm pretty sure it's 42

Insurance_EE_guy: Ok seriously, this is just Democratic WHARGARBLing now. McCain knew a guy who knew a guy.

Obama just knew the guy. But whatever, this isn't going to get any traction on either front.

Psst. McCain knew the guy who HIRED the guy, or at least tolerated his presence while RUNNING the thing the guy was one. Why didn't he ever confront Ms. Annenberg and ask why she didn't demand that this former terrorist be expelled from the board of her organization? She would have had far more say over such a thing than Obama ever had.

This is getting so pathetic now. If you're going to smear your opponent, try and make sure you don't have similar connections.

I mean, he's basically saying b/c they were on the same board, they're best buds, so how can he accept the endorsement from someone else on the same board?

Obama has an experience question, McCain gets himself an experience question
Obama has a pastor problem, McCain gets a running mate with a pastor problem
Obama has ties with a domestic terrorist, McCain goes out and gets ties with that same domestic terrorist.

What's next John? A tanning booth?

Gravity Well: I'm pretty sure it's 42

then you would be wrong.

IXI Jim IXI: Obama has an experience question, McCain gets himself an experience question
Obama has a pastor problem, McCain gets a running mate with a pastor problem
Obama has ties with a domestic terrorist, McCain goes out and gets ties with that same domestic terrorist.

What's next John? A tanning booth?

It's always worse, though. Obama has one pastor problem. McCain has two pastor problems himself (actively seeking endorsements from Hagee and Parsley), and his running mate has one or two (Deranged witch hunter). And not only does McCain have ties with said same domestic terrorist, he also pals around with that hideously evil coont (why the fark isn't he dead?) Liddy.

darkhorse23
Gravity Well: I'm pretty sure it's 42

then you would be wrong.

Please