Obama a possible former terrorist?

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin slammed Sen. Barack Obama's political relationship with a former anti-war radical, accusing him of associating "with terrorists who targeted their own country." Palin's attack delivered on the McCain campaign's announcement that it would step up attacks on the Democratic presidential candidate with just a month left before the November general election.

"We see America as the greatest force for good in this world," Palin said at a fund-raising event in Colorado, adding, "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."

Palin made similar comments later at a rally in Carson, California.

Obama's Chicago, Illinois, home is in the same neighborhood as Bill Ayers, a founder of the radical Weather Underground, which was involved in several bombings in the early 1970s, including the Pentagon and the Capitol, and the two have met several times since Obama's 1995 campaign for a state Senate seat.

Riot and bomb conspiracy charges against Ayers were dropped in 1974, and he is now a professor of education at the University of Illinois in Chicago.

Obama campaign spokesman Hari Sevugan called Palin's comments "offensive" and "not surprising given the McCain campaign's statement this morning that they would be launching Swift Boat-like attacks in hopes of deflecting attention from the nation's economic ills."

With Obama rising in polls while the country struggles in the grip of a financial crisis, Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign decided to shift attention away from the troubled economy and onto issues of his opponent's character, judgment and personal associations

-CNN

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Comment by Robert on January 25, 2009 at 3:43pm: Is our country really so racist to the point where we can't accept a HALF-black man into office, even when he offers salvation from the mess that Bush cooked up? It's sad really. It makes me want to be in the U.K. a bit. Is it nice there, anyone?

Comment by SphereCat1 on January 25, 2009 at 3:37pm: Who cares? He's obviously good enough now to get elected for President!

Comment by matt on January 25, 2009 at 3:34pm: People will not accept Obama as the president untill he does something great.But the first time he messes up he will never live it down.

Comment by Jaym on December 30, 2008 at 4:44pm: Oh my lord...

If Obama is a terrorist, then call me one too, please, and get the witchhunt in full swing.

Frankly- even if he came out and said he WAS one... he'll still be a billion times a better president than Bush. Of course, a pet rock would have done less damage serving us the past eight years.

Comment by andy on December 30, 2008 at 4:23pm: OH YEA CNN PUBLISHED THIS NOT ME !!!

Comment by Fogarty on December 30, 2008 at 4:17pm: You should totally give credit to outside sources when you republish from them. Just a heads up!

Comment by Shan The Man on December 30, 2008 at 2:33pm: Are you seriously!??!!!

I wanna go!!

When you can't change stuff... all you can do is accept it.

Comment by Marquez on December 30, 2008 at 2:22pm: jeex, Sarah Palin's got herself just a terrible rep so far these days ... I guess Shan's right! We've got to accept it and move on!!!!1 (I'm going to the Inauguration January 21st)