Pathetic

That's what the media coverage of this campaign is - pathetic. I have been searching for some light-hearted political cartoon to put here to brighten up the tone of my last two postings. Do you know what I could find? Only cartoons that lambasted McCain - not a one of them was in support of anything McCain stands for or acknowledging his continued battle in spite of all his opposition. If you find one, let me know. I'm not going to take all this "it's a done deal" stuff lying down! Until the last vote is counted, I'm hoping for the very best outcome.

So, instead of an amusing cartoon, you'll get another dose of why Barack Obama is not good for our country. Much has been made of his association with William Ayers, the domestic terrorist (what else do you call someone who is an integral part of a group that bombs courthouses, federal buildings, and the capitol??). Here is a sort of "connect the dots," if you will:



• Ayers and Obama worked together for years on a school reform program called the Chicago Annenberg Challenge.

• Ayers and Obama also served together on the board of the Woods Fund of Chicago, a separate charity organization.

• Obama had his political coming-out party in William Ayers' home.

• Ayers mentions Obama by name in a book he wrote in 1997, and mentions that the two are very close neighbors.

• Obama gave a short glowing review of that same Ayers book for the Chicago Tribune.

• Obama and Ayers were both presenters together on a panel about juvenile justice (organized by Michelle Obama).

• Both Obama and Ayers were close friends with the same person, Rashid Kalidi.

• There are also several unverified rumors swirling around that have not been documented: That Ayers may have helped to write part (or all) of Obama's autobiography; that Obama and Ayers shared an office space together for three years, on the same floor of the same building in Chicago; and that Ayers and Obama may have known each other as far back as 1981



This same William Ayers wrote a book back in 1974, Praire Fire, that is completely un-American and guess to whom, among others, this book is dedicated to? Sirhan Sirhan - Robert Kennedy's assassin. And the Democrats are touting Obama and all he stands for as their shining light??? I can't figure people out. Do they really know who they are voting for?



Here is an excerpt from the beginning of that book:



Our movement urgently needs a concrete analysis of the particular conditions of our time and place. We need strategy. We need to battle for a correct ideology and win people over. In this way we create the conditions for the development of a successful revolutionary movement and party. We need a revolutionary communist party in order to lead the struggle, give coherence and direction to the fight, seize power and build the new society. Getting from here to there is a process of coming together in a disciplined way around ideology and strategy, developing an analysis of our real conditions, mobilizing a base among the US people, building principled relationships to Third World struggle, and accumulating practice in struggle against US imperialism. PRAIRIE FIRE is written to communist-minded revolutionaries, independent organizers and anti-imperialists; those who carry the traditions and lessons of the struggles of the last decade, those who join in the struggles of today. PRAIRIE FIRE is written to all sisters and brothers who are engaged in armed struggle against the enemy.




And another thing, why are Catholics supporting Obama with his views on abortion, specifically the stance he takes on failed abortions and letting babies born alive wither and die without intervention? Again, I can't figure people out.


If there are two things Catholic Democrats stand behind it's Kennedys and the right to life. Neither of these two things seem to be in Barack Obama's top 100 list of priorities.


If you have the answers, please tell me.