Young Obama Voters Under 40 - Did You Know? Part 2

This is a continuation of a 2-Part Series opinion editorial based on political facts (see Part 1 here).

Every time a Republican tries to say anything about Barack Obama that doesn't cast a positive light, they are painted as mean-spirited and negative. But I understand it's OK for liberals to be calling John McCain and Sarah Palin every name in the book. There have been derogatory remarks about Palin's genitalia in the AC limerick contest, when the limericks could have been just good fun. And there was an article about President Bush being something like a lump of vomit, and other colorful expletives. So I'm taking my shot at the double standard.

Young Obama voters, you are being asked to forget about the many shady past associations of your candidate. But you are being told to remember every little action of John McCain and Sarah Palin. Can you not see this disparity?

I already gave one example in Part I about Obama's family association with Communist Frank Davis which was about 30 years ago - you're supposed to forget that but remember that George Bush drank too much in his 20's (40 years ago). Here are some more:

Obama and William Ayers were on the same committee from 1999 to 2002 for the Woods Fund Organization. You are supposed to forget about Obama's association with this once Most Wanted American terrorist that ended a mere 6 years ago. But you are supposed to remember John McCain's association with Charles Keating which ended in 1989 - nearly 20 years ago.

Charles Keating committed a white collar crime - he was involved in a savings and loan scandal. Yes, that's bad. But Senators John McCain and John Glenn were cleared of all charges and told to be more careful in who they dealt with. This is a far cry from the Bill Ayres situation.

Has Ayers denounced his 1970's activities? NO. Ayers was interviewed after 9/11/01 and said he has never been sorry for the bombing he did while with the group The Weather Undergound (which he co-founded) and stated he wishes he had done more of the same.

What if Ayres had bombed an abortion clinic in the 1970's? Would conservatives be allowed to forget it? What if his family had slaves after the Emancipation Proclamation? Would conservatives be allowed to forget it?

What was the Weather Underground?

The WU sprang out of a group of college students frustrated with our government. According to the FBI, the organization described itself as a revolutionary organization of communist men and women. William Ayers' group, The Weather Underground, terrorized American in the 1970's. Ayers' wife, Bernadine Dohrn, was once on the FBI's Most Wanted List. They have been on the same speaking ticket as Obama.

The Weather Underground - which still exists by the way - was at that time considered the most serious American terrorist group. They protested U.S. policies by bombing the Pentagon, U.S. Capitol and other government buildings. To most of America's horror, the main case against the Weather Underground was dismissed due to a supposed FBI improper surveillance scandal.

I'm not saying Obama is a terrorist or guilty by association - of course not. But he has certainly got a number of people with whom he now has to deny being associated. And a politician can't always be held responsible for the people who endorse his/her campaign, but why would he not think ahead to his political aspirations and stay away from working alongside someone with a background such as Ayers within this decade?

The difference between the Reverend Wright/Pastor Hagee association:

Wright was Obama's church pastor for 20 years. John Hagee wasn't ever McCain's pastor. The Obamas were married by Reverend Wright. Obama named a book after one of Wright's sermons. So apparently, it is just total coincidence that Obama missed every one of Wright's Black Liberation Theology sermons.

Have you ever gone to a church for even 5 years? If you have, then you should know where the pastor generally stands within a matter of months. If not, you're "following a religious person blindly" - something we conservative Christians are often accused of.

A different subject - Stem Cell Research:

You have been told that President Bush (that means John McCain too, because apparently McCain is just a clone) and most conservatives and Christians, has been against stem cell research. That's a lie. They are against embryonic stem cell research. The kind using human baby embryos. There are other types of stem cell research - human brain cell, umbilical cord cell, and the sick person's own stem cells - that have already shown more results than embryonic research.

For example, in 2004, a South Korean woman, paralyzed for 20 years, walked out of her wheelchair after treatment with adult stem cells derived from umbilical-cord blood. The mother and child of the umbilical cord were unharmed.

But for some reason, your party is bent on destroying human embryos and won't let this other information get out. They are also bent on simply telling people that Republicans are "against stem cell research" without making the distinction. The more we allow embryonic stem cell research, the more we run the risk of "mad scientists" harvesting live baby embryos specifically to be killed for this purpose. There is already evidence of the selling of baby parts from aborted fetuses.

Republicans are always being asked to get our facts straight and search for the truth. Can we not ask you to do the same?

This concludes my series for Young Obama voters. If I get just one of you to think about this stuff - really think about it - it's worth whatever hate mail I get.

Sources:

The Weather Underground, FBI Files: http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/weather.htm.

Elaine McGinnis, "Paralyzed Woman Walks!" Nov. 30, 2004, http://www.cwfa.org/articledisplay.asp?id=6936&department=CWA&categoryid=life.