Polifact Debunks Obama-Ayers Connection (22)
ooby_dooby: The McCain campaign and the RNC are still using ads that link Obama and 1960s radical William Ayers. Now Polifact
has examined the ads closely and concluded that the claim that Obama and Ayers ran a radical education foundation together is a "pants-on-fire" lie. While it is true that Obama was the nominal head of the foundation in question, Ayers never had a paid position on the foundation's staff, never was on the board, and never had a vote on anything. His connection to Obama was attending some board meetings that were open to the public, and this 20 years after his radical days, by which time he had reformed enough to get a Ph.D. in education from Columbia University and was able to win Chicago's "Citizen of the Year" award in 1997 for his work for nonprofit organizations. In short, while Ayers was a despicable person in his youth, the McCain campaign's relentless harping on the close relationship between Obama and Ayers is very misleading. They weren't close at all.
has examined the ads closely and concluded that the claim that Obama and Ayers ran a radical education foundation together is a "pants-on-fire" lie. While it is true that Obama was the nominal head of the foundation in question, Ayers never had a paid position on the foundation's staff, never was on the board, and never had a vote on anything. His connection to Obama was attending some board meetings that were open to the public, and this 20 years after his radical days, by which time he had reformed enough to get a Ph.D. in education from Columbia University and was able to win Chicago's "Citizen of the Year" award in 1997 for his work for nonprofit organizations. In short, while Ayers was a despicable person in his youth, the McCain campaign's relentless harping on the close relationship between Obama and Ayers is very misleading. They weren't close at all.
While I believe that this is blown way out of context...it is a fact that O'Bama knew Ayers well enough to have kicked off his campaign for Congress in the Ayers, home.
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ooby_dooby: The McCain campaign and the RNC are still using ads that link Obama and 1960s radical William Ayers. Now Polifact
has examined the ads closely and concluded that the claim that Obama and Ayers ran a radical education foundation together is a "pants-on-fire" lie. While it is true that Obama was the nominal head of the foundation in question, Ayers never had a paid position on the foundation's staff, never was on the board, and never had a vote on anything. His connection to Obama was attending some board meetings that were open to the public, and this 20 years after his radical days, by which time he had reformed enough to get a Ph.D. in education from Columbia University and was able to win Chicago's "Citizen of the Year" award in 1997 for his work for nonprofit organizations. In short, while Ayers was a despicable person in his youth, the McCain campaign's relentless harping on the close relationship between Obama and Ayers is very misleading. They weren't close at all.
has examined the ads closely and concluded that the claim that Obama and Ayers ran a radical education foundation together is a "pants-on-fire" lie. While it is true that Obama was the nominal head of the foundation in question, Ayers never had a paid position on the foundation's staff, never was on the board, and never had a vote on anything. His connection to Obama was attending some board meetings that were open to the public, and this 20 years after his radical days, by which time he had reformed enough to get a Ph.D. in education from Columbia University and was able to win Chicago's "Citizen of the Year" award in 1997 for his work for nonprofit organizations. In short, while Ayers was a despicable person in his youth, the McCain campaign's relentless harping on the close relationship between Obama and Ayers is very misleading. They weren't close at all.
"Nomial head" of the organization? Not sure that is good training for the Presidency of the United States, Ooby. Sounds like a lot less than being a Governor of a entire state of Alaska.
Can someone be the Nomial President of the United States?:-) Or
Nomial Commander in Chief? :-)
That works well with the Joint Chiefs......all Generals/Admirals etc.....
The Nomial Commander in Chief invites you to a meeting to discuss Iraq today. Please show up with maps and plans. The Nomial Command in Chief would like to consider issueing nomial orders....that you can nomially choose do or can nomially choose not to do.
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Easy,
Lies is an act of desperation.
Who would you rather be our leader?
someone who has to constantly lie to get elected?
Ay least if you look at Obama's campaign, he is not making up lies and making great stretches to try to destroy Mcsame.
So who thinks a diverse knowledge of how the rest of the world works and thinks is a bad thing?
That is like trusting a mechanist with a jaguar when he only knows how to work on fords.
Lies is an act of desperation.
Who would you rather be our leader?
someone who has to constantly lie to get elected?
Ay least if you look at Obama's campaign, he is not making up lies and making great stretches to try to destroy Mcsame.
So who thinks a diverse knowledge of how the rest of the world works and thinks is a bad thing?
That is like trusting a mechanist with a jaguar when he only knows how to work on fords.
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ooby_dooby: The McCain campaign and the RNC are still using ads that link Obama and 1960s radical William Ayers. Now Polifact
has examined the ads closely and concluded that the claim that Obama and Ayers ran a radical education foundation together is a "pants-on-fire" lie. While it is true that Obama was the nominal head of the foundation in question, Ayers never had a paid position on the foundation's staff, never was on the board, and never had a vote on anything. His connection to Obama was attending some board meetings that were open to the public, and this 20 years after his radical days, by which time he had reformed enough to get a Ph.D. in education from Columbia University and was able to win Chicago's "Citizen of the Year" award in 1997 for his work for nonprofit organizations. In short, while Ayers was a despicable person in his youth, the McCain campaign's relentless harping on the close relationship between Obama and Ayers is very misleading. They weren't close at all.
has examined the ads closely and concluded that the claim that Obama and Ayers ran a radical education foundation together is a "pants-on-fire" lie. While it is true that Obama was the nominal head of the foundation in question, Ayers never had a paid position on the foundation's staff, never was on the board, and never had a vote on anything. His connection to Obama was attending some board meetings that were open to the public, and this 20 years after his radical days, by which time he had reformed enough to get a Ph.D. in education from Columbia University and was able to win Chicago's "Citizen of the Year" award in 1997 for his work for nonprofit organizations. In short, while Ayers was a despicable person in his youth, the McCain campaign's relentless harping on the close relationship between Obama and Ayers is very misleading. They weren't close at all.
Of course he didn't have a paid position, he and the wifey were way to busy fire bombing police cars and Brinks trucks, killing people..
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ttom500: "Nomial head" of the organization? Not sure that is good training for the Presidency of the United States, Ooby. Sounds like a lot less than being a Governor of a entire state of Alaska.
Can someone be the Nomial President of the United States?:-) Or
Nomial Commander in Chief? :-)
That works well with the Joint Chiefs......all Generals/Admirals etc.....
The Nomial Commander in Chief invites you to a meeting to discuss Iraq today. Please show up with maps and plans. The Nomial Command in Chief would like to consider issueing nomial orders....that you can nomially choose do or can nomially choose not to do.
Can someone be the Nomial President of the United States?:-) Or
Nomial Commander in Chief? :-)
That works well with the Joint Chiefs......all Generals/Admirals etc.....
The Nomial Commander in Chief invites you to a meeting to discuss Iraq today. Please show up with maps and plans. The Nomial Command in Chief would like to consider issueing nomial orders....that you can nomially choose do or can nomially choose not to do.
I posted this in another thread, I guess you missed it so I'll paste it here.
"It's funny how a lot of people give her credit for being the Governor of the biggest state in the union, however Alaska may be big in square miles but the population of the whole state is only 683,478 (07) that is only 0.22% the population of the United States. Tiny Rhode Island has over a million. The population of Manhattan is 1.5 million and that is just 1 of NYC's 5 boroughs. The Mayor of NYC has a job 10X tougher than the governor of Alaska could ever have."
Addendum: From a lot of what I've read about Sarah Palin, she spent an inordinate amount of her official time as Governor at home in Wasilla instead of being on the job in Ancorage.
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ooby_dooby:
Addendum: From a lot of what I've read about Sarah Palin, she spent an inordinate amount of her official time as Governor at home in Wasilla instead of being on the job in Ancorage.
Addendum: From a lot of what I've read about Sarah Palin, she spent an inordinate amount of her official time as Governor at home in Wasilla instead of being on the job in Ancorage.
But she can see Russia from her window!
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Olsojente: But she can see Russia from her window!
Yes...an expert in foreign affairs...gotta love her....
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Hugz_n_Kissez: Yes...an expert in foreign affairs...gotta love her....
Yes, when she isn't abusing power she is a right-on kind of governor!
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Fallingman: Yes, when she isn't abusing power she is a right-on kind of governor!
Or passing bills to slay innocent wolves.....
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Hugz_n_Kissez: Or passing bills to slay innocent wolves.....
With cannons, was it?
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Olsojente: With cannons, was it?
I think so....or rocket launchers maybe...
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Hugz_n_Kissez: Or passing bills to slay innocent wolves.....
Unless I am sadly mistaken and have completely forgotten those Political Science classes I took, "SHE" (as governor) cannot make the laws. I "think", they must be introduced and proceed through the state legislature first.. But, I am old & senile..
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HJFinAZ: Unless I am sadly mistaken and have completely forgotten those Political Science classes I took, "SHE" (as governor) cannot make the laws. I "think", they must be introduced and proceed through the state legislature first.. But, I am old & senile..
I'm sure she found a way...
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HJFinAZ: Unless I am sadly mistaken and have completely forgotten those Political Science classes I took, "SHE" (as governor) cannot make the laws. I "think", they must be introduced and proceed through the state legislature first.. But, I am old & senile..
I'm sure she found a way...
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Hugz_n_Kissez: I'm sure she found a way...
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Hugz_n_Kissez: I'm sure she found a way...
Twice!!!
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HJFinAZ: Twice!!!
Yep see how sneaky she is.....
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Hugz_n_Kissez: Yep see how sneaky she is.....
Did she really post these??
Sarah baby, can we have a pic of you in Daisey Dukes??
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rasgumby: Easy,
Lies is an act of desperation.
Who would you rather be our leader?
someone who has to constantly lie to get elected?
Ay least if you look at Obama's campaign, he is not making up lies and making great stretches to try to destroy Mcsame.
So who thinks a diverse knowledge of how the rest of the world works and thinks is a bad thing?
That is like trusting a mechanist with a jaguar when he only knows how to work on fords.
And you call THAT a Mechanic?Lies is an act of desperation.
Who would you rather be our leader?
someone who has to constantly lie to get elected?
Ay least if you look at Obama's campaign, he is not making up lies and making great stretches to try to destroy Mcsame.
So who thinks a diverse knowledge of how the rest of the world works and thinks is a bad thing?
That is like trusting a mechanist with a jaguar when he only knows how to work on fords.
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has examined the ads closely and concluded that the claim that Obama and Ayers ran a radical education foundation together is a "pants-on-fire" lie. While it is true that Obama was the nominal head of the foundation in question, Ayers never had a paid position on the foundation's staff, never was on the board, and never had a vote on anything. His connection to Obama was attending some board meetings that were open to the public, and this 20 years after his radical days, by which time he had reformed enough to get a Ph.D. in education from Columbia University and was able to win Chicago's "Citizen of the Year" award in 1997 for his work for nonprofit organizations. In short, while Ayers was a despicable person in his youth, the McCain campaign's relentless harping on the close relationship between Obama and Ayers is very misleading. They weren't close at all.