Posted by
Dan Abbett on Tuesday, June 24, 2008 7:56:02 PM
A recent article by Dick Morris, "Is Obama Teflon," got me to thinking. I usually disagree with most of what Mr. Morris writes but in this article, he made one very important point. This obsession with making inferences with respect to Obama and his personal associations is not going to resonate with the public at large. I say this in the context that Obama can simply say, and often does, that they do not represent his personal beliefs.
The simple fact remains however, that Obama did maintain these relationships with those of less than savory reputation and that is the context in which the questions should be asked. To perpetually replay the hateful screed of Rev. Wright and Father Pflegar, to point the finger at Tony Rezko for his misdeeds or cry Wolfe at the anti-American activities of William Ayers, is to shine the spotlight on everyone but Obama.
The case against Obama with respect to these figures of questionable allegiance to our founding principles, should be done on that basis. Each of these characters in Obama's past is a link to a mentality, mindset and set of actions that would not be tolerated in the person we elect as our president.
Discuss Obama's former peers, their actions, and their attitudes, the influence they had on young Obama, the impressions they left and what that would mean should Obama become the President of the United States. That I suspect would turn the tide against his messiahness.