Washington Post Editors: “Someone of Stronger Character” Would Have Avoided Ayers
In an editorial that largely attacks McCain, the Post give up one little nugget that really is the essence of the campaign: Barack Obama’s lack of moral compass.
Character is legitimate campaign fodder — up to a point. Is there something to be learned from Mr. Obama’s association in the 1990s with William Ayers, the unrepentant domestic terrorist to whom Ms. Palin referred? It’s certainly not that Mr. Obama hates America or shares responsibility for the bombing Mr. Ayers helped carry out. By the time Mr. Obama came on the Chicago scene, Mr. Ayers was a member of the liberal political establishment that Mr. Obama sought to join. Maybe someone of stronger character would have decided not to go with that flow — not to join a foundation board with Mr. Ayers or allow him to host a political coffee. It’s an arguable point, maybe a small brushstroke in a full portrait of Mr. Obama, in any case hardly disqualifying to his candidacy.
They certainly give it the New York Times treatment - it’s no big deal. Obama’s involvement was not limited to joining a board and having coffee. These guys have worked together for years, lots of money has been funneled by Obama to Ayers’ “education” programs, and Obama even wrote a glowing review of Ayers’ book. But whether you think the Ayers issue is “a small brushstoke” of Obama’s full character portrait, or a big can of his primary color, it is a issue that the Left sorely wishes would go way.