This is the worst kind of negative campaigning....
While the McCain campaign may point to Bill Ayers and the Weather Underground as the substance behind this comment, it reeks of a "those people" kind of comment.
People who hear this will have no clue about Ayers or the Weather Underground, they will have images of Obama hanging around with Arabs and Muslims and unfortunately they will paint them with broad brushes in dubious shades of misinformed hatred.
I am reminded of Menachem Begin's association with the Haganah in the 1930s and 40s. Or the labeling of America's founding fathers as terrorists by the British who later said the same of Jomo Kenyatta.
The "palling around with terrorists" catch-phrase is more about Willie Horton than it is about Bill Ayers... It is designed to link Barack Obama to Muslims and Arabs in a "those people" kind of way.
Sarah Palin might as well be using the horrifically offensive term "Raghead" as she slithers around the country seeking out "Joe Sixpacks and Hockey Moms in areas where they don't have to live around "those people."
If this is the case Republicans are embracing a strategy built upon the three "r's of negative campaigning Race+Religion+Righteousness=Rabble Rousing.
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