Originally Posted By Darkbeer This is an interesting news item that is detailed, and you really need to read the entire article.... <a href="http://www.dat-e-baseonline.com/front/a.asp?arg=8F7D995F927A7D6362707B81628B73798C70786A7F81" target="_blank">http://www.dat-e-baseonline.co...786A7F81</a> Here is a second article that tries to summarize the original article... <a href="http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2008/08/obamaayers_records_blocked_at.html" target="_blank">http://www.americanthinker.com..._at.html</a> >>The extent to which Obama and his allies will go to cover up his radical associations is amazing. Not only would the release of these records probably show Obama to be a radical on education reform but also reveal a conflict of interest between the Challenge board and Ayers' programs that were funded by it. Was Obama a puppet on the terrorist's string, dispensing money to whomever Ayers directed? Inquiring minds want to know. Unfortunately, given that the records are private, it is probable that only historians studying Obama long after he is dead will be able to tell us the real story of those years. << Go read the first article, it is very detailed in the way the writer tried to access the information, got plenty of assurances that he could view the records, but then at the last minute, was denied to see the vast majority of what he was told he could view earlier.... Hopefully someone will change the policy, and that the public will find out the real story.....
Originally Posted By Darkbeer >>These are public records, correct?<< That is an unanswered question.... They are being stored in the Public facility, but some folks are claiming they aren't public records. Alas, it sounds like the legal battle won't be over until after the election....
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Darn, just have to root around for some new scandal then. The GOP is good at this. Anything to avoid discussing the war, the economy, health care, the environment, energy policy, spending, the failures of GOP leadership under George Bush ...
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <Not only would the release of these records probably show Obama to be a radical on education reform...> Nice assumption there, which tells you plenty about that foaming-at-the-mouth website. <Was Obama a puppet on the terrorist's string, dispensing money to whomever Ayers directed?> Asking a leading question with no answer (but the reader is clearly supposed to say "yes" in his mind): a classic cheap technique. 2oony is right - God forbid we should focus on what McCain would handle the economy vs. how Obama would, or how Obama would handle the environment or health care vs. how McCain would... let's distract, distract, distract.
Originally Posted By ecdc >>2oony is right - God forbid we should focus on what McCain would handle the economy vs. how Obama would, or how Obama would handle the environment or health care vs. how McCain would... let's distract, distract, distract.<< And yet what do we keep hearing from so-called moderates in our country about Obama? "We just don't know enough about him!" Wow, I wonder why that is. It certainly isn't because Obama isn't speaking up. It's because McCain is playing politics as usual, these people are eating it up, and then, inexplicably blaming Obama. Remarkable. I really thought this election would be different. Now it's just depressing.
Originally Posted By DAR <<Anything to avoid discussing the war, the economy, health care, the environment, energy policy, spending, the failures of GOP leadership under George Bush ...>> It is a rather minor footnote, that doesn't mean the public should be denied seeing these records if they are indeed public. And don't worry K2M there will be plenty of time in the debates to discuss those items.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>And don't worry K2M there will be plenty of time in the debates to discuss those items.<< We'll see. Betcha a quarter the major areas of discussion revolve around issues of personality, character, and back and forth about who went negative first. Watch and see.
