Yesterday in a speach Gov. Sarah Palin accused Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama as being "someone who sees America, it seems, as being so imperfect that he's palling around with terrorists who would target their own country."
Palin made the charge at a fund-raising event in Englewood, Colorado, and a rally in Carson, California. She was referring in part to William Ayers, a 1960s radical. Palin cited a front-page article in Saturday's New York Times detailing the working relationship between Obama and Ayers.
The Facts according to CNN
CNN's review of project records found nothing to suggest anything inappropriate in the volunteer projects in which the two men were involved.
Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt told CNN that after meeting Obama through the Annenberg project, Ayers hosted a campaign event for him that same year when then-Illinois state Sen. Alice Palmer, who planned to run for Congress, introduced the young community organizer as her chosen successor. LaBolt also said the two have not spoken by phone or exchanged e-mail messages since Obama came to the U.S. Senate in 2005 and last met more than a year ago when they encountered each other on the street in their Hyde Park neighborhood.
Obama once explained the relationship by saying, "This is a guy who lives in my neighborhood … the notion that somehow as a consequence of me knowing somebody who engaged in detestable acts 40 years ago — when I was 8 years old — somehow reflects on me and my values doesn't make much sense."
The New York Times article cited by Palin concluded that "the two men do not appear to have been close. Nor has Mr. Obama ever expressed sympathy for the radical views and actions of Mr. Ayers." Other publications, including the Washington Post, Time magazine, the Chicago Sun-Times, The New Yorker and The New Republic, have said that their reporting doesn't support the idea that Obama and Ayers had a close relationship.
The McCain campaign did not respond Saturday to a request for elaboration on Palin's use of the plural "terrorists."
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Where there is a Race for President there is SNL
Tine Fey again returned to "Saturday Night Live" to play Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. . Queen Latifah dropped by to portray Thursday's debate moderator, PBS's Gwen Ifill, and cast member Jason Sudeikis stepped into the role of Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden.
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The Curse Continues
And so, once again, there is always next year. The Chicago Cubs lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers last night. The Dodgers completed a three-game sweep of their first-round playoff series with a 3-1 victory.
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The Boss Performs a Benefit Concert
Bruce Springsteen performed at a voter-registration rally in Philadelphia where he called the Bush presidency "a disaster" and said many Americans have "justifiably lost faith" in the American dream.
"I believe Senator Obama has taken the measure of that distance in his own life and in his work. I believe he understands, in his heart, the cost of that distance, in blood and suffering, in the lives of everyday Americans. I believe as president, he would work to restore that promise to so many of our fellow citizens who have justifiably lost faith in its meaning. After the disastrous administration of the past 8 years, we need someone to lead us in an American reclamation project. In my job, I travel the world, and occasionally play big stadiums, just like Senator Obama. I've continued to find, wherever I go, America remains a repository of people's hopes, possibilities, and desires, and that despite the terrible erosion to our standing around the world, accomplished by our recent administration, we remain, for many, a house of dreams. One thousand George Bushes and one thousand Dick Cheneys will never be able to tear that house down.
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