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Palin and Hannity commiserate over McCain campaign's supposedly insufficient use of Ayers and Wright

November 18, 2009 9:52 pm ET

From the November 18 edition of Fox News' Hannity:

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    • Author by pete592 (November 18, 2009 9:59 pm ET)
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      "It wasn't negative campaigning..."
      Uh, yes it was. This woman is a compulsive liar.
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      • Author by Cheney2012 (November 18, 2009 10:02 pm ET)
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        Pointing out the truth is NOT negative. Obama was indeed "palling around with terrorists."

        The fact that she tells the truth so directly and calmly is why you hate her.
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        • Author by RKAllen (November 18, 2009 10:05 pm ET)
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          Please describe for us the relationship that you believe that Barack Obama and Bill Ayers had.
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        • Author by ReasonAndResolve (November 18, 2009 10:11 pm ET)
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          Since the Saudi family bankrolls terrorists, can we say that George was "palling around with terrorists"?

          Since John McCain's father-in-law made his fortune in the liquor business with Kemper Marley, can we say that he was "palling around with" gangsters and criminals?

          Since George Bush campaigned at Bob Jones University, can we say that he was "palling around" with idiots?

          Don't be obtuse. This was a non-issue last year and it is still a non-issue.

          Since Dick Cheney was on the Board at Halliburton can we say that he was "palling around with" rapists and war criminals?
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          • Author by Mr. Buzztime (November 19, 2009 2:42 am ET)
               
            Since George Bush campaigned at Bob Jones University, can we say that he was "palling around" with idiots?


            Why do you think the people at Bob Jones University are idiots?
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        • Author by pete592 (November 18, 2009 10:28 pm ET)
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          Give me a break with your half-wit attempt to redefine a practice that's as old as campaigning itself.

          Whether it's true or not, any reference to an opponent that's deliberately portrayed as damaging to the opponent's character is negative campaigning.
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          • Author by fairliberal (November 19, 2009 1:04 am ET)
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            Reporting on a candidates radical associations is just telling the truth. We have all seen the idiots that O-bow-ma surrounds himself with since he started appointing people to his administration.
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            • Author by Brabantio (November 19, 2009 1:39 am ET)
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              It wasn't any sort of radical association because Ayers was mainstreamed. He was a professor. He worked with Republicans as well as Democrats.

              Palin's comment breaks down like this:"Our opponent ... is someone who sees America, it seems, as being so imperfect, imperfect enough, that he's working on improving local education with a professor who was a domestic terrorist forty years ago... This is not a man who sees America as you see America and as I see America."

              Doesn't have quite the same kick, does it?
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            • Author by pete592 (November 19, 2009 2:45 am ET)
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              "Reporting on a candidates radical associations is just telling the truth."
              And if it's coming from the opposing candidate's campaign with clear intent to attack character, it's also negative campaigning. The truthiness has no bearing on whether or not it's negative. Obama campaigned against McCain by citing his congressional voting record, truthfully, but negatively. Your attempt to absolve the McCain/Palin campaign of mudslinging is a complete failure.
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            • Author by JLP (November 19, 2009 11:37 am ET)
                 
              Yes, those idiots are probably less qualified than yourself I am sure. Also, why is a person always "radical" if they disagree with you?
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        • Author by MickD (November 19, 2009 12:02 am ET)
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          Cheney666 must be strapped to a new machine that jolts him awake every time MMFA posts a Palin or Fox item. He jolted a lot.
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        • Author by soze169880 (November 19, 2009 12:32 am ET)
             
          Obama barely knew Ayers, and the last time Ayers did anything illegal Obama still thought girls had cooties. You tried this, you lost.
          John McCain, on the other hand, remains bestest buddies with G. Gordon Liddy, the psychotic fascist hitman, while Sean Hannity is a pal of racist liar Mark Fuhrman, white supremacist Hal Turner and anti-Semite Andy Martin. So, better luck next time, Cheney. Much like your goddess, you stepped outside your box and immediately lost.
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    • Author by RKAllen (November 18, 2009 10:04 pm ET)
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      You didn't need to campaign on it, because it was discussed ad nauseum through out the campaign without your help and did nothing to help the two of you secure a win in the 2008 election. It had no sting then and it definitely has no sting now.

      It is a washed up and played out talking point.
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    • Author by oustudent1 (November 18, 2009 10:25 pm ET)
         
      didnt gibbs already take care of this thru an interview with hannity?
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    • Author by Mr.LongDick (November 18, 2009 10:34 pm ET)
         
      George Bush was holding hands with terrorist.
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    • Author by TuckerCarlsonSucks (November 18, 2009 11:13 pm ET)
         
      Why is Palin not going on the Daily Show? That would be an excellent interview.
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    • Author by thundavolt (November 18, 2009 11:38 pm ET)
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      When is the Palin be gone spray going to be invented?
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    • Author by pilotx (November 18, 2009 11:52 pm ET)
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      Well, if Bill Ayers and Rev. Wright ever run for president we'll worry about that then. But even if had hit that topic harder you'd have lost anyway. After that Curic interview she was toast.
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    • Author by jcamp (November 18, 2009 11:56 pm ET)
         
      There's a shock. Palin and Hannity are in agreement. They have found the reason McCain lost the election last year: He didn't smear enough. If somehow the R's were to ever nominate Palin, we have a glimpse of the kind of campaign she would run.
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    • Author by WLBrook (November 19, 2009 3:07 am ET)
         
      Its funny how Palin & Hannity side stepped her & her husband's involvement with the Alaskan Independence Party which is definitely more evidential than Obama's ties to Ayers which were flemsy at best. Talk about someone being un-american, this woman was affiliated with a group that wanted to separate from the United States and she thinks that it shouldn't have been an issue during the campaign, what? I don't see how the mainstream media didn't see how big of a story this issue really was.
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    • Author by bewildered (November 19, 2009 10:58 am ET)
         
      Limbaugh interview with Wallace, let's talk about Obama. It's an interview with Limpballs why not talk about him?

      Palin interview with Hannity, let's talk about Obama. Hey here's a novel idea why not talk about the guest for a change?

      Oh, that's right Fox doesn't believe in change.
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