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Axelrod Says Obama Will Counterpunch if McCain Raises Ayres
« on: October 07, 2008, 11:54:39 AM »
NASHVILLE — Senator Barack Obama is prepared to hit back, including with Keating Five scandal if necessary, if Senator John McCain uses tonight’s presidential debate to attack him over his associations with controversial figures like former William C. Ayers, the former Weather Underground leader, Mr. Obama’s chief strategist said this afternoon.

“I know that Senator McCain may not know this, but the Internet – you can get on it anywhere in the world,” Mr. Axelrod said, referring to Mr. McCain’s past statement that he was not savvy about computers.


Asked if Mr. Obama would respond to any discussion of Mr. Ayers by touching upon Mr. McCain’s role in the 1980s savings-and-loan scandal involving a political patron, Charles Keating, Mr. Axelrod was circumspect.

“I’m not going to predict whether he will or he won’t,” he said. “I don’t think he’ll shy away from the discussion if it comes up.”

Mr. Axelrod added that the Keating Five scandal – involving four other senators and Mr. McCain – resonated far more in the campaign than Mr. Obama’s past associates, because Mr. McCain met with federal regulators who were investigating his friend, Mr. Keating. The ongoing economic crisis stems partly from shoddy regulation of Wall Street firms, Mr. Obama and many Democrats and Republicans have said.

“The Keating case is pretty germane to the discussion we’re having right now,” Mr. Axelrod said. “Many people lost their homes and savings and so on, so it is a germane issue, it’s not an abstraction. Now, are there broader issues to be discussed? Yes, and we’re discussing them.”

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Re: Axelrod Says Obama Will Counterpunch if McCain Raises Ayres
« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2008, 12:02:13 PM »
McCain was exhonerated from that completely and I'm sure he will have a compact answer to deal with it. I'm sure McCain will come at Obama with several different Ayers topics. If he can answer the questions as well as lace them with some of the more questionable Obama issues, then he should do alright tonight. The format is an advantage for McCain. McCain has to answer the questions though, he has to provide facts. There are alot of people who want to hear him give them a reason to vote for him, especially on the economy. If there was no crisis, Obama would be gone.
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Re: Axelrod Says Obama Will Counterpunch if McCain Raises Ayres
« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2008, 12:10:57 PM »
McCain was exhonerated from that completely

Does that mean he's innocent?

Careful.  Ayers was exonerated as well. 

Both mccain and ayers were cleared , right?

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Re: Axelrod Says Obama Will Counterpunch if McCain Raises Ayres
« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2008, 12:14:06 PM »
Does that mean he's innocent?

Careful.  Ayers was exonerated as well. 

Both mccain and ayers were cleared , right?

Pardoned and cleared are two completely different things.
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Re: Axelrod Says Obama Will Counterpunch if McCain Raises Ayres
« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2008, 12:22:16 PM »
Does that mean he's innocent?

Careful.  Ayers was exonerated as well. 

Both mccain and ayers were cleared , right?
It ain't like McCain left a trail like the 'Juice' OJ Simpson did.  However, Ayers and his thug cronies left there calling card

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Re: Axelrod Says Obama Will Counterpunch if McCain Raises Ayres
« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2008, 12:25:40 PM »
If there was no crisis, Obama would be gone.
100% true! 

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Re: Axelrod Says Obama Will Counterpunch if McCain Raises Ayres
« Reply #6 on: October 07, 2008, 12:27:04 PM »
Ayres was off on a technicality.  Ayres is a real piece of shit.