PALIN SMEARS OBAMA, OPENS UP A PANDORA'S BOX

On Saturday Sarah Palin said of Barack Obama:

"This is not a man who sees America as you and I do -- as the greatest force for good in the world," Palin said "This is someone who sees America as imperfect enough to pal around with terrorists who targeted their own country."

The "someone" Palin is referring to is one William Ayers, a Vietnam-era radical who headed a group that bombed government buildings in opposition of the war. It should be noted that Ayers carried out these acts when Obama (born in 1961) was a child, that he somehow was never even prosecuted for these terrorist acts, and has since become an education professor at the University of Illinois, Chicago.

In addition, Palin was referring to this New York Times article which stated that, "...the two men do not appear to have been close." Which begs the question, "Why would Palin drag out an attack that's already been answered numerous times during the primaries, and even on National Television with Bill O'Reilly a few weeks ago?" Just for the record, Obama has been candid about Ayers as, "somebody who engaged in detestable acts 40 years ago, when I was 8."

However, if the McCain Campaign would like to play the "association game", then how about having Palin explain why she would happily address a secessionist party convention? That's right, Palin videotaped a smiling address for a party who's founder is on the record for saying things like:

"I'm an Alaskan, not an American. I've got no use for America or her damned institutions."

and

"The fires of hell are frozen glaciers compared to my hatred for the American government. And I won't be buried under their damn flag. I'll be buried in Dawson. And when Alaska is an independent nation they can bring my bones home."

Now does that sound like "Country First" rhetoric to you? And yet Palin (who's husband was a member of the party until 2001) decided to record this less than a year ago:

How's that for seedy "Anti-American" associations Sarah?