Mccain/Palin’s associations with terrorists & hate groups – Rachel Maddow, Keith Olbermann comment
October 222009
As a freshman congressman in the early 1980s, John McCain did not disclose his connections to a controversial group that was implicated in a secretive plot to supply arms to Nicaraguan militia groups during the Iran-Contra affair.
McCain did not list his service on the board of the U.S. Council for World Freedom on mandatory congressional disclosure forms asking about positions he held outside government.
McCains aides said he wasnt required to report the affiliation.
Democrats in the past several days have seized on McCains ties to the U.S. Council and its founder John Singlaub to push back against the McCain campaigns increasing focus on ties of Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) to Bill Ayers, a founder of the 1960s radical group Weather Underground.
McCain joined the board of the U.S. Council soon after Singlaub founded it in McCains adopted hometown of Phoenix in November 1981 as the U.S. branch of the World Anti-Communist League. The league billed itself as a supporter of pro-Democratic resistance movements fighting communist totalitarianism, but it had also been branded by critics as a haven for extremists, racists and anti-Semites.
McCain aides now say he felt comfortable affiliating with the group because Singlaub had taken steps to purge those elements. Singlaub, while a controversial figure, also boasted a storied career as a decorated veteran in World War II and the U.S. conflicts in Korea and Vietnam. He retired from the Army as a major general.
But McCain campaign spokesman Brian Rogers told Politico that McCain notified the group of his intent to leave the board in September 1984 because questions were raised about its activities.
A review of the personal financial disclosure forms McCain filed after his election to the U.S. House in 1982 show that he did not list the group in the section of his 1982, 1983 and 1984 reports in which he was required to disclose all positions he held outside of government.
The instructions on the form require filers to report the identity of all positions held on or before the date of the filing during the current calendar year as an officer, director, trustee, partner, proprietor, representative, employee, or consultant of any corporation, firm, partnership, or other business enterprise, any nonprofit organization, any labor organization, or any educational or other institution.
But Rogers told Politico those directions have never been understood to include advisory boards or other positions which exercise no control over the organization and no fiduciary responsibilities for the organization. And he said our understanding is that his involvement did not involve any fiduciary responsibility for the organization and no control over the organization.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14436.html
In 1993 William Ayers, Anne Hallett, and Warren Chapman decided to apply for a grant from the Annenberg Foundation for $49.2 Million to improve and reform Chicago’s public schools.
In 1994 Ayers, Hallett and Chapman gathered a 73-member Chicago School Reform Collaborative Working Group from organizations involved in school reform to help them draft a proposal which was submitted to Vartan Gregorian, president of Brown University, for review and approval. Adele Smith Simmons, Deborah Leff, and Patricia Albjerg Graham helped negotiate its approval by Gregorian.
In 1995, the Chicago Annenberg Challenge was awarded the $49.2 millon grant by the Annenberg Foundation.
Who are these scary people that showed such poor judgement that they were willing to fund and work with a known domestic terrorist? The following is a list of people who found William Ayers acceptable to work with. Some are Republicans, some are Democrats, some have endorsed John McCain in 2008 and some even currently work on John McCain’s 2008 campaign. Most are well respected people but apparently they all loves them some terrorists.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/9/8831/72947/178/624254
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October 22nd, 2009 at 6:57 pm
They were both …
They were both horribly corrupt–is this surprising to anyone? STOP voting for Republicrats people.
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:57 pm
democrats don’t use …
democrats don’t use this material? then why did they talk about it on tv by two openly leftist journalists. come on….
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:57 pm
Time will show that …
Time will show that McCain and Palin are right. Just give it six months and then I’ll be saying “I told you so”.
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:57 pm
This is all pure BS …
This is all pure BS, todd never belonged to anything of the sort and that is proven, on the other hand Ayers spent 60 million a year for 6 years to radicalized the education systemn in Illinois..and that is a proven fact.
But then why is Obamas school recxords all frozen closed, his biorth certicate frozen closed, his wifes thesis frozen close. In short..you have no resume at all on him, except CHANGE…
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:57 pm
WE WON!!
I sobbed …
WE WON!!
I sobbed for a half hour…with a combination of joy, relief, and inspiration….
YES WE CAN!!!
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:57 pm
Oh Rachel, are you …
Oh Rachel, are you seriously suggesting that McCain and Palin where supposed to hear these specific words and then stop the whole rally to contradict these people. You know Obama would do no such thing.
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:57 pm
Wow a video that …
Wow a video that doesn’t contain any proof of said accusations is supposed to be proof of said accusations. Yea, though I walk through the valley shadow of liberals I shall not fear because they are they dumbest motherfucers alive.
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:57 pm
I have the vid …
I have the vid saved to my favourites of Sarah Palin addressing the Alaska Independence Party convention in March of this year…
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:57 pm
…so you’d like to …
…so you’d like to (*f*) an evil women with a room temperature IQ?
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:57 pm
…but some little …
…but some little voice inside of me is saying that Obama will be one of the most beloved president in history…
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:57 pm
…Yep… Sad but …
…Yep… Sad but True…
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:57 pm
sarah palin is a …
sarah palin is a MILF sweeeetttt
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:57 pm
If Barack Obama …
If Barack Obama were white, this election would be a landslide in his favour….no doubt about it….
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:57 pm
Oct.21.08Sarah …
Oct.21.08Sarah Palin and her Husband belong to an Alaskan separatist movement that wants to separate from the mainland. Anderson Cooper aired a Movie last Week in the afternoon, and also produced a threatening letter CNN received from McCain not to show this movie. I havent heard anymore about it, is CNN the most Trusted News covering up for the McCain, Palin election campaign? Or rather prefers a detailed examination of a back man? The later maybe true
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:57 pm
mccain keeps going …
mccain keeps going on and on-even today-with his obama has to explain his relationship with ayers. not one single person thinks to ask mccain why is it that mccain does not think obama already has. someone should ask mccain what is you know or think you know.
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:57 pm
LOFL!!!! Soooo …
LOFL!!!! Soooo LIBERALS…you would never incite hatred now WOULD YOU…I find it hilarious DON’T all of YOU…
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:57 pm
It’s kinda the …
It’s kinda the point of the video. Kieth Olbermann is a bit of an ass, but it seems to me that all the facts presented are served as counterpoints to tenuous links attributed to Obama. McCain has links to extremists that are JUST AS STRONG as Obama links to extremism. All links are pretty flimsy and can be laughed off, but you can’t pretend that Obama’s weak relations to Ayers matter, but McCain’s USCWF and Keating 5 links don’t.
I think it’s all hooey.
Also, gun control = Hitler? …what?
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:57 pm
that is false. they …
that is false. they have no idea what theyre talking about. secret service agents all over the place, interviewed separately, said they did NOT hear it. this is obviously a stunt by the stupid obama camp to try to slam mccain. they dont have anything REAL to say bad against him so they have to make up. relating mccain to nazis?? HAHAH, obamas views shadow hitler!! gun control??? who the do you think founded that shit?? HITLER!! stupid liberals. whaa whhaaaaa, all whine and no truth!!
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:57 pm
wow the ones that …
wow the ones that need the democrats most for good health care and safty net are those dumb working class redneck you see at mccain rallies.wish u all get hurt bad now that the economy is in the gutter, we in the smart states will always do better . so go back to your holes and rut.
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:57 pm
Before U smear …
Before U smear perhaps you should check the skeletons in your own closet.
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:57 pm
ScarletKnights
I …
ScarletKnights
I would never say that Olbermann is misleading.
I don’t believe in torture and I believe, just as I said, he tortures many people who accidentally tune into his program for the first time and think he is a journalist and fair and balanced. Olbermann is an over done pundit who presents only one side of an issue. He also isn’t funny like Glen Beck or Don Imus.
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:57 pm
Cindi3847,
Are you …
Cindi3847,
Are you implying that what Olbermann is saying here is false or misleading? If so, what evidence do you have?
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:57 pm
Unbelievable. that …
Unbelievable. that people consider to vote for this man…!! where have they been for the last 8 year..on Mars???!!
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:57 pm
Excellent it’s time …
Excellent it’s time the truth be told. He didn’t even mention any of Palin’s religious connections that are fostering turning our country into a Theocracy, totally destroying it to satisfy the end times, and supporting groups of militants (see third wave and Joles army and Jesus camp) that want to murder unbelievers, not to mention ecocide.
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:57 pm
OmoNaija1975
There …
OmoNaija1975
There are many types of terrorist. Olbermann is a domestic video terrorist. His show is torture to millions and the sad thing is they don’t realize they are being brain washed, the worst form of psychological terrorism.
John and Palin may be jokes but can’t hardly do what the dastardly Olbermann can do to over throw the news entertainment industry.