McCain Not Letting Up On Ayers

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[Unkosified]

Rush said a few minutes ago, that he was under the impression McCain is going to back off on the Ayers stuff. I hope he’s wrong.

[Retired Greyhound]

Oops. Sorry about that.

I will leave you alone.

Mods were wrong to delete me, though.

[cookcounty]

They should NOT let up on Ayers, especially since new links to Ayers are being discovered daily (Today: Obama hosted the 2007 fundraiser for Crossroads.org, a leftwing umbrella group for supporting various left-wing causes including films complaining about poor Sami Al-Arian's plight (why is the government picking on a down-trodden terrorist supporter?).

Both Ayers and Dohrn have been very active fundraisers for Crossroads.

Drill Ayers, Drill, drill, drill! (there's a lot of slimy stuff down there(.

[cookcounty]

They should NOT let up on Ayers, especially since new links to Ayers are being discovered daily (Today: Obama hosted the 2007 fundraiser for Crossroads.org, a leftwing umbrella group for supporting various left-wing causes including films complaining about poor Sami Al-Arian's plight (why is the government picking on a down-trodden terrorist supporter?).

Both Ayers and Dohrn have been very active fundraisers for Crossroads.

Drill Ayers, Drill, drill, drill! (there's a lot of slimy stuff down there(.

[ArrogantBustard]

I like the forced choice Obama is getting cornered into...
a) I pal around with terrorists
b) I have poor judgement

c) I lie about it afterwards.

[MrB]

0bama has the same “hate America” Marxist ideology that Ayers and Wright have. Period.

[The_Republican]

Ayers is not going to save McCain.

Neither is Wright.

Nor Rezko.

Palin can’t either.

The End.

[mnehring]

Curious, can you tell us how much you asked for a refund of?

[MarkH099]

In March 2008, Barack Obama accepted campaign contributions from the terrorists who helped blow up the World Trade Center . In July 2008 he was photographed hugging a convicted and jailed terrorist felon.

In March 2008, hopeful presidential contender Barack Obama accepted campaign contributions from the leadership of a terrorist organization that helped blow up the World Trade Center. Even more shockingly, Obama accepted the money from the same terrorist leader, Mr. Ram Ranjan, who was removed from a fundraising role within the Clinton Presidential Campaign at the end of last year after his terror links were exposed, according to the Clinton presidential campaign’s senior foreign policy advisor, Andrew Shapiro.[1]

The terrorist leader at the center of the controversy, Mr. Ram Ranjan, was identified in the January 22, 2005 issue of the Seattle Times[2] as being the leader of the New Jersey branch of the banned Tamil Rehabilitation Organization (T.R.O.). In November 2007 the U.S. government banned his organization and designated it as a terrorist front for the Tamil Tiger suicide bomber organization. As a result of the ban, it is illegal for U.S. citizens to transact with the T.R.O. A U.S. Treasury press release dated November 15, 2007 asserted that the “T.R.O. passed off its operations as charitable, when in fact it was raising money for a designated terrorist group responsible for heinous acts of terrorism,[3]” according to Adam Szubin, Director of the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control. Director Szubin went on to say that “T.R.O. has raised funds on behalf of the LTTE through a network of individual representatives[4]” including Mr. Ranjan, as an embarrassed Clinton presidential campaign learned the hard way last year.

Furthermore, on January 10, 2008, the U.S. F.B.I. homepage ran a cover story titled “Taming the Tamil Tigers[5].” The F.B.I. article described the Tamil Tigers and their network of front organizations in America as being “among the most dangerous and deadly extremists in the world … we’re determined to stop them, using the full range of our investigative and intelligence capabilities[6].”Another FBI report[7], dated March 27, 2007, detailed the Tamil Tigers involvment in the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center, according to the Asia Times[8]. In addition, a thorough investigative report documenting the Tamil Tigers’ many connections to al-Qaeda and many other Islamic terror groups Tigers was published by the world renowned Israeli-based International Institute for Counter Terrorism in April 2008. [9]

Just as puzzling is Barack Obama’s connections with convicted felon Vaiko Gopalswamy, an Indian politician. Vaiko is the most vocal supporter of the Tamil Tigers in India. Vaiko has been repeatedly arrested and served jail time for his violations of India’s Prevention of Terrorism Act. In July 2008, Obama was photographed hugging Vaiko at a donor’s meeting according to an article in the leading pro-Tamil Tiger terrorist website. [10] Soon after this meeting, veteran Sri Lankan observers noted that Obama had begun to use Tamil Tiger slogans in his public discourse and stance on the conflict. For example, Tiger propaganda constantly makes use of the slogan “responsibility to protect,”[11] a reference to a hoped for foreign military intervention which will lead to the creation of an independent Tamil state. Obama has publicly used the phrasing “responsibility to act,” a shockingly similar phrasing. Many observers are now wondering what Obama plans to do in relation to the conflict, especially since he has publicly embraced jailed terrorist leaders in addition to accepting documented, and possibly undocumented, funds from the Tamil Tiger leadership and their fundraisers.

It appears that Obama is being used by the Tamil Tigers for what Canadian government intelligence agencies described last year as an “intensive propaganda campaign”[12] being waged in the Tigers’ efforts to “lobby western politicians”[13] in order to cripple (via ill-premised sanctions) the democratically elected Sri Lankan government’s counter terror campaign. This is not the first time that the Tamil Tiger terrorist organization has tried to influence American politicians with money. U.S. Congressman Rush Holt is known in Sri Lanka as a “patron saint” of the Tamil Tigers, having publicly accepted tens of thousands of dollars from the Tamil Tiger leadership.[14] Also in 2007 Holt helped engineer the cessation of all U.S. military and counter terrorism assistance to Sri Lanka on the basis of one-sided premises fed by his terrorist financial patrons.[15]

It is quite puzzling as to why Barack Obama would partner with suicide bombers who are allies of al-Qaeda and who also have a history of assassinating heads-of-state who partner with them. History abounds with examples, and here is a particularly disturbing one: in the 1980’s Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi succumbed to Tamil Tiger political pressure and gave signals that he would lighten up on them. After Prime Minister Gandhi came to his senses and withdrew his subtle support for them, he ordered over fifty thousand Indian soldiers to hunt and destroy the Tamil Tigers. After Prime Minister Gandhi changed his mind and went after the terrorists, the Tamil Tigers sent a suicide bomber after him and, in 1991, they blew him to pieces.

The families of the thousands of victims of the suicide bombers that Obama took money from cry for justice and relief. Obama should promise that he will never allow America’s foreign policy to be influenced by the criminal money and the racist propaganda of the Tamil Tiger terrorists. If Obama refuses this decency, then at least one ray of hope remains: the indictment of U.S. Congressman Mark Siljander on January 16, 2008 by the U.S. Department of Justice for essentially peddling influence and taking money from al-Qaeda[16], serves as a warning and as a first step in restoring the faith of non-terrorist supporting citizens in their elected officials. It is hoped that, barring Obama’s severing of his ties to the Tamil Tigers and their Islamic partners, all relevant authorities will crackdown on his acceptance of support from this banned terrorist organization that the F.B.I. has pledged to dismantle.

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[1] Fernando, Philip. “Clinton Office Rejected and Returned Campaign Funds from LTTE Supporters in America.” Asian Tribune. February 10, 2008. http://www.asiantribune.com/?q=node/9566

[2] Ismail, Raviya. “Tsunami Disaster Hasn’t Mended Sri Lankan Divide.” Seattle Times. January 22, 2005. http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20050122&slug=srifactions22

[3] U.S. Department of Treasury. “Treasury Targets Charity Covertly Supporting Violence in Sri Lanka.” U.S. Treasury Press Release. November 15, 2007. http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/hp683.htm

[4] Ibid.

[5] U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigations. “Taming the Tamil Tigers.” F.B.I. Press release. January 10, 2008. http://www.fbi.gov/page2/jan08/tamil_tigers011008.html

[6] Ibid.

[7] Singh, Ajit Kumar. “Global Hunt for the Tigers Assets.” April 25, 2008. Asia Times. http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/JD25Df04.html

[8] Ibid.

[9] Jayasekera, Shanaka. “Tamil Tiger Links with Islamist Terrorist Groups.” June 2008. International Institute for Counter Terrorism (Israel). http://www.ict.org.il/apage/25445.php

[10] Tamilnet. “Yes, we can” Vaiko tells Obama.” July 13, 2008. Tamilnet.com. http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=26345

[11] Gamage, Daya. “Defining Barack Obama: Part Five – Combating Terrorism, Human Rights & Foreign Policy”. October 10, 2008. Asian Tribune. http://www.asiantribune.com/?q=node/13639/print

[12] Bell, Stewart. “Tamil Tigers trying to influence politicians: CSIS report – Group waging a ‘propaganda campaign’.” November 6, 2007. National Post. http://www.nationalpost.com/story-printer.html?id=8193e1a1-b592-4...

[13] ibid.

[14]Leelarathna, Hassina. “US Lawmakers with ties to LTTE money.” February 11, 2008. The Island. http://www.island.lk/2008/02/11/features1.html

[15] Leelarathna, Hassina. “US Lawmakers with ties to LTTE money.” February 11, 2008. The Island. http://www.island.lk/2008/02/11/features1.html

[16] Shenon, Philip. “Former Congressman is indicted over ties to Islamic charity.” January 17, 2008. New York Times.

[SWEETSUNNYSOUTH]

“but it’s probably too late anyway”

Never give up!!! Fight to the end. The MSM is still leading the mindless but we know the truth.

[Retired Greyhound]

only $100.

I am going to instead donate it to a conservative congressional candidate in a tight race.

May as well give it to someone who it trying to win.

[mnehring]

only $100. I am going to instead donate it to a conservative congressional candidate in a tight race. May as well give it to someone who it trying to win.

Thanks for letting us know. I am going to go ahead and make a $200 donation to McCain's camp to counteract your little refund game. The Wright issue is peanuts compared to Ayers, Acorn, Odinga, etc. It has also, already been field tested during the primaries and nothing came of it.

Dear *************,
Thank you for your generous contribution of $200.00 to McCain-Palin Victory 2008. If I have the honor of standing up for you as the next President of the United States...

[Retired Greyhound]

LOL, what if I had said $2000?

Anyway, I will still vote for McCain, but I will NOT give my money to a guy who is barely trying.

I have heard enough from McCain about how great a guy Obama is, and about how an Obama presidnecy is nothing to fear.

For him to say the very legitimate issue of Obama’s pastor is “off-limits” is outrageous to me. It is political malpractice. McCain has an obligation to raise the issue and make Obama explain it.

Also, the Wright controversy worked like gangbusters in the primaries. Obama lost bad in PA and most of the late primaries. And that was among Democrats. So I must disagree.

The best thing Mac did is name Palin as VP. She is the only one who is trying, and they are attempting to rein her in.

By the way, I am still optimistic that McCain will win.

Thanks.

[mnehring]

I couldn’t go $2000, I am almost maxed out with my contribution limit. $200 is peanuts though and worth it to make a point and to boost Palin..

[Retired Greyhound]

I’m all for boosting Palin.

I will contribue heavily to her in 2012.

[XHogPilot]

Re-forming Chicago schools into communist re-education facilities.

Ayers Is No Education 'Reformer'

[jwalsh07]

John, you have to show America Reverend Wright. It is your duyt.