I realize that you feel a sense of panic about falling polls, but to try to tar Barak Obama as a friend of a terrorist seems a little extreme. Do you really think that he’s a friend of terrorists? Bill Ayers was never convicted of a crime. He may have held beliefs that you don’t agree with, but a whole lot of upstanding citizens who will probably vote for you were also radicals in the sixties. When Barak Obama was in elementary school.

Given you want to link him with perceived bad guys, it’s only fair to also ask: how many times did either of you stand side by side with Ted Stevens? And Governor Palin, what about his son Ben and John Cowdery and the other Alaskans implicated in the VECO scandal? Senator McCain, did you ever hang out with Duke Cunningham? He’s in prison now, but I’ll bet you had dinner with him. That doesn’t mean that either of you are guilty by association does it?

And it doesn’t mean that Barak Obama is a friend of terrorists. That’s just sleezy and wrong and for people who campaign about being different than and better than what normally passes for politicians, it’s a little disappointing. But frankly, I’m not surprised.