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Palin defends terrorist comment: Sarah Palin defended her claim that Barack Obama "pals around with terrorists," saying the Democratic presidential nominee's association with a 1960s radical is an issue that is "fair to talk about."
Obama has denounced the radical views and actions of Bill Ayers, a founder of the Weather Underground group during the Vietnam era. On Sunday, he dismissed the criticism from the McCain campaign, leveled by Palin, as "smears" meant to distract voters from real problems such as the troubled economy.
Palin launched the attack Saturday, repeating it at three different events and signaling a new strategy by John McCain's presidential campaign to go after Obama's character.
"The comments are about an association that has been known but hasn't been talked about," Palin said. "I think it's fair to talk about where Barack Obama kicked off his political career, in the guy's living room."
The Campaign:
- John McCain had no public schedule.
- Sarah Palin holds a fundraiser in California.
"People say I speak too simply. ... I don't have my thesaurus in my back pocket through my speeches." - Sarah Palin
Obama allies warn GOP to back off attacks: Barack Obama's allies warn that John McCain's attacks on the Democrat's character will lead to the political equivalent of mutual assured destruction: fire your big weapon at your own peril.
Several Obama surrogates said his supporters may start reminding voters of McCain's ties to Charles Keating, a convicted savings and loan owner whose actions two decades ago triggered a Senate ethics investigation that involved McCain as one of the "Keating Five."
The warnings of massive retaliation came as McCain's running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, took on the role of attacker and said that Obama sees America as so imperfect "that he's palling around with terrorists who would target their own country." She was referring to an early Obama supporter, 1960s radical Bill Ayers, a founder of the Weather Underground whose members were blamed for several bombings when Obama was a child.
The Campaign:
- Barack Obama held a rally in Asheville, N.C.
- Joe Biden had no public schedule.
"Under the McCain plan , at least 20 million Americans will lose the insurance they rely on at their workplace." - Barack Obama
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