horse of george

True, most seem to be conceding election to Obama and certainly I'm not going to disagree with that; and true, I no longer have a preference [did I ever? besides Hillary of course] even if preceding statement were not the case since it seems McCain was like to prove as bad a president as I believe Obama will be, if only judging by the near incoherence of his campaign. But - that being said and all - why is it the press is acting as if it's a received truth that McCain bringing up Ayers is a smear? Obama has ties to the guy and, more importantly, to that specific community [what for fairness sake we will yclept the left's version of the wingnut right] he is representative of - how is it a smear to ask what that means? I'm trying not to believe that the press is playing favourites - but they seem to be deliberately confusing the issue by insinuating that it's all and only about Obama's links to Ayers [which, if too tenuous, may indeed verge on smearing] when the true salient point to be made is really all about the radical communities which Ayers and his possibly more significant adjunct Rev Wright [who is no longer mentioned by anyone - you see how well Obama has played the race card?] are members in 'good' standing and passionate advocates of and, by way of logical inquiry consequent to etc etc, what that says about Obama's politics - etc etc. That is not to smear, that's to ask a pertinent question. Obama is a largely unknown quantity and, more over, what little we do know of him lends one to believe he's quite liberal; the country presently cohabits with and will certainly in the near future be in full rut upon what we shall call for the nonce with no doubt abounding understatement troubling times; he'll likely have a Democratic majority to work with in Congress, an emboldened Democratic congress flush with the belief that it is and will be utterly right in everything it does because the country apparently believes that Bush was so utterly wrong in everything he did, in short their world view will have the appearance of being entirely validated - given such it's not a smear to try and figure out what the fuck it all may mean, nor is it a smear to ask the public to pause and consider what the fuck it all may mean before pulling a lever or checking a box or closing fucking eyes and tossing a dart.