Quote from lindq:
Of course the real outrage is that with our economy fast going down the tubes, our international relationships in tatters, our deficit at a historic high, and retail sales tanking, the subject of this guy Ayers was even brought up by McCain.
They have 90 minutes to address the country's pressing problems and this is what he wants to talk about?
Obama's response was wonderful. "It says a lot more about your campaign than it does about me."
What he really should have said was "John, shove it up your ass."
If one wants to talk about past or present associations stretching over decades, McCain has plenty of those hidden in his closet, not the least of which is that the chief of his present White House transition team is a former lobbyist who represented Saddam Hussein.
As you put it, anyone with "shit for brains" knows that this whole issue is a straw dog put up by McCain's handlers because they have nothing else with which to promote their candidate.
Fortunately the most recent polls show that Americans are getting the point.
