This Didn't Take Long
Uh-oh. It sounds like the "drum-tight campaign organization" may have sprung its first leak:
The relationship between the Democratic Party’s Presidential candidate Barack Obama and Bill Ayers, the founder and leader of the now defunct terrorist organization Weather Underground, is deeper and closer than currently understood, according to an individual who has had a senior role in the Obama candidacy that has included direct contact with the candidate...the source has stated that Obama and Ayers have a direct personal relationship that extends back to the 1980s and that there are now close ties between both Michelle and Barack Obama and Ayers and his wife, Bernardine Dohrn, also a former leader of the Weather Underground. Global Labor believes the source to be highly credible but has not been able to confirm independently the comments made by the source.
The source has said that either Obama himself or his wife Michelle communicate with Ayers or Dohrn on a regular basis, up to “several times a week,” including discussions about the “vetting” of potential advisors to the campaign as well as potential appointments to staff positions in the new administration should Obama win the presidential race.
Hmm. Let's see if this makes as much news as Sarah Palin's alleged lack of knowledge about Africa. Or if the body of the leaker ends up floating in the Chicago River first.
My money's on the body.
posted by VermontGuy @ 4:14 PM
4 Comments:
Hey, at least he's not as bad as Joe The Plumber, who celebrates every Christmas with Charles Keating! VG, if you're going to go repeating every blog-sourced-only rumor that fits your fears, it's going to be a mighty long four years for all of us.
Actually, it wasn't the story so much as the leak itself. The Obama campaign did such a good job controlling the leaks before the election - or perhaps the media did it for him - that I was surprised to see it.
As for the story, well, let's just say that if someone reports Ayers and Dohrn spending the night in the Lincoln Bedroom sometime next spring, I won't be surprised.
No, my point is that there might be no leak. There is a story about a leak, from an anonymous blogger. That means I'm skeptical there was a leak at all, forget the contents of the purported leak.
I take your point, but in this case I don't think so. First, it's not an anonymous blogger. His name is Steve Diamond and he identifies himself and gives his background as a lawyer, political scientist and law professor.
I discovered him while reading Tom Maguire's blog (JustOneMinute). Maguire is one of the saner bloggers out there and if he links to Steve Diamond, I'm reasonably comfortable that he's legit. Furthermore, as one of his posts points out, he's one of the people, along with Stanley Kurtz, who actually has read some of the Annenberg Challenge records.
Whether his info on Ayers and Obama is correct, I don't know, but I wouldn't put him down as an anonymous blogger with an ax to grind.
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