As to "friends," there is Obama and Rev. Wright, Eric Holder and Mark Rich, Willie Brown and Rev. Jim Jones, etc.
Palin's friend issue is a non-issue.
Obama’s Radical Friends - Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EhtHXc2cM8&feature=related
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Obama’s Radical Friends - Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mII2hwRyiSU&feature=related
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Obama’s Radical Friends - Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msAIP9ETe-A&feature=related
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Obama’s Radical Friends - Part 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOSV1MVXORg&feature=related
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Obama’s Radical Friends - Part 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-q_pkCvYow&feature=related
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Obama’s Radical Friends - Part 6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbLxoqZJ2YM&feature=related
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In the middle of the Cold War, at Columbia, Obama essay:
BREAKING THE WAR MENTALITY
http://www.politico.com/static/PPM116_obamaessay.html
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His senior thesis, which NO ONE can find from ANY source, as they’ve all been sealed off is titled:
Soviet Nuclear Disarmament