The problem is allowing Obama and the media to use the word “association” as in ‘guilt by’ and so forth.
This is guilt by PARTICIPATION. No one is selected to write a blurb for a book, sit on boards and dole out over 150 million dollars, something most CEOs don’t get the opportunity to do by just being an associate.
And, the goal of the participation was not to improve math and science skills. It was to teach “history” and warp the warp perspective of young minds.
The Dems, with the media helping them, MUST ensure that the public makes uninformed, or warped opinions.
Thomas Sowell (posted here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2099179/posts)
Critics of Senator Barack Obama make a strategic mistake when they talk about his "past associations." That just gives his many defenders in the media an opportunity to counter-attack against "guilt by association."
We all have associations, whether at the office, in our neighborhood or in various recreational activities. Most of us neither know nor care what our associates believe or say about politics.
Associations are very different from alliances. Allies are not just people who happen to be where you are or who happen to be doing the same things you do. You choose allies deliberately for a reason. The kind of allies you choose says something about you ... continue
Thanks to jazusamo for collecting Thomas Sowell articles
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