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The pastor who clashed with Palin

Baptist minister Howard Bess, who wrote a book Palin wanted banned and who fought her on abortion and gay rights, says the country should fear her election.

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  • Monday, September 15, 2008 06:11 PM

    @Clapham

    The papers on Ayers/Obama are not he said/she said. The ones examined so far (out of thousands) are damning.

    Then please provide a direct link to a particular piece of damning information. Not damning by inference, that is, by what you believe something means. I'm looking for damning by fact. A claim was made earlier that Obama and Ayers have a close relationship for the past 20 years. I want to see evidence of that. Like, holidays together with the 2 families, christmas cards, that sort of thing. Refusing to release records is not enough.

    The decision to withhold information from the public, like McCain's decision to withhold his medical records or his wife's decision to withhold her tax returns, could be taken for a range of reasons, some of which may not be damning.

    For example, this:

    CAC documents showing grant approvals to Ayers-connected "schools" while legitimate educational institutions were turned down

    Please show me that Ayers benefited from this, that Obama made it happen, and that Obama benefited as well. That would be damning evidence.

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