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Gen. Colin Powell endorsing Barack Obama

I'm also troubled by, not what Senator McCain says, but what members of the party say. And it is permitted to be said such things as, "Well, you know that Mr. Obama is a Muslim." Well, the correct answer is, he is not a Muslim, he's a Christian. He's always been a Christian. But the really right answer is, what if he is? Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer's no, that's not America. Is there something wrong with some seven-year-old Muslim-American kid believing that he or she could be president? Yet, I have heard senior members of my own party drop the suggestion, "He's a Muslim and he might be associated terrorists." This is not the way we should be doing it in America..

Annenberg & Ayers…

Bob McCarthy, educator, school reform leader, and former senior staff member of the Annenberg Institute at Brown University is proud of his relationship with Bill Ayers.

During the Annenberg work in Chicago, the group was aware of Ayers's past and, like Obama, found the acts of the Weathermen 40 years ago reprehensible. However, our goal was to help Chicago's teachers and children, and Ayers, who has spent his adult life pursuing the same goal, was an important resource and collaborator. We should judge a person by his entire life's work, not convenient sections. McCain should know that.

McCain’s ideologues

Mike Barnicle, referring to McCain:

That guy is MIA, missing in action, held captive by ideologues who dominate his strategy sessions and what is left of the Republican party.

McCain on ACORN

At a 2006 rally in Miami, McCain pushed an immigration reform bill supported by ACORN and other progressive groups. ACORN members waved "McCain '08" signs at the rally as McCain said,

"What makes America special is what's in this room tonight. That's what makes America special."

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