A lot is being made of presidential candidate Barack Obama’s connections to ACORN as well as admitted terrorist William Ayers.   The version of the story you get varies widely depending on the media outlet you get your news from.  If you listen to Fox News, you are waiting to hear that Obama wrote the Unibomber Manifiesto for Ted Kaczynksi.   If you listen to MSNBC he is so pure of motive as to be almost oblivious to the world around him.  I have no idea where the truth lies in that black hole void between the two.

Was it a judgment error on Barack Obama’s part to associate with this guy?  On some level you have to say yes.  Is the Ayers connection an error in judgment so catastrophic as to disqualify Barack from the presidency?  I do not think so and I am a McCain supporter.  Where does that leave us?   John McCain has not made serious judgment errors?  Neither will not make a  serious judgment error in 4 years as president?   I expect either one of them to make  at least one much more serious judgment error as President than the Ayers connection.  It is part of making the best decision you can with the information you have at the time.  It is part of being human.

Unless someone shows me evidence that Obama endorses Ayer’s views through words or action past or present or that he has engaged in a  systematic cover-up of his relationship  it is a non-issue to me as to his overall ability to make good decisions as president.  I am much more worried about his lack of experience in foreign policy than his connections to William Ayers.  If he is elected hopefully he will put some great people around him experienced in foreign affairs and listen to them.

ACORN is a different story.  Their tactics in various areas have long been criticized.  We know that Obama represented ACORN in a 1995 lawsuit against the State of Illinois.  No big deal there. That is what lawyers do.  They are now accused of facilitating voter fraud. This is serious business and must be dealt with swiftly and severely.  It appears the federal government agrees.  A Las Vegas ACORN office was raided by the FBI.   ACORN’s position is that they are also a victim and deal with fraud on behalf by their workers as they are made aware.  My response to that is that you only get one ignorance pass.  Once you are put on notice that  fraud is occurring and you continue to do nothing about it your action or inaction is raised to the level of intentionally facilitating the fraud.  I expect to see  Acorn indictments within the next year.

I frankly couldn’t care less about these back and forth accusations. I am waiting for that Tuesday after the first Monday in November where I can wake, up head down to the local 7-11 , get my cup of coffee, get my apple fritter,  head over to the all purpose machine, take out a 100 bucks, buy a roll of stamps, high speed download the latest blockbuster to my iPod, cast my vote, see if I got any dates on Match.com (I was rejected by E-Harmony) and  check my outstanding arrest warrants.