The: New York Times – CNN – Associated Press – Washington Post – Detroit Free Press – Chicago Sun Times said McCain was LYING.

Obama met Ayers in 1995. Ayres a college professor was teaching education at the University of Illinois when Obama who was working on a school reform project, funded by a former close friend of Ronald Reagan’s sat on this board along with several conservative businessmen and civic leaders. http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/10/does-obama-stil.html

McCain’s links to “unrepentant terrorists” who committed acts far worse than Ayers. Obama has forcefully condemned the past actions of Ayers, John McCain has never denounced his terrorist friends.

Oliver North: (Covicted Felon) A congressional committee confirmed that the Contras “raped, tortured and killed unarmed civilians, including children” and that “groups of civilians, including pregnant women and children were burned, dismembered, blinded and beheaded.” McCain knew about these acts of terror when he was publicly funding them. McCain personally funded the Contras that engaged in terrorist acts. In 1988, the Washington Post reported that McCain personally (and relatively “recently”) gave the Contras $400.

North was tried in 1988 for his (Contra) activities, indicted on sixteen felony counts and he was convicted of three: accepting an illegal gratuity, aiding and abetting in the obstruction of a congressional inquiry, and destruction of documents. He was sentenced on July 5, 1989, to a three-year suspended prison term, two years probation, $150,000 in fines, and 1,200 hours community service. Earlier this year, the McCain campaign proudly endorsed Oliver North who illegally provided weapons and money to terrorists; when a reporter questioned this, the McCain campaign refused to even criticize this criminal (Oliver North).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_North

No one doubts McCain knew about these acts of terror as he was publicly funding them.
“Http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-k-wilson/john-mccains-terrorist-co_b_133326.html

Gordan Liddy: (Covicted Felon) Last year, McCain expressed how “proud he was of G. Gordon Liddy who told his audience to shoot law enforcement agents in the head “Http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-k-wilson/john-mccains-terrorist-co_b_133326.html

Liddy was convicted of conspiracy in the Watergate burglaries, illegal wiretapping, and received a 20-year sentence. He served a total of five and half years in prison, including over 100 days in solitary confinement, his sentence was commuted by President Jimmy Carter and released in 1977.

Liddy’s advice to his radio audience, in 1994, after the federal raid on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, was: “Now if the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms comes to disarm you and they are bearing arms, resist them with arms. Go for a head shot; they’re going to be wearing bulletproof vests. … Kill the sons of bitches.”

Liddy has made four contributions totaling $5,000 to Senator John McCain’s campaigns — including $1,000 in 2007. In November 2007 John McCain, 2008 went on Liddy’s radio show. Liddy greeted him as “an old friend,” McCain replied. “I’m proud of you, I’m proud of your family. It’s always a pleasure for me to come on your program, Gordon, and congratulations on your continued success and adherence to the principles and philosophies that keep our nation great.” Http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._Gordon_Liddy

Http://fightthesmears.com/articles/22/ayerssmear?source=sem-pm-fts-ay-search-us&gclid=CPGx9KynnZYCFQRkswodvzfw6w

William Timmons, the Washington lobbyist who John McCain has named to head his presidential transition team, aided an influence effort on behalf of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein to ease international sanctions against his regime.

The two lobbyists who Timmons worked closely with over a five year period on the lobbying campaign later either pleaded guilty to or were convicted of federal criminal charges that they had acted as unregistered agents of Saddam Hussein’s government.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/14/mccain-transition-chief-a_n_134595.html

The Republicans are, indeed, falling apart. The reactionary wing has gained control of the GOP side of the house, and the more moderate Republicans are realizing that they made a bargain with the devil, and the bill is coming due.

And you have to give it to Obama. He’s a campaigning force. Even if we remove the economic turmoil that has almost certainly benefited Obama, his ground game now looks as good or better than it did when he beat Clinton.

I’d be willing to bet that campaign strategy textbooks will be furiously revised over the next few years.

Hopefully he’ll be as good at leading the nation as he’s shown himself to be at getting elected to lead the nation.

Just ask his campaign .