The following except is from an article dated October 10, 2008 by Charles Krauthammer.
“Obama's political career was launched with Ayers giving him a fundraiser in his living room. If a Republican candidate had launched his political career at the home of an abortion-clinic bomber -- even a repentant one -- he would not have been able to run for dogcatcher in Podunk. And Ayers shows no remorse. His only regret is that he "didn't do enough."
Why are these associations important? Do I think Obama is as corrupt as Rezko? Or shares Wright's angry racism or Ayers's unreconstructed 1960s radicalism?
No. But that does not make these associations irrelevant. They tell us two important things about Obama.

First, his cynicism and ruthlessness. He found these men useful, and use them he did. Would you attend a church whose pastor was spreading racial animosity from the pulpit? Would you even shake hands with -- let alone serve on two boards with -- an unrepentant terrorist, whether he bombed U.S. military installations or abortion clinics?

Most Americans would not, on the grounds of sheer indecency. Yet Obama did, if not out of conviction then out of expediency. He was a young man on the make, an unknown outsider working his way into Chicago politics. He played the game with everyone, without qualms and with obvious success.

Obama is not the first politician to rise through a corrupt political machine. But he is one of the rare few to then have the audacity to present himself as a transcendent healer, hovering above and bringing redemption to the "old politics" -- of the kind he had enthusiastically embraced in Chicago in the service of his own ambition.

Second, and even more disturbing than the cynicism, is the window these associations give on Obama's core beliefs. He doesn't share the Rev. Wright's, poisonous views of race, nor Ayers's views, past and present, about the evil that is American society. But Obama clearly did not consider these views beyond the pale. For many years he swam easily and without protest in that fetid pond.”

After reading the entire article, I couldn’t help but to wonder why the Republican Party, has not done exactly what the Democrats would have done if a republican candidate were as horrible as Barack Obama is

Mr. Krauthammer is right to bring the subject up. A Republican, man or woman, black or white running for office with these sorts of associations would cause such an up roar it could potentially tear apart our country!

Our socialist media, the liberal pundits and the entire Democrat party would turn our election process into one endless series of special investigations. A litany of documentation about everyone involved would be a daily topic on their networks and cable news channels. Similar to FOX News on the death of Anna Nichol Smith! (Ridiculous as it was!)

The very fact that all of this can be said of Barack Obama and is the truth, speaks volumes to those of us Conseravtive Americans. We truly do understand the danger we face! The Democrat Party would nominate a man such as Barack Obama to be President but, were it Sarah Palin with the same associations, and the first women to run for the presidency, they would decimate her!

When I think of all the investigations that occurred prior to the articles of impeachment with regard to Bill Clinton; I have always been amazed that Hillary could become a Senator after all of what we, the country endured. Furthermore, to watch the Democrat machine and the Liberal media toss her under the bus during her campaign for President in order to support something worse is really quite shocking while at the same time, rather revealing!

I sit, sometimes for hours wondering how this is happening, really! I’ve come to the realization that the Republicans Party of today missed the boat a long time ago. As a black American, I have grown accustomed to the idiocy of the Republican Party.

My conservative beliefs and moral appetite for decency, as a person of color is simply not a plat form of many white Republicans. Most simply appreciate the fact that not all of us (blacks) are Democrats. I have never seen a Republican election office in the "hood" as an example!

One wonders, why didn’t the Republicans, go nuts when Bill Ayers, Louise Farrakhan, Jeremiah Wright Jr. and Tony Rezko became a part of the discussion. Where are the special investigations? Why worry about racism now, the Democrats have been playing that card since Bill Clinton was elected president. I think that the party is full of pansies.

How Obama could climb such a questionable ladder can only mean one thing; the current Republican Party has no balls! There is absolutely no reason for me to sit and wonder about this lunacy taking place in my country any further…Conservatives have no representation.

If John McCain were half the man Ronald Reagan was then none of this would be occurring but, this man wants to open our boarders for goodness sakes! (For all of you African Americans, I happen to love America, so their!)

What the Democrat Party of today represents and you are foolish to not see this is…POWER! They will do what ever it takes to have power. Well what does this really mean? It means that people like Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid want to Lord over YOU. They want to kill your freedom. Bill Ayers is the poster child for this possibility. It is all about power and people like Sarah Palin must be stopped at all costs……

Sarah Palin is us, folks this is why they have been so ruthless towards her. The following is what I think many who are voting for Barack Obama comprehend. After you hear this it will become obvious to you how the DEMOCRATS can simply walk right into office.
 http://www.bpmdeejays.com/upload/hs_sal_in_Harlem_100108.mp3
(I do not support Howard stern.)
America is “dumbed down!” The Republican is neutered and something else must happen or our country is over.