McCain Campaign Now Attacks Michelle Obama Over Ayers

The McCain campaign is now broadening their attack on Obama's past association with William Ayers to include Michelle Obama -- even though McCain has repeatedly said spouses should be off limits during the campaign.

The attack? Bernardine Dohrn, Ayers' wife and fellow former Weatherman, went to work in 1984 for the major Chicago law firm of Sidley & Austin, and three years later, Michelle joined the mega-firm as well.

That's the entire attack. We wish we were joking. But we aren't.

In launching this latest attack, McCain is ditching yet another formerly-claimed principle as he faces the growing likelihood of defeat. In a statement back in June, the McCain campaign said: "Senator McCain agrees with Senator Obama that spouses should not be an issue in this campaign, and he has stated that position frequently."

The attack on Michelle came on a McCain conference call with reporters this afternoon featuring John Murtagh, who has been hitting Obama over the Weather Underground's attack on his family's home back in 1970. Murtagh noted that Dohrn and Michelle Obama had both worked at the firm starting in the late 1980s.

The firm's Chicago office currently employs more than 500 lawyers. Murtagh didn't even bother alleging that the two even knew each other, instead suggesting that they might have. If so, he said, the Obamas have known the two longer than suspected.

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months ago. Be careful what you wish for McCain. Cindy has more than enough skeletons in her lavish closet.

will be nice to see someone from the surrogates bring it up. She's a homewrecker, and a known drug abuser and who knows what kind of shady dealings she's had in her business life.

off limits. this sucks.

She strikes me as a lady who does not put up with bull shit

much bullshit from ANYONE.

Especially considering the drug addict demeaned our troops yesterday.

Can Obama start talking about her mob connections as well?

Next time a Democrat calls him a good man or a hero I'm going to explode. Disgusting and getting worse by the minute...

he needs to be in mental institution not running for Pres
Obama needs to go after this slimeball big time

"Malia attends school with boy whose aunt once got a DWI!"

RAWRRRR!

The depths of their depravity know no bounds.

How's the view from the cheap seats, McSewer?

I really, really wish it would stop, for the good of this country. I hope Republicans will stop it, if for no other reason than the good of their party.

I'm on my way to turn myself into the authorities.

:)

But they think they can do it through Michelle, because she was a coworker of the guy's wife?? Wow....

Do they even listen to this shit before they blow it out there? McCain's campaign is definitely borrowing the kitchen sink strategy that failed Clinton's campaign.