[Vision2020] Questions for No. Weatherman

[No Weatherman]

> 1.  Why, No. Weatherman, do you choose to post anonymously?

After Joe took his free speech and went home, I wrote to him off list
to explain to him that I assumed he had the ability as a philosopher
to discuss a subject, if even in the abstract, without letting other
distractions enter into the conversation, like the identity of the
person on the other side of the screen. I emphasized to him that I
have no ill will to him or anyone else in this forum and I still do
not.

I chose anonymity to force one particular subject to the front of the
conversation and to leave personalities out of it.

I have pointed out already that the founding fathers of our republic
wrote pseudonymously for this very reason. Politics brings out the
worst and best in us, like religion, and I wanted to insure a debate
free of the ad hominem fallacy.

Ironically, Joe charges me with arguing "guilt by association" (a
subset of the ad hom, he says), which he has not proved (I countered
with "guilt by participation"), and as he makes this argument he
incredibly argues that I am a member of a certain local church that
has racist convictions. IOW, he's making a "guilt by association"
argument.

Anyhoo, Joe, ACS, and Roger were having a spirited discussion about
Ayers/Obama and Liddy/McCain, but I saw some people shading some facts
in their favor, so I decided to force the issue of Ayers'
long-standing personal and professional relationship with Barack
Obama.

And I mean FORCE it.

As you can see, however, no one wants to talk about the candidate who
launched his political career in the domestic terrorist's living room,
and I don't blame them. There is no sensible answer for Barack Obama's
radical anti-American ties and my anonymity has nothing to do with it.

But it sure makes a good excuse.

> 2.  Would you vote for a Muslim to serve as President of the United States?

I don't like the question because it's too vague. I could answer this
question about a black man, for example, because the political
landscape is filled with black men and women whom I highly respect,
contra the racist label some very LOUD and dishonest persons in this
forum have put on me. I understand the question is hypothetical, but I
do not know of one Muslim on the American political landscape that
answers to the hypothesis.

Another way to illustrate this point is that I know of a lot of Muslim
politicians who, if they were natural born citizens, would not have
made it as far as Obama and if they had made it that far I would not
have voted for them for no other reason than their tolerance of
terrorism.

I also know of a lot of Muslim and quasi-Muslim political leaders,
like Farrakhan and Wright, who I would not vote for in any lifetime
because they are racist pigs.

Believe it or not, I oppose racism.

Finally, I will answer your questions to the best of my ability but
you must be careful. Let's be honest about it and not too politically
correct, and you must remember that I do not intend to veer off my
stated purpose — Does Barack Obama have a moral obligation to
disassociate from domestic terrorist Bill Ayers?

He threw Farrakhan, Wright, and Rezko under the bus. Does his standard
obligate him to send Ayers to a similar fate?