The company we keep..

Does it matter?  Perhaps not, if you are smooth.

Former President Bill Clinton was recently asked by Fox News' Greta Van Susteren: "What is the difference between an association with someone like David Duke and someone like Reverend [Jeremiah] Wright?" Clinton, as suave as they come, fumbled for a several moments, before he finally stating that "we don't have to go there" and moved on to more comfortable environs.

The answer, of course, is, that anyone linked to Duke would never have been running for national office in the first place.

But Van Susteren could have asked an even more pertinent question: If McCain had a 20-year relationship with a disreputable character, would the Obama campaign make hay of the situation? Of course it would.

Associations — and in some cases political affiliations — are valid subjects for voters to chew on. Bringing it up is not a "smear," nor is it a "distraction," nor is it racist (though a few pundits have contorted themselves trying to prove it so). Your acquaintances speak to your judgment and character.

Comments

[Blogvixen]

Hmmm. Interesting. From what I understand, Greta is a lib.

I think she might be the only Thinkin' Lib out there. Good for her.