4 votes  Walid Phares equals (Bill Ayers + Jeremiah Wright)^2
Remember back in 2008 when Barack Obama's tenuous association
with Bill Ayers, and his somewhat stronger association with
Jeremiah Wright, were both scrutinized by the media, blasted by
the "establishment" Right and Hillary supporters, and referenced
by Sarah Palin, who accused Obama of "palling around with
terrorists"?  Fast forward to 2012. Walid Phares, a man with
just as scary a past as Bill Ayers if not more so, is an advisor
to the Romney campaign (and not only that, he will likely gain a
Cabinet seat in a Romney administration). Quite a contrast to
Bill Ayers, who merely served on the same board (of a mainstream
philanthropic organization) as Obama and was never hired by the
Obama campaign in any capacity.  And yet Obama, for some reason,
isn't whaling Romney over his ties to Phares. Perhaps Obama
feels he doesn't need to (after all, Romney is already behind in
the polls). Or perhaps Obama knows it'd be hypocritical of him
to do so, and tha