First off, socialism is much, much, much more than just "spreading the wealth"... so much more that it's fucking ridiculous that people can seriously claim he is anything close to socialist.
As for Ayers, like Obama said, he was 8 god damn years old when he did that shit. His relationship with Obama is that they served on a committee in Chicago together, along with several prominent Republicans. Are Ayers actions cause for concern? Hell yes. But you have to look at them in context. The 60's were so radical, and Vietnam was such a shit show, Watergate was such a shit show, the entire country was a shit show. You know why we went to Vietnam? Because LBJ was accused of being "soft on communism", and to bolster his re-election he pushed for action and started the war based on things that still to this day haven't been verified to have happened.
We're still living in fear of communism and socialism, but why? We aren't anywhere even close to being in that realm! We never have been!
If you want a better view of McCain at the time, read this:
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/cov...al_john_mccain
Quote:
"I'm going to the Middle East," Dramesi says. "Turkey, Kuwait, Lebanon, Iran."
"Why are you going to the Middle East?" McCain asks, dismissively.
"It's a place we're probably going to have some problems," Dramesi says.
"Why? Where are you going to, John?"
"Oh, I'm going to Rio."
"What the hell are you going to Rio for?"
McCain, a married father of three, shrugs.
"I got a better chance of getting laid."
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