Obama palling around with terrorists?

According to CNN.com, Sarah Palin accused Barack Obama of being friendly with terrorists at a fund raiser in Colorado. Palin said, "We see America as the greatest force for good in this world. Our opponent though, is someone who sees America, it seems, as being so imperfect that he's palling around with terrorists who would rather target their own country." These comments were fueled by the accusation that Obama was friendly with Bill Ayers, a founding member of the radical group Weather Underground.

These attacks seem to be a last ditch effort by the McCain campaign to slander Obama as his numbers in the poll continue to increase. The McCain campaign is aiming to portray Obama as an outsider and a foreigner, trying to cater to American's xenophobia. Republicans used this fear tactic to make Americans weary of Obama. When McCain says this election is not about race, it is a lie because they have been playing into Obama's minority status as a way to defer voters by threatening that he has been in cahoots with terrorists and that he is perhaps a muslim.

A recent poll from Pollster.com shows Obama with an 8 point lead ahead of McCain. With only 28 days until the election, these numbers portray a grim outlook for the Republican candidate.