Enough With Ayers Already!

I was reading an article in the New York Times (“The Final Countdown: Obama Casts His Vote,” Jeff Zeleny) which talked about how Obama had voted this morning at 7:36 AM in Chicago.

However, Obama was not the focus of this article. Another voter was: Bill Ayers. Shortly before Obama arrived to vote, Ayers and his wife voted in the same place as Obama (Beulah Shoesmith Elementary School). Although Ayers and Obama were not there simultaneously, reporters somehow felt it was worth mentioning this “truth-is-often-stranger-than-fiction moment in the presidential campaign.” Can we please stop talking about Obama’s alleged ties to terrorism through Bill Ayers? Don’t we have anything better to talk about as Election Day moves forward and more and more people cast their ballots? Unless Obama and Ayers met, spoke in a secret code, and exchanged packages marked “Nuclear Weapons – Handle With Care” I really don’t see the relevance that the two men voted at the same place. On the final day of this long campaign, can’t we put aside the hostile attitudes and attack ads? Election Day should be the day we all come together and vote, regardless of the candidate we support. Besides, talking about Ayers is pretty much beating a dead horse now. I don’t think many people really care about the rumor or consider it accurate anymore.

The article also mentions how Obama is spending the day in Indianapolis to try to convert the Republican-leaning state to a Democratic victory. The article ends on a positive note, with Obama talking about how he had fun on the campaign trail and joking that he was worried about who his wife, Michelle, was going to vote for.