Nelson: Palin engaged in "Swift Boat politics"
OMAHA, Neb. — U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson characterized Sarah Palin’s claim that Barack Obama “pals around with terrorists” as “Swift Boat politics.”
The Nebraska Democrat spoke Sunday evening in advance of an Omaha rally headlined by Palin.
Nelson called the comments from the GOP’s vice presidential nominee “a thinly veiled strategy to try to change the subject.”
Palin said Sunday that the Democratic presidential nominee’s association with a 1960s radical is an issue that is “fair to talk about.”
Obama has denounced the radical views and actions of Bill Ayers, a founder of the violent Weather Underground group during the Vietnam era.
The Nebraska Democrat spoke Sunday evening in advance of an Omaha rally headlined by Palin.
Nelson called the comments from the GOP’s vice presidential nominee “a thinly veiled strategy to try to change the subject.”
Palin said Sunday that the Democratic presidential nominee’s association with a 1960s radical is an issue that is “fair to talk about.”
Obama has denounced the radical views and actions of Bill Ayers, a founder of the violent Weather Underground group during the Vietnam era.
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