"Would you say the same thing if John McCain had palled around with white supremacists and apologists for the Klan for twenty years?"

Well, McCain's been palling around with G Gordon Liddy. Not an apologist for the Klan, but someone who advocates shooting federal law enforcement officials in the face. And someone who planned the disruptions of protests advocating the rights of African Americans. And someone who was convicted of federal felonies. And McCain is best buddies Pinochet, a convicted war criminal (though not extradicted). And he pals around with Henry Kissinger, the world's most notorious unconvicted war criminal. Nobody alive has killed more innocent people, yet he is protected by the US. And don't worry, Obama will protect Kissinger, too. Much to my dismay. But at least Obama will not meet with him. Why should he? Kissinger is as evil as it gets, and he controls no country. So what's the upside unless you are truly evil? Evil like, say, Sarah Palin. Kissinger can only give you advise about how to lose a war and still get some good genocide in. But killing brown skinned people is the goal for you folks, isn't it?

What if he palled around with Pinochet? I'll condemn him for that, will you?