Columnist Andy McCarthy takes a long, hard look at the people closest to Obama:(a) his wife Michelle, (b) his mentor and pastor Jeremiah Wright, (c) terrorist Bill Ayers, and (d) Obama and Ayers' work together for three years on the board of the Woods Fund, a Chicago charitable organization, to steer $75,000 to the Arab American Action Network, co-founded by PLO operative Rashid Khalidi.

Basically, Obama has longtime ties, friendships, and relationships with people who regularly expressed contempt for America in public (Michelle Obama, ‘Ayatollah’ Wright), or worked as Yassir Arafat's right hand man (Khalidi) and tried to blow up American landmarks (Bill Ayers).

At some point, it stops being "guilt by association" and more "judge someone by the company they keep."