An Oct. 9 Newsmax article by Ronald Kessler purports to quote a “former Obama schoolmate” as saying that during high school in Hawaii, Barack Obama ” didn’t hang out with a group I thought was the right group to hang out with,” adding, “I would say Obama didn’t show great character about choosing who he hung out with. … I think he behaved well and wasn’t getting into trouble, but he didn’t seem to hang out with the right people.”
Who is this “former schoolmate”? Kessler won’t tell us, asserting that the woman “did not want to be quoted by name.”
Kessler uses this person’s alleged words to launch yet another attack on Obama, giving him an excuse to do his Republican duty and rehash Jeremiah Wright, Louis Farrakhan and William Ayers. Kessler concludes: “The fact that he associated with Ayers, remained a member of Wright’s church until this year, and exposed his children to Wright’s hate-America tirades shows the same poor character and lack of judgment Obama admits displaying in high school.”
The fact that Kessler so willingly sold himself out to flip-flop from McCain-basher to McCain fluffer, and his willingness to forward anonymous smears, show us all we need to know about Kessler’s character and judgment.