Remember your Mother cautioning you to watch who you kept company with? Wasn't it aggravating at times to see the adages of our parents, revealing truth at every turn in life? Then rest assured, that Obama was not given any special exemption in this life. The expectations you and I have for each other should at least be nominally held in our choice for President. So how can we logically conclude that Bill Ayers, Rev. Wright, "Father" Phleger, and now convicted friend Tony Rezko, don't all share the same ugly standards? Remember, these are basic life lessons we are talking about. I can hear a stream from the past, those old remembered voices warning us...TR