According to Gov. Sarah Palin, Senator Barack Obama is un-American for “palling around with” Bill Ayers, who was involved with the Weathermen 40 years ago. If we buy into her guilt by association, a lot of us Chicagoans are suspect. The faculty, students and administration of the University of Illinois, which hired Mr. Ayers as a professor, must all be terrorists.

Likewise, all the employees, board members, donors and recipients of grants from the Woods Fund, where Mr. Obama and Mr. Ayers served together, ought to be investigated.

Mr. Obama’s patriotism was questioned last year because he didn’t wear a flag lapel pin. I’ve since noticed that no one I know wears one. Obviously, I’m surrounded by terrorists.