Barack Obama's effort to keep the argument focused on the economy is just another example of the Democrats using a crisis to keep the focus off of the damning arguments of Barack Obama's associations with William Ayers and Reverend Wright, as well as others like Rahid Khalidi, Ali Abunimah, and Acorn. Of course, the economy is an important issue, but it is not the only one. We should not vote purely on this issue, as Obama would like us to, to the exclusion of all else.

There once was a man named T.E. Lawrence, who was known as Lawrence of Arabia. In World War 1, he fought in the Middle East during the Arab revolt of 1916-1918. One particular battle of note was the battle for the town of Aqaba. Aqaba was a seaport, with an expansive desert on the other side. To protect from invasion, the residents of Aqaba pointed their defensive forces towards the sea, as they believed that was the only place an invasion force would come from. Surely, no one could cross the expansive desert on the other side. Lawrence of Arabia and his forces did just that - they crossed the desert, and when they attacked Aqaba, all of Aqaba's defenses were pointed in the wrong direction.

Like Lawrence of Arabia, Obama wants to keep you focused on the Aqaba of the economy, while all these nefarious ties slip by unnoticed on the other side.