*Blinks* uh yeah, it kinda does, Ixidor, because that's the whole basis of this. "Palling around with terrorists" =/= an accusation of Obama being a terrorist himself.
"Stop trying to be a Republican," Vegeta? Well then, you're giving Republicans a pretty big endorsement, because I'm relying on pure common sense - and Lord knows the Republican party is not always on par with common sense.
As for Ryan, the connection is there: Barack Obama has, for his entire political career, tolerated the likes of William Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, if all it means is power and advancement amongst the radical Chicago elite. Their relationship is at best an acquaintanceship...Which is not desirable of a presidential candidate.
Be that as it may, it doesn't even come close to the association with Rezko.
(FYI, the Jeremiah Wright association means nothing)