bill+ayers
With a slight chance of libel
The forecast for today is terror…
Barack Obama was hounded at last nights debate about any connections he might have with Weathermen terrorist Bill Ayers. The Weathermen were a group in the Sixties and Seventies who planted bombs in order to hurt the federal government in opposition to the Vietnam War. In his memoirs, Ayers is quoted as saying, “I don’t regret setting bombs, I feel we didn’t do enough.”
Obama’s relationship with Ayers is scant at best. According to Michael Dobbs’ The Fact Checker at the Washington Post, Obama’s only dealings with Ayers have been a $200 donation from Ayers during Obama’s Senate race, the fact that they run in some of the same Chicago circles, and the fact that they are on the board of an anti-poverty group together.
While I obviously don’t care for these activities, I realize that it may or may not amount to much other than that they share a similar left wing ideology. What really bothers me about the whole process is what Obama said at the debate about his association with Ayers. Instead of explaining their relationship, he decided to compare the terrorist to a sitting United States Senator. Here’s what he had to say:
The fact is that I’m also friendly with Tom Coburn, one of the most conservative Republicans in the United States Senate, who during his campaign once said that it might be appropriate to apply the death penalty to those who carried about abortions. Do I need to apologize for Mr. Coburn’s statements?
So, apparently associating with a United States Senator who holds a strong line view on abortion is the same as associating with someone who was once a terrorist. I find that deplorable, and I think if Senator Coburn wanted to take a shot at Obama about that, then he could. But I think he’s too classy to do such a thing.
This continues to illuminate how out of touch Obama is. He is willing to defend his relationship with a terrorists with whom he shares left wing views, and justifies it by throwing a so-called friend under the bus. Obama’s abrasive, sleazy personality is showing more and more as this campaign continues. Gone is the hopeful, kind Obama, and present is the abrasive, petty, cruel individual who will do anything to get elected. Looks like he and Senator Clinton aren’t so different after all.
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