ABOUT BEING LINKED TO A UNDERGROUND terrorists of the 1970's Options
If what Sean Hannity discussed on his show today is true, Obama is in
deep trouble.
Obama could face questions about his relationship with William Ayers,
a former member of the radical group the Weather Underground who is
now a professor of education at the University of Illinois in Chicago.
Ayers donated $200 in 2001 to Obama's Illinois state Senate campaign
and served with him from 1999 to 2002 on the board of the Woods Fund,
an anti-poverty group.
The Weather Underground carried out a series of bombings in the early
1970s -- including the U.S. Capitol and the Pentagon. While Ayers was
never prosecuted for those attacks, he told The New York Times in an
interview published Sept. 11, 2001, that "I don't regret setting
bombs."
Bill Burton, Obama's spokesman, said Ayers "does not have a role on
the campaign.'' Ayers said he had no comment on his relationship with
Obama.
It really depends on whether there's any more to the relationship than
one $200 check. But one thing I've learned covering New York politics
over the years is that while elites have mostly forgiven the left-wing
terrorists of the 1960s and early 1970s, the broader public really
hasn't.
more at:
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmi...n_Obama_doesnt...
If what Sean Hannity discussed on his show today is true, Obama is in
deep trouble.
Obama could face questions about his relationship with William Ayers,
a former member of the radical group the Weather Underground who is
now a professor of education at the University of Illinois in Chicago.
Ayers donated $200 in 2001 to Obama's Illinois state Senate campaign
and served with him from 1999 to 2002 on the board of the Woods Fund,
an anti-poverty group.
The Weather Underground carried out a series of bombings in the early
1970s -- including the U.S. Capitol and the Pentagon. While Ayers was
never prosecuted for those attacks, he told The New York Times in an
interview published Sept. 11, 2001, that "I don't regret setting
bombs."
Bill Burton, Obama's spokesman, said Ayers "does not have a role on
the campaign.'' Ayers said he had no comment on his relationship with
Obama.
It really depends on whether there's any more to the relationship than
one $200 check. But one thing I've learned covering New York politics
over the years is that while elites have mostly forgiven the left-wing
terrorists of the 1960s and early 1970s, the broader public really
hasn't.
more at:
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmi...n_Obama_doesnt...
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