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Bill Ayers at Northwestern Bill Ayers, former 1960s radical activist turned college professor, listens to Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. speak at Northwestern University during an event hosted by Northwestern's Black Student Alliance. Ayers' name gained prominence during the presidential race when ...
 Ayers: Obama was 'family friend'  :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: 44: Barack Obama
Ayers: Obama was 'family friend' :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: 44: Barack Obama
suntimes.com — New afterword to 2001 book, Ayers describes Barack Obama as 'family friend' In a new afterword to... his 2001 book, Bill Ayers, former leader of the 1960s radical group Weather Underground, describes President-elect Barack Obama as a “family friend” and ... (more) Ayers: Obama was 'family friend' :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES ...
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Bill Ayers Calls Obama A 'Family Friend' In Updated Book
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... In a new afterword to his 2001 memoir, Fugitive Days, Bill Ayers refers to himself as a "family friend" of President-elect Barack Obama, according to a copy of the manuscript obtained by the Chicago Tribune: ...

Bill Ayers Calls Obama A 'Family Friend' In Updated Book
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... In a new afterword to his 2001 memoir, Fugitive Days, Bill Ayers refers to himself as a "family friend" of President-elect Barack Obama, according to a copy of the manuscript obtained by the Chicago Tribune: ...

Obama: “Just a guy in my neighborhood” translated in Obama’speak means “family friend”, per Ayers
Flopping Aces — ... Another of Obama’s odd perspective of “truth” and “transparency” with the US electorate has been laid exposed in the updated version of his 2001 book “Fugitive Days,” . ...

Bill Ayers Comes Clean-- Corrects Obama: "We Are Family Friends"
Gateway Pundit — ... who engaged in detestable acts 40 years ago when I was 8 years old somehow reflects on my values doesn't make much sense, George." Barack Obama ABC Democratic Debate April 2008 Barack Obama denied his close association with Bill Ayers during his campaign this year: But today Bill Ayers set set the record straight. The Chicago Tribune reported: In a new afterword to his ...

Bill Ayers Admits Friendship With Obama - Irony Abounds
Say Anything — ... In a Chicago Tribune story, William Ayers came clean about his relationship with Barack Obama. But in typical leftie style, blamed Barama’s “political enemies” of being dishonest! ...

Understatement of the Day
Ace of Spades HQ — Understatement of the Day From the Chicago Tribune: In a new afterword to his memoir, 1960s radical William Ayers describes himself as a "family friend" of President-elect Barack Obama and writes that the campaign controversy over their relationship was an effort by Obama's political enemies to "deepen a dishonest narrative" about the candidate. Ayers describes phone threats and hate e-mail he received during the campaign, and he bemoans Obama's guilt by association. During the campaign, Ayers' friendship with Obama was a favorite subject of conservative bloggers and talk show ...

What Isn’t Is
Jules Crittenden — ... OK, it’s a little bit of double-reverse Clintonism. It’s a question of what isn’t is. In this ChiTrib article , Ayers is quoted explaining that Obama was his “neighbor and family friend,” but the enemy camp’s “dishonest narrative” distorted that, and was so vile as to suggest he was an unrepentant ex-terrorist.  To anyone influenced by the neocon media machine, as Ayers so aptly describes it, his protestations may sound ridiculous. But having studied this closely, I now see that Ayers has been grossly misrepresented. Allow me to explain:  The Palin narrative, of course, was ...

TERRAIST AYERS OBAMA HOLY SCHLITZ!!111ONE
Whiskey Fire — ... OMIGODZ teh Obama is TEH TERRIST! IS PROVED!!! This I believes calls for a gnome AND a leprechaun. If any further response to the Right Blogosphere is required, I am sure I am baffled as to what it might perhaps be. ...

Brainster's Blog — Ayers Not Just A Guy Who Lives In Obama's Neighborhood Either the Barackster or Ayers is lying: In a new afterword to his memoir, 1960s radical William Ayers describes himself as a "family friend" of President-elect Barack Obama and writes that the campaign controversy over their relationship was an effort by Obama's political enemies to "deepen a dishonest narrative" about the candidate.

Bill Ayers: Barack Obama a 'family friend'
USS NeverdockBut according to Obama, Ayers was "just a guy who lives in my neighbourhood. "In a new afterword to his memoir, 1960s radical William Ayers describes himself as a "family friend" of President-elect Barack Obama and writes that the campaign controversy over their relationship was an effort by Obama's political enemies to "deepen a dishonest narrative" about the candidate. Ayers describes phone threats and hate e-mail he received during the campaign, and he bemoans Obama's guilt by association. During the campaign, ...

Chicago Trib: Ayers 'Seems to Contradict' Obama by Calling Him 'a Family Friend'
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — Yeah, and the Chicago Cubs "seem" not to have won a World Series for 100 years. A Thursday afternoon Chicago Tribune story (HT Ace) by Rex W. Huppke covers the appearance of a new afterword in a book by former Weather Underground leader William Ayers. Let's just roll the excerpt: In a new afterword to his memoir, 1960s radical William Ayers describes himself as a "family friend" of President-elect Barack Obama and writes that the campaign controversy over their relationship was an effort by Obama's political ...

With Election Over, Smoke Begins to Clear
Moonbattery — ... Now the smoke is clearing; the Chicago Tribune is willing to publish Ayers's admission that he and the Obamas are "family friends." ...

Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/14/2008
Gates of Vienna — ... Bill Ayers Memoir: Barack Obama ‘a Family Friend’ In a new afterword to his memoir, 1960s radical William Ayers describes himself as a “family friend” of President-elect Barack Obama and writes that the campaign controversy over their relationship was an effort by Obama’s political enemies to “deepen a dishonest narrative” about the candidate. Ayers describes phone threats and hate e-mail he received during the campaign, and he bemoans Obama’s guilt by association. During the campaign, Ayers’ ...

IT'S OBVIOUS NOW THAT OBAMA LIED ABOUT AYERS
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS — Okay, so now the unrepentant terrorist admits, in writing, that the Ayers and the Obamas were family friends. Not acquaintances. Not folks who lived in the same neighborhoods. Friends. It's obvious now that Obama simply lied about his close relationship with Ayers. Repeatedly. He is a shameless, serial liar. We'll undoubtedly be seeing more open evidence of his narcissistic psychopathy as events unfold. Heaven help the United States! This Nation will need it!

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