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Barack Obama and William Ayers - “They’re Friends. So What?”
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... Jim Geraghty has more on this relationship, Mayor Richard Daley of Chicago and the apparent cover-up at the library of the University of Illinois at Chicago. ...

Brutal: New ad hammers Obama over Ayers
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... has background on the group that produced it and helpfully starts the lefty talking point rolling on why this is an egregious smear, as all conservative criticism of Obama must and can only be, notwithstanding the facts that (a) Ayers is indeed an unrepentant terrorist and (b) he and the Democratic nominee for president are “friends.” The group, the American Issues Project, is a 501(c)4 — which means it isn’t required to disclose its donors. According to a press release set to go out shortly, it’s the product of a coalition of conservative groups, including Iowans for Tax ...

Remainders: Duking it out
Ben Smith's Blog — ... Senate candidate tries to boost his campaign by mocking up a newspaper cover featuring him and Obama. Obama is winning women overall, but still having trouble with boomers. The Times is investigating a relationship between John Edwards and a Duke graduate. Zorn says Obama and his critics both misstate some of the facts of the confusing Illinois abortion debate, and explains at length. Whoever made this is happy today. Geraghty wonders why the University of Illinois is staying so cagey on the Ayers files. ...

AP: Palin’s a racist for bringing up Ayers, or something
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... into the discussion serves McCain’s purpose so well. As the fallout from Wright’s sermons showed earlier this year, forcing Obama to abandon issues to talk about race leads to unresolved arguments about America’s promise to treat all people equally. Biden couldn’t do any better in his VP attack-dog role, and now he doesn’t have to. The left’s spin on this is that the two never really “palled around,” which may or may not be true (Obama supporter Richard Daley famously calls them “friends” ) but in either case is beside the point. The question isn’t whether they’re “pals,” it’s ...

Friend or "Slight Acquaintance"?
The Corner on National Review Online — Wednesday, October 08, 2008 [image] Friend or “Slight Acquaintance”? [Ed Whelan] The Washington Post s Howard Kurtz continues to outdo Barack Obama s supporters in his supposed factchecking. Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley, who knows both Obama and Bill Ayers well and who supports Obama, says of Obama and Ayers, They re friends. So what? But Kurtz ...

Ayers: Oh, by the way, Obama and I actually are “family friends”
Hot Air » Top Picks — Ayers: Oh, by the way, Obama and I actually are “family friends” posted at 9:05 pm on November 13, 2008 by Allahpundit Send to a Friend | printer-friendly Via Ace . The bad news? Obama was lying to us when he dismissed Ayers at the debate as merely “a guy who lives in my neighborhood.” The good news? We already knew that, thanks to Axelrod and Mayor Daley . Anyway, belated confirmation . “We had served together on the board of a foundation, knew one another as neighbors and family friends, held an initial fund-raiser at my ...

Video: Terrorist says good morning to America
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... of our next president comes up front. Contain your surprise as he tries to downplay that too, insisting that he was merely describing how bloggers — and of course Mayor Daley — have characterized the relationship. [image]