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Which Way The Wind Blows: Bill Ayers On Obama
Which Way The Wind Blows: Bill Ayers On Obama
Fresh Air from WHYY , November 18, 2008 The name of former anti-war activist William Ayers was brought up twice in an attempt to discredit Barack Obama during the recent presidential campaign first by Hillary Clinton, and then by the McCain campaign. Republican vice presidential candidate ...
BILL AYERS: Bill Ayers calls Barack Obama 'family friend,' denounces guilt by association -
BILL AYERS: Bill Ayers calls Barack Obama 'family friend,' denounces guilt by association -
chicagotribune.com — 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 ... (more) BILL AYERS: Bill Ayers calls Barack Obama 'family ...
Bill Ayers talks back
salon.com — Sarah Palin called him a terrorist, Barack Obama called him an acquaintance. A Salon editor who knew... Ayers back when talks to the ex-Weather Underground member turned Republican talking point. (more) Bill Ayers talks back
How the right helped Bill Ayers -
chicagotribune.com — "You hear that, Clarence?" Bill Ayers said. "I just apologized." Indeed, he did. But it was a... joke. In his first public event since the Nov. 4 elections, Ayers, an education professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago and co-founder of the ... (more) How the right helped Bill Ayers -
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Remainders: Vetting?
Ben Smith's Blog — ... The Fix says Beau Biden won't accept a Senate appointment. Change.gov gets less fiery. Poland's foreign minister jokes Obama's grandparents ate a Polish missionary, but only as an example of a joke he won't tell. Obama is considering Sen. Max Cleland for a top Cabinet position, says the Washington Times. Obama will name Peter Orszag Congressional Budget Office Director says the National Journal Bill Ayers talks to NPR for 43 minutes, says he was never a terrorist, unrepentant or otherwise. Jed ...

BILL AYERS CONFESSES
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS — Unrepentant "small 'c' communist" Bill Ayers was given a platform by Terry Gross yesterday to deny that he ever was a terrorist. It was a nauseating interview. However, he did admit, on tape, that the bomb which prematurely blew up at their 11th street I.E.D. factory, killing his then-girlfriend Diane Oughton, along with Ted Gold and Terry Robbins, was an anti-personnel weapon intended to kill US Army NCOs at a dance at Fort Dix. He claims it wasn't his idea and that after much soul-searching and anguish over the ...

NPR's Terry Gross Asks Bill Ayers About Palin-Prodded Death Threats
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... Unrepentant domestic terrorist Bill Ayers got a "distinguished professor" reception for most of the hour on NPR’s nationally distributed show Fresh Air with Terry Gross on Tuesday. But Gross was ...

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