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Monday, September 15, 2008 12:00 AM

The pastor who clashed with Palin

Baptist minister Howard Bess, who wrote a book Palin wanted banned and who fought her on abortion and gay rights, says the country should fear her election.

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  • Monday, September 15, 2008 03:07 PM

    @timbuktom

    More ignorance on parade. First, the "I was 8 years old when he committed these acts" defense is pathetic, since Ayers in unrepentant. In a case of colossal poor timing, an interview with Ayers in the NY Times that ran on 9/11/01 had him saying about bombing the Pentagon and Capitol Building, "I regret that we didn't do more."

    Second, that's not even the main issue. The main issue is the scam he and Ayers ran on the Annenberg Foundation. (See all the links in my previous post.)

    There must be something extremely damaging there, or else Obama wouldn't be lying about it and trying so hard to suppress the story.

    By the way, imagine if supporters of a Republican candidate had tried to shut down a radio talk show. We'd still be reading about it. MSM coverage of Obama's brown shirt tactics? A small story in the Chicago Tribune.

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