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Monday, November 17, 2008 12:00 AM

Bill Ayers talks back

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.

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  • Monday, November 17, 2008 07:58 PM

    Read: corky500's words are an eloquent indictment of the liberal media and Walter Shapiro’s article.

    corky500 said:

    “I still keep looking for the big story of how he was arrested and tried and found guilty.”

    These simple words are the most eloquent indictment of the liberal media and the article written by Walter Shapiro.

    Corky500 does not know yet what Ayers did and conspired to do: he set up bombs, he conspired to use nails bombs to kill soldiers and their dates in a dance.

    He is free because of legal technicalities when the FBI handled the evidence.

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