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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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  • Tuesday, November 18, 2008 08:19 AM

    I'm tired of being nice...

    Little Juan,

    "If the so called Messiah proves to be what many are afraid he is you will find yourself in a place you would not want to be." - How the fuck would you know? Maybe I'd be elated.

    "And this is precisely where the liberal media and articles like this have failed miserably: we do not know who the real Obama is." - You know what, Juan, we don't know the real John McCain either. We don't know the real Sarah Palin. We don't know the real George Bush. We don't know the real Juan Enrique. You're upset that the media didn't report something that you wished was true, truth be damned. Newsflash, dipshit, the media's job isn't to play to your paranoia. YOu have FOX News for that. You will never know everything about anybody.

    "Could you tell me what you know about him, his accomplishments, his shortcomings, his graduation thesis, what hospital he was born in, whether he was an Indonesian citizen, whether he had a foreign passport, what he did in Pakistan, etc., etc.?" - Sure. Just as soon as you tell me every single thing every Republican, living or dead, has ever done from the cradle to the grave. - See, you don't know them either, do you?

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