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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 06:32 PM

    zoltan newberry

    Walter Map has passed out ....again

    Wrong again, neocon.

    I don't happen to share your vices.

    Next.

    Think4Myself

    Spitting upon a soldier as he returns home

    Lying right-wing propaganda. Never happened.

    Although it is true that the US military spits on soldiers all the time. And worse:

    Panel: Gulf War Illness Confirmed

    Highlighted by the committee's findings is what many veterans' advocates have called the gross negligence of responsible federal health and military agencies in repeatedly failing to get to the bottom of what the government labeled the "mysterious Gulf War syndrome" illnesses.

    http://www.truthout.org/111808A

    In other words, right-wingers merely pretend to "support the troops" - because what they're really saying is "support our warmongering - the troops are disposable."

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