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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 07:57 PM

    Juan Enrique and I are not especially "likewise minded"

    Or something. At any rate, when did Louis Farrakhan, one of the most cherished gifts to the neocon hate machine in a century, ever become relevant to anything? You actually listen to nuts like that when composing your desperate and foolish attempts to discredit, prematurely, the President-elect? For god's sake, have you nothing better to do? Is this a pre-emptive impeachment movement you're trying to fire up? That would be a lot like trying to learn premature ejaculation, you know.

    If, in fact, "likewise mindedness" accounts for anything, then the KKK's endorsement of George Wallace said it all, as does the Bush family's unsavory and nearly incestuous relationship with the Saudi Royals also condemns the outgoing administration. By this logic John McCain has been "palling around" with terrorists his entire political life, not to mention Sarah Palin, who, since she "associates" with "First Dude" hubby who for seven years belonged to an Alaskan secessionist movement who's leader "has no use" for the lower 48 is, therefore, an unamerican snow hillbilly, and, well, we could go on and on, couldn't we, but that would be idiotic, since I've just tossed another billygoat under the bridge. Bon appetite!

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