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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 10:21 AM

    To JKP1000: It all depends on whether hate blinds you!

    JKP1000 said:

    “Who's the terrorist again?????”

    It all depends on whether hate blinds you!

    As for Ayers, the bomb that killed his comrades was full with antipersonnel artifacts like nails and it was destined to be exploded in a dance for soldiers and their dates. That it did not kill hundreds of them was purely providential, that day God had mercy on the innocent.

    Now the media, including the interviewer from Salon, is silent about that. They do not ask those inconvenient questions from a friend of Obama’s. If it had been a friend of McCain’s then the coverage would have been totally different.

    As for Bush, he has not killed millions, Hussein did kill millions and for the relatives of those killed by Hussein most likely Bush would be a hero.

    Thousands in Iraq have killed themselves in religious warfare among themselves, precisely the warfare that our troops have sought to stop. Before we got there it was Hussein the one that killed hundred of thousands. But then, again, the media makes it look like it is Bush’s fault.

    You, and the media, are blind with hate and that makes you miss the facts.

    You said Ayers did not kill anyone but surely he tried.

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