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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 12:19 PM

    Whitewashing for both Ayers and Obama

    Patg,

    Was not there a bipartisan commission on 9/11?

    Hawkpsd,

    A statute of limitations for terrorists? Tell that to the relatives of the dead of 9/11! Besides murder does not have a statute of limitations.

    Scorpio69er,

    So, if Reagan was an accomplice of Hussein, should Bush have done the same?

    Amity,

    You said:

    “Walter Shapiro's interview elicits a personal, even intimate, response from Bill Ayers without veering into the mushy territory of irrelevant overdisclosure — and without letting Ayers off the hook without first accounting for his past.”

    Really? Did Shapiro hold Ayers accountable? This article was an intent of whitewashing for both Ayers and Obama but mainly for Obama’s benefit.

    You all are nurturing the beast that will devour all of you. You will see how straight forward Gibbs is in his new post at the White House.

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