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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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  • Sunday, November 16, 2008 07:31 PM

    Strange softball "inteview" spills no beans, of course.

    Why wasn't Ayres asked about the murders or killings as a result of the armed robberies and bombings?

    Why was Ayers allowed to portray us a the horrid invaders of Vietnam, who did nothing but destroy women and children and farm animals? Doesn't he know what the NVA and VC did to the civilians of Hue? What about the decimation of the Montagnards and other minorities there by the VC and NVA? And, what of the boat people, many of whom died at sea, trying to escape from a brutal regime, and what about the human suffering in reeducation camps which followed our ignominious abandonment? What about the ensuing holocaust in neighboring Cambodia?

    Hello, Stalin.com!

    Why do you hate your own country so?

    Barry and Billy A weren't close because they each say they were not close. Is that really enough evidence for you? Do you suspend all critical thought when these luminaries of the left speak? You know damned well what you would do if Mc Cain served on the same board and distributed tens of millions of dollars for a decade or so with someone who was a principal in a hate-filled right wing militia which killed people and bombed government buildings.

    Full of self righteous spite and hypocracy, you give no credit to Mc Cain. He could have really hammered Obama on his 20 year association with Trinity United Church and it's demagogue pastor, but he did not. Had he, he might have won, but he did not want a victory which might have been tainted by cries of racism.

    You guys do not recognize honor because you have no honor of your own.

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