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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 08:05 PM

    The expression "stick a fork in the old bastard, he's done" occurs to me after reading this...

    But now let us recall that back in the Days Of Fun and Blowing Stuff Up, Ayers' horrible harridan wife Bernardine Dohrn took this quite literally.

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