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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.
By Walter Shapiro

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  • Sunday, November 16, 2008 08:34 PM

    See, now I'm confused

    Didn't John McCain kill a whole bunch of innocent people in one of our previous illegal wars?

    Wasn't the 2008 Republican vice-Presidential nominee's husband an actual self-declared anti-American activist?

    Who are the "terrorists" again?

    —jhudson2 Read jhudson2's other letters

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