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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 11:15 PM

    @AKA..

    I agree.

    But what I'm wondering is not whether we can or should learn anything.

    But whether we *have*.

    I'm somewhat encouraged by the results of the last election. But I get the impression that people just aren't making the right connections. They voted for the wrong reasons, and are not willing to make the necessary sacrifices.

    Lets face it.. we *have* repeated the mistakes of the past. It has the feeling of inevitability now, like massive things that were set in motion decades ago and can't easily be turned.

    I should have woken up to it sooner. A lot of people will be saying that, in a few years.

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