Obama was lying to us when he dismissed Ayers as merely “a guy who lives in my neighborhood.” Axelrod and Mayor Daley had told us that, but Ayers is now publically speaking, after having his muzzle removed, and here is his belated confirmation.
“We had served together on the board of a foundation, knew one another as neighbors and family friends, held an initial fund-raiser at my house, where I’d made a small donation to his earliest political campaign,” he writes.
But right-wing commentators tried to use those connections to smear Obama, he says.
“Obama’s political rivals and enemies apparently saw an opportunity to deepen a dishonest narrative about him, that he is somehow un-American, alien, linked to radical ideas, a closet terrorist, a sympathizer with extremism,” Ayers wrote.
I am waiting to get some clips from his appearance on GMA this morning! Cuomo is supposed to ask him tough questions, so I will take that as a softball interview..We can’t have the truth getting in the way of The One! They didn’t take the time to vet this prior to the election, what makes you think they will do it now?
Here are the links to the video, click images to watch, and here is the related ABC News article, Chris Cuomo Grills ’60s Radical Bill Ayers
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Their intentions were good, you see. Which, in fairness to Ayers, is indeed the crux of why so many leftists are angrier at Palin for bringing him up on the trail than at Obama for gladhanding him in the first place. The Underground meant well, quite unlike those nasty jihadis and abortion-clinic bombers, whom Cuomo, to his credit, does bring up. The quote, incidentally, comes from Timothy Noah’s 2001 review of the book, which is worth reading for many reasons but foremost for his reclamation of a few Ayers blasts from the past that somehow didn’t end up in the final manuscript. Like this one, circa 1970: “Kill all the rich people. Break up their cars and apartments. Bring the revolution home, kill your parents, that’s where it’s really at.” Thirty-one years later, he famously told the Times, “I don’t regret setting bombs.” The man is, if nothing else, consistent. Bear those two lines in mind as you watch him wheeze about how “dishonest” it is for people to try to demonize him and his old comrades.
Ayers on GMA: Putting the “unrepentant” in “unrepentant terrorist”
Ayers adamantly denied that the Weather Underground engaged in terrorism because it didn’t “target people to kill and injure them.” Oh, yeah? Tell it to the families of Waverly Brown, Edward O’Grady, and Peter Paige.
I suggested yesterday on Fox that those families should be offered equal time to rebut Ayers’ self-whitewashing.
Here is equal time:
Protein Wisdom, “Honestly, I don’t know what’s most galling about this: Ayers’ weaselly attempt to walk back his well-publicized and constant “regret” that he hadn’t “done more” as a member of the Weather Underground; or Obama’s having once again lied to the American public about the extent of his relationship with a radical domestic terrorist …”
Macsmind, “lying sack of Ox Crap.”
Hot Air, “Has anyone queried The One on what sorts of crimes one would have to commit to lose their coveted ‘family friend’ status?”
Malkin, “Weather Underground bomber Bill Ayers is a busy bee. The violence-embracing Marxist is on the lecture and media circuit, hawking his repackaged memoir, promoting a new book on race, and basking in all the post-Obama victory attention.”
RedState, “Barack Obama is a degenerate liar. Not one single Republican should trust him.”
Flopping Aces, “What the heck do I and 47% of the US population who did not fall under the Obama spell know?”
Tim Blair, “Meanwhile, an accused terrorist tries the Ayers defence (”I killed no one, and I harmed no one”) in the UK.”
Gateway, “Bill Ayers and Jeremiah Wright made a joint appearance at Northwestern University on Friday.”
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Your crazy and a liar. This is not what happened in the interview at all. Enjoy your time on the rightside of hell. It is really sad that you use your voice for genuine dishonesty
You should be ashamed of yourself for distorting what the man said. I saw the interview. People like you will keep the world divided. Give it up! Obama is now President-elect. I bet you are a secret member of the KKK or hate other races! Ayers reminds me of Paul (Saul) in the Bible. I am so glad man did not make me because he would keep me under his poor judgment forever.
Why do you write when you certainly can’t read?
Bill Ayers, in the new forward of his book was saying the BLOGOSPHERE characterized his relationship with Obama as being “family friends”.
HE DID NOT SAY they were family friends. Good lord.
Are you all crazy? Listen, more than once and you will hear what was REALLY said. No one lied here, you all hear what you want to hear….it is pathetic and the exact reason the country is in the mess we are. Always stirring the pot, always looking for trouble. The fact is they knew each other professionally – just like McCain knew Liddy. Why don’t we question him the same way?
what do you expect from someone who most likely is not even an amarican citizen
What’s the matter with you right-wing, silver-spoons in mouths, self-serving, “I got mine, you get yours” ; we care about people…only if they’re WHITE PEOPLE; ideologues don’t like losing???? Or you’re just not used to being on the short end of the stick?!!? Well, ya got four years to figure it out; and God willing 8 years; in which time President OBAMA and a Democratically controlled Senate and Congress will try to “sea change”, ameliorate and improve the economy, world prestige and global conflict strategies YOUR President (selection) Geo W Bush, JUNIOR left us with…..thanks mr. president!!!!!!
What a guy!!!! Enjoy your trip back to Texas…and none too soon, either!!!
Actually – he says the opposite. And here Ayers is saying it:
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=10672823&ch=4226716&src=news
What is wrong with you?? Read:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081114/ap_on_re_us/obama_ayers_9;_ylt=Apl3EmbWmLxd8HDx4r3X0rDCw5R4
The American PEOPLE have spoken: in a clear and almost unified voice. The republicans LOSE!!!! No buying the election this time and no last minute f*ck ups in Florida either! As a matter of fact Florida was turned BLUE!!!! As were a few other states
You guys lost because your ideas are dated, your party is dated.
You represent white people (many of whom would love to return to the America of the 1850′s if you listen to them) only or mostly (or at least thats the perception); as was stated by your candidate John McCain! He’s a good man and I have much respect for him. At least he can face the truth…as should all of you, as you look for answers and direction…. YOU GUYS LOST, GET OVER IT!!!
Oh by the way, the America of the 1850′s was a great place to be if you were WHITE, by the by. Even America of the 1950′s was not a great place to be for African-Americans, like myself or other minorities; …even to present day America! And Barack Obama’s election doesn’t change all of the history before that either!
Many of your right-wing fanatical radio personalities will say it should but this country has just taken one step down the path toward “Ethnic Enlightenment”! Keep those same old ideas, those same old thoughts and if the RNC continues to be as non-inclusive as it has been in the past, your party will be delegated to the dustbin of history. And that would be ashame, you are the party of Lincoln!
You all are a bunch of haterz. Obama was 8 years old when Ayers did his thing. I don’t see yall harping on the university for hiring him. And the mayor of the city is behind Ayers. So you all that are still hating because there is an intelligent and competent man in the highest office ( for a CHANGE) get over it.
ok I don’t know what interview you were listnening too, but the ONE I heard was the GMA interview. Ayers CLEARLY stated that he and President-Elect Obama ARE NOT personal friends and that along with his home being used for a political meeting, several other homes were also used in the neighborhood as well. He stated that he knows Obama no better that THOUSANDS of others who has worked on boards with him.
Don’t you have anything better to peddle than this? My god, our current president started a WAR based on lies, tens of thousands died. Where is the outrage over that?
Here is the full quote including the part that the righwing bloggers conveniently left out:
“In 2008 there was a lot of CHATTER ON THE BLOGOSPHERE about my relationship with Barack Obama: we had served together on the board of a foundation, knew one another as neighbors and family friends, held an initial fundraiser at my house, where I’d made a small donation to his earliest political campaign.”
Bill Ayers was clearly stating that the blogosphere was saying these things about his relationship to Obama. HE DID NOT say that he was family friends with Obama.
I swear.. the comprehension of you people is as bad as Sarah Palin and the 1st amendment.
Hmmm – I don’t know why I’m getting replies from everyone in my email (if that’s just how it works here, once you comment you get everyone’s replies) but just to be clear (because I think I might have been misunderstood), the link I left was for the interview with Ayers on CBS, where he clearly states that he and Obama are NOT close, family friends.
A PERFECT example of the kind of people you idiots pander to is “gloria miller
November 14, 2008 – 03:40 PM on November 14th, 2008
what do you expect from someone who most likely is not even an amarican citizen”.
WOW! You are so blind by who you LISTEN TO that you cannot even see the truth when it is shoved down your throat. GET A GRIP… If you stupid Republicants don’t get rid of the hatemongering and division that your party espouses, you will perish in the wind as a leaf in fall. Obama won by well over a 50% margin… That is what you call a MANDATE. Can’t handle being in the minority? Bring your party into the new millenium. But you better hurry and catch up, us progressives are not gonna wait for you. Jackasses.
I heard the Democracy Now! broadcast, and it’s quite clear that Ayers and Obama hardly know each other. If the initial post was honest, readers would see that Ayers was characterizing the blogosphere’s depiction of the Ayers-Obama relationship as close. The full quote is – “In 2008 there was a lot of chatter on the blogosphere about my relationship with Barack Obama: we had served together on the board of a foundation, knew one another as neighbors and family friends, held an initial fundraiser at my house, where I’d made a small donation to his earliest political campaign.” What is most sad about this headline and post is that some so-called “conservatives” want to keep on selling deception and deceit as some kind of right-wing “politically correct” reality. You really WANT to believe that Ayers is teaching Obama how to build bombs and take down the Sears Tower, but that seriously distorts the history of the Weather Underground and is a flat-out lie regarding Ayers’ relationship with Obama. If the right wants to have a serious place in the discussion, it needs to start with facts. If only America actually had real conservatives… and not just fascists posing as conservatives.
missing chromosome alert! boy, losing must really suck. america is finally growing up and losers like this get exposed in real time. thank god.
You are all so sad… watch the whole interview,it’s called dropping names so your book sells and wanting to look like you know someone important.I wish hate would disappear.Soo sad.
Get over it and try to help the country move forward! We are in a crisis!
Oh, and if his (according to the republicans)socialistic views benefit you ,you should refused it and put it back in the system,gosh,darn it!
Have a good life all.
Thank God for Barack Obama!
A.M.
YES WE DID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BARACK OBAMA and BILL AYERS too nasty vultures from the same nest from the dark region they should be chased all the way back there
Goodness you people lie. If you’re going to say something, at least let it be the proof. Ayers said, We are NOT friends. We served on the same board together. You people sure can lie.
I’ll leave it to others to decide if the far right is wholly irrelevant, but when their entire blogosphere is devoted to spreading lies about what Ayers actually said and focusing on an issue that utterly failed to shift the election… well, I guess America already has decided. At least they are single-minded in their shrill lies, even if they have nothing of value to offer this country.
Ayers is probably related to Nobama if they dig deep enough im sure they would find something. I see a resemblance. No wait….Nobama is a zebra since his mamma slept with a gorilla, no wonder she is dead. All that gorilla juice.
Im sure they served on the same board…i think its name was “The Chicago All Union Soviet Workers Politburo”
Take a look at the economic data. Its going down! Once Master Obama is in office he will have the option of imposing his Marxist agenda of increasing the tax penalty on capital and remuneration, and on federal tax returns, for everyone, once the current tax schene is repealed, bringing on a grand depression; or he will have to reterench on everything he has advocated, in which case he is shown to be without a clue or clueless– the true picture of the man.
We have the babbling buffoon of the day! Douglas:
“Obama won by well over a 50% margin…That is what you call a MANDATE. ”
No, I would NOT call the vote a mandate…only an idiot would.
@Jupiter
You are a sick, sick, sick individual. You disgust me. You are everything that is wrong about this country, and it is my sincere wish that you, and everyone else like you who espouse nothing more than hateful, completely idiotic rhetoric would just piss off and die. You do not deserve to breathe the same air as the rest of us humans do. I would suggest that you get some help, but by your wasted words I can tell that there is no help for you. You should be asamed of yourself, and it is no wonder you would choose a screenname like “Jupiter” because you are obviously too ashamed to use your real name. I despise people like you. Grow up. No, wait… How about you just disappear. Friggin’ racist pig…. You are an embarrassment to the rest of humanity.
All it takes is one person to say something is true and the rest of the idiots will fall in line. One person use the word Marxist and the rest jump on bard. Do any of you knuckleheads think or do any of your own research.
It’s Over, he won, learn to live with it, pray that your new President make the right decisions for our country. If you’re hoping he fail, not sure what kind of American would hope their President fail, well maybe someone that’s afraid of change and want things to go back to the way they use to be.
Obama is friends with Ayers?! So what!!?? Are you kidding, that’s our biggest concern. A black man who is friends with a guy who was a vandal? Most U.S. presidents have been friends with mass murderers. Ayers never killed a person in his life, he attacked buildings while they were closed. I can name many many senators and governors who have been at the same functions with members from the Weather Underground. The weather underground members dissolved about 30 years ago. Our economy is shit and this is our worry? It’s laughable..
@Robert
But I suppose gwb’s STOLEN elections were a mandate, right. Get a grip. A 50% OR LARGER margin of victory is ALWAYS considered a MANDATE. Look up the meaning somewhere before you show your lack of intelligence. Until then, feel free to make yourself look like a typical republicant ass by attacking those with whom you do not agree. Debate intelligently, or… oh, wait…. Sorry, I forgot you neocon right wing republicants Can’t do that… You have to rely on fearmongering, hatemongering, and threats and lies. You lost, and lost BIG. It IS a MANDATE for CHANGE… And it will happen.
And to address your “army of one” logo as your avatar… sorry that your illegitimate “commander in chief” lied to you all and sent you into a war for oil. I am truly sorry for that. I respect ALL service men/women, but you, as well as the American public were duped. Put our resources in Afghanistan where they belong, not in Iraq, where they do not.
P.S. @ Robert
Is it NOT a mandate because you republicans were unable to steal it again this time?
See, that’s exactly what MAKES it a mandate… the republicans were unable to steal this election because the American public was not going to allow that to happen again. That’s why the VOTER turnout was so high. America KNEW how important this election was, and they responded… In force.
Scumbag!!! the right wing is a bunch of haters.
I see the red state douche bags are STILL getting their facts mixed up. You people need to stop watching The Fixed News. Keep buying your guns and ammo. Although Obama said he wasn’t taking anybody’s gun away, you paranoid tools are stocking up for a war. Keep watching the movie Red Dawn…losers.
Ayers said he’s not a friend of Obama, but you can’t reason with morons. Keep thinking what you want to McBush supporters……we kicked your ass this election, and we’ll do it again in 2012.
Yes, Jebus, I am sure you can…Clinton pardoned one of them..start from there
Wow…It’s not only republicans lashing out making nasty hateful comments…or is only wrong when that happens? The democrats are just as nasty but it’s considered ok ??? In all fairness Lincoln was a republican and he abolished slavery if history serves me correctly. It’s no more right for any of you to lash out and be nasty as it is the ones you’re saying are wrong for doing the same thing. So in reality Obama winning the election has brought no change at all. As far as GWB….congress and senate control this country, he can only do what they allow him to do. The democrats have done no more for this country in the last 2 years than was done before they got control. You so freely say GWB lied….if you think BO hasn’t lied….your head is stuck in the sand.
I guess you picked the appropriate moniker Joe Biden! You are just as confused as the real Joe Biden..
There was no mandate, the “American People” didn’t vote for Obama en masse, 3% more voted for Obama, who won 52/46. Had that 3% voted for McCain, he would have won by the same margin, as anyone capable of accepting and admitting a truth or doing simple math will agree. That’s 3 people out of a hundred, many of whom were misguided by the demos and their press groupie/propagandists into believing that everything bad that happened in the last 8 years was the fault of the Republicans, which is not true. Let’s try to keep it in perspective. Possibly that 3% will build up an immunity to kool-aid or an aversion to BS, get jobs and learn what it’s like to pay taxes, or finally hold the democrats responsible again for what they do and don’t do in the next 2-4 years, I’ll hope so.
And here I thought that being a citizen of the good ole USA meant that you were a AMERICAN, not african or polish or any other race. JUST AN AMERICAN!!!!
HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY
Dawn: The division began when the dummies and their groupies/propagandists in the media refused to accept that W. beat them in 2000 and again in 2004. Their outrageous behavior since 2000 started it, and their behavior during the campaign aggravated it. They’ve intentionally divided this country by race, atheists vs religion, gender, age, education, sexual orientation, patriotism, political philosophy, rural/urban, income, etc. You are wrong about where their heads are stuck, however, or perhaps you’re just being polite. They would happily destroy this country to get and keep control of it, and perhaps take it into socialism. May God prevent their success in that.
Lightnin: I was being polite.
Somebody inform Douglas of the facts. Voter turnout was NOT high, Republican turnout was down, apparently because some conservatives didn’t want to vote for Sen. McCain. Douglas, like many others, appears to consider facts his enemy.
These people who think Ayers is such a swell guy must like the nice things he said about Sirhan Sirhan in his recent book as well. None are so blind as those who will not see.
@ Lightnin… I respectfully point you to this website for final vote tallies
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/
there you will see that it was actually a 53%-46% spread. Where you come up with 3% is beyond me, as it seem to be a 7 point spread. So, even given your 3%, that would make the result the same (meaning winner/loser) by a thin 1% margin, at 50% to 49%.
If you do not consider a vote tally of 66,703,428 to 58,243,742 a mandate, kindly explain what is. That is over 8 MILLION more people who chose Obama. No small number, friend. Oh, and by the way, I AM a college student, and DO my own research. I also happen to be 40 years old and white. Don’t be a sore loser, it betrays your intelligence. If you want to find blame, look to your own republican party. BTW, 2000 and ’04 WERE stolen elections, whether you chose to admit it or not… Where is Katherine Harris now? Reaping her reward for bowing to the mighty bush family. And, Ohio in ’04? Look at the Oh. Numbers from
’08. Why were the returns so high this election? Hmmmmm. I’ll borrow a phrase from gw himself… “fool me once, er… uh.. fool me.. uh… we won’t get fooled again.” Classic. Thank you Mr. President. Good God. He will not be gone soon enough.
A lot of the votes also were due to ill informed young people voting for the first time because they “wanted to be a part of history” I listened to a couple interviews where the person ask some of these young people who they were voting for and why. They responded BO because of his policies. The interviewer then ask if they agreed with his policy of…and gave McCain”s policy instead. They agreed several times with the policies stated, even though they were all McCains and thus were voting BO because they agreed with them. This is pretty sad when you think about it. They voted for someone simply because he would be making history as the first multi racial president. For the people who voted for that reason only…shame on you. America should mean more to you~
Isn’t this kind of warped misinformation the reason the Republicans tanked in this election? Come on America. Time to grow up.
Douglas: If splitting hairs makes you feel better, fine. So then it’s 3 1/2 percent, 3 & a HALF people out of a hundred, 1/28th of the population that, had they voted for McCain, would gave made HIM the winner by the same margin. The number of millions of votes cast does not change the percentage, and 3 1/2 percent is not a mandate. Perhaps you should read my post again, or have someone else read it and explain it to you.
Doug:
A couple of problems with your arguement, but maybe being in college will help educate you.
1. There was no record turnout in voters this year..the numbers are not there to back you up on that.
2. 2000 and 2004 were not stolen, the Republicans made sure of that!
Ok, let’s use common sense here. Compare those who knew the BK serial killer of Kansas. He was a church member and actually held a staff position at the church he belonged too. Does everyone that was associated with him have the same ideology that he did? But you say if someone did horrible dispicable things then everyone associated with him/her is as guilty right. The most of the individuals that are keeping the verbial pot stirred are those that attend church. i.e. the GOOD CHRISTIAN FOLKS of America. a.k.a the right wing. So if you whole heartedly stand behind what you are saying. Then you’re guilty of being a serial killer like the BK Killer of Kansas because he goes to church just like you. Sounds pretty stupid doesn’t it. People we must move past stupidity to achieve greatness as a country. Let’s face it America. You’ll come across someone in your lifetime and not know every good deed or bad in their lifetime by just coming into contact with them. /:) Sometimes Common Sense seems to far fetched for some. Please use Common Sense and not judge others by unfounded, biased and inaccurate information.