bill ayers – Justin B. Fung

Civil Political Discourse

by Justinwriting 11 October, 200826 February, 20102 Comments

Following up on my Obama/Ayers, it seems that McCain did realize the impact of his words and has tried to tamp back the hostility. (It wasn’t met with too much success.) But Obama recognized this, as Ken Vogel reportsfrom Philadelphia: “I want to acknowledge that Sen. McCain tried to tone down the rhetoric in his …

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Obama and Ayers

by Justinwriting 9 October, 200826 February, 2010No Comments

The McCain campaign’s recent line of attack has been to try to tar Obama by associating him with Bill Ayers, who they’ve labeled a ‘domestic terrorist’. Let me tell you about the Obama/Ayers connection, from what I’ve been able to find out. First of all, a little on Bill Ayers. In the 1960s, he was …