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Tag Archive for ‘William Ayers’

Quotation: Ayers on the campaign

Well, what I didn’t want to comment on was the political campaign. I didn’t want to enter into that. The reason is simple: I thought that I was being used as a prop in a very dishonest narrative — and I didn’t want to be part of the narrative and I couldn’t find a way […]

Elsewhere: 150 percent in the tank

Dave Brooks’ crush on Sarah Palin not withstanding, the latest proof that the New York Times is “150 percent in the tank” for Obama as McCain’s campaign likes to suggest, is HERE. William Ayers, a former member of militant ’60s group the Weathermen, is a pretty popular guy these days on article comments (usually thrown […]