Of course the headline above is false and was designed for the sole purpose of drawing attention.
With all the hand wringing and cries of foul over the Republicans analysis of Sen. Obama's relationship with the domestic terrorists William Ayers and his wife Bernadette Dohrn, one might well ask the question, what would be the effect of the above headline have on the McCain campaign? Would it suffice for Sen. McCain to say that the crimes were in the past?
The Obama campaign seems to be bemused and angry that his friendship both personal and professional is beginning to gain traction. As more information surfaces there seems to be serious doubts as to the truthfulness and clarity of the earlier given explanations.
The Weather Underground was not just anti Viet Nam War. A study of the philosophical underpinning of the group expressed by Ayers and Dorhn in 1967 through 1970 and as recently as 2003, reasserted in a BBC interview, reveals that this pair wanted to "destroy America" and "bring the government down through revolution." Ayer's in a speech given in 1968 even called on his followers to murder their parents because they were seen as puppets of the administration.
Obama minimizes his knowledge of Ayers past deeds and opines that there is some nebulous statute of limitation removing culpability for the bombing of American institutions 25 years ago.
It should be pointed out that both Ayers and Dorhn are totally unrepentent and in fact says he wishes he did more.
The major media have seems to accept the Obama rationale and is reluctant to investigate further. Would McCain be granted the same treatment by the main stream media if it came out that he had a similar relationship?
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