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September 3, 2008

Annenberg, Ayers and Obama gradually making it's way back into the news

Topics: Political News and commentaries

Tom Maguire brings attention to the story of Barack Obama, unrepentant Weatherman Bill Ayers, and their link through their years of effort together on the Chicago Annenberg Challenge being back in the news over the weekend:

[...] the beginning of the Long Walkback was noted by Steve Diamond (Dean of the Annenberg story):

Perhaps realizing that there is no hope on the Ayers issue, the Obama campaign began its strategic retreat today. They trotted out a local ally in the Chicago school wars, Linda Lenz, to begin the effort. Her job: admit finally that, in fact, there was some kind of relationship between Ayers and Obama after all but "it ain't no big thang."

[...] the Augusta Chronicle tells us "What Obama Doesn't Want You To Know", with highlights of his liberal voting record and this about Ayers:

Meanwhile, as stories come out about his having learned at the feet of socialists and even a communist, Obama has tried to downplay his connections to admitted domestic terrorist William Ayers ('a guy who lives in my neighborhood,' Obama said in a primary debate). But in papers from Ayers' "Chicago Annenberg Challenge" released just this past week after a long battle, it appears the association between Obama and Ayers was much deeper. Obama served on the organization's board for years, for a time as chairman. And Ayers hosted Obama's first campaign fund-raiser.

"They in fact were partners in various entities and regularly exchanged ideas," writes Investor's Business Daily , "including on how to turn Chicago schools into re-education camps to create a generation of social revolutionaries."

Obama isn't just ignoring or running from his past. He's actively trying to cover over it: His campaign has threatened TV stations with their broadcast licenses for running ads noting Obama's link to Ayers.

More here ...

Of the several links Tom offers, I recommend the Augusta Chronicle's "What Obama doesn't want you to know" as a must read. How ironic it is that the Democrats attack the McCain camp for not sufficiently vetting Sarah Palin (which is incorrect - she was thoroughly vetted), while Barack Obama's associations and agenda appear to have been given a laughable vetting, if one was done at all. On the other hand, if Obama was as thoroughly vetted as Sarah Palin, than their "vetted" candidate having a solid background in socialism, Marxism, and Black liberation theology speaks volumes as to the agenda the Democratic Party intends to invoke upon the American people by stealth.

Posted by Mike in Iraq at September 3, 2008 11:00 AM

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