By E. Thomas McClanahan, Kansas City Star editorial page columnist
Timothy Noah's 2001 review of Bill Ayers' radical-years memoir, "Fugitive Days," helps put Barack Obama's association with Ayers in context. Noah (HT: Kausfiles.com) writes that he's never read a "memoir quite so self-indulgent and morally clueless..." as that of Ayers, who helped set off bombs in half a dozen places including the Pentagon.
Much of what Ayers self-interestedly leaves out of his book is more personally embarrassing than illegal. Ayers takes care not to dwell on his own Establishment credentials. (His father was chairman of the energy company Commonwealth Edison, a fact Ayers conveys only by writing, "My dad worked for Edison.") Ayers omits any discussion of his famous 1970 statement, "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."
Yeah. Kill your parents. As is obvious by now,Obama wasn't too picky about who he associated with, and it should be fascinating to see, if he wins Nov. 4, how this la-de-dah attitude will be expressed in the 3,000 plus federal appointments he will have the power to make.
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McClanahan help me understand: WHAT IS A TERRORIST?
You obviously have a hardon for Sarah Sixpack. So... share with your faithful readers (and those (like me) that just get ambushed by your spew from time to time...). WHY DO YOU LIKE SARAH SIXPACK? Here is the latest absurdity from this queen of the absurd (and I am not forgetting JOE (PLASTIC EXPLOSIVES) VOGLER or many many other amazing absurdities)
To wit:
ABORTION CLINIC BOMBERS ARE NOT "TERRORISTS".
Well, some patriotic Americans STRONGLY disagree. I would wager that the wife of the police officer that died in an abortion clinic bombing would disagree. So would the spouses and children of other that have died.
Agree or disagree on abortion. But KILLING police who are just doing their job enforcing a LAW is a terrorist action. Thinking otherwise is INSANE.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081024/pl_afp/usvotepalinabortionattacks_081024220009
READ FOR YOURSELF. DECIDE FOR YOURSELF. IS SARAH PALIN A GOOD CHOICE FOR OUR COUNTRY?
QUOTE:
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, who has accused Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama of "palling around with terrorists," has refused to call people who bomb abortion clinics by the same name.
When asked Thursday night by NBC television presenter Brian Williams whether an abortion clinic bomber was a terrorist, Palin heaved a sigh and, at first, circumvented the question.
"There's no question that Bill Ayers by his own admittance was one who sought to destroy our US Capitol and our Pentagon. That is a domestic terrorist," Palin said, referring to a 1960s leftist who founded a radical violent gang dubbed the "Weathermen" -- and who years later supported Obama's first run for public office in the state of Illinois.
"Now, others who would want to engage in harming innocent Americans or facilities that it would be unacceptable to... I don't know if you're gonna use the word 'terrorist' there," the ardently pro-life running mate of John McCain said.
Early this month, after the New York Times ran an article highlighting the ties between Obama and Ayers, Palin told a campaign rally in Colorado that Obama "sees America it seems as being so imperfect that he's palling around with terrorists who would target their own country."
Attacks on doctors who practice abortion and on family planning clinics in the United States in the 1980s and 1990s left several people dead and scores wounded.
Eric Rudolph, the extreme right winger who planted a bomb at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, which killed one person, was sentenced three years ago to two life terms in jail for an abortion clinic bombing in Alabama in which a policeman was killed.
Read back Moron and I do a
Read back Moron and I do a disservice to real morons by lumping you in with them. You cant read, Joe the Plumber's is what I said as a representation of all small business owners and employees who will get hammered by Obamas economics.
JOE THE PLUMBER IS NOT A PLUMBER OR A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER OR A POTENTIAL SMALL BUSINESS OWNER. HE MADE $40,000 LAST YEAR. HE WAS
A PLANT. GET IT? HE OWES OVER $1,000 IN BACK TAXES. HE DOES NOT OWN A BUSINESS!
You still have not answered or shown and proof that Obama does not share the views of Ayers so you attack me for asking. You are so typical of all Obama fans, who dont know the candidate other than he is not a republican so he must be better.
YOU ARE SAYING THAT THE OTHER REPUBLICAN
MEMBERS OF THE ANNENBERG CHALLENGE BOARD
SHARED AYERS' VIEWS. GORDON LIDDY IS CERTAINLY NOT AFFILIATED WITH ANY RESPECTED
STATE UNIVERSITY; AYERS IS A DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.
IN THE REAL WORLD -- AS OPPOSED TO YOUR RUSH/O'REILLY/REDSTATE WORLD -- A UNIVERSITY
PROFESSOR IS MORE RESPECTED THAN A LOONY WHO HAS A RADIO SHOW ON A WINGNUT AM STATION.
Joe Biden has said far worse things than Liddy. Liddy is not important, Biden is and the gaffe master has said far worse.
GIVE ME JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF JOE BIDEN SAYING ANYTHING REMOTELY SIMILAR TO G. GORDON LIDDY ADVISING HIS RADIO FANS TO SHOOT ATF AGENTS
IN THE HEAD -- OR DRAWING UP PLANS TO BOMB
THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION.
GO read what Ayers has written and make the case that the AIG is equevalent.
YOU HAVE JUST MADE THE CASE FOR HOURS THAT
THE AIG IS A PATRIOTIC ORGANIZATION. THIS
MAKES ME DUBIOUS ABOUT YOUR READING COMPREHENSION SKILLS.
Joe the Plumber's
Read back Moron and I do a disservice to real morons by lumping you in with them. You cant read, Joe the Plumber's is what I said as a representation of all small business owners and employees who will get hammered by Obamas economics.
You still have not answered or shown and proof that Obama does not share the views of Ayers so you attack me for asking. You are so typical of all Obama fans, who dont know the candidate other than he is not a republican so he must be better.
Joe Biden has said far worse things than Liddy. Liddy is not important, Biden is and the gaffe master has said far worse.
GO read what Ayers has written and make the case that the AIG is equevalent.
Read back, Einstein. You
Read back, Einstein. You brought up Joe
the Plumber.
I am dazzled by your brilliant ability to
defend Todd Palin's membership in the Alaska
Independence Party. I am sure you would
be equally as forgiving if Michelle Obama
had belonged to a group whose goal was for
Illinois to secede from the United States of
America. Country first!
And do rant on about Bill Ayers' radical
views on education. Never mind that
the late Walter Annenberg, his wife, the
University of Illinois, the Republican members of the Chicago Annenberg board
seemed to have no problem with Bill Ayers'
writings on education. Bill Ayers is a respected member of the Chicago intellectual
community. I am going out on a limb here to
guess that you have probably never been a
member of any intellectual community.
(This is your cue to dazzle us with your
disapproval of "elitists" -- go for it.)
Your specious differentiation between Ayers
and G. Gordon Liddy is just sad. Again,
please defend Liddy's radio advice that his
fans shoot ATF agents in the head.
Since I don't listen to Rush or O'Reilly,
I thank you for sharing your perspective with me.
Footnote: Liddy also drew up plans to bomb
the Brookings Institution. But that is
peachy keen in your world. Nothing at all
like what Bill Ayers did 40 years ago.
Let Me Help You
Does Obama share the same radical education views and views of America that Ayers does? Obama saying that what Ayers did was detestable does not give me any indication that he disagrees with what Ayers believes, only he does not approve of the method.
Why are you attacking Joe the plumber? What does he have to do with what Obama thinks of Ayers views.
Equating a criminal act, Liddy and spying to a terrorist act Ayers seems a little disingenious. Liddy was convicted of spying, Ayers bombed and attempted to overthrow a government, just a little different.
Todd Palin, what office is he running for? The AIG Party makes great effort to emphasize that its primary goal is merely a vote on secession, something that Party advocates say Alaskans were denied during the founding of the state. A plebiscite was, in fact, held in Alaska at the state's inception in 1958, but AIP members argue that voting was corrupt and that residents were not given the proper choice between statehood, commonwealth status, or complete separation.
Sounds pretty reasonable a vote to decide on what is in the best interest of a state, done through legal means through grass roots.
Wow, kcghrh! Brilliant
Wow, kcghrh!
Brilliant counterpoint!
You win. And the Star loses -- because I
am canceling my subscription because of
today's Off the Easel cartoon.
I don't read RedState or StormFront; why
would I pay to read what the Star has sadly
become?
Another Endorsement for the messiah
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3611840,00.html
About John McCain's close
About John McCain's close personal friend G. Gordon Liddy, from Wikipedia:
Liddy's connections to John McCain
In 1998 Liddy hosted a fundraiser at his house for John McCain's re-election campaign at which guests could have their pictures taken with McCain and Liddy. Over the years, Liddy, who has referred to McCain as "an old friend," has made at least four contributions totaling $5,000 to the senator's campaigns -- including $1,000 in 2008. When David Letterman asked McCain about his relationship with Liddy, McCain said, "I know Gordon Liddy. He paid his debt. He went to prison and paid his debt, as people do. I'm not in any way embarrassed to know Gordon Liddy."
Please address Todd Palin's
Please address Todd Palin's membership in the
Alaska Independence Party. From ABC News, 09/02/08:
Todd Palin, Longtime Former AIP Member
September 02, 2008 5:11 PM
Gail Fenumiai, director of the Alaska Division of Elections, tells ABC News that regardless of the impression given to members of the Alaskan Independence Party, "Gov. Sarah Palin first registered to vote in the state in May 1982 as a Republican, and she has not changed her party affiliate with the Division of Elections since that time."
That said, Fenumiai says that Palin's husband Todd was a member of the AIP from October 1995 through July 2002, except for a few months in 2000. He is currently undeclared.
So the facts are: Gov. Palin was not a member of this third-party ("Alaska First -- Alaska Always") that wants Alaskans to get a vote on whether or not the state can secede from the U.S. But her husband was a long-time member, and at least two AIP officials recall her attending the 1994 convention, though she says she did not attend.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/the-alaska-divi.html
Please defend John McCain's close personal friendship with G. Gordon Liddy, and defend
Liddy's statement in which he encourages his
radio listeners to shoot ATF Agents and to aim
for the head.
I am sure Thomas McClanahan will help you out.
Please find one terrorist statement made by
Barack Obama.
Speaking of Obsession HarperLee
You, like your liberal buddies, of course have to interject I am a racist. You are in fact much more racist than I. You and your kind, when at a loss, introduce this.
Are you Lewis's love child? You write like him.