No, Barry didn't know Ayers well, he just wrote a foreward in Ayer's book.

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In light of the mounting common sense evidence of the total implausibility of Barack Obama's claim to have not known that Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn were not just terrorists but nationally famous terrorists when he worked with Ayers in the mid-1990s (including funneling millions of dollars to left-wing "education" projects under Ayers' control, giving a favorable blurb to Ayers' book, and holding a crucial reception to launch Obama's political career at Ayers' home), Obama campaign manager David Axelrod is now partially backing down on what Obama knew but continuing to deny whenhe knew it:

So when did Obama learn that Ayers, now an education professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, was a founding member of the militant Weather Underground in the 1960s?
"It was sometime after their first meetings, you know, he became aware of that,'' David Axelrod, Obama's chief campaign strategist, said on board the Obama campaign plane on a flight from Asheville, N.C., to here for tonight's debate. "I don't know the exact moment."
Obama just was not familiar with the name when he first met him?
"Yeah,'' Axelrod said. "I mean the fact is, like a lot of people who, you know, didn't live through that era, particularly who didn't live through that era in Chicago, it just wasn't, I mean, when he came to Chicago, Ayers was advising Mayor Daley on school reform issues and that was his profile was that he was an expert on education issues."
Did Obama know of Ayers' history before or after the event, a small reception for Obama's state Senate campaign in 1995 at Ayers' home?
"My understanding was that he, when he went there, he did not know, so I would say after,'' Axelrod said -- confirming that he has asked Obama about this. "Yes, yeah."
"No one is suggesting that he never knew,'' Axelrod notes of Obama, who has since repudiated Ayers' protest tactics. "I mean that's not, we weren't offering that."

Of course, it was always laughable for Obama to claim that he, a guy who went to a Stokely Carmichael lecture in college, was represented in Congress by a former Black Panther, and [LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link. would have no idea who Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn really were.
As always with these guys, Obama supporters like Paul Begala [LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link. , who is...wait for it......"a decorated retired Army major general with a background in special operations and intelligence." Well, that does, in fact, tell us just as much about who McCain hangs with as Ayers does for Obama, doesn't it? Could you pick a more perfect example, short of [LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link. ?
The gist of the charge against Singlaub seems to be that his organization was criticized for becoming a gathering place for anti-Semitic cranks and the like, but even the Politico piece admits that "Singlaub eventually won some praise from the anti-defamation group for working to purge those elements from the league." Other than that it's an attempt to refight the Iran-Contra brouhaha. Nice try.


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Why do I always get a big ########## headache trying to make sense of what these liberal douchebags are saying?

Considering that Ayers and his wife turned themselves in 2 years after Obama graduated from high school, I would think he had heard about it. I remember hearing about it, and I didn't graduate until 1985.

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We all knew it was coming.
McCain wants to talk about the past instead of the future. YEA,YEA I know what your all going to say. But Obama was NOT involved in that with him and DID NOT support Violence. It's nothing more than guilt by association. McCain damn sure needs to talk about this instead of the issues. Of course I wonder how many will worry about this instead of losing their job?
We have only seen the beginning of McCain's dirty tricks. I think it shows how much of a Coward he really is.
He's Getting his a s s handed to him on the issues THAT matter so let's talk about this instead.

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Duly noted, Smurf doesn't mind his President being buddies with a terrorist.

A person who killed somebody long ago is still a killer.

Dully noted.
Ronno doesn't mind his President talking about everything but what really matters.

Where and when did Obama support terrorism?

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I think the people one chooses to launch your political career with matter.

I think people you choose to work with matter.

Barry began his political career in the home of Ayers, an unrepentant terrorist. that is a fact.

Barry worked for years with Ayers, and gave money to his wife, who is also an unrepentant terrorist, that is a fact.

Having associated with these two people for many years, in my book shows Barry was in agreement with their ideas.

When it became a political liability, much like Rev Wright, he disavowed Bill Ayers.

Would John McCain get a bye if he were golfing buddies with David Duke?

Just because you don't like the issue doesn't make it a non-issue. It's an important issue to me. I am an American also and as one I have a right to know the candidate's associations with anyone who might be a threat to my nation. You have the same rights, so you'll not hear me saying anything you wish to know about either candidate isn't an issue.

Perhaps you need to step back and realize you alone don't get to choose what the issues of this nation are. We all get to decide that. And frankly yes I feel that patriotism is more important than anything else. I want a president who loves my nation, loves the laws, the values and the heart of this country. If I have to choose between a patriot and lower gas prices, I'll vote for someone I can trust with the constitution and the freedoms of this nation then suffer through economic blight if it comes. But at least I'll be pledging my allegiance to the America of the constitution and not the America of the perverted theology of militant terrorism and socialism. Iwish you the best in your consideration of what you feel are important issues.

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I've heard McCain talking about all of the issues plenty of times - economy, energy, foreign relations, etc. I agree with Texas-Nana, those associations are important, especially since he didn't start 'disowning' these pals until they became a political liability during the primary. Some of us want to know the truth about all candidates so we can make an informed choice, not just jumping on the band wagon for the candidate from our own party. If the republicans had put forward a candidate like Obama, I would not be voting for that candidate. I don't vote for a candidate just because they are from my party, I vote based on character and issues.

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