The Ayers <--> Obama Connection

If you too uninformed or naive to recognize an avowed terrorist, how can you help fight and prosecute the war on terror we face today?



"While Barack Obama once downplayed his relationship with Ayers, today his campaign took that deceit one step further. Barack Obama now denies he was even aware of his friend's violent past when, in 1995, Ayers hosted a party launching Obama's political career. Given Ayers' celebrity status among the left, it's difficult to believe. The question remains: what did Obama know, and when did he know it? When did Obama learn the truth about his friend? Barack Obama helped Ayers promote his book in 1997, served on charitable boards with him through 2002, and regularly exchanged emails and phone calls with him through 2005. At what point did Barack Obama discover that his friend was an unrepentant terrorist? And if he is so repulsed by the acts of terror committed by William Ayers, why did the relationship continue? Any honest accounting by Barack Obama will necessarily cast further doubt on his judgment and his fitness to serve as commander in chief."
---John M. Murtagh, whose childhood home was firebombed by the Weather Underground, who were targeting his father, a New York Supreme Court Justice who was presiding over the trial of the so-called "Panther 21."
(Read his account here)