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Barack Obama’s review of William Ayers' book

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Obama's review of Ayers' 1997 book

Barack Obama’s review of William Ayers' book
Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 7:26 pm
On December 21, 1997, Barack Obama wrote a short review of William Ayers’ book A Kind and Just Parent: The Children of Juvenile Court, which had recently been published by Beacon Press. Here’s a photo of how the review appeared in the Chicago Tribune:
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Obama’s review of Ayers’ book says, “A searing and timely account of the juvenile court system, and the courageous individuals who rescue hope from despair.”

While there is a FOX news story on this finding, 99% of the Obama-supporting MSM won't touch this subject.
 
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Obama's review of Ayers' 1997 book

Barack Obama’s review of William Ayers' book
Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 7:26 pm
On December 21, 1997, Barack Obama wrote a short review of William Ayers’ book A Kind and Just Parent: The Children of Juvenile Court, which had recently been published by Beacon Press. Here’s a photo of how the review appeared in the Chicago Tribune:
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While there is a FOX news story on this finding, 99% of the Obama-supporting MSM won't touch this subject.

I wonder if this was the big surprise thing that the McCain campaign was holding onto. I don't think this will end up being significant enough, though. It's just a simple book review. It doesn't imply that Obama subscribes to any part of Ayers' extremist anti-war ideologies that he held when he was part of The Weather Underground. The whole Ayers connection thing is a stretch as is. It will be interesting to see if other media outlets will address this issue.
 
Here's where the Obama/Ayers neighborhood is mentioned in Ayers book:

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I guess that Obama never knew the real Ayers, Farrakhan, and ... oh, yeah... Reverend Wright!
 
Here's where the Obama/Ayers neighborhood is mentioned in Ayers book:

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I guess that Obama never knew the real Ayers, Farrakhan, and ... oh, yeah... Reverend Wright!

So because they lived in the same neighborhood they all must be pals? :roll:
 
Don't dismiss commonsense for party.. This is an exclusive neighborhood where certain people go to be near each other.

I'm not dismissing anything for party. I just think it's a stretch to assume that they all pal around because they live in the same neighborhood.
 
It will be interesting to see if other media outlets will address this issue.

Of course the MSM won't touch this with a 10 foot pole! But they'll bash Joe the Plumber, investigate Cindy McCain's previously admitted substance abuse problems (not Obama's admitted cocaine use, though), and examine Palin's family for any questionable glitch.

But, it doesn't matter if the possible president of the United States continued to associate to some degree with this terrorist who still wished he had done more following 9/11. Doesn't anyone see the incredible bias here? Does the ability of the media (whether or not controlled by Obama's cronies) to pick and choose and spin in the name of journalism scare anyone?
 
I'm not dismissing anything for party. I just think it's a stretch to assume that they all pal around because they live in the same neighborhood.




There is more to it and you know this... Obama's wife sought him out to serve on a panel with Obama.

Obama launched his carreer from ayers living room...


This duck is quacking yet you want to call it a chicken., go figger. :roll:
 
As a side issue, I also find it poetic justice that in Ayers' book he cites the rich, powerful elite of all colors (he says it differently) living in their separated, posh Chicago neighborhood in very close proximity to those poor multitudes (in a separated neighborhood, of course) that the elite have learned to control and use for the elite's benefit to gain wealth and power (my interpretation).
 
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There is more to it and you know this... Obama's wife sought him out to serve on a panel with Obama.

Obama launched his carreer from ayers living room...


This duck is quacking yet you want to call it a chicken., go figger. :roll:

No, I'm just skeptical. I would have to see far more evidence. Though, even if they did have direct connections I see nothing wrong with Ayers. I think his comments about wishing he had done more were taken out of context and I think that he's moved beyond what he did in the past. However, that's just my personal view. Regardless of that, I think there's no doubt that the Obama campaign will be doing all they can to avoid this story. It should be interesting to see how this plays out.
 
This is an exclusive neighborhood where certain people go to be near each other.

And you know this how? Seriously, have you ever been to the neighborhood? Have you ever even heard of that neighborhood before Obama started running for president? Do you know anybody who's ever tried to move into it? What are you basing this judgment upon other than an anti-Obama sentiment?
 
And you know this how? Seriously, have you ever been to the neighborhood? Have you ever even heard of that neighborhood before Obama started running for president? Do you know anybody who's ever tried to move into it? What are you basing this judgment upon other than an anti-Obama sentiment?




I'll be in Chicago next month again.... I will find out. how about that.
 
So because they lived in the same neighborhood they all must be pals? :roll:


You're either demonstrating your ignorance or you're dissembling. Which is it?

The long-standing relationship is irrefutable. That you demand more evidence reveals that you're not intentionally dissembling, but generally ignorant about this issue. So maybe both are true.

I cannot believe that people are sticking their head in the sand about the relationship and the extent of that relationship. There's a reason why Obama and his campaign attempted to intimidate and then flood a local Chicago radio station with Obama supporter's calls when that station had scheduled to appear two Obama critics that were specifically addressing the Ayers angle.

From Obama's start in politics through multiple seats on various boards together through administering $150 million in education funding through positively writing about Ayers thoughts on the juvenile criminal system there is a demonstrated relationship and similarity in public policy thought.

Now, you can argue that the relationship reveals poor judgment, that Obama's own dissembling about it reveals poor judgment but that Obama's public policy proposals outweigh that poor judgment. But you cannot argue that the relationship didn't exist or was limited to simple contacts of being in the same room together or living in the same neighborhood.
 
You're either demonstrating your ignorance or you're dissembling. Which is it?

The long-standing relationship is irrefutable. That you demand more evidence reveals that you're not intentionally dissembling, but generally ignorant about this issue. So maybe both are true.

How is it irrefutable? The evidence I've seen thus far is pretty flimsy. In fact, I find the evidence that Ayers is still considered a "terrorist" pretty flimsy too.

I cannot believe that people are sticking their head in the sand about the relationship and the extent of that relationship. There's a reason why Obama and his campaign attempted to intimidate and then flood a local Chicago radio station with Obama supporter's calls when that station had scheduled to appear two Obama critics that were specifically addressing the Ayers angle.

I'm not sticking my head in the sand at all. They very well could have closer ties. Even if they did, I don't care. I think that it's wise of the Obama campaign to distance themselves from this issue, but purely on a strategic level. I would say the same for the McCain campaign if they had a similar issue.

From Obama's start in politics through multiple seats on various boards together through administering $150 million in education funding through positively writing about Ayers thoughts on the juvenile criminal system there is a demonstrated relationship and similarity in public policy thought.

So what? I still think it's flimsy. It's very oversimplified, which is typical and it also assumes that even if he did have close ties to Ayers that he must then also agree with his "terrorist" ideology which I think he no longer has.

Now, you can argue that the relationship reveals poor judgment, that Obama's own dissembling about it reveals poor judgment but that Obama's public policy proposals outweigh that poor judgment. But you cannot argue that the relationship didn't exist or was limited to simple contacts of being in the same room together or living in the same neighborhood.

I don't deny that there may have been a relationship of some form. However, I think the McCain Campaign is trying to imply that there was something more there. It's flimsy on all sides. I personally would need to see more to believe that there was a relationship.
 
From FactCheck.org:

In addition, Obama told the Chicago Tribune in 1997 that a book Ayers wrote about the juvenile court system was "a searing and timely account." This is sometimes billed by Obama's critics as a "book review." Actually, a reporter simply asked three Chicagoans for a sentence about whatever they were reading at the time.

FactCheck.org: "He Lied" About Bill Ayers?
 
How is it irrefutable? The evidence I've seen thus far is pretty flimsy. In fact, I find the evidence that Ayers is still considered a "terrorist" pretty flimsy too.

You find it flimsy because you're an Obama supporter. A years-long relationship, Ayers involvement in Obama's appointment to Annenberg, Ayers selection of Obama to oversee the distribution of $150 million in education funds, Ayers involvement in the start of Obama's political career.

This ain't flimsy. The relationship is there.

The question is...so what? Why is the relationship important? Why was Ayers, an unrepentent terrorist, attracted to a young Obama? What did Ayers see in Obama that Ayers liked or agreed with? Why did Obama associate with Ayers given Ayers' past?

I mean, we all know that the relationship was there and the Obama campaign says that Obama has not interacted with Ayers at least since 2005/6. So you cannot deny that the relationship existed.


I'm not sticking my head in the sand at all.

You certainly are as you continue denying that there was an association or a relationship.

They very well could have closer ties. Even if they did, I don't care.

Well, there you go. You don't care. So why do you even pretend to care whether the evidence of a relationship is flimsy or not.

FACT is that you're a bad faith participant in this debate as no matter what evidence is presented you will ignore it, i.e., put your head in the sand.

So what? I still think it's flimsy. It's very oversimplified, which is typical and it also assumes that even if he did have close ties to Ayers that he must then also agree with his "terrorist" ideology which I think he no longer has.

No, no one criticizing Obama for the relationship, well, no reasonable person, is arguing that because Obama associated with Ayers that Obama shared Ayers ideology or terrorist acts. The criticism is that Obama associated with Ayers despite Ayers past terrorism and radical political ideology and rather than acknowleding the relationship, repudiating Ayers past acts, and arguing that he doesn't share Ayer's political ideology, Obama instead lied about the relationship and then when confronted with years of evidence then dissembled about the extent of the relationship. Meanwhile, we still don't know why Obama continued to associate with him after Ayers absurd 9/11 comments when Obama had to know that Ayers was unrepentent and wishes he could have done more.


I don't deny that there may have been a relationship of some form.

Yes you are. You called the evidence flimsy. WTF else are we supposed to read into that comment other then you don't believe the evidence indicating a relationship?

However, I think the McCain Campaign is trying to imply that there was something more there.

Well, as the evidence clearly demonstrates, the relationship was far more intensive than simply being neighbors.

It's flimsy on all sides. I personally would need to see more to believe that there was a relationship.

BUT YOU JUST SAID YOU "don't deny that there may have been a relationship of some form."

Now you're just lying.

See ya!
 
Obama's review of Ayers' 1997 book

While there is a FOX news story on this finding, 99% of the Obama-supporting MSM won't touch this subject.

So he wrote a review for a book? MY GOD! HE CAN'T BECOME PRESIDENT, WE'LL ALL BE DOOMED! HE WROTE A REVIEW!

So?

I don't see anything in that review that praises Ayers past actions, or claiming what he did was good or correct, or anything of the such. I see him writing a review about a book about the juvenile court system.

Yeah, horrible.

Unless this is supposed to be proof that Obama is "close friends" with Ayers? Guess Robert Ebert is "close friends" with everyone in hollywood too.

Here's where the Obama/Ayers neighborhood is mentioned in Ayers book:

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I guess that Obama never knew the real Ayers, Farrakhan, and ... oh, yeah... Reverend Wright!

Can you show me a quote where he said he never knew Ayers? How does living in the same neighborhood make them "close friends" like so many on the right are trying to paint them?

More to the point, show me anyone denying they lived in the same neighborhood.

Wow, great job! You sure proved all those non-existant people wrong!

Don't dismiss commonsense for party.. This is an exclusive neighborhood where certain people go to be near each other.

Yeah. I always knew Muhammad Ali was secretly a terrorist lover. He's probably over there teaching Al-Qaeda how to punch our lights out.
 
Yeah. I always knew Muhammad Ali was secretly a terrorist lover. He's probably over there teaching Al-Qaeda how to punch our lights out.





Stop being dishonest. The point is these notable people seek out this neighborhood and some may even launch thier political carreers from thier neighbor's home.
 
You find it flimsy because you're an Obama supporter. A years-long relationship, Ayers involvement in Obama's appointment to Annenberg, Ayers selection of Obama to oversee the distribution of $150 million in education funds, Ayers involvement in the start of Obama's political career.

And you take it as gospel because you are not an Obama supporter. I am an Obama supporter, but I certainly don't think he is above criticism. I think that he's a hypocrite just as any politician is. I'm saying that I think the evidence presented thus far on the subject is flimsy. I'm not discounting the fact that it could be true. Even if it were true, I could care less. It still wouldn't change my opinion because I don't classify Ayers as a terrorist.

This ain't flimsy. The relationship is there.

And that's your opinion and you are more than welcome to it.

The question is...so what? Why is the relationship important? Why was Ayers, an unrepentent terrorist, attracted to a young Obama? What did Ayers see in Obama that Ayers liked or agreed with? Why did Obama associate with Ayers given Ayers' past?

I don't know, and I really don't care. As I said before, the Ayers thing isn't an issue for me. I don't consider him to be a terrorist. You do, and that's your opinion.

I mean, we all know that the relationship was there and the Obama campaign says that Obama has not interacted with Ayers at least since 2005/6. So you cannot deny that the relationship existed.

I don't deny that they knew each other. However, I think the McCain campaign is insinuating that there was more of a relationship there and I think that the evidence that they have presented thus far is flimsy. Yes, that's my opinion. I could care less whether you agree with it or not.

You certainly are as you continue denying that there was an association or a relationship.

I'm not denying that it could be a possibility. I'm saying that the evidence presented thus far is flimsy. I've said it many many times and I'll repeat it until you understand.

Well, there you go. You don't care. So why do you even pretend to care whether the evidence of a relationship is flimsy or not.

Because I think it's rather obvious that they are trying to imply something by attempting to prove that there was a relationship. I think that in order to prove there was a relationship they will need much more evidence than they have provided thus far. Again, that is MY OPINION.

FACT is that you're a bad faith participant in this debate as no matter what evidence is presented you will ignore it, i.e., put your head in the sand.

I'm not putting my head in the sand at all. From what I've seen of your posts you just can't stand when someone has a different opinion than you. This is why you keep trying to create an argument where there is none.

No, no one criticizing Obama for the relationship, well, no reasonable person, is arguing that because Obama associated with Ayers that Obama shared Ayers ideology or terrorist acts. The criticism is that Obama associated with Ayers despite Ayers past terrorism and radical political ideology and rather than acknowleding the relationship, repudiating Ayers past acts, and arguing that he doesn't share Ayer's political ideology, Obama instead lied about the relationship and then when confronted with years of evidence then dissembled about the extent of the relationship. Meanwhile, we still don't know why Obama continued to associate with him after Ayers absurd 9/11 comments when Obama had to know that Ayers was unrepentent and wishes he could have done more.

Exactly and if it is true I don't blame him for not acknowledging it because it's a smart political move not to. Just the other night I heard Bill O'Reilly say that he wants to know the full extent of their relationship because he's worried that Obama would give Ayers a cabinet position. You and I may not find those types of arguments reasonable or logical, but there are a lot of people out there who are scared of that very thing. I think that is one of the major reasons that Obama wouldn't be forthcoming about their relationship if there truly more there than has been made apparent already.

Yes you are. You called the evidence flimsy. WTF else are we supposed to read into that comment other then you don't believe the evidence indicating a relationship?

No, I don't. There may have been more of a relationship there. I have yet to see some legit evidence to point to that. All I've seen are the same tired talking points and oversimplified reasoning. That may be enough for you to draw a conclusion, but I need more than that.

Well, as the evidence clearly demonstrates, the relationship was far more intensive than simply being neighbors.

It demonstrates that for you and that's fine.

BUT YOU JUST SAID YOU "don't deny that there may have been a relationship of some form."

Now you're just lying.

See ya!

I'm not lying at all. Please, try to keep up. If my views on the subject aren't clear enough to you by now there's nothing more I can do for you.
 
And you take it as gospel because you are not an Obama supporter.

Take what as gospel? I have reviewed the facts of the matter. The campaign doesn't even deny that their relationship existed as you continue to do.

I am an Obama supporter, but I certainly don't think he is above criticism.

Who said you thought that?

I think that he's a hypocrite just as any politician is.

Okay.

I'm saying that I think the evidence presented thus far on the subject is flimsy.

But as you already stated before, you don't care what the evidence says. Hence, why do you continue pretending that you're actually a good faith participant here?

I'm not discounting the fact that it could be true. Even if it were true, I could care less.

Exactly. So if you don't care why do you demand evidence of a relationship. This is explicit intellectual dishonesty. You're arguing about the nature of the evidence when you won't accept any evidence at all.

It still wouldn't change my opinion because I don't classify Ayers as a terrorist.

Wow! :shock: Ayers ain't a terrorist?

And that's your opinion and you are more than welcome to it.

It's a fact! Obama admits the relationship exists. The Obama campaign admits there was a relationship that supposedly ended in 2005.

WTF??!!

I don't know, and I really don't care. As I said before, the Ayers thing isn't an issue for me. I don't consider him to be a terrorist. You do, and that's your opinion.

Again, wow!!

You must have a creative definition of terrorist...in fact, in your mind Tim McVeigh was also not a terrorist, eh?

I don't deny that they knew each other.

Well, that's generous.

However, I think the McCain campaign is insinuating that there was more of a relationship there and I think that the evidence that they have presented thus far is flimsy.

You're full of it. What do you think that McCain is insinuating? You keep referring to it but you won't actually say what you think it is.

Yes, that's my opinion. I could care less whether you agree with it or not.

The facts do not agree with your opinion and what you've stated is that you don't care about the facts.

You're a dishonest poster.

I'm not denying that it could be a possibility. I'm saying that the evidence presented thus far is flimsy. I've said it many many times and I'll repeat it until you understand.

WTF?? You not denying the possibility of what?

So far you've said not only that you don't think there was a relationship ("I personally would need to see more to believe that there was a relationship.") while also maintaining that there has been a relationship.

Make up your mind.

As well, why do you pretend that evidence matters? You've clearly indicated that evidence doesn't matter?

Because I think it's rather obvious that they are trying to imply something by attempting to prove that there was a relationship.

But I thought you just said, "I don't deny that there may have been a relationship of some form."???

So what is there to prove as you claim the McCain is attempting to do?

You don't even know what you're saying, do you?

I think that in order to prove there was a relationship they will need much more evidence than they have provided thus far. Again, that is MY OPINION.

But you already conceded that there was a relationship. My God, man, in the same post you argue with yourself...

I'm not putting my head in the sand at all.

Stating that the facts don't matter and that you don't care about the facts is sticking your head in the sand.

From what I've seen of your posts you just can't stand when someone has a different opinion than you.

:rofl Are you serious?

You're dissembling, lying, and constantly changng your argument. I call you out on it and all you have is more dissembling, lying, intellectual dishonesty and you have the audacity to say I'm picking on you because I disagree with you.

Fool, the facts disagree with you.

Obama disagrees with you.

This is why you keep trying to create an argument where there is none.

This is nuts!

You keep saying that there was a relationship but then turn around and say there was no relationship. You're right, then, there is no argument there... :rofl

Exactly and if it is true I don't blame him for not acknowledging it because it's a smart political move not to.

But he has acknowledged it...what don;t you get about that?

Just the other night I heard Bill O'Reilly say that he wants to know the full extent of their relationship because he's worried that Obama would give Ayers a cabinet position.

What does that have to do with your constantly-changing position of whether there was a relationship or your insistence that facts don't count?

You and I may not find those types of arguments reasonable or logical, but there are a lot of people out there who are scared of that very thing. I think that is one of the major reasons that Obama wouldn't be forthcoming about their relationship if there truly more there than has been made apparent already.

Riiight.

It couldn't possibly have anything to do with Ayers being an unrepentent terrorist and Obama's longtime relationship with him causing concern about Obama's judgment, eh? Nothin at all, right? :roll:

No, I don't. There may have been more of a relationship there. I have yet to see some legit evidence to point to that. All I've seen are the same tired talking points and oversimplified reasoning. That may be enough for you to draw a conclusion, but I need more than that.

It demonstrates that for you and that's fine.

Clown, Obama has already acknowledged this fact that his relationship with Ayers extended beyond merely being a neighbor.

You're as dense as the hardest rock on earth.

I'm not lying at all.

Acknowledging a relationship on one hand while denying it on the other hand is lying.

Please, try to keep up.

I'm trying, clown. You constantly shift between relationship/no relationship that I can barely keep up.

If my views on the subject aren't clear enough to you by now there's nothing more I can do for you.

You're not even clear on your own view.

Evidence:

I don't deny that there may have been a relationship of some form.

And then in the same post:
I personally would need to see more to believe that there was a relationship.

You cannot keep up with yourself... :rofl

Take a break. Get out of the basement. Get some fresh air.
 
Stop being dishonest. The point is these notable people seek out this neighborhood and some may even launch thier political carreers from thier neighbor's home.

How am I being dishonest?

Many republicans and conservatives are asserting that Obama "Pals" around with Terorrists because he lives in the same neighborhood as Ayeres. While he has also sat on a board and "launched his career", which if you want to talk about dishonest the way you try to protray him having an announcement planned by someone else at the house of Ayers as "him" launching his career there is a bit dishonest, if you're going to say he "pals around with terrorists" in part because of his neighborhood then you must say that Muhammad Ali ALSO pal's around with terrorists to a lesser degree.

The point is this is an idiotic non-issue that you and others that god forbid can't actually debate about actual issues or focus on important things try to be extremely dishonest and over exaggerate things in a pathetically juvenile and laughable way.

And talk about selective outrage over being "dishonest". You dedicate a post to rant at me about being dishonest while you completely ignore the OP trying to use a review about a book about the juvenile justice system to imply Obama is close friends with a terrorist and shares his views.
 
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That book was about the Juvenile Court system, not "why bombing America 40 years ago was super awesome and great."

Yes, and it was a radical perspective of how to handle juvenile crime.

Hmm, I wonder why people think Obama shares similar public policy positions with Ayers?

Not only did he favorably comment on Ayers book but Obama also sat with Ayers on a debate panel designed to undermine a juvenile justice bill going through the 97/98 Illinois Legislature.

No, Ayers saw nothing agreeable in Obama and Obama doesn't share any of Ayers radical views. Nothing to see here... :roll:
 
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