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  1. Obama vs. Romney: This Time It's Personal

    Mon, 9 Jul 2012

    criticized for not being specific on economic policy, he hasn't gone after Obama in the style of Palin circa 2008, when Bill Ayers and Jeremiah Wright were central figures. "Under this president, we've seen a record 41 straight months of unemployment

  2. Former '60s Activist Bill Ayers Among May Day Protesters

    Tue, 1 May 2012

    ( William Ayers , right. Image credit: Andy Carpenean/Laramie Boomerang/AP Photo organizations and individuals. Former 60s anti-war activist William " Bill " Ayers is among those protesting in Chicago on Tuesday. He said he planned

  3. Palling Around With Obama's Radicals

    Thu, 8 Mar 2012

    here's a reminder of just some of the purported radicals said to have shaped Obama before he sat in the Oval Office: Bill Ayers How radical is he? The University of Illinois professor was a leader of the Weathermen, a domestic terrorist group that

  4. What's Worrying Mitt Romney? (The Note)

    Tue, 7 Feb 2012

    Too late: already taken $215k in secret 501c4 $ politi.co/yCtHbM @AlexPappasDC : Former Weather Underground leader Bill Ayers : "I find some unity with Ron Paul." thedc.com/ArK4m6 @jmartpolitico : I get the desire for momentum/sign of life

  5. Behind a Class Warfare Charge, Saul Alinsky's Shadow

    Thu, 12 Jan 2012

    Barack Obama weathered the guilt-by-association storm in 2008, withstanding criticism of his ties to Bill Ayers and Rev. Jeremiah Wright. But what about Saul Alinsky? As a young community organizer, Obama was taught by activists who were

  6. The Dark Art of South Carolina Politics

    Wed, 11 Jan 2012

    to spread accusations about his 2008 rival candidate Barack Obama's relationship with former Weather Underground leader Bill Ayers . South Carolina's governor, the Republican Nikki Haley, got a heavy dose of Palmetto political medicine during her run

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  1. Watch This: Top Videos of 2009

    Wed, 30 Dec 2009

    doing behind closed doors, which ABC News cameras caught exclusively on tape. 4) Brian Ross and Bill Ayers - Click here to watch. When Bill Ayers became a central figure in the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign after opponents of then-Senator

  2. White House Posts Visitor Lists – Is That THE Bill Ayers ? (No)

    Fri, 30 Oct 2009

    Taking an unprecedented step in transparency, the White House released visitor logs today showing some popular names: William Ayers , Jeremiah Wright, R. Kelly, and Malik Shabazz visiting the White House. But, no – those are not who you think they are

  3. White House vs. Fox News, Part 34

    Tue, 13 Oct 2009

    election, what you would have seen would have been that the biggest stories and biggest threats facing America were a guy named Bill Ayers and something called ACORN." Dunn also took issue with Fox News Channel conducting a "fact check" of assistant secretary

  4. 'Jerking Some Chains' -- Who Really Wrote Obama's Memoir?

    Thu, 8 Oct 2009

    rumor was true. Former 60's radical Bill Ayers came clean and admitted he actually did ghost she wrote, “That’s when I saw Bill Ayers , an instant blight. Scruffy, thinning his friend and Hyde Park neighbor Bill Ayers .” A “truckload of notes” was given

  5. Republican Dinner Raises Questions About GOP Leadership

    Tue, 9 Jun 2009

    his condemnation of the Obama administration. Voight brought up the president's "radical connections" to people such as Bill Ayers , called Obama a "false prophet" who Republican leaders needed to "bring an end to" and added that everything Obama has

  6. A Night at the GOP Fundraiser

    Tue, 9 Jun 2009

    strident in his condemnation of the Obama administration, bringing up Obama’s “radical connections” to people like Bill Ayers , called the President a “false prophet” who Republican leaders needed to “bring an end to.” Voight went on to say that

  7. Nation salutes its war dead on Memorial Day

    Mon, 25 May 2009

    a group of professors asking him to break that presidential practice. Among those who signed the letter is 1960s radical William Ayers , a University of Chicago professor. Ayers helped found the radical group the Weather Underground that carried out bombings

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Videos

  1. William Ayers Hits the Polls

    Tue, 4 Nov 2008

    The ex-radical leaves Chicago polling place where Barack Obama voted earlier.

  2. Hasselbeck Says Obama Is 'Fair Game'

    Mon, 6 Oct 2008

    He I assume. Rehabilitated himself because from 1988. And now I don't recall anyone saying in 2001 all we gotta go get Bill Ayers is terrorist and adequate now let me just finish 'cause I know you have a lot to say. I don't think. Anyone has been

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    I don't recall anyone saying in 2001 all we gotta go get Bill Ayers is terrorist and adequate now let me just finish 'cause I know you have a lot to say. I don't think. Anyone
  3. Brian Ross' Encounter With Bill Ayers

    Mon, 27 Oct 2008

    Here's Brian Ross of ABC news he's just you become a central figure in the campaign thanks them. What do you say about that. Because you want to Raise questions about your relationships. Can you give us a sense of what their relationship. They're don't think you know. An explanation. Single

  4. Campaign Advisers Debate Attacks

    Thu, 9 Oct 2008

    Mr. Wallace about Bill Ayers and the begins by saying and domestic terrorist Bill Ayers friends they worked together point not to bring up Bill Ayers in the debate. This denounced the activities of William Ayers . He said they were reprehensible

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    a new ad out on me John McCain website. Mr. Wallace about Bill Ayers and the begins by saying Barack Obama and domestic terrorist Bill Ayers friends they worked together. For years in the ad ends by saying Barack Obama to risky. For America the Senator McCain said He made it a point not to bring up Bill Ayers in the debate. This week He said He had no plans to talk about it so why now the sad. -- now
  5. Ayers: 'We Never Committed Terror'

    Fri, 14 Nov 2008

    William Ayers a former member of the Weather Underground Is that unusual for you that being William Ayers and and being in the Chicago area that interest when you say the fact your Bill Ayers you know that character was created

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    ever ask you about never. Is that unusual for you that being William Ayers and and being in the Chicago area that somebody talks to you and doesn't talk to you by your past. I've written seven books have I've edited another thirteen. And mostly what I talk about is schools and kids and juvenile justice as you know and those -- the things that my work focuses on and the fact that I. Have this past is. You know little interest -- when you say the fact your Bill Ayers you know that character was created in this election. While that is you exists because of what happened and and one of
  6. Battleground State Battle

    Sun, 5 Oct 2008

    questionable associations. Exit today William Ayers a Chicago professor once part of the issue of judgment and in this individual Bill Ayers is an unrepentant domestic terrorist point the point is the same individual Bill Ayers . Posted some sort of political event

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    think it goes to the issue of judgment and in this individual Bill Ayers is an unrepentant domestic terrorist and as you noted and has other news organizations have noted He was involved in the bombing. Of the Pentagon or attempted bombing of the Pentagon the capitol and plans for other domestic terrorism now. Barack Obama at the time was eight or nine years old or whatever but that's not the point the point is the same individual Bill Ayers . Posted some sort of political event at his home for Barack Obama when Brock was running. For -- state legislature in Illinois
  7. Hasselbeck to Obama: Tell Me the Truth!

    Mon, 20 Oct 2008

    "View" co-host says the senator hasn't been open about his link to Bill Ayers .

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  1. PHOTO: Bill Ayers, right, embraces his former family pastor Dr. D. Curtis Minter of Loveland, Colo. prior to Ayer's speech at the University of Wyoming in this April 28, 2010 file photo in Laramie, ...
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