> JJ wrote: > A single, clear statement on which of these is the case would help.
Here's what I've heard about that: (1.) The suggestion that Ayers "launched" Obama's career, or that they are anything other than distant acquaintances, is false and was planted by Texas billionaire Harold Simmons, a major backer McCain and Swift Boat Veterans for Truth four years ago, who is the sole donor to an advertisement attacking Obama. (2.) In April, Obama said that he "deplored" Ayers' actions in the 1960s and that "by the time I met him, he is a professor of education at the University of Illinois." (3.) The campaign position (today) is that they're not going to denounce someone they have no relationship with. For example, if somebody said McCain was under North Vietnamese mind control should McCain denounce the North Vietnamese? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:272570 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
