and to me thats disgusting. Judah McAuley wrote: > http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95442902 > > Snip from story: > > Regardless of his background, it was never a problem for anyone > including Republicans and Chicago's most powerful business leaders > to work with Ayers on Chicago's public schools. In fact, Ayers is > widely respected in the field of urban education. > > "It was never a concern by any of us in the Chicago school reform > movement that he had led a fugitive life years earlier," said former > Illinois state Republican Rep. Diana Nelson, who worked with both > Obama and Ayers over the years. "It's ridiculous. There is no reason > at all to smear Barack Obama with this association. It's nonsensical, > and it just makes me crazy. It's so silly." > > Nelson says her fellow Republicans "might snort when they hear the > name Bill Ayers, because they know he comes from a wealthy family, > they know he became a radical activist early in his life ... but > beyond just snorting, I don't think anyone gives it another thought." > > "I don't remember ever hearing anyone raise concerns or questions or > concerns about [Ayers'] background," says Anne Hallett, who has worked > closely with Ayers on the Annenberg Challenge grant and with Obama on > education and other community and legislative matters. "And that > included everybody I was engaged with," including prominent > Republicans, and corporate and civic leaders in Chicago, Hallett adds. > > Hallett calls this attack on Obama's association with Ayers and the > Annenberg Challenge by further association, "a smear campaign. It's a > political diatribe that has no basis in fact. The Chicago Annenberg > Challenge was an extremely positive initiative. It was well-vetted, > thorough, and the fact that it is now is being used for political > purposes is, in my opinion, outrageous." > >
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