Ayers-Obama link a "bogus story."

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Adolph Reed Jr., a political scientist at the University of Pennsylvania, knows both Ayers and Obama from his days in Chicago. He plans to vote for Clinton in Pennsylvania's primary Tuesday. But he called the Ayers-Obama link a "bogus story."
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/la-na-radicals18apr18,1,5623804.story

Good summary of the entire tale at link.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. OH NO! Not more FACTS! The very thing that HIllary's people cannot take

[Why Syzygy]

2. The press seems to be laying it out factually. Strange, huh?

From AP >
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THE SPIN:

Obama said Ayers is "a guy who lives in my neighborhood" and not someone who has endorsed him or talked to him regularly.

"And the notion that somehow as a consequence of me knowing somebody who engaged in detestable acts 40 years ago when I was 8 years old, somehow reflects on me and my values, doesn't make much sense," Obama said.

Clinton said the relationship was deeper than that because both men served together on the board of a charity.

Ayers, she said, made comments "which were deeply hurtful to people in New York and, I would hope, to every American, because they were published on 9/11, and he said that he was just sorry they hadn't done more.

"And what they did was set bombs," she went on. "And in some instances, people died."

THE FACTS:

Clinton's implication that Ayers made hurtful comments connected with the terrorist attacks is wrong.

By coincidence, a story about Ayers and what he called his fictionalized memoirs appeared in The New York Times on the day of the attacks.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j7cAG1TxjwCG7Xv6Wdn5m7kp_RfwD903SSOG0

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3. That article is a great, concise rebuttal

and I'm archiving it for myself to use when Hillary and the Repubs try to make hay with this. Thanks very much for finding it and posting it.

In some ways, I'm feeling better and better. If this pathetically feeble Ayers story is the big bombshell they were holding onto, then they got nothing!

Also, knowing the general context just makes Hillary look like a desparate tool, repeating these empty Rush/Sean talking points.

[Eurobabe]

4. K&R

[NOLALady]

5. I attended High School with

Adolph Reed Jr in New Orleans.

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6. kcik

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7. kick again