Bill Ayers on Good Morning America tomorrow

[Jackeens]

In his first television interview since he became the center of controversy in the presidential race, Chicago activist Williams Ayers breaks his silence in an exclusive interview with Chris Cuomo on Friday's "Good Morning America."

Ayers, a leader of the '60s radical group the Weathermen, became a political lightning rod because of past associations with President-elect Obama.

In his first exclusive interview, Ayers talks about the reissue of his 2001 memoir, "Fugitive Days," and his journey from privileged youth to '60s radical.


http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=6243589

[JeffR]

1. Wow, so we finally get to hear what the young Obama's

role in the movement was!
;-)

[Ozma]

2. Young Obama, at 8 years old, in Indonesia, was a major player..

in that international terrorist organization! :rofl: :rofl:

[JeffR]

3. Yep. Probably used his allowance for money laundering or something.

:scared:

[LynnTheDem]

6. Don't forget the likes of terrorist-pal RONALD REAGAN !

Reagan was not only a lifelong close pal of the terrorist-funder-pal Walter Annenberg (who funded and hired Ayers and whose Annenberg Charity board Ayers and Obama sat on); Reagan even awarded the Presidential medal of Freedom to that terrorist-funder-pal Annenberg!

:wow:

Ghastly yes. But TRUE.

RONALD REAGAN WAS A LIFELONG PAL OF A TERRORIST-FUNDER-PAL!

[Thrill]

14. He was only 8. But he was still running things. He's the Omen

[ErinBerin84]

4. yeah, during the commercial for it

they play dramatic music and say "Sarah Palin called him OBAMA's TERRORIST FRIEND! Friday...a GMA exclusive!" I almost laughed when I heard it was GMA, with the faux scary music.

[AspenRose]

5. I hope he puts Caribou Barbie in her place

Oh please oh please oh please....just SMACK HER DOWN

[ellacott]

7. Me too

I also hopes he clears up the lies that the right has been saying.

He didn't say he wished he would have done more bombings. From what I've read he said he wished he would have done more to stop the war.

[ej510]

8. I hope he says he voted for McCain/Palin. LMFAO !

:evilgrin:

[ellacott]

11. That would be hilarious

[LynnTheDem]

9. But isn't it so much more fun to cherry-pick and twist & spin people's actual words

to score political points even when it means destroying America in some way, shape or form!!1!1


Rightwingnuts; stupidest (and most vile) MFers on the planet.

[ellacott]

12. Yes they are

They keep talking about the liberal media bias and it's evident to anyone paying attention that this is not true.

[MadBadger]

10. I Hope he admits to voting for Nader

[HardWorkingDem]

13. I'm sorry but, he needs to find a hole, crawl in it and go away...

The only thing I'm thankful for about this guy is that he should not be an issue in 2012 unless he makes himself one.

[rvablue]

17. I felt the exact same way when I first saw this, but then

I thought what if he goes on GMA, says that he hardly knew Obama, and then gives a detailed account of Annenberg and his ties to Reagan. And up thread, if Ayers says he voted for Nader....that would be the best.

Don't really know what this guy's character is like, so soon after the election, going on a national show, I feared maybe he is kind of narcissistic and wanted some of the spotlight.....but maybe he thinks this is the best and earliest time, that he can get his message out and have this whole right-wing smear completely flame out, never to be used again.

I guess we'll see tomorrow....I just hope he doesn't end up hurting Obama.

[AtomicKitten]

15. Hey, since Palin is still talking about him, I vote yes on this appearance.

He's a bright articulate guy, hardly a radical.

[xenussister]

16. Seeing him in the flesh will diffuse his "scaryness"

Just like the right tried to paint Obama as a wild-eyed radical, then when the American people watched the debates they saw that he was a mild-mannered, serious and intelligent person.

Right now Ayers is the boogyman, Palin's still going on about him. Once people see who he is nowadays, the right can't use him as either a punching bag or a scare tactic. They'll just look stupid. Well, even more stupid.

I don't have a TV so I hope people will let us know how the interview went, or give a link to a clip of the interview.

[livetohike]

18. Welcome to DU!

:hi: and I agree. I hope he makes the media rounds, just as Palin is.

[CakeGrrl]

19. Good. He *deserves* equal time since his name is being dragged through the mud

by Mooseburgers, even though I'm sure he won't get it.

Any amount of airtime is better than nada.

[kskiska]

20. WP: Bill Ayers Speaks

CHICAGO -- William Ayers, the former Weather Underground leader who became an issue in the 2008 campaign, said yesterday that he is not close to president-elect Barack Obama and that Obama's opponents had turned him into "a cartoon character."

Ayers, an author and education professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, said he thought the accusation by Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin that Obama had been "palling around with terrorists" was absurd.

"Pal around together? What does that mean? Share a milkshake with two straws?" Ayers said in his first interview since the controversy began. "I think my relationship with Obama was probably like thousands of others in Chicago. And, like millions and millions of others, I wish I knew him better."

(snip)

Asked yesterday if he wishes he had set more bombs, Ayers answered, "Never." He also said he had regrets.

"I wish I'd been wiser," he said. "I wish I'd been more effective. I wish I'd been more unifying. I wish I'd been more principled."

History has shown of the Vietnam War that "those who opposed it were on the right side," Ayers said. But he said some of his early rhetoric was "juvenile."

Ayers blames the "liberal media" for failing to dismiss the Republican assaults. He called the media's performance "kind of shameful" and likened the situation to the 2004 episode when Swift Boat Veterans for Truth created a narrative that helped doom the candidacy of Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.).


more…
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/11/04/bill_ayers_speaks.html?hpid=topnews

[This One]

21. "Share a milkshake with two straws?" ... LOL