How many of you would be okay with Bill Ayers in a cabinet position?

[nuncvendetta]

EDIT: nevermind. I need lots of coffee right now, folks. Nothing to see here. Move along.

[Alter Ego]

1. No thanks.

I don't agree with the shit about Ayers, but Obama doesn't need this story to stay front and center as he tries to get an agenda passed.

[NYCGirl]

2. Just what we need — a GRUDGE ADMINISTRATION

:eyes:

[Kelvin Mace]

3. Uh, no

There are better ways to say "fuck you" to conservatives. Justice Hillary Clinton comes to mind. While Ayers has paid his debt to society, he is the type of person that would be helpful. All you would do is confirm the fears of the 25% of Americans who think Obama is a Muslim, and raise concerns in another 25%.

[TwilightGardener]

4. Er...no.

[crispini]

5. Hahahaha. What is this, a joke?

:eyes:

This smells like bait. We weren't born yesterday, you know.

[Frances]

16. Agree with Cistini

I understand Ayers' frustration with the Vietnam War and I understand his wife's frustration with crimes against blacks.

However, Martin Luther King had shown the way to get change through non violent means.

So had Gandhi.

It took a lot more courage to do things King's way, but his was the moral and much more successful way.

Edited to make clear that I think the idea is a joke.

[jpak]

6. Dumb da dumb dumb

nice try though

[saltpoint]

7. No loyal political advisor to Barack Obama would recommend it, which is not

to say that Ayers is not as qualified for another public service role as for the one he holds now.

A roughly equivalent question for Republicans would be how they can support Eliot Abrams and Oliver North in the public sector but scream bloody murder over Bill Ayers.

[mtnsnake]

8. It wouldn't suprise me in the least if half the people here preferred Ayers to Hillary

for SOS.

[LaurenG]

9. No,no and no - I hope no one is even thinking of him for anything.

Yikes.

[elocs]

10. Absolutely not because Obama will run for reelection in 4 years.

Sorry, but it is a very stupid idea and President Obama is a very smart person.

[happychatter]

11. I think he's way too conservative and wonky

a real establishment type

I never did like the SDS wonks

[spanone]

12. you are out of your mind

NWMHTT

[YOY]

13. Where the hell are you getting this from?

Of course not.

[Kahuna]

14. No offense but, how old are you?

:crazy:

[nuncvendetta]

15. okay, I'm still halfway asleep, so maybe not the best of ideas

But I just wish there was a way to cleanse this country of the stupid character assassination of fine people or people who have paid their debts and are doing good work. It was outright atrocious for the Republicans to condemn Obama/Ayers when they were on a committee together to HELP CHILDREN.

[Marrah_G]

17. Are you drunk, or just completely out of your mind?

[nuncvendetta]

19. asleep, which basically makes me a bit of both. sorry.

n/t.

[Marrah_G]

21. LOL- I suggest coffee- lots of coffee

[MaineDem]

18. Are you serious?

This is just silly.

[cali]

20. by far the most idiotic post I've seen in.... well, several days anyway

go away, under bridge dweller.

[Deep13]

22. No way. nt

[Ichingcarpenter]

23. As a joke..... Ambassador to Faux news

Special envoy to Hannity and Colmes

Otherwise its silly.

[Pirate Smile]

24. Insane

[LynneSin]

25. Perhaps we could put Jeremiah Wright in a cabinet position too!!

:sarcasm:

[nuncvendetta]

27. well, Billy Graham has refused to counsel Obama as he has every president since when...

So maybe Wright can take that position!

[MaineDem]

28. Again, you're being ludicrous. n/t

[LaurenG]

29. no that isn't quite true - Billy Graham never uttered those words

His son did and he has Palin ties.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/11/7/203640/499/845/657172

[zulchzulu]

26. As long as he's NOT vetted, I'm OK with it...

:sarcasm:

[DinahMoeHum]

30. No way. Too much baggage, rightly or wrongly.

n/t

[WI_DEM]

31. I was going to say, "Are you out of your mind?" but I see you already conceded your point.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

32. Sure

why not. And then go to Idaho and get a skinhead to be ambassador to Zaire. :crazy:

[slackmaster]

33. I think the only one he might be qualified for would be Education

Other than that, I can't picture him in any of them.