The Ayers thing is absurd.

[DCBob]

Obama was 6 years old when Ayers was a radical anti-war activist. Ayers was never convicted of anything. A quick search on Google gives you a Wikipedia article with the following:

Ayers is currently a Distinguished Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Education. He began his career in primary education while an undergraduate, teaching at the Children’s Community School (CCS), a project founded by a group of students and based on the Summerhill method of education. He has edited and written many books and articles on education theory, policy and practice, and has appeared on many panels and symposia. Ayers was tapped by Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley to help found the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, that city's now nationally-renowned school reform program. Since 1999 he has served on the board of directors of the Woods Fund of Chicago, an anti-poverty, philanthropic foundation established in 1941. This became controversial as Barack Obama had served on the board until 2002, with overlapping times of service with Ayers.

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How on earth is Obama responsible for something Ayers did decades ago? It just sounds dumb and desperate to attack Obama on this and will likely backfire.

[Mz Pip]

1. Guilt by association

THey met a couple of times. Ayers hosted a fundraiser for Obama. Therefore in the world of bizarre leaps of logic Obama must be just like Ayers. They are clones, long lost brothers, the same person really. You know the drill.

[DCBob]

2. Yeah, the Republicans are known for "bizarre leaps of logic" but ...

I do believe the rest of the electorate will NOT get it. This is a non-story and will fade in 24 hours but could leave a lasting memory of cheap attack by the McCain campaign.