Clarification From Ayers
Conservative blogs and talk shows have been talking about Obama's ties to former domestic terrorist William Ayers for months on end, but the story has reached the mainstream thanks to a few pointed questions on the topic during last week's debate.
Ayers is apparently now clarifying his relationship with Obama. Here's a quote:
April 20th, 2008 Ayers says he has been the target of hate-mail.
He also says that he is often quoted as saying that he has "no regrets."
"This is not true," he writes at his Web site. "For anyone paying attention _ and I try to stay wide-awake to the world around me. . . . Life brings misgivings, doubts, uncertainty, loss, regret. I'm sometimes asked if I regret anything I did to oppose the war in Vietnam, and I say, `No, I don't regret anything I did to try to stop the slaughter of millions of human beings by my own government.' Sometimes, I add, `I don't think I did enough.'"
"This is then elided: `He has no regrets for setting bombs and thinks there should be more bombings . .'" he writes. "I encourage people to argue, to agree or disagree, to discuss and struggle, to engage in conversation."
As far as I know, Obama hasn't responded to this story, which effectively extends the amount of time people talk about this issue, so I'll do it for him:
WILLIAM AYERS: No, see, it wasn't really terrorism, because terrorism is about fear. And when I said I didn't regret killing people, I just meant that I, like, think Vietnam was really bad and stuff, and that it killed more people than me.
BARACK OBAMA: Shut up. Shut up. Stop talking. Shut. Up. Stop it. Stop talking. Stop. Shut up.
» April 21st, 2008
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