Comments on: This is a scary ad! http://www.philipnelson.org/2008/08/this-is-a-scary-ad/ Live Streaming Expert - Collector - Adventurer Sun, 18 Dec 2011 13:00:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Paul http://www.philipnelson.org/2008/08/this-is-a-scary-ad/comment-page-1/#comment-234 Paul Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:01:38 +0000 http://www.philipnelson.org/?p=326#comment-234 Obama's staff responded to this smear with the following response: "Senator Obama strongly condemns the violent actions of the Weathermen group, as he does all acts of violence. But he was an eight-year-old child when Ayers and the Weathermen were active, and any attempt to connect Obama with events of almost forty years ago is ridiculous." <a href="http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2008/02/obamas_weatherman_connection.html" rel="nofollow">The Washington Post</a> has already de-bunked this "scary terror man" story, and summarizes: Whatever his past, Ayers is now a respected member of the Chicago intelligentsia, and still a member of the Woods Fund Board. The president of the Woods Fund, Deborah Harrington, said he had been selected for the board because of his solid academic credentials and "passion for social justice." "This whole connection is a stretch," Harrington told me. "Barack was very well known in Chicago, and a highly respected legislator. It would be difficult to find people round here who never volunteered or contributed money to one of his campaigns." Obama’s staff responded to this smear with the following response:
“Senator Obama strongly condemns the violent actions of the Weathermen group, as he does all acts of violence. But he was an eight-year-old child when Ayers and the Weathermen were active, and any attempt to connect Obama with events of almost forty years ago is ridiculous.”

The Washington Post has already de-bunked this “scary terror man” story, and summarizes:

Whatever his past, Ayers is now a respected member of the Chicago intelligentsia, and still a member of the Woods Fund Board. The president of the Woods Fund, Deborah Harrington, said he had been selected for the board because of his solid academic credentials and “passion for social justice.”

“This whole connection is a stretch,” Harrington told me. “Barack was very well known in Chicago, and a highly respected legislator. It would be difficult to find people round here who never volunteered or contributed money to one of his campaigns.”

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