It is what it is: Obama allied with scoundrelsBy Dick Morris and Eileen McGann
In the best tradition of Bill Clinton?s declaration that the answer to the question of whether he was having an affair depended on ?what the definition of is is,? Sen. Barack Obama was clearly concealing the truth when he said that William Ayers was ?just a guy who lives in my neighborhood.?
The Ayers-Obama connection was, in fact, an intimate collaboration that it led to the only executive or administrative experience in Obama?s life.
After Walter Annenberg?s foundation offered several hundred million dollars to American public schools in the mid-?90s, Ayers applied for $50 million for Chicago. His purpose was to ?raise political consciousness? in schools.
After he won the grant, Ayers? group chose Obama to distribute the $50 million, and the future senator raised another $60 million from other civic groups to augment it. In doing so, he was following Ayers? admonition to grant the funds to ?external? organizations, like American Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), to pair with schools and conduct programs to radicalize and politicize the students.
Reading, math and science achievement tests counted for little in the grants, but the school?s success in preaching a radical agenda determined how much money it got.
Obama should have run screaming at the sight of Ayers and his wife, Bernardine Dohrn. Ayers has admitted bombing the U.S. Capitol and the Pentagon, and his wife was imprisoned for failing to cooperate in solving the robbery of a Brink?s car in which two police were killed. Far from remorse, Ayers told The New York Times [NYT], in September 2001, that he wished he ?could have done more.? Ayers only avoided conviction when the evidence against him turned out to be contained in illegal wiretaps. He was, in fact, guilty as sin.
So let?s sum up Obama?s Chicago connections. His chief financial supporter was Tony Rezko, now on his way to prison. His spiritual adviser was the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, of ?God damn America? fame. And the guy who got him his only administrative job is former terrorist Ayers.
Not a good recommendation for a president.
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