Posted on 08/11/2008 12:20:46 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
If you take the Obama campaign at its word, the contention that there is a relationship between Bill Ayers and Barack Obama is phony, tenuous, a stretch. In Obama's own words, Ayers was "just a guy who lives in my neighborhood," certainly not a long time close political ally.
But a review of just the publicly known highlights of the Ayers-Obama relationship suggests a twenty year pattern of connections between the two.
At the heart of this "Top Ten" list is the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, which Ayers founded and Obama and Ayers co-chaired for five years, raising and spending at least $110 million in an effort to bolster a "radical" (Ayers' word) reform program in the Chicago Public Schools from 1994 to 2001.
1) Out of the Woods:
The Woods Fund financed the hiring of Obama in 1985 by the Developing Communities Project.
According to The Nation: The Woods Fund, in many ways, is responsible for helping start Obama as an organizer and shaping his political identity. In 1985 the foundation gave a $25,000 grant to the Developing Communities Project (aka the "DCP"), which hired Obama, at 24, as an organizer on Chicago's economically depressed South Side.
The Woods Fund was founded by the Woods family which owned the Illinois-based Sahara Coal Company, a major supplier of coal from its mines to major Illinois power companies. Commonwealth Edison, the giant Chicago-based electric power company was headed by Thomas Ayers, father of Bill Ayers.
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Disturbing, to say the least.
“Disturbing, to say the least.”
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Ayers and Dohrn, clearly were made for each other. Such productive people...
Reverend Wright.
Such a nice young couple, Barry and Michelle. Throughout their adult lives they certainly have made some very interesting choices, concerning who they choose to work and worship with.
Tatt
thanks, bfl
Very disturbing.
Thanks for the ping.
these two homegrown terrorists launched the obamessiah's political career.......how nice.
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