Bill let Obama get by with too much.
All that said, when you read the transcript, it’s damning.
“Here’s the bottom line. This guy did something despicable 40 years ago.” I guess when you blow people up, and try to blow up and burn children, it’s despicable.
Just by saying oh, its “forty years ago” Obama shows how he’s willing to excuse absolute evil.
That was so yesterday!
BOR did a pretty good job of taking Obama down. I don’t think he answered one question directly. The debates should rock!!
It was a very short interview, so not much could be said, and Obama did what he could to deflect as much as possible - and he did a very good job of that, he isn’t that bad in interviews. I don’t think you could expect much from this sort of thing unless the subject is incapable, clueless or deliberately wants to let something out.
Left out was the matter of who hired him/paid him out of the Annenberg funds. Ayers controlled those funds, and the implication that it was a long-term ongoing relationship.
Left out also was the implication that Obama approved of Ayers educational policies, which is another interesting topic.
On the contrary, I think he did quite well.
You have to consider that he is answering for the sake of an uncommitted audience, not us - we are hostile, and we aren’t likely to cut him any slack, but thats not most people.
In a debate he may indeed come off as wishy-washy, pettifogging or untrustworthy, he certainly is capable of that, but I am not convinced he will do that badly.
Osama bin Laden has been good for nearly a decade. So it’s really no big deal any more. Maybe he could teach at the University of Chicago too.