Posted on 09/24/2008 9:53:54 AM PDT by pissant
Stanley Kurtz has been investigating the Chicago Annenberg Challenge files in the Richard J. Daley Library at the University of Illinois-Chicago Circle, and he has reported on his results in the Wall Street Journal. I have written before on Ayers, the unrepentant Weather Underground terrorist bomber, who claims to have set bombs at the U.S. Capitol, and Kurtz notes that Obama has tried to play down his long and close association with Ayers. Ayers was the cofounder of the CAC, and Obama was chairman of the board; Kurtz makes it clear that Obama worked more closely with Ayers than previously suggested. But mostly Kurtz concentrates on what the CAC actually did. There are two serious issues here: Mainstream media have shown an almost complete lack of interest in both of them.
One is the closeness of Obama's relationship with an unrepentant terrorist bomber. The second is Obama's own record at the CAC. This was one of the few executive positions Obama has held, and his record on education is undoubtedly a legitimate political issue. From what Kurtz has unearthed, the "reforms" Obama sought to advance were misguided and the CAC largely unsuccessful. I'm open to evidence that the CAC was more successful, and Obama could quite reasonably claim that he has changed the views on education he apparently held when he headed the CAC board. People can learn from experience, and we want a president willing to make changes when policies fail.
But it's interesting that Obama, in his two autobiographies and in his campaign, has said almost nothing
(Excerpt) Read more at usnews.com ...
October should be an interesting month.
Thank you Michael Barone....you are a great American.
Third article in three days from Kurtz
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NTM4ZmU1NGFkODJlMjhmYjkxMjg4Y2Q0NTVlYjAzMmY=
Pssst ... Palin bought a used tanning bed with her own money.
Film at 11:00 ...
This is one way McCain can stay on offense. No need go on defense with all the lies the Obama campaign is putting out. Obama can’t handle being on the defense.
Obama is the man without a past.
Learning politics from Bill Ayers is like studying medicine under Josef Mengele
There is something more illicit and malicious than a simple bias and lack of professionalism going on here.
The media have ceased to function as the reporters/recorders of fact. Instead of reporting on the news and events of the day, they have made themselves into the news and events of the day. Now, the MSM is indistinguishable from the events and news they ‘report’.
Unfortunately, most consumers of the MSM product in America possess a mind set which is the result of decades of dummied-down and EXTREMELY (even EXCESSIVELY) biased and Liberal educational system. MSM ‘coverage’ is swallowed whole and no questions are asked…..
How do you think that the political environment and leadership, generally, in America have become such a pale facsimiles of
indeed
Thanks. I posted it as its own thread.
And Pissant volunteered to operate the tanning bed.
CORRECTION:-last sentence
“...pale facimile of genuine and productive discourse?”
McCain has SO much material to work with to create a landslide.
Darn good question.
I think it was pissant that published this excellent article earlier (before our collective memories were wiped!):
Tony Blankley:: Townhall.com Columnist The Man Who Never Was
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.