This is a stretch. I don’t see anything here that even puts Obama’s mother in the same town with Ayers. The last thing we need now is some right wing conspiracy theory based on presumption and innuendo.
I am not putting them in the same room. I am not even saying they knew one another. As a matter of fact, I am not saying anything.
In light of:
Obama’s mother is roughly the same age as the radicals of the 60’s
She grew up in a very radical area
She seems to have adopted the idealogy of the 60’s
I was wondering if perhaps Obama may have made connections to the far left through his mother. Did her path ever cross with any of the names associated with the WUO? That’s all.
What better place to confirm or deny? Besides that, there was information I did not know. Her affiliation with the Ford Foundation, her interest in microlending, her difficult relationship with her father, etc. I especially did not know she spent time in Pakistan (sp)
I am the first to admit not one of those facts are relevant in terms of cause and effect, but it does give a better picture of the person Obama says had the greatest influence on him.
It also gives us a barometer when Obama speaks about his mother.
I do not consider it right winged anything. I consider it a search for knowledge. Knowledge is power.