Posted on 09/24/2010 12:14:06 PM PDT by Cincinna
he vote, at a U. of I. board meeting in Urbana, was unanimous and came after a passionate speech by board chair Christopher Kennedy, who invoked the 1968 assassination of his father, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, in saying that he was voting his conscience.
The other trustees, without comment, also voted against the appointment.
Ayers, the Vietnam War-era radical, had been an education faculty member at UIC since 1987. He retired effective Aug. 31 and then sought the emeritus faculty status, a largely honorific title that includes some benefits such as library privileges.
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A co-founder of the Weather Underground anti-war group, Ayers was frequently in the media spotlight and, as such, was one of the university's best-known faculty members.
While trustees regularly vote on emeritus appointments, they rarely comment about them.
But in an emotional statement, Kennedy discussed his reasons for voting against Ayers' request.
"I am guided by my conscience and one which has been formed by a series of experiences, many of which have been shared with the people of our country and mark each of us in a profound way," Kennedy said.
He said he could not confer the title "to a man whose body of work includes a book dedicated in part to the man who murdered my father."
Kennedy was referring to a 1974 book co-authored by Ayers, "Prairie Fire," which was dedicated to a long list of people including Robert Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan and "all political prisoners in the U.S."
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And why would Ayers & Co be part of the Fan Club of Sirhan Sirhan? Is Obama a fan as well?
What does Emeritus mean? what does it get you?
It means he’s on the faculty list forever.
Dedication of a different book to Sirhan Sirhan? OMG! Unforgivable!
Whatever.
Dang headline writers have NO imagination - -
“Bill Ayers Emeritus Bid Bombs!”
Stay tuned as we follow this explosive story!
Slam Dunk of Bill Ayers the traitor.
Ayers, “denied emeritus status”?
Bastard should be chained to a truck and drug across the U.S.A. from sea to shining sea.
The only difference between Bill Ayers as a domestic terrorist bomber and Timothy McVeigh as a domestic terrorists bomber is that Bill Ayers was a totally incompetent domestic terrorist bomber. Both deserved the same reward: execution.
Should have been enjoying convict status the past 40 years!!!
Bwahahahahahahah! Stop it...your killing me!...Bwahahaha!
Right thing, wrong reason - it is still the right thing.
“Bill Ayers Emeritus Bid Bombs!”
“Stay tuned as we follow this explosive story!”
EXCELLENT! You should be writing the headlines for my hometown paper, The New York Post!
RFK, Jr is right on this one. Sirhan Sirham assassinatrd his father.
FWIW, th entire Bd of Trustees voted “no” on Ayers.
Which Ayer’s book was dedicated to Satan? I thought Ayers & Co were Atheists.
Sorry for the confusion, hard to keep these left wing whack jobs straight.
“Lest we forget at least an over-the-shoulder acknowledgment to the very first radical: from all our legends, mythology, and history... the first radical known to man who rebelled against the establishment and did it so effectively that he at least won his own kingdom — Lucifer.” Saul Alinski
My apologies, that was Saul Alinski, community organizer par excellence and philosophical mentor of Hillary Clinton (she did her thesis on him) and Barack 0bama.
Sorry for the confusion, hard to keep these left wing whack jobs straight.
“Lest we forget at least an over-the-shoulder acknowledgment to the very first radical: from all our legends, mythology, and history... the first radical known to man who rebelled against the establishment and did it so effectively that he at least won his own kingdom — Lucifer.” Saul Alinski
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