As I’ve said before, the Weather Underground are no better than the 1965 Alabama church bombers.
If any Republican had been friendly with some of them, how well do you think the “I was 8 years old when they blew up those girls” excuse would play?
It would be like if Timothy McVeigh were alive today and not locked up and I had a role in politics and were pals with him. I could say, well you know, he did that stuff when I was 11, so its not an issue.
Just a note of detail...Those tried for the bombings were not from Alabama.