The William Ayers Interview

Click here to start the interview.

It's interesting how some aren't so willing to accept the fact that Ayers has never spoken about the "he's friends with Obama" meme.

In point of fact, I don't agree with what Ayers has done. Revolutionary action is often times required to bring about a change that an entire nation screams for. But I'm not so sure that stating what The Weather Underground was doing can be seen as a parallel to what was being done when this country was attempting to gain it's independance - which has been postulated.

Regardless of your thoughts on the man, the primary focus that has been placed on Ayers and Obama is this alleged "friendship" that the two shared. Many have been willing to jump in and claim that they know, without equivocation, that Obama and Ayers were "friends", that they have a "history".

Those that have screamed this the loudest, the most visible of conservatives, surely realize that they were - and still are - attempting to shove the square peg into the round hole. They know that there is a difference between the "working relationship" - as mild as Obama's and Ayres more than likely was - and a "social relationship".

When tackling any association, and depending on how you want your intended audience to react, you have to opperate within a specific set of abstracts. Much in the way Fox"News" uses the "Fair and Balanced" slogan, it's nothing more than that, a slogan. When discussing Obama and Ayers, all you have to do is say that they served on "boards" together and that they were friendly. You don't have to be specific. Just shout that Williams Ayres is a terrorist and that he is friends with Obama. And keep shouting it. This is what has been done.

The larger point is to just watch the interview and see what Ayers has to say. You don't have to agree with him, just listen to his side of the story.