Chicago SunTimes: McCain misleading public in role Ayers played

[LSK]

McCain misleading public in role Ayers played in Obama political career
By
Lynn Sweet
on October 15, 2008 8:30 AM | Permalink | Comments (34)

WASHINGTON--Barack Obama continues to be attacked by John McCain and other Republicans for his relationship with Bill Ayers, the former terrorist turned respected Chicago educator. Obama served on civic boards with Ayers and Ayers held a coffee for Obama when Obama first ran for a state senate seat in 1995. McCain said he may bring up Ayers at the third and final presidential debate Wednesday night.

Obama said McCain--running ads featuring Ayers with Sarah Palin making him an issue on the stump--never said anything to his face. Ayers did not came up in the first two presidential debates. If McCain continues to insist that Obama launched his political career from Ayers' Hyde Park living room, he is misleading the public by overplaying the size and significance of Ayers' early support.

*Obama's campaign really was launched when he got the backing of then state Sen. Alice Palmer (D-Chicago), who wanted him to replace her as she was planning a run for Congress. Palmer's backing gave him entrée into local influential political circles.

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*Obama's formal kick-off to announce his run for state senate was at the Hyde Park Ramada Inn on Sept. 19, 1995. Obama was introduced by Palmer in a room filled with supporters at the Ramada, fronting Lake Michigan on South Lake Shore Drive, a stroll from the Museum of Science and Industry.

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http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/10/ayers_alone_did_not_launch_oba.html

[LynnTheDem]

1. NO WAY OH MAH FUCKIN`GAWD SAY IT AINT SO JOHN!!!

Please, FACTS are liberally biased, dontcha know!

[Tinksrival]

2. I've heard Dick Kay explain this also

He is a big political reporter in shy town (now retired)

He says Obama was brought to the function (famous coffee) as a guest of Sen. Alice Palmer. It was not a campaign kick off and he did not know who was attending.

This hole thing is being perpetrated by a lazy media wanting something to fill their prompters that takes no effort.

[LSK]

3. kick

[TooRaLoo]

4. Wow, and isn't that a pretty conservative paper? nt