tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018599141554698953.post1674837173304757901..comments2023-05-10T00:56:07.595-07:00Comments on The Aristocrat: Aristorant: William AyersThe Aristocrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14002361813610111415noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018599141554698953.post-36625204504013628782008-10-25T18:00:00.000-07:002008-10-25T18:00:00.000-07:00I think Obama has been pretty forthright about thi...I think Obama has been pretty forthright about this situation from the beginning. I think that if he would have put too much emphasis on it, then it would have been blown way out of proportion like Twaun said. With the way the McCain-Palin campaign has been operating, I don't think there could have been any way that Obama could have handled this in a way deemed acceptable. And if we are going to chastise Obama for his relationship with Ayers, why are we only pointing the finger at him? What about the University of Chicago? (Which is one of the premier institutions of higher learning in the country) The rest of the UC faculty? The charities he served on boards for? This situation is nothing but a distraction--which is all the Republican party has left.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018599141554698953.post-63996516781743940922008-10-25T09:07:00.000-07:002008-10-25T09:07:00.000-07:00The story still would have been blown out of propo...The story still would have been blown out of proportion. There are politicians in the current campaign and present administration with questionable ties. Honestly, I would be interested in Ayers. For the reasons I wrote about, I feel like he has an interesting story. But to spin their relationship to the point of implying that Obama is palling around with terrorists is a total stretch of the truth. In this political climate, in which they have try to throw everything but the kitchen sink at Obama, his admitting to any substantive relationship would have been deemed an admittance that he pals around with terrorists. His professional and academic relationship with Ayers does not make them good friends.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018599141554698953.post-40502418692580652472008-10-24T22:23:00.000-07:002008-10-24T22:23:00.000-07:00Twaun, I think some level of culpability for this ...Twaun, I think some level of culpability for this situation deserves to be placed on Obama or his media people. While I agree with your take on Ayers, I think Obama should have been more forthright about their relationship from the beginning. Obama continually stated that he and Ayers served on a board and lived in the same neighborhood and that was pretty much it. Well, their relationship was definitely closer than that. It has now been revealed that they worked in the same office for two years and Obama had glowingly reviewed one of his books, which is something that his camp denied. Like I said, I have no problem with Obama's relationship with Ayers, but it's not aristocratic to hide how well you know someone.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04484891511556698356noreply@blogger.com