[Vision2020] Eyewitness confirms what Obama knew

[No Weatherman]

Bob McCarthy, former senior staff member of the Annenberg Institute at
Brown University, confirms that Barack Obama knew Bill Ayers was a
domestic terrorist, writing, "During the Annenberg work in Chicago,
the group was aware of Ayers's past and, like Obama, found the acts of
the Weathermen 40 years ago reprehensible."

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles/2008/10/13/proud_of_his_association_with_william_ayers/

In case you're curious, this contradicts virtually all of Obama's
explanations, depending on which one you believed.


Proud of his association with William Ayers
October 13, 2008
Bob McCarthy

GUILT BY association is a time-honored tactic of some politicians when
they see a slide in the polls. I would have expected that John McCain
would not stoop to such tactics. The latest attack by the McCain
campaign on Barack Obama's association with former Weatherman William
Ayers of Chicago is not worthy of a presidential candidate.

>From 1990 to 1997, I was a senior staff member of the Annenberg
Institute at Brown University. In that capacity, I worked with the
Chicago school system as a resource for the establishment of a grant
to bring better education and a brighter future to the children of
that city. Ayers, a professor at the University of Illinois, was one
of the leaders in the effort to improve educational opportunities for
all of Chicago's children. My association with Ayers was the same type
of "association" that the McCain campaign is using to smear the
character of Obama.

Obama was an 8-year-old child when Ayers and the Weather Underground
were active. Nothing has been found to suggest anything inappropriate
in the volunteer projects in which the two men were involved during
the 1990s.

During the Annenberg work in Chicago, the group was aware of Ayers's
past and, like Obama, found the acts of the Weathermen 40 years ago
reprehensible. However, our goal was to help Chicago's teachers and
children, and Ayers, who has spent his adult life pursuing the same
goal, was an important resource and collaborator. We should judge a
person by his entire life's work, not convenient sections. McCain
should know that.