So now what? I've never won before. What do I do? What happens now?

Do you ever play chess? It is better if your opponent thinks you're an idiot ;)

Yes, I know.....that was in response to your saying Obama was 8 when he developed connections with people like Bill Ayres!

wwhat a load of lies. What Obama is responsible for is his bad jusgement. For repeatedly overlooking the illegal and immoral nature of the people he uses to advance his career. Ayers IS a terrorist, has not apologized or repented, has recently said he wishes he had done more. He formed an organization that killed plice oficers with bombings and just because he didn't set off THOSE bombs doesnt mean he is not responsible. Your argument would mean that Osama is not guilty either because his hands were not on the stick of the jets that flew into the twin towers. He is just as guilty for masterminding the attacks. Same with Ayers. At the time he met Obama, he was still an unrepentant terrorist. And his efforts are not towards educating the youth. As he and his organizations say, the goal is to politicize and radicalize the youth. That is not educating. That is the same as the Moslem Madras which purport to educate but instead indoctrinate hatred and recruit suicide bombers. This is Ayers view on teaching in his own words:

"In works like "City Kids, City Teachers" and "Teaching the Personal and the Political," Mr. Ayers wrote that teachers should be community organizers dedicated to provoking resistance to American racism and oppression. His preferred alternative? "I’m a radical, Leftist, small ’c’ communist,"

How was this put into practice? This is how:

CAC translated Mr. Ayers’s radicalism into practice. Instead of funding schools directly, it required schools to affiliate with "external partners," which actually got the money. Proposals from groups focused on math/science achievement were turned down. Instead CAC disbursed money through various far-left community organizers, such as the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (or Acorn).

Of course we all know how ACORN used the money . . . buying legislators, hiring professional identity thieves to run fraudulent voter registration campaigns across the country.

And it is not just Ayers. This is how Obama thinks. At COlumbia he was part of the circle surrounding Maxine Greene who teaches the same freedome of teachers to radicalize our children:

Thus Maxine Greene urged teachers not to mince words with children about the evils of the existing social order. They should portray "homelessness as a consequence of the private dealings of landlords, an arms buildup as a consequence of corporate decisions, racial exclusion as a consequence of a private property-holder's choice." In other words, they should turn the little ones into young socialists and critical theorists.

All music to Bill Ayers's ears. The ex-Weatherman glimpsed a new radical vocation. He dreamed of bringing the revolution from the streets to the schools. And that's exactly what he has managed to do.

Ayers uses textbooks produced by himself and Greene which show how to politicize the teaching of math and science. As in the quote from Ayers:

"Science pedagogy framed around social justice concerns can become a medium to transform individuals, schools, communities, the environment, and science itself, in ways that promote equity and social justice. Creating a science education that is transformative implies not only how science is a political activity but also the ways in which students might see and use science and science education in ways transformative of the institutional and interpersonal power structures that play a role in their lives."

Educator? please. He is still an active force working to destroy the United States, only now in a less violent method. The minutes of the CAC show that Obama and Ayers funnelled tens of millions to education with no measurable improvement in the schools or the students learning. If the University of CHicago wasnt keeping these minutes from all but selected reporters we would know even more. They both worjk for the same causes and funneled money to each other's pet projects repeatedly. Read the Kurtz series to read more.

CAC’s story is a classic of the genre. Ayers and Obama guided CAC money to community organizers, like ACORN (the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) and the Developing Communities Project (Part of the Gamaliel Foundation network), groups self-consciously working in the radical tradition of Saul Alinsky. Walter Annenberg’s personal politics don’t change that one iota. They have done the same when NOT working together, still feeding the same beast.

I am tired of people like you assuming that because you are stupid, I must be too. McCain has voted for and against a lot of bills in his career. Idiots liek you use his vote against the Bush tax cuts to say he must be agaionst them. But if you had as much brains as mouth, you would dig a little deeper and realize that his vote against the cuts was his protest against the lack of spending cuts/controls. But see, that takes original thought, It takes thinking for yourself and not regurgitating party line or campaign swill. I have no diea why McCain voted against that particular bill but I am willing to believe with no further proof than a 29 year career and record that he was not voting "against stopping domestic terrorists" as you characterize his vote.

As for what Obama says AFTER he used Ayers to build his career, I dont believe a damned thing Obam says. He has told too many lies to believe anything coming out of his mouth. Just wait til the election is over adn we get a look at all the contribution data he ius hiding from us now. It will be just liek Clinton. AFTER he wins he will apologize for all the illegal contributions he took and pay tyhem back. BUt he used them to get elected and only "found" them after it was too late.

Evidence of little green men living in Teaneck NJ could be found on the net. The issue is one of how intellectually we choose from among the flotsam and jetsam found there. Doing a search on three different search engines using the keywords "Ayers apology" comes up with no evidence that Ayers has ever apologized for his actions in the 60s and the 70s. So I guess now YOU have been caught in a lie just like Mr. Obama.

breaks? No breaks lol That is what he gets for associating with a crotchety old fart like me that uses bad words when blogging past his bedtime. Frankly I did not catch the fact that he was missing the issue of eight years old. I wasn't calling you an eight year old Kuul. I was mostly riffing off of the silly Obama dodge about his being eight when Ayers bombed the Pentagon.

As for Ayers not being a terrorist? How is he different from the 9/11 crew? They both bombed the pentagon, one with a homemade explosive and one with a jetliner. Do you realize that Ayers personally set off bombs? That he formed the Weathermen and planned their bombing of government buildings? Are you aware that they funded these efforts by traditional robberies which left dead bodies in their wake including three police officers? Are you aware that these robbery/murders took place into the eighties? How is Bill Ayers any different than Osama bin Laden? Id Obama was working with bin Laden, would you similarly just white wash it and overlook it? Please explain the difference to me. If there is ANY difference, I don't know of Osama actually setting off bombs of his own against the US. Please explain why you think Ayers is any less of a terrorist? He planned and/or executed bombings of the Pentagon, Capital, police stations and committed robbery and murder to fund the execution of these plans. Off the mark? I hardly think so. I am appalled that you and other Obama supporters feel the way you do about this issue.