Fact-Checking the Ayers Allegations: So Wrong, It’s “Pants on Fire” Wrong (CQ Politics)

[brooklynite]

For most of the election, Sen. John McCain ’s campaign has been somewhat subtle about trying to tie Sen. Barack Obama to the former ‘60s radical William Ayers.

No longer. A 90-second Web ad released Oct. 8, 2008, features sinister music, side-by-side photographs of Obama and Ayers, and a series of dubious allegations about their past connections, including this one:

“Ayers and Obama ran a radical education foundation together.”

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This attack is false, but it’s more than that – it’s malicious. It unfairly tars not just Obama, but all the other prominent, well-respected Chicagoans who also volunteered their time to the foundation. They came from all walks of life and all political backgrounds, and there’s ample evidence their mission was nothing more than improving ailing public schools in Chicago. Yet in the heat of a political campaign they have been accused of financing radicalism. That’s Pants on Fire wrong.

http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000002974214&cpage=3

Nothing to see here -- just that "Liberal Media Bias"(tm) again...

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