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Photo of Ayers Stepping on Flag
townhall.com ^ | 05/05/08 | Amanda Carpenter

Posted on 05/05/2008 8:02:25 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3

A 2001 photo of William Ayers, an associate of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, shows the former terrorist stepping on an American flag.

The photo was taken to promote Ayers’s book, “Fugitive Days” and published by Chicago Mag for their August 2001 issue.

As Obama has gained national prominence as a Democratic presidential contender media figures have questioned his relationship with Ayers. Ayers once hosted a fundraiser for Obama and the two have served together on the board of a philanthropic organization.

In a nationally televised debate Obama compared his friendship with Ayers to that of conservative Republican Sen. Tom Coburn and that the offensive activities Ayers participated in happened long ago.

ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos asked, “Can you explain that relationship for the voters, and explain to Democrats why it won't be a problem?”

Obama replied that Ayers “is a guy who lives in my neighborhood, who's a professor of English in Chicago, who I know and who I have not received some official endorsement from. He's not somebody who I exchange ideas from on a regular basis. And the notion that somehow as a consequence of me knowing somebody who engaged in detestable acts 40 years ago when I was 8 years old, somehow reflects on me and my values, doesn't make much sense, George. The fact is, is that I'm also friendly with Tom Coburn, one of the most conservative Republicans in the United States Senate, who during his campaign once said that it might be appropriate to apply the death penalty to those who carried out abortions.”


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: 2008; academia; antiamericanism; ayers; barackobama; chicago; democratparty; democrats; domesticterrorist; elections; flag; fugitivedays; msm; nojustice; obama; obama2008; proterrorist; shadowparty; socialism; universityofchicago; unpatriotic; weatherunderground; williamayers
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1 posted on 05/05/2008 8:02:25 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3
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To: TornadoAlley3

2 posted on 05/05/2008 8:03:33 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3 (Everytime McCain reaches out to conservatives, conservatives get poked in the eye.)
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To: TornadoAlley3

No worries, Barack. We are all waiting for you to barely beat Hillary. And if you think your Rev. Wright hurt, wait until we are done with you and this traitor.


3 posted on 05/05/2008 8:05:05 AM PDT by Shryke
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To: TornadoAlley3

I dare him to do that in front of me.


4 posted on 05/05/2008 8:05:51 AM PDT by reagan_fanatic (Average White Conservative)
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To: TornadoAlley3
Along with Rev. Wright,,,,and his angry, bitter, anti-American wife,,,,

"just another day at the office" for another friend of Obama (who doesn't like flag pins, or putting his hand over his heart during the national anthem either).

5 posted on 05/05/2008 8:06:01 AM PDT by stockstrader (CHANGE--a euphemism for further dividing our country along racial, social and economic lines)
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To: TornadoAlley3

How typical of liberals to make this traitor and criminal an honored professor at an American university. He fits right in with Angela Davis and Ward Churchill, two other anti-American disgraces. They should all be shunned.


6 posted on 05/05/2008 8:06:32 AM PDT by American Quilter (AIDS....drugs.......abortion......don't liberals just kill you?)
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To: TornadoAlley3
This guy deserved, long ago, a big tall tree and a short stiff rope.

THE AUDACITY OF TRUTH - OBAMA'S CIRCLE OF FRIENDS AND SUPPORT

THE AUDACITY OF TRUTH - BLACK LIBERATION THEOLOGY AND OBAMA'S CHURCH

THE AUDACITY OF TRUTH - BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA

7 posted on 05/05/2008 8:06:46 AM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: TornadoAlley3
From article, quote from Barrack Obama:
"And the notion that somehow as a consequence of me knowing somebody who engaged in detestable acts 40 years ago when I was 8 years old...

How about seven (7) years ago Barrack? I'm sure you can do the math, and you weren't 8 years old in 2001 when this picture of your close friend and political collaborator was standing on the Stars and Stripes.

8 posted on 05/05/2008 8:07:41 AM PDT by vox_freedom
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To: TornadoAlley3; Allegra; big'ol_freeper; TrueKnightGalahad; blackie; Larry Lucido; Diplomat; ...
Re: Photo of Ayers Stepping on Flag

Well, now we know why... nObama doesn't wear a flag pin.

9 posted on 05/05/2008 8:08:45 AM PDT by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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To: TornadoAlley3

If John Kerry can carry it upside down on the cover of his book and get away with it, then this won’t mean a thing to the Dems.


10 posted on 05/05/2008 8:09:30 AM PDT by RDTF (my worst nightmare is being on jury duty sequestered with 11 liberals)
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To: TornadoAlley3

When you see his mugshot from when he was arrested he has that defiant little punk look on his ugly mug. Fast forward 30 years and guess what? Same look.

Also I note the photo was taken in an alley - what a coincidence because that is where I would most like to meet this POS.


11 posted on 05/05/2008 8:09:47 AM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: TornadoAlley3
BTW, although Obama says that Ayers was committing terrorist acts when he was only 8, Ayers was still involved in terrorist activities when Obama was 20 - specifically the firebombing of a prosecutor's home and the murder of two policemen in a Brinks robbery, both carried out by groups of which Ayers was a member.
12 posted on 05/05/2008 8:10:36 AM PDT by wideawake (Why is it that those who call themselves Constitutionalists know the least about the Constitution?)
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To: reagan_fanatic

Teh spindly William Ayers would only do that in front of you if he had his usual gang of fifty fellow cowards to back him up, who would never fight individually like a man.


13 posted on 05/05/2008 8:12:07 AM PDT by laconic
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To: wideawake

Why is Ayres not in jail ?


14 posted on 05/05/2008 8:13:11 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: TornadoAlley3

The True Face of the Democrat Party.

15 posted on 05/05/2008 8:13:16 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: TornadoAlley3

August 2001...hmmm?? I forget..didn’t something happen the next month..??


16 posted on 05/05/2008 8:13:42 AM PDT by ken5050
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To: reagan_fanatic

“I dare him to do that in front of me.”

First dibs on holding his arms behind his back! Carry on...


17 posted on 05/05/2008 8:13:46 AM PDT by poobear (tagline is on a coffee break!)
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To: vox_freedom
That 'I was only eight years old' defense that Obama uses is one of the most outrageous, pathetic and INSULTING defenses I have ever heard anyone use!!!

Does that mean that someone that was only eight years old on 9/11 can be friends with Osama Bin Laden? The point is that you associate with him NOW--AS AN ADULT, fully knowing that he was an unapologetic terrorist. GEEEZ.

Obama's "I WAS ONLY EIGHT YEARS OLD" defense when his friend was a 'bomb tossing terrorist' is absolutely outrageous. (That's almost as bad as his "I HAVE AN EXCUSE" speech on race.)

18 posted on 05/05/2008 8:13:48 AM PDT by stockstrader (CHANGE--a euphemism for further dividing our country along racial, social and economic lines)
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To: TornadoAlley3

Let’s see... His pastor and mentor hates America and wants God to damn it. His friend, acquaintance and fellow board member desecrates the flag and is sorry he did not bomb it more. His wife is not proud of America. I see a pattern here.


19 posted on 05/05/2008 8:16:11 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
"Why is Ayres not in jail ?"

Because he lives in Illinois.
20 posted on 05/05/2008 8:17:04 AM PDT by j_k_l
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To: ArrogantBustard
The True Face of the Democrat Party.

Excellent!!

21 posted on 05/05/2008 8:20:15 AM PDT by Cuttnhorse
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To: TornadoAlley3
Ayers’s book, “Fugitive Days”
a professor of English in Chicago

Nice to know a home-grown domestic terrorist can become filthy rich by eluding prosecution, despising his country and passing the hate on to his students. Brilliant!

22 posted on 05/05/2008 8:20:18 AM PDT by Just A Nobody (PISSANT for President '08 - NEVER AGAIN...Support our Troops! Beware the ENEMEDIA)
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To: stockstrader
Yes, and they interviewed the son of the judge who was hearing the trial of the Black Panther 22. The son was ONLY nine when they fire bombed the house he and the whole family was sleeping in at the time.
23 posted on 05/05/2008 8:20:38 AM PDT by mware (mware...killer of threads.)
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To: Just A Nobody

He should be swinging from a lamp post.


24 posted on 05/05/2008 8:23:48 AM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: TornadoAlley3

Thanks for posting. Mentally, in my 1st deck of domestic enemies playing cards. It WILL NOT BODE WELL FOR BARACK.

Ayers DID the DEEDS and continues to spout the WORDS.

POS BUMP!


25 posted on 05/05/2008 8:24:07 AM PDT by PGalt
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To: TornadoAlley3

I’d like the chance to do a little tap-dance on that boy’s head!


26 posted on 05/05/2008 8:24:16 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Osama Hussein Obama Hater - bitterly clinging to my guns and religion.)
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To: TornadoAlley3

Time has certainly not been kind to him. He seems to have taken on a mummy like appearance.

I do believe that evil on the inside will eventually show on the outside. Goodness will do the same.


27 posted on 05/05/2008 8:24:56 AM PDT by KosmicKitty (WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
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To: holdonnow

More ammo for your show — if Rush or Sean don’t use it first!!(Actually the more exposure the better).


28 posted on 05/05/2008 8:25:57 AM PDT by CedarDave (Obama says he loves America. So why does he associate with those who so obviously hate it?)
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To: TornadoAlley3
Look at the expression on this Stalinist (and close friend of Obama's.) His hatred of America isn't casual. He flaunts it. He streaks it.

I suspect that there are many more such photos, and that Obama has many more such close allies.

The Dem power brokers may rue their land rush to Obama, as his America-hating Marxist/Stalinist/radical inner self repels DEMOCRAT VOTERS away from their party in anger and disgust.

29 posted on 05/05/2008 8:26:15 AM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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To: StarFan; Dutchy; alisasny; BobFromNJ; BUNNY2003; Cacique; Clemenza; Coleus; cyborg; DKNY; ...

Excerpt: A 2001 photo of William Ayers, an associate of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, shows the former terrorist stepping on an American flag.

The photo was taken to promote Ayers’s book, “Fugitive Days” and published by Chicago Mag for their August 2001 issue.

As Obama has gained national prominence as a Democratic presidential contender media figures have questioned his relationship with Ayers. Ayers once hosted a fundraiser for Obama and the two have served together on the board of a philanthropic organization.

In a nationally televised debate Obama compared his friendship with Ayers to that of conservative Republican Sen. Tom Coburn and that the offensive activities Ayers participated in happened long ago...

30 posted on 05/05/2008 8:29:47 AM PDT by nutmeg (Obama supporters: Drink the Kool-Aid? Yes we can!)
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31 posted on 05/05/2008 8:30:16 AM PDT by Bobalu (What do I know, I'm a Typical White Guy)
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To: TornadoAlley3
Obama replied that Ayers “is a guy who lives in my neighborhood, who's a professor of English in Chicago,...

Ayers is not a professor of English, he is a professor of Education as everyone in Chicago including Obama knows. Obama's sleazy explanation became a call-in talking point -- "He isn't close to Ayers, he doesn't even know what kind professor he is."

Also of interest is how Jeremiah Wright repeats the BS of how black children learn differently etc. etc. that Ayers espouses. Chicago politics is a cult.

32 posted on 05/05/2008 8:33:07 AM PDT by Poincare (Hope is nostalgia for the future.)
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To: The Sons of Liberty
Maybe this is why Obama doesn't wear a flag lapel pin. He doesn't want his buddy standing on his chest.
33 posted on 05/05/2008 8:33:28 AM PDT by dblshot
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To: TornadoAlley3
Does Obama have any friends who don't hate America? I mean, can't they even find one to bring out?
34 posted on 05/05/2008 8:33:32 AM PDT by jennyjenny
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
Why is Ayres not in jail ?

Exactly. And why isn't Ayers' terrorist wife - Bernardine Dohrn - in jail... and Chappaquiddick Ted Kennedy... and the Clintons...?

35 posted on 05/05/2008 8:33:38 AM PDT by nutmeg (Obama supporters: Drink the Kool-Aid? Yes we can!)
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To: nutmeg

Thanks for the ping!


36 posted on 05/05/2008 8:34:37 AM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: Alamo-Girl

You’re very welcome, Alamo-Girl. We need to keep this thread bumped and spread the word!


37 posted on 05/05/2008 8:35:51 AM PDT by nutmeg (Obama supporters: Drink the Kool-Aid? Yes we can!)
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To: TornadoAlley3


38 posted on 05/05/2008 8:36:11 AM PDT by weegee (Roger Waters has turned his concerts into the tyrannical political rallies he once warned of....)
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To: TornadoAlley3

Make THAT your 2008 anti-Lib bumper sticker


39 posted on 05/05/2008 8:40:19 AM PDT by SMARTY ('At some point you get tired of swatting flies, and you have to go for the manure heap' Gen. LeMay)
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To: TornadoAlley3
I suppose we should be grateful that the enemies of America are so open and honest about their hatred for the country. We'll see how this plays in the General Election....

Photobucket

40 posted on 05/05/2008 8:40:21 AM PDT by Joisey (Now, go away, or I shall taunt you a second time-a!)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Why is he not in prison? For the same reason that Jane Fonda was never sentenced for the crime of treason.

Radical chic.

The ugly truth about the “war on terror” and the Left’s opposition to engaging in it is that they at their core ARE pro-terrorist and know people who HAVE blown things up and killed government figures.

Even John Kerry was a leader of an organization that plotted to assassinate members of Congress until the tide could be turned on Congressional support for the Vietnam War.

The whole lot of the them stink on ice and SHOULD be doing hard time digging graves. The bias of our media keeps all of these socialist skeletons in the closet.

George Orwell is spinning in his grave at how the Stalinist Socialists are still using their old tactics.

Part of what is accomplished by “operation chaos” is that it extends the length of the Democrat primary process. It matters not who is seated as the Democrat nominee. Both have the same Marxist policies. They also have the same type of terrorist connections in their background. But the longer the process goes on, the more of this information is brought to light. John McCain has already said that he will not bring such issues into the race.

That’s like ignoring Robert Byrd’s recruiting for the KKK and his continued use of the word nigger.

John McCain had better be ready for the backlash he is going to get on the run up through November. Questioning his age, health, and nationality should be the least of his concerns.


41 posted on 05/05/2008 8:43:53 AM PDT by weegee (Roger Waters has turned his concerts into the tyrannical political rallies he once warned of....)
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To: ArrogantBustard

Hold that thought. This needs to be a protest poster for the general, if Obambi gets the nomination.
THE FACE OF THE DEMOCRAT PARTY.


42 posted on 05/05/2008 8:48:35 AM PDT by WVNan
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To: WVNan
This needs to be a protest poster for the general, if Obambi gets the nomination.

May I recommend it as a protest poster series ... pick all your favourite 'way out there looney leftists, and label them "The True Face of the Democrat Party".

Cindy Shaheed Sheehan comes to mind, and the Code Pink Creep ...

43 posted on 05/05/2008 8:52:42 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: weegee

Same "revolutionaries" still fighting the same war and giving Monicas to the corpse of Che.

44 posted on 05/05/2008 8:53:43 AM PDT by weegee (Roger Waters has turned his concerts into the tyrannical political rallies he once warned of....)
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To: ArrogantBustard

yes! That is a great idea. Gee, we have so much to work with in the general. What to do, what to do.


45 posted on 05/05/2008 8:53:57 AM PDT by WVNan
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To: nutmeg

Well then, here’s another bump for you!


46 posted on 05/05/2008 8:54:50 AM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: stockstrader

These chickens will come home to roost in the general election if/when McCain has the gonads to bring it forward. Hillary can’t because it would bring forward all of those BJ pardoned on his last days in office...


47 posted on 05/05/2008 9:01:49 AM PDT by vox_freedom
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To: Alamo-Girl
http://www.slate.com/id/1008160/

excerpts from Ayer’s book

48 posted on 05/05/2008 9:03:55 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3 (Everytime McCain reaches out to conservatives, conservatives get poked in the eye.)
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To: poobear

Five minutes alone with a field telephone and a bucket of water. That’s all I ask.


49 posted on 05/05/2008 9:04:14 AM PDT by Noumenon (The only thing that prevents liberals from loading us all into cattle cars is the power to do it)
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To: TornadoAlley3

Thanks for the link!


50 posted on 05/05/2008 9:04:26 AM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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