Posted by: dianej on: May 3, 2008
Mr. John Murtagh was a most interesting and informative guest of Greta on her program on Friday, May 2nd. Murtagh spoke about the WeatherUnderground and outlined the Ayers and Obama connection clearly. In fact you can watch and hear what was said by clicking this link. It is worth a viewing.
Briefy, Murtagh revealed that the Ayers and Obama connection goes deeper than what Obama and the mainstream media has been saying. Obama and Ayers have a long-standing working relationship. Not only did Obama sit on the Woods Foundation (1999 – 2002) board but he worked for Ayers;Obama was Director over at the Chicago Annenberg Challenge (1995 – 2003) for eight years which Ayers was a co-founder. Larry Johnson, spells it all out for us over on his website. A “must” read if you want to be well informed about Senator Obama and his relatioship with Ayers. Mr. Murtagh also said that Obama sat on an educational council (“Leadership Council” ) of the Chicago Public Schools Education Fund (Ayers father and brother also were members of this council). Another interesting website addresses this issue. Murtagh also said that Michelle Obama (1988 -1991) and Ayers’ wife Dohrn (1984 – 1988) worked in the same law firm and Dorn introduced Michelle to Obama. Rumor as it that it was Dorn who set-up Obama’s first fundrasier (1995) in Chicago (re:Obama in Ayers house).
Now, now when Obama was asked about his relationship with Ayers during the ABC debate he made ‘light’ of it all. Ayers was just a guy in the neighbourhood, the kids attended the same school and they sat on a board together. Just like Wright was not his mentor or spritual advisor but his “Uncle” and la de da. When asked about his relationship with Ayers Obama, said:
“George, but this is an example of what I’m talking about [i.e., a distraction]. This 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.”
As Larry Johnson pointed out Obama darn well knows Ayers is a Professor of Education. Obama intentional made a “mistake” and said Ayers was an English Professor. Why? A slick attempt to say “See I really don’t know him well.” A fundraiser at the start of Obama’s career was held in Ayers house ( the Chicago Left ) and who knows what ideas they exchange or share. Something is wrong because why hide the relationship. Oh, Oh, he might lose some votes if voters knew just how deep he was with Ayers. Really, watch and listen to the interview with John Murtagh. It’s Gold. An interesting blog I just came across is worth a read. It kind of ties things up and gives a lot of details. All data posted for educational reasons only.
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