The Real Damage William Ayers Is Doing Is To America’s Education System

Published: April 24, 2008, 7:46 pm

Tags: domestic issues politics asshats the loony left

I’m not so willing to forgive Obama for his political and social ties to William Ayers as Sol Stern is, but I do think it’s important to question why Ayers - who has never repented his radicalism - has managed to get himself a tenured position as a professor of education. A Chicago native son, Ayers first went into combat with his Weatherman comrades during the Days of Rage in 1969, smashing storefront windows along the city's Magnificent Mile and assaulting police officers and city officials. Chicago's mayor at the time was the Democratic boss of bosses, Richard J. Daley. The city's current mayor, Richard M. Daley, has employed Ayers as a teacher trainer for the public schools and consulted him on the city's education-reform plans. Obama's supporters can reasonably ask: If Daley fils can forgive Ayers for his past violence, why should Obama's less consequential contacts with Ayers be a political disqualification? It's hard to disagree. Chicago's

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