If Bill Ayers is a former terrorist to be shunned, what about the roles of other former violent radicals and terrorists in American government? Conservatives and the McCain campaign have questioned Barack Obama’s relationship with Ayers, but nothing has been said to explain why Ayers is different from these former terrorists and radicals.

Former IRA bomber [...]

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Just as John McCain is pulling back from his personal attacks on Barack Obama, his surrogates appear to be planning to expand those attacks. During a campaign conference call with reporters, the McCain campaign introduced John Murtagh. The Weatherman firebombed Murtagh’s family home in the 1960’s.
While the majority of the conference call was about the relationship of [...]

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