--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > You laid out the different positions pretty fairly. > > > > Given that the president of the United States has to work > > with the world's despots and dictators to advance the > > agenda of the US, I think that Obama's ability to work on > > a specific project with a guy with a past like Ayers is an > > asset. The question is, does he condemn the guy's past > > activities right? That doesn't mean he should shun the > > guy who may be helpful in a current project that has > > nothing to do with his past. > > That's debatable, Curtis, and it really isn't > parallel to a president's dealings with "bad" > foreign leaders. Remember that Ayers and Dohrn > held a fundraiser for Obama at their home when > he was running for Illinois Senate.
Are you sure that's the best way to characterize that meeting? According to what I have read, Ayers has donated $200 total to Obama campaigns over the last 15 years. That hardly seems like an amount a person hosting a fund-raiser would contribute. Lawson
