Dem debate
Posted at 9:32am on Apr. 17, 2008 At the debate, Obama on the ropes with Ayers
Barry compares Weather Underground terrorist to Senator Tom Coburn
By Mark Kilmer
I missed last night's Dem debate, but host George Stephanopoulos asked candidate Barack Obama about his tawdry relationship with domestic terrorist Bill Ayers of the Weather Underground, who conspired to destroy federal buildings in the 1970s then, decades later, expressed regret that he did not succeed.
The unexpected came when Stephanopoulos, under what he termed "the general theme of patriotism," asked Obama about "a gentleman named William Ayers. He was part of the Weather Underground in the 1970s. They bombed the Pentagon, the Capitol, and other buildings. He's never apologized for that."
According to the account given by Scott Whitlock at NewsBusters.org, Obama responded by comparing Ayers to Senator Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma):
Obama’s response included stating that Ayers's actions happened when he was very young and asserted they weren’t relevant. Oddly, he went on to compare a man who was involved in bombings that killed people to his colleague, Republican Senator Tom Coburn from Oklahoma. Obama stated, “The fact 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.”
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