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McCain's new (and long) ad about Obama and Ayers

by Mike Miner Thursday October 9, 2008

Check out the new McCain ad:

 

This will no doubt be seriously fact-checked and counter attacked, but two things spring out right away. "They have worked together for years." This implies they still work together, which is not true.
"Ayers and Obama ran a radical education foundation together." There is nothing to indicate either of the charitable boards the two men served on were in any way radical.
CNN's fact-checker said as much: "CNN's review of project records found nothing to suggest anything inappropriate in the volunteer projects in which the two men were involved."
It will be interesting to see if McCain's allegations will stick. It certainly seems there's an audience for them:

Here is an interview I did with Ayers' wife, Bernardine Dohrn who was also a part of the Weather Underground:

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