Monday, October 20, 2008
Ayers Is No Education 'Reformer' - WSJ.com
In more honorable times, public officials attempted to distance themselves from associations like William Ayres.
The goal was to avoid even an "appearance" of impropriety.
Now, apparently, things have changed. I hesitate to speculate whether Americans are uninformed, more tolerant, or else they just don't care...
The goal was to avoid even an "appearance" of impropriety.
Now, apparently, things have changed. I hesitate to speculate whether Americans are uninformed, more tolerant, or else they just don't care...
In the Wall Street Journal, Sol Stern gives his opinion:
"One of the most misleading statements during the presidential debates was when Barack Obama claimed that William Ayers was just 'a guy in the neighborhood.'
But that piece of spin is nothing compared to the false story now being peddled by Mr. Obama's media supporters that Mr. Ayers -- who worked with the Democratic nominee for years to disperse education grants through a group called the Chicago Annenberg Challenge -- has redeemed his terrorist past. In the New York Times, for example, Frank Rich writes that 'establishment Republicans and Democrats alike have collaborated with the present-day Ayers in educational reform.'
I've studied Mr. Ayers's work for years and read most of his books. His hatred of America is as virulent as when he planted a bomb at the Pentagon. And this hatred informs his educational 'reform' efforts. Of course, Mr. Obama isn't going to appoint him to run the education department. But the media mainstreaming of a figure like Mr. Ayers could have terrible consequences for the country's politics and public schools."
