Video: Terrorist says good morning to America
posted at 11:45 am on November 14, 2008 by Allahpundit
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“We never committed terror,” he assures us, noting that (a) the Weathermen didn’t kill anyone, which is true if you exclude the occasional cop or two (a point Chris Cuomo doesn’t raise) and (b) even though what they did “was definitely over lots of lines,” it doesn’t really qualify as terror because the war simply had to be stopped and they were acting to that end. As he says in “Fugitive Days”:
Terrorists terrorize, they kill innocent civilians, while we organized and agitated. Terrorists destroy randomly, while our actions bore, we hoped, the precise stamp of a cut diamond. Terrorists intimidate, while we aimed only to educate.
Their intentions were good, you see. Which, in fairness to Ayers, is indeed the crux of why so many leftists are angrier at Palin for bringing him up on the trail than at Obama for gladhanding him in the first place. The Underground meant well, quite unlike those nasty jihadis and abortion-clinic bombers, whom Cuomo, to his credit, does bring up. The quote, incidentally, comes from Timothy Noah’s 2001 review of the book, which is worth reading for many reasons but foremost for his reclamation of a few Ayers blasts from the past that somehow didn’t end up in the final manuscript. Like this one, circa 1970: “Kill all the rich people. Break up their cars and apartments. Bring the revolution home, kill your parents, that’s where it’s really at.” Thirty-one years later, he famously told the Times, “I don’t regret setting bombs.” The man is, if nothing else, consistent. Bear those two lines in mind as you watch him wheeze about how “dishonest” it is for people to try to demonize him and his old comrades.
It’s in two parts; click the image to watch the first clip, then select the second from the bottom of the ABC interface when you’re done. The question about being a “friend” of our next president comes up front. Contain your surprise as he tries to downplay that too, insisting that he was merely describing how bloggers — and of course Mayor Daley — have characterized the relationship.
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the precise stamp of a cut diamond
Now he’s a moile??
Hey Ayers, Blow Me!!
Shivas Irons on November 14, 2008 at 11:49 AM
ABC reported on the radio, just now, that Ayers claimed he only knew Obama like we all knew Obama and only knew of him through political meetings from his campaign. (Completely misreporting their own interviews where he claimed to be a family friend).
Skywise on November 14, 2008 at 11:49 AM
The unmitigated gall of this bastard.
J.J. Sefton on November 14, 2008 at 11:49 AM
Come on, leave the guy alone. He paid for his crimes. Oh, wait, never mind.
jacrews on November 14, 2008 at 11:50 AM
These leftists punks are of the same kind of rabble that said Hitler “meant well” when he “stood for change” but that Bush was actually pure evil and malevolence.
Please Ayers, the only reason you didn’t kill people was because, thankfully, your buddies got a Darwin award for getting killed by their own nail bomb.
Cede them no ground. They are equivocating monsters and should be reminded of it on a daily basis.
BKennedy on November 14, 2008 at 11:50 AM
He’s that old and has an earring? What a dork.
It's Vintage, Duh on November 14, 2008 at 11:50 AM
Actually, two bastards: Ayers and the reporter.
J.J. Sefton on November 14, 2008 at 11:50 AM
This guy is clueless. Since he went on his self-righteous expression of his hatred of America and caused untold damage in the lives of those whom he touched, he has further driven a wedge between him and reconciliation of his past transgressions by being unrepentent. I say he brought on ALL that he has received from those who have disapproved of his actions. It looks like he made his own bed of roses and now must lie in it. All he would have had to do to reconcile with his detractors was to say something like, “I was young, stupid and energized by the anti-war movement and I regret the things I did,” PERIOD.
Enjoy the bed of roses, Bill, you earned it.
DL13 on November 14, 2008 at 11:50 AM
What I wrote on the other Ayers thread, that I found very oddly coincidental from the snippet played on Fox:
It’s interesting how Ayers used the phrase “sought me out for my beliefs” (a snippet played on Fox). This just happens to be the same phrase that BHO used in “Dreams …” talking about how he “SOUGHT OUT MARXIST” professors …
Hmmmmm.
progressoverpeace on November 14, 2008 at 11:51 AM
Liar Liar Pants on Fire….
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/11/14/2008-11-14_60s_radical_william_ayers_breaks_silence.html#community
Take the poll…
reshas1 on November 14, 2008 at 11:51 AM
I refuse to watch this piece of slime.
ProfessorMiao on November 14, 2008 at 11:51 AM
No Video: thirteen28 says a hearty “fck you and die” to terrorist.
thirteen28 on November 14, 2008 at 11:52 AM
I hope the worm gets shot to death as a result of the crime-prevention success of Chicago’s gun ban.
MadisonConservative on November 14, 2008 at 11:52 AM
This guy makes me believe in vigilantism… at least when civil authority screws up a slam dunk like this.
thecollegepolitico on November 14, 2008 at 11:53 AM
Himmler only meant well too. So did Hitler. They were just trying to bring Germany back to their former glory. Arafat meant well too. Oh, he killed people but they don’t count, being Joos and all.
Yeah, sorry, Ayers, you’re a terrorist. No matter how much people gladhand you, you’re still a terrorist.
mjk on November 14, 2008 at 11:53 AM
He seems so..so..mainstream.
I didn’t know there was such a fine line between diamond cutting and bomb detonation.
shick on November 14, 2008 at 11:54 AM
Makes you feel so confident of our future commander in chief, does it not?
Ayers’ll get something from Obama. They’ll wait til the fervor dies down & then you watch, he’ll get something.
They’ll do it quiet like.
Badger40 on November 14, 2008 at 11:54 AM
Clicking the picture doesn’t work.
Mallard T. Drake on November 14, 2008 at 11:56 AM
Isn’t or wasn’t his own father wealthy? I am thrilled that this man’s book sales are going to spike and he will be moved that much closer to the world considering him “mainstream”. I haven’t gotten over that he is considered a valuable asset at the university where he teaches. The best I can hope for is that the re-issue of his book enjoys the same success as Speaker Pelosi’s.
Cindy Munford on November 14, 2008 at 11:56 AM
I’d like to take this criminal for a stroll in the woods.
Wyatt Wingfoot on November 14, 2008 at 11:56 AM
Hmm, why now? MSM are despicable.
marklmail on November 14, 2008 at 11:57 AM
Why does this guy get you all so vexed but nobody says anything about Gordon Liddy …who still advocates violence. What is the difference between these two ‘former’ radicals?
lexhamfox on November 14, 2008 at 11:57 AM
I’m surprised they didn’t bring out Jeremiah Wright to French kiss Ayres.
Percy_Peabody on November 14, 2008 at 11:57 AM
Chris Cuomo carried out the interview. His former sister in law? Kerry Kennedy. Daughter of RFK, who was assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan, to whom Prairie Fire was dedicated.
No questions on that eh? Nice.
lawhawk on November 14, 2008 at 11:57 AM
Will this puke be made the new secretary of education? He’d fit right in with the rogue’s gallery of appointments made already.
This country’s done.
ErinF on November 14, 2008 at 11:57 AM
As I have stated before, he wanted to kill American Soldiers and police officers to make a political statement. His group did kill police officers and civilian security guards. He is the exact definition of a terrorist. He should have either been executed, or placed in prison for the rest of his life.
And our president elect is a friend of his, and shares his politics. What have we become?
kam582 on November 14, 2008 at 11:57 AM
Ditto.
CyberCipher on November 14, 2008 at 11:58 AM
A smarmy little prick not worth the snot I blew from my nose this morning!
sabbott on November 14, 2008 at 11:58 AM
I guess that his friends in the townhouse in New York who died when his bomb went off prematurely don’t count. Well, better them than the dance at Ft. Dix.
Realist on November 14, 2008 at 11:58 AM
Not seeing a whole lot of difference here between Ayers idea of education and OBL’s.
highhopes on November 14, 2008 at 11:58 AM
I wonder how he would feel if someone shot him? Or someone killed someone he loved via a gun or a explosion?
Would he regret what he has done? Would he speak out about hand guns or pat the person on the back? Would he apologize for being a home grown terrorist? Would he die?
He is a complete stain on this society…
upinak on November 14, 2008 at 11:58 AM
Ditto!
labwriter on November 14, 2008 at 11:59 AM
So if I set off a bomb every few weeks on his front porch it would not really qualify as terror because Bill Ayres simply had to be stopped, and I was acting to that end.
Akzed on November 14, 2008 at 11:59 AM
It is just shocking to me that a Cuomo wouldn’t interview Ayers in a way that would prove Obama to be a liar.
I’m betting his next interview is by RFK Jr, featured in Rolling Stone Magazine. Bobby won’t ask him about the Sirhan Sirhan dedication in the book.
MayBee on November 14, 2008 at 11:59 AM
Graduate education departments are the most pathetic ones at most universities (the GRE scores for education grads are the lowest of any, including lower math scores than the English grads!) and are filled with morons and fools.
progressoverpeace on November 14, 2008 at 11:59 AM
“We never committed terror,”
Incompetence does not negate intent.
Sasnak on November 14, 2008 at 12:00 PM
It makes me wonder if the left would have tolerated such acts against the Iraq war and against Bush.
It also makes me wonder what will happen if Afghanistan proves to be difficult while Obama is CinC.
MayBee on November 14, 2008 at 12:01 PM
Get used to it. Obama hasn’t even taken office yet and I feel safe in declaring this the most corrupt and unethical administration in modern times. Nixon is going to look like a jaywalker after Obama and his people are finally put down at the end of four years.
highhopes on November 14, 2008 at 12:01 PM
lexhamfox on November 14, 2008 at 11:57 AM
It’s been a long time since I listened to Liddy, I don’t remember him advocating violence but I am willing to admit that doesn’t mean he didn’t. I don’t see a lot of mention of Liddy or Watergate in general here. Regardless, Liddy did his time and HotAir ignoring him seems okay to me.
Cindy Munford on November 14, 2008 at 12:02 PM
Nah, Secretary of Homeland Security? Who better to lead the agency charged with preventing terrorism than a terrorist?
highhopes on November 14, 2008 at 12:02 PM
So hello to our new Education Czar.
goldeagle11 on November 14, 2008 at 12:02 PM
I had to turn this video off after a few minutes. I kept imagining myself swinging an aluminum baseball bat with all my might, connecting with a dull thud… Those kind of thoughts are not good for you. Our country is truly in perilous times.
litebrite on November 14, 2008 at 12:04 PM
“I said ‘Ha-ha.’”
Jim Treacher on November 14, 2008 at 12:04 PM
It really is a shame that he was never prosecuted and locked up for life, or worse…
Princeps on November 14, 2008 at 12:04 PM
Family friends? How friggin sweet that is.
Mr. Joe on November 14, 2008 at 12:05 PM
How has his ass not been kicked about 20 times yet? Does he never go out? He should do some flag stompin on Wacker Drive and see what happens.
“First they killed those pigs, then they ate dinner in the same room with them, they even shoved a fork into a victim’s stomach! Wild!” -Mrs. Ayres describing her delight over the Tate murders.
I take some solace knowing that he goes home to that each night.
Akzed on November 14, 2008 at 12:06 PM
progressoverpeace on November 14, 2008 at 11:59 AM
I use to give the GRE and other tests for teacher certification. There are some SCARY folks teaching school. And I am not saying this on an apparent lack of basic knowledge (which is true) but their ability to handle stressful situations would give you pause about turning a roomful of youngsters to them. I realize that that is a broad application and there are indeed many fine teachers, there are far too many that need weeding out.
Cindy Munford on November 14, 2008 at 12:07 PM
Three things are entirely consistent in nature.
1, Young Men and Women die in war.
2, There will always be taxes.
And.
3, Liberals lie.
Speakup on November 14, 2008 at 12:07 PM
…I lived in DC in the 60’s. My dad worked at the pentagon. I was terrorized by his acts.
Silly man. Parsing words does not change reality.
LEBA on November 14, 2008 at 12:08 PM
Let’s face it: He has both ears pierced.
Liddy went to jail. And I’m pretty sure nobody has died because of Liddy. Other than that, cogent point.
Jim Treacher on November 14, 2008 at 12:08 PM
highhopes on November 14, 2008 at 12:01 PM
And the most praised and adored.
Cindy Munford on November 14, 2008 at 12:08 PM
Ahh, Nelson Muntz. Sage for the ages…..
mjk on November 14, 2008 at 12:08 PM
Will not watch…he is not on my radar of people to even listen to.
If he died tomorrow a horrible death, it would not bother me one bit…he wanted to kill people, and indeed took glee in that fact.
For us who actually grew up with the SDS, then the Weathermen, I find any association with them despicable…unless like David Horowitz, you come to your senses.
right2bright on November 14, 2008 at 12:08 PM
There’s way too many people with your attitude.
WAY too many.
MadisonConservative on November 14, 2008 at 12:09 PM
It really is a shame that the media ignored this guy to benefit Obama’s campaign, but now welcome him with open arms to promote his book.
Indy928 on November 14, 2008 at 12:09 PM
I see AlQueda didnt’ commit a terrorist act on 9/11 because it didn’t do it randomly, it chose its targets of the Pentagon, WTC and possibly the WH or Congress very carefully.
I’m so happy that we had two tools on the air to clear up that misconception, I can sleep easier at night now.
eaglewingz08 on November 14, 2008 at 12:11 PM
He remembers the ’60s, ergo, he wasn’t really there and is lying.
/
Christien on November 14, 2008 at 12:11 PM
Have I told you lately how much I love your posts. I wish I was as quick as succinct.
Cindy Munford on November 14, 2008 at 12:11 PM
I like rock climbing, accidents happen sometimes.
thomasaur on November 14, 2008 at 12:11 PM
Because, as bad as things Liddy says, I know that he would give his life to fight for this country…he would be willing to die for my freedom…Ayres the scumbag, wants others to die for his beliefs, not for the freedom to believe.
right2bright on November 14, 2008 at 12:12 PM
Will “Olby’ point out the lies of the prez elect…
RaisinsofWrath on November 14, 2008 at 12:12 PM
4. Terrorists lie more
dogsoldier on November 14, 2008 at 12:12 PM
Get a room!
right2bright on November 14, 2008 at 12:12 PM
I used to teach math to education majors and graduate ed students. It used to scare me to think of how they were the ones who were supposed to end up teaching basic math to our kids. This is why we have so much math phobia in the US, because many of the teachers don’t understand the first thing about math and snap at young students who ask them questions they can’t answer, which includes just about every reasonable question. Many kids, once they get berated in front of their whole class by a teacher who is trying to cover for his/her ineptness, develop a strong resistance to asking or doing anything related to math. Of course, much of this is traced to the “new education” credo that teachers need only know ‘how to teach’ and not be competent in the fields they are teaching. Frankly, most of the (aspiring) teachers I worked with knew neither. Education is just a very weak field and it attracts very weak people.
progressoverpeace on November 14, 2008 at 12:13 PM
FIFY
thomasaur on November 14, 2008 at 12:14 PM
The link won’t work for me.
I lived those times. It was obvious to anyone paying attention that Vietnam was another in a string of proxy events of the long Cold War. For Ayers to claim his was a human reaction to an oppressed yellow folk is a disingenuous lie. He is a communist parasite. He is probably speaking the strict truth when he says he planted no bombs (and therefore killed no people), he is a coward and a manipulator of others to manifest his wishes. He may have planted no bombs but he certainly planned with and supported those who did and those who certainly do have blood on their hands. Ayers shares their guilt and only got off on “technicalities” bought by his wealthy family and corrupt political Chicago creatures.
That this man is still not in hiding along with his skank mate is shameful.
BL@KBIRD on November 14, 2008 at 12:14 PM
This is only the beginning.Barack Obama and his buddies are Bill Clinton redux.Once again we have a husband and wife lawyer team who lied their way into the White House as the MSM covered and blocked for them at every opportunity.He portrayed himself as one thing until he was safely elected and now the mask will come off and you will see the greatest usurping of your personal freedoms and liberties in your life time.
Guys like Bill Ayers will have the ear and respect of Barack Obama.
If you thought the MSM couldn’t go any further to the left with their propaganda and outright lies then you are in for a surprise.Chris Matthews has already said so.
He is not unique.
Barack Obama and his band of lefties will make Putin look like Ronald Regan.
It will be a long time before you get the truth from the MSM again as they now work for Barack Obama.
NeoKong on November 14, 2008 at 12:14 PM
The appropriate action for this turd was dreamed up by Coronagold on November 14, 2008 at 8:42 AM, on another thread.
Alden Pyle on November 14, 2008 at 12:15 PM
Dirt bag!
grapeknutz on November 14, 2008 at 12:15 PM
Yeah, the link isn’t working for me either.
changer1701 on November 14, 2008 at 12:15 PM
This man should have been swinging from the rafters. Wonder if GMA bothered to ask him who put the bug in his ear to be quiet during the campaign?
sladenyv on November 14, 2008 at 12:16 PM
You know he’d run crying to the police if someone “educated” him.
Christien on November 14, 2008 at 12:16 PM
And just when they were getting ready to give all those men and women at the Fort Dix dance a lesson they’d never forget, things went terribly wrong…
PaddyJ on November 14, 2008 at 12:16 PM
I remember the Weathermen (Weather Underground) well…Ayers and Dorne, too. My brother was a young Army intelligence officer in Chicago during Vietnam and was infiltrating their ranks to subvert their vile activities. It would have been so much worse if our guys weren’t onto them.
gracie on November 14, 2008 at 12:16 PM
Fabulous contrast: Liddy would die fighting for….Ayers right to free speech, but Ayers wants those who fight for him to…..die?? Wow, that’s crazy!
LEBA on November 14, 2008 at 12:16 PM
Yeah, yeah his intentions were good. I’m about as pro-life as you can get, but there’s no way I’d bomb an abortionist’s office or clinic.
I am not one to get all incensed, but GOD I HATE THIS MAN!!
Ellen on November 14, 2008 at 12:16 PM
Shouldn’t Ayers be called the First Terrorist Elect?
econavenger on November 14, 2008 at 12:17 PM
Scumbag.
Red Cloud on November 14, 2008 at 12:17 PM
Not always. I’m not weak. Fed up, yes. But not weak.
I’ve done graduate work in both science and education. I’ll leave it to you to guess which was more rigorous.
Bob's Kid on November 14, 2008 at 12:17 PM
Good times…
spmat on November 14, 2008 at 12:18 PM
I like that better.
thomasaur on November 14, 2008 at 12:18 PM
I was speaking in the aggregate.
progressoverpeace on November 14, 2008 at 12:19 PM
What a great guy! While my dad was getting shot at and watching his buddies die in Vietnam, Bill was trying to save other young men from that hell. By trying to blow them up. Why, again, isn’t this guy in jail?
meltenn on November 14, 2008 at 12:19 PM
The people who actually watch GMA will believe this turd bag without question…
Wyznowski on November 14, 2008 at 12:20 PM
He doesn’t have a security detail, maybe someone will give him a wedgie and steal his lunch money on his way to school one of these days.
Alden Pyle on November 14, 2008 at 12:20 PM
Me neither; where’s my university position?
One difference: I never attempted (and failed) to hurt or kill anyone.
Kind of a big difference in my mind, but I’m not down with the intelligentsia.
saint kansas on November 14, 2008 at 12:21 PM
A rich, connected dad.
progressoverpeace on November 14, 2008 at 12:21 PM
A friendly terrorist? Who would have known?
iceman1960 on November 14, 2008 at 12:21 PM
utter scum.
Using violence to affect political change is terrorism.
rbj on November 14, 2008 at 12:21 PM
To borrow a phrase – albeit a grammatically incorrect one – from another story I was just reading, Ayers should be crucifixed. Its a wonder God still allows this scum to breathe.
What a liar.
Ryan Gandy on November 14, 2008 at 12:21 PM
ha ha. Hillary has been floated for Secretary of State for 24 hours now, but Hot Air can’t be bothered because it can’t get enough Ayers.
okonkolo on November 14, 2008 at 12:22 PM
progressoverpeace on November 14, 2008 at 12:13 PM
I have a ninety-four year old aunt who taught. The typical spinster school teacher. She taught the Phonics curriculum from the originator and later got her Masters in special education for Columbia. The stories she tells and the changes she has seen. Amazing. When New York school teachers went on strike she taught everyday.
Cindy Munford on November 14, 2008 at 12:22 PM
I’d like to take this criminal for a stroll in the woods. – Wyatt
With Ted Nugent! And give Ayers a running head start.
Tony737 on November 14, 2008 at 12:24 PM
Didn’t educate bomb making safety 101 to three of your own enough.
DaveC on November 14, 2008 at 12:24 PM
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