Let's go back in time. It's 1995, you're a young, intelligent, up-and-coming community organiser in Chicago looking to rise up and run for the State Senate. You're told that there's a guy that you have to meet. His name is Bill Ayres. Maybe have some coffee at his house. Meet Bernadene, the wife.
Now, what's the first thing that comes to your mind?
1) Who the h_ll is is Bill Ayres?
2) Why should I go over to his house?
3) How is this going to help me get a Senate seat?
You don't ask. Nobody told you. You worked in Chicago for how many years as a community organiser and never heard of Bill Ayres? Fine.
According to Obama Senior Adviser Robert Gibbs (in an interview with Joe Scarborough at 'Time') that when he (Obama) went to that event at Ayres' household he didn't know Ayres was a terrorist.
One problem.
Ayres recruited Obama for the Woods Fund in 1995. However, some time afterward (after coffee meeting) you did learn that he was indited on Federal charges, made the FBI's 10 most wanted...
Or did the coffee come first - for the political campaign, or the Woods Fund?
We need a time line here.
Met Bill Ayres. (You don't know he's a terrorist.)
Had coffee to kick off a Senate run. (You don't know he's a terrorist.)
Worked with Ayres for a few years - responsible for disbursing 50 million dollars through Ayres' foundation - Chicago Annenberg Challenge. (You don't know he's a terrorist?.)
Sometime later... (You discover he's a terrorist.)
I'm confused.
Right.
You readily admit that you continued to work with Ayres after having learned that he bombed the Pentagon. Not smart, but you did it. Yet before the coffee clutch, you had no idea of Ayres' colorful past.
Can you remember when you learned this and who told you? What were your thoughts when you found this out?
Cut the crap.
Please don't try to pass off to us that the people who introduced you to Ayres never told you that well, he um, did have a little scrape with the law back in the 60's... Between your acceptance of the position at the Woods Fund and that meeting, you didn't know. Hmm. Please don't insult our intelligence.
There's a lot to digest, and you need to tell the story right.
The whole story line here is laughable, Mr. Harvard Law Scholar.
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