I'm one of those who doesn't think the Ayers relationship will
be enough to defeat Barack Obama, but his campaign has certainly
done an odd job responding to the criticism, and now, via the AP, I see that they've making an
outright bizarre charge:
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Barack Obama's campaign is
citing the University of South Carolina's speaking invitations to
William Ayers and Republican Gov. Mark Sanford's role as school
trustee to counter GOP efforts to link the presidential candidate
to the 1960s radical...
In an e-mail to reporters, the Obama
campaign said Ayers is a "distinguished scholar" at the University
of South Carolina, where Sanford serves as the ex-officio trustee
while governor.
"By Governor Palin's standards, that means
Governor Sanford shares Ayers' views," the e-mail read.
What an absurd story. If Sanford monitored speaking invitations
from a state university and intervened to revoke the invitations to
those speakers who he found objectionable, he'd be attacked for
violating free speech. Further, Sanford ran for governor and
overseeing the university system is one of his many duties -- Obama
specifically luanched his political career with a fundraiser held
at Ayers's house, and voluntarily chose to serve on a board with
him.
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