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Dick Morris' claim that Ayers "hired" Obama "to distribute the $50 million that Ayers raised" contradicted by NY Times report

Summary: On Hannity & Colmes, Dick Morris baselessly claimed that William Ayers "hired" Sen. Barack Obama as chairman of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge "to distribute the $50 million that Ayers raised" for the educational organization. However, The New York Times reported that "according to several people involved, Mr. Ayers played no role in Mr. Obama's appointment," while the Obama campaign also has said that Ayers did not "arrange[]" Obama's CAC chairmanship.
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Posted by IRONY 101

What...? And Hillary Clinton wasn't involved, Dick?  ;>)

What is this clown, Dick Morris, doing on television in the first place. Oh, I forgot, this is FOX...nevermind.

Posted Tuesday October 7, 2008 11:40:44 PM EDT / Flag this comment

Posted by snoopy

Just what we need, another lying mofo to fuel AA's fire. Looking forward to another round of "he can't escape his terrorist ties"...

Posted Tuesday October 7, 2008 11:41:45 PM EDT / Flag this comment

Posted by IRONY 101 in reply to snoopy

Snoop, Obama's dirty secret is that his parents are actually Bill Ayers and Angela Davis. That is the October surprise we've been anticipating...  ;>)

Posted Tuesday October 7, 2008 11:48:00 PM EDT / Flag this comment

Posted by mary59 in reply to IRONY 101

Oh no!  I thought his parents were Malcolm X and Jane Fonda...guess the time frame wouldn't fit very well...

Posted Wednesday October 8, 2008 12:42:13 AM EDT / Flag this comment

Posted by MickD in reply to mary59

I don't know, Jane was making "Tall Story" in 1960 and Malcolm X was meeting with Castro at the Hotel Theresa. Coincidence?

Posted Wednesday October 8, 2008 2:16:22 AM EDT / Flag this comment

Posted by mary59 in reply to MickD

MickD, we've just given Faux Gnus their latest scoop ;-)

Posted Wednesday October 8, 2008 12:46:54 PM EDT / Flag this comment

Posted by Col. Harlan Sanders in reply to snoopy

"he can't escape his terrorist ties"...

Snoop, I believe the correct phrase is "He can run but he cannot hide". The contractions take away from the gravitas that the wingnuts imagine they have in their wild ramblings.

Posted Wednesday October 8, 2008 12:49:09 AM EDT / Flag this comment

Posted by sambo

Can someone tell me what Hillary,and Bill Clinton did to Dick Morris to turn him from a friend,and supporter into someone,so obsessed with demonizing the Clintons,and the party

Posted Wednesday October 8, 2008 7:18:51 AM EDT / Flag this comment

Posted by eweston8542983 in reply to sambo

A one sided romance that went bad. Bill wouldn't leave Hillary.

Posted Wednesday October 8, 2008 12:22:55 PM EDT / Flag this comment

Posted by wzwriter

I'm beginning to suspect that when Dickie Boy was sucking on that prostitute's toes, he sucked too hard and the resulting oxygen deprivation damaged his brain...

Posted Wednesday October 8, 2008 8:13:48 AM EDT / Flag this comment

Posted by watershed

I bet you a gazillion $ that the average voter who is "concerned" about Ayers thinks he's black. Just sayin'.

Posted Wednesday October 8, 2008 8:46:35 AM EDT / Flag this comment

Posted by highlanderlax5686

It is not Dick Morris you want to chastize for telling the truth about Obama, why not go to the source, CNN. So now people are asking, why doesn't Obama just admit his relationship with Ayers? I think it was that $50 million makes you like like partners. William Ayers is only "a guy I know" says Obama, but according to a late CNN investigative report on Monday night, Barak Obama was funded $50 million over 7 years from William Ayers acting as the head of an Annenberg Foundation. With that money, Obama put experimental programs authored by Ayers and his friends into public schools in Chicago called the Chicago Annenberg Challenge. Programs included anti-Western civilization, anti-family, anti-law enforcement, afro-centric & racially promotional programs. Hey did the kids do well? Maybe it was his own "No Child Left Behind " Act. Where I come from when a "guy I know" gives you $50 million to distribute, I know the guy quite well

Posted Wednesday October 8, 2008 3:36:00 PM EDT / Flag this comment

Posted by Missouri Democrat

WTF?????????????????? That makes no sense at all or is it just me?

Posted Wednesday October 8, 2008 6:14:12 PM EDT / Flag this comment