Palin Says Ayers is Relevant Campaign Issue
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Posted: 5:49 PM Oct 7, 2008
Palin Says Ayers is Relevant Campaign Issue
Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin says Barack Obama's association with a 1960s radical is a relevant issue because he hasn't been forthright about what he knew about William Ayers' background and when he knew it.
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** FILE ** This May 17, 1982 file photo Bill Ayers, a former member of the Weather Underground, walks with wife, Bernardine Dohrn, and their son, Zayd Dohrn, 4, outside Federal Court in New York. Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, was asked about Ayers, now a University of Illinois professor who was once part of the radical Weather Underground, as part of a discussion of his patriotism during the Democratic presidential debate Wednesday night, April 16, 2008, in Philadelphia. Obama suggested he barely knows Ayers and shouldn't be held accountable for anything Ayers said or did. (AP Photo/David Handschuh, File)
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Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin says Barack Obama's association with a 1960s radical is a relevant issue because he hasn't been forthright about what he knew about William Ayers' background and when he knew it.

Palin says raising Ayers, a founder of the violent Weather Underground, speaks to Obama's ability to tell the truth.

The Alaska governor spoke with reporters between campaign appearances Tuesday and said that if Obama can't be straight about Ayers, how can voters believe what he tells them about taxes or other issues.

Ayers helped found the Weather Underground, whose members were blamed for several bombings when Obama was a child.

Obama has denounced Ayers' radical views and activities.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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