I think the kind of tactics Mr. Ayers advocated during his radical "Weather Underground" period are reprehensible, whether they are being championed by right-wingers or left-wingers. If he really wanted to be an effective voice in ending the Vietnam debacle, he would have done well to follow the example of Norman Morrison, whose actions had a profound effect on Robert McNamara. A dozen Norman Morrisons would have stopped the war a lot faster than a thousand William Ayerses, IMHO.
It's all a moot point, it seems to me, how many degrees of separation there are between Mr. Ayers and Patrolman Schroeder's killers. Mr. Ayers was not running for a political office. The American people have spoken. They have decided that they are more comfortable with a President who had a relationship with a former terrorist than with a President who spent five years with Communists directly responsible for the deaths of thousands of GI's.
Who knows what influence they may have had on him!
Steve
Give us the wisdom to teach our children to love,
to respect and be kind to one another,
so that we may grow with peace in mind.
(Native American prayer)
