Posted by Jed Lewison on Wed Apr 16, 2008 at 5:58 PM Pacific

The Clinton Repugnancy Continues

Out here in Las Vegas, the debate won't be broadcast until 8pm local time (a bit over two hours), and I didn't realize until just now that I could watch it live on the Internet.

So of course as soon as I tune in, Senator Clinton is attacking Barack Obama for having served on a board on which William Ayres also served. When Obama was eight, Ayres was a member of the radical group The Weather Underground, which planned bombings against the U.S. government.

Clinton's point was that by being on the same board, Obama might be accused of being anti-American. She left out an important piece of information though: the Clinton administration actually pardoned a member of The Weather Underground.

Officials Criticize Clinton's Pardon of an Ex-Terrorist (January 22, 2001)
An unusual combination of New York political and law enforcement leaders have condemned former President Bill Clinton's pardon of Susan L. Rosenberg, a one-time member of the Weather Underground terrorist group who was charged in the notorious 1981 Brink's robbery in Rockland County that left a guard and two police officers dead.

The Goldwater Girl is returning to her right-wing Republican roots.

The Clinton Repugnancy Continues

Out here in Las Vegas, the debate won't be broadcast until 8pm local time (a bit over two hours), and I didn't realize until just now that I could watch it live on the Internet.

So of course as soon as I tune in, Senator Clinton is attacking Barack Obama for having served on a board on which William Ayres also served. When Obama was eight, Ayres was a member of the radical group The Weather Underground, which planned bombings against the U.S. government.

Clinton's point was that by being on the same board, Obama might be accused of being anti-American. She left out an important piece of information though: the Clinton administration actually pardoned a member of The Weather Underground.

Officials Criticize Clinton's Pardon of an Ex-Terrorist (January 22, 2001)
An unusual combination of New York political and law enforcement leaders have condemned former President Bill Clinton's pardon of Susan L. Rosenberg, a one-time member of the Weather Underground terrorist group who was charged in the notorious 1981 Brink's robbery in Rockland County that left a guard and two police officers dead.

The Goldwater Girl is returning to her right-wing Republican roots.

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