Was this a "Some people call you terrorists. I call you 'my base.'" 1 moment for Sarah Palin?
You want to be careful not to offend certain kinds of terrorists, if you're Governor Palin. Palin wouldn't use the "T" word to describe people who try to kill American doctors over political differences. Why the sudden shyness? Are abortion clinic terrorists really that popular with the base?
Palin resisted the suggestion that if Ayers was a "domestic terrorist" - a standard line in her campaign addresses - then so were conservative religious activists who bombed abortion clinics.
"I don't know if you're going to use the word 'terrorist' there," she said. "It's unacceptable, and it would not be condoned, of course, on our watch. But if what you're asking is if I regret referring to Bill Ayers as an unrepenting domestic terrorist, I don't regret characterizing him as that."
1. Paraphrasing George W. Bush, talking to the "elite" back in October of 2000 at the Alfred E. Smith dinner.
Remember that in the South domestic terrorist Eric Rudolph was considered a hero even after 9/11. Thats the guy who tried to bomb the olympics and bombed some gay nightclubs.
Posted by: David Grenier at October 24, 2008 10:29 AMYes and McCain and Palin seem to conveniently leave out the fact that there are a number of replublicans who serve on the same board as Obama and Ayers. Are they also paling around with him.
You don't always get to choose who you work with not to mention that Ayers has apparently been doing good for a long time now. Young men and women do some stupid thing when they are young. McCain himself was a hothead who liked to crash expensive planes (OK maybe he didn't like it but he WAS good at it). What Ayers did was exceptionally stupid however he was not convicted of it and I don't think anyone would call him a terrorist today.
Posted by: B.O.B. (bob) at October 24, 2008 11:04 AMRudolph bombed abortion clinics too. He's versatile.
Posted by: Julie at October 24, 2008 11:17 AMWay to go, Brian Williams!!
Sarah Palin is a hypocritical menace to society.
Posted by: Maggie at October 24, 2008 3:42 PM"Palin resisted the suggestion that if Ayers was a “domestic terrorist” - a standard line in her campaign addresses - then so were conservative religious activists who bombed abortion clinics."
Precisely. I and all my feminist friends have said this from the moment the first match was lit.
Bravo, Sarah. You finally connected a couple of dots.
Posted by: Patti M. at October 24, 2008 6:53 PM