Now that the election is over and President-elect Barack Obama successfully defeated Sen. John McCain, unrepentant domestic terrorist William Ayers has decided to break his silence and cash-in by promoting his books.
Although he described himself as "an unwitting and unwilling participant thrust up on stage" for the 2008 presidential election, he demonstrated his opportunistic traits by appearing at the All Souls Unitarian Church in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 17 to promote his books "City Kids, City Schools: More Reports from the Front Row" and "City Kids, City Teachers: Reports from the Front Row." He criticized his portrayal by the media, calling it a "dishonest narrative."
"When I say a ‘dishonest narrative,' here's what I mean," Ayers said. "I mean the penalization of me, the creation of me as a fearsome person - somebody to be worried about and feared is false, and it's profoundly false. And, the big lie that gets perpetrate and perpetrated and perpetrated - that somehow I've killed people, that somehow I've been a violent person - all of it false and I didn't, I couldn't find a way to interrupt the demonization."
Ayers compared specifically the reporting about him on Fox News to an over-the-top scene in George Orwell's "1984."
"There were times I felt like that wonderful moment in George Orwell's ‘1984' called the ‘Two Minutes Hate,' where they would cast Emmanuel Goldstein's image on a screen up on a screen and the Party faithful would chant, ‘Kill him, kill him,'" Ayers said. "The only thing is George Orwell had quite an imagination - he couldn't imagine Fox News."
Ayers did tell the audience his father watched Fox News, but he himself didn't watch TV and was able to disassociate himself with the harsh treatment about his past. He explained he was able to deal with the spotlight by denying the image he felt he was portrayed as.
"Mostly I tried to distance myself from it since it was a caricature and a cartoon," Ayers said. "I tried to say, ‘That's not me, that's not who I am. He's has a remarkable similarity to me. He's got my name, but it's not me.'"
Ayers said he didn't welcome the spotlight and he even surprised himself by remaining calm for his recent "Good Morning America" interview Also, the University of Chicago professor said he two more books forthcoming - one a graphic novel and one about his and his wife Bernardine Dohrn's experiences in the Black Freedom movement.
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We have his name
November 18, 2008 - 08:39 ET by IamTinmanand we've got his number.
40 years later he still believes he, his wife, and their cohorts were doing the right thing, bombing our nations Capital and risking innocent lives.
If they weren't the children of the rich they would still be in jail.
Taking seriously
November 18, 2008 - 09:32 ET by KC MulvilleHe went from a domestic terrorist to an aging hippie with kooky ideas, pushing his books. Now all he can do is promote teaching his anti-war moralism to ten year olds.
Pathetic, really.
Ayers said he didn't
November 18, 2008 - 08:40 ET by SeashellAyers said he didn't welcome the spotlight......
Yeah, that's why he went on GMA and all the other places he will go to promote his book.
Oh, Bill, you can just get
November 18, 2008 - 08:44 ET by motherbeltOh, Bill, you can just get together for a "pity party" with that other Bill (Clinton) who said that he felt villified like the character in "Darkness at Noon."
The two of you can have a "Whine Festival."
Typical elitist,
November 18, 2008 - 08:45 ET by SickofLibsTypical elitist, I'm-better-than-you BS: "I don't watch TV. In fact, I don't even own a TV. I only read books."
He surprised himself by remaining calm for his candy-coated GMA interview? As opposed to what, erupting into violence?
Poor baby! Fox News hatin'
November 18, 2008 - 08:54 ET by sherylsimsPoor baby! Fox News hatin' on him 24/7. Obviously he knows this because... oh wait! He said he doesn't watch TV. Maybe he is getting the satelite feed directly into his brain. So glad he didn't throw up while on tv, too bad we can't say the same for those who watched him.
The only lies comes from Ayers
November 18, 2008 - 09:03 ET by JWFbig lie that ... somehow I've killed people
He did kill people.
He just won't ADMIT to killing people. He can still be prosecuted for that.
Caricatures don't kill people. Cartoons don't kill people. Narratives don't kill people. Bill Ayers and and Bernadine Dorn kills people.
Sincerely,
a Veteran of a 1000 psychic wars.
Our Bankrupt Media
November 18, 2008 - 09:12 ET by pbthinkerIt's really easy to say Fox News was picking on you when you realize the remainder of the press was in the tank for your friend. Obama wanted to delegitimize Fox News, from the beginning, and he was successful, because of the MSM. I wonder if the MSM understands how easy it is for Obama to cut them out too?
All it would have taken, for Bill Ayres to have to do some explaining, would have been for another network to take up his story. They refused so he can get away with this. Perhaps we need some new Schools of Journalism, since the ones we have failed in their primary objective.
Democrats: Stuck on Stupid since 2000.
Orwell's 1984
November 18, 2008 - 09:29 ET by rick007If you have read the book you will see that it is Ayers who is rewriting history not Fox News
Unfortunetly, I agree with Ayers
November 18, 2008 - 09:35 ET by dvdaughtryWe ARE living in 1984.
Bill and I just disagree on whose playing what character.
You trying to say Jesus Christ can't hit a curveball?
Lord, Help Us! The
November 18, 2008 - 10:12 ET by kathleenirishLord, Help Us!
The victimized Bill Ayers! Every day there's seemingly more and more reasons to just vomit; is there any answer to these fawning interviews ("Bill Ayers sets the record straight" was the title on one show he was spewing his soft-spoken lies on!)? I want the families of those hurt by his terrorism to confront that f*er at one of these gatherings of idiotic, pathetically privileged elites.
Oh, and let's bring out the real boogeyman: Fox News! Are you kidding me, you pathetic creep??? How lame, how effeminate, how weak!!!!
Is there any respite from the Far Left, Terrorist-sponsoring and supporting Media Traitors???
AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHH!!!!
Go Get Em Fox!
November 18, 2008 - 10:21 ET by mizflame98The O'Reilly Factor's producer Jessie Waters should follow Ayers everywhere he goes asking him questions about his past over, and over, and over again.
I found it entertaining that he had to call the cops on Mr. Waters and have the cops (you know, the "pigs" he and his cohorts decided to bomb in the 70's) come and escort him to his car. What a victim.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPdTMMWDnDM
Perfect Demotivator for the Obama Administration
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What a complete tool of liberalism.
November 18, 2008 - 10:30 ET by islero47"There were times I felt like that wonderful moment in George Orwell's ‘1984' called the ‘Two Minutes Hate,'...
This nut clearly thinks that Two Minutes Hate is a great idea--Bush Derangement Syndrome, anyone? He doesn't want to be the Goldstein, but at the same time, he compares himself to the hated leader of the opposition. As if Ayers is or was ever close to having a position similar to Goldstein. Ego alert!
Sarah Palin/Jason Lewis 2012
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Indeed, Ayers is the living
November 19, 2008 - 02:38 ET by winston smithIndeed, Ayers is the living example of O'Brien ---- and definitely NOT Winston Smith! And meanwhile, Obama is slowly, erratically, assembling his 'Big Brother' government.
Mock the Vote tour
November 18, 2008 - 11:01 ET by BiasedGirlI blogged about this Meglomaniac yesterday. He is openly mocking us with these "appearances"..."Guilty as Sin, Free as a Bird....
Isn't there something that the statute of limitations has not run out on?
http://www.withbias.net
He's not a University of Chicago Professor
November 18, 2008 - 11:09 ET by GeorgieHe's a University of Illinois @ Chicago Professor. Big Difference, but I don't want to sound elitist; the only reason I bring it up is because Ayers fancies himself an elite but doesn't even teach at what the elites consider an elite institution.
- Georgie
Georgie that reminds me.
November 18, 2008 - 11:13 ET by Jack BauerGeorgie that reminds me. Though he claims the title and concomitant prestige, Barack Obama is NOT, and has never been a "Professor."
He was a senior lecturer.
Excellent point! Though
November 18, 2008 - 11:24 ET by HockeyKidExcellent point! Though I've followed his history, I thought he was at UofC, because he's always billed as a "professor of education from Chicago". Obviously, that billing is intentional, leading many to assume the far more prestigious University of Chicago (private) rather than the far less prestigious University of Illinois at Chicago (public).
As you say, the point is not to be elitist, but to point out Ayers' supporters' elitist attempts to puff him.
As for his comment that he never killed anyone--BS. His WU followers blew themselves up trying to build anti-personnel nail bombs, so he's responsible for those deaths. The WU bombing of the judge's home while 4 people were in it was not fatal only be sheer incompetence on the part of Ayers and friends. So he's an incompetent unrepentant terrorist. Nothing else.
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Ayer's History Rewrite -
November 18, 2008 - 11:42 ET by katainkentAyer's History Rewrite - Take Two
Bring the lights down. Spotlight the Victim. Cue the Sympathetic Audience. Two seconds of "1984" references .... now - pan to the book deals!
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What's incredible is that
November 18, 2008 - 12:44 ET by rbosqueWhat's incredible is that they keep giving him a microphone. He is a traitor who should be locked up in a dungeon where he can't hurt anyone including little kids.
You have to recognize this
November 18, 2008 - 13:01 ET by Hunter12You have to recognize this for what it is. This the the "pre-soak cycle" of the cleansing of Ayers' image so he can claim his reward in the Obama administration. We still have wash-spin-rinse-spin to go. The GMA wing of the MSM was chosen to do this early laundry cycle. Look for more of Ayers in weeks to come. I think a upper-level post in Education should satisfy him after the laundry gets done.
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." - Sir Winston Churchill
Oh no it wasn't me!
November 18, 2008 - 15:46 ET by m1xramSure is interesting to see Ayers use NewSpeak to rewrite history as he goes alongs. Seems somehow Orwellian.
Ayers: The best argument for a (REALLY) late term abortion.
November 18, 2008 - 17:09 ET by TruthtalkBill Ayers is a totally worthless, hallow, soulless, degenerate, lying terrorist. GMA did a decent job in the interview, not letting him get away with too many lies, but his claims of not targeting people or trying to hurt anyone are outright bald-faced lies. He should get more media attention, and the media should call him out for the worthless use of humanity he is. If there were ever an argument for a (REALLY) late term abortion, Bill Ayers is it.
Experience where?
November 18, 2008 - 18:28 ET by MichiganVetA book coming on your experience in the Black Freedom Movement? Aw Bill, you're right - we did have you mixed up with some rich white guy terrorist.
I carry a gun because a cop is too heavy
Bill Ayers...Isn't it amazing...
November 18, 2008 - 18:50 ET by PrairieSkythat Bill Ayers remained absolutely mute during the entire presidential campaign, and then, as soon as his buddy Barack wins the White House, he comes out of hiding and finds his voice??
This is the most repellent man...He has said that doesn't think that he's a terrorist, despite the fact that he masterminded and carried out several bombings around the country...He has also said that he wished at the time, and still does today, that he had carried out more bombings.
I can't decide if this maniac is stupid, nuts, or both.
"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan~ January 20, 1981
Ayers reminds me of "1984".
November 19, 2008 - 00:08 ET by Carl KolchakAyers reminds me of "1984". Ayers is a teacher so he would probably be very good at training the Young Spies to spy on their family and neighbors and report any adult that isn't obeying what Ayers teaches, so that the Thought Police can come and get them and the adults can be vaporized or sent to labor camps. He also reminds me of O'Brien as Ayers seems like he would like to be in charge of Room 101.
While reading Orwell's book
January 25, 2009 - 06:39 ET by johannabartleyWhile reading Orwell's book I was thinking how things are the same now as they was in his book. We don't have a big brother looking at us but we do have satellites that can watch our every move and so on...
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May 12, 2009 - 08:47 ET by AlexaIsn’t it amazing how the roaches have all come out now that their friend has been elected President?The media should not give these anti-American malcontents the time of day…but they will…because they fit right in with them!
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