Michelle Malkin » Ayers on GMA: Putting the “unrepentant” in “unrepentant terrorist”

Ayers on GMA: Putting the “unrepentant” in “unrepentant terrorist”

By Michelle Malkin • November 14, 2008 10:38 AM

Didn’t sleep much last night, so I was already feeling queasy when I tuned in to watch a bit of the Good Morning America interview with Barack Obama’s good family friend, Bill Ayers. Now, I’m really feeling sick in my stomach. The interviewer actually did an adequate job of trying to press Ayers on his terrorist past. But in the end, he acquiesced and let Ayers have the last, morally equivalent word. (Allah’s got the vid clips and more deconstruction.)

Ayers refused to say that the violent crimes of the Weather Underground were wrong. He talked about domestic terrorism as if it were akin to toilet-papering a neighbor’s tree. He magnanimously acknowledged that the Pentagon bombings “crossed lines of propriety, legality, and perhaps common sense.” Perhaps?

Confronted with the Prairie Fire manifesto’s dedication to Sirhan Sirhan, he waved it off with a quick “I reject that.” Asked about his 9/11 quote in the NYTimes lamenting that his terrorist outfit “should have done more,” Ayers whinnied that the quote was taken out of the context of the number of people killed in Vietnam.

Huh?

“What you call the violent past, that was a time when thousands of people were being murdered every month by our own government. … We were on the right side,” he told “GMA.”

The co-founder of the Weather Underground was, as McCain has claimed, unrepentant about the the bombings his group committed during the 1960s.

“The content of the Vietnam protest is that there were despicable acts going on, but the despicable acts were being done by our government. … I never hurt or killed anyone,” Ayers said.

“Frankly, I don’t think we did enough, just as today I don’t think we’ve done enough to stop these wars,” he said.

Ayers adamantly denied that the Weather Underground engaged in terrorism because it didn’t “target people to kill and injure them.” Oh, yeah? Tell it to the families of Waverly Brown, Edward O’Grady, and Peter Paige.

I suggested yesterday on Fox that those families should be offered equal time to rebut Ayers’ self-whitewashing.

Here is equal time:

Sergeant Edward J. O’Grady Jr.
Nyack Police Department
New York
End of Watch: Tuesday, October 20, 1981

Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Tuesday, October 20, 1981
Weapon Used: Rifle; Automatic
Suspect Info: Paroled in 2003

Police Officer Waverly L. Brown
Nyack Police Department
New York
End of Watch: Tuesday, October 20, 1981

Biographical Info
Age: 45
Tour of Duty: 15 years
Badge Number: 19

Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Tuesday, October 20, 1981
Weapon Used: Rifle; Automatic
Suspect Info: Paroled in 2003

Peter Paige, Brinks security guard, killed October 20, 1981

Sergeant Edward O’Grady and Officer Waverly Brown were shot and killed by heavily armed members of a domestic terrorist group, the Weather Underground, who had just robbed a bank and were attempting to escape. The suspects had just murdered an armored car guard and wounded two other guards before loading themselves into the back of a rental truck to be driven away by accomplices. The truck was stopped at a roadblock manned by several Nyack officers.

One of the female occupants in the cab of the truck told the officers their guns were making her nervous. Thinking they had stopped the wrong truck, the officers began to holster their weapons. Almost immediately afterwards several of the heavily armed men exited the back of the truck and opened fire with automatic weapons, fatally wounding Officer Brown and Sergeant O’Grady. The suspects fled the scene in different directions but were all eventually apprehended and sentenced to lengthy prison terms. One of the suspects was paroled in August 2003.

A suspect convicted of killing Police Officer John G. Scarangella of the New York City Police Department, was a prime suspect in the murders of Sergeant O’Grady and Officer Brown. When he was arrested for the murder of Officer Scarangella, he was in possession of a gun linked to the murders of Sergeant O’Grady and Officer Brown. That suspect was never charged in these murders.

Sergeant O’Grady was a Vietnam War veteran. He was survived by his wife and three children.

The Weather Underground was also connected to the Black Liberation Army, which was responsible for the murders of at least one dozen other police officers throughout the country. The Weather Underground is believed responsible for the unsolved bombing murder of San Francisco, California, Police Department Sergeant Brian McDonnell on February 16, 1970.

The Black Liberation Army was a violent, radical group that attempted to fight for independence from the United States government in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. The BLA was responsible for the murders of more than 10 police officers around the country. They were also responsible for violent attacks around the country that left many police officers wounded.

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#545275

On November 14th, 2008 at 6:48 pm, AlohaGuy said:

You hear that? It’s the sound of 67 million American voters not caring about Bill Ayers. The election is over, you lost, move on, etc.

Move on from a domestic terrorist? Not if I’m the last guy left who cares.
#545285

On November 14th, 2008 at 7:08 pm, Freddy said:

I guess that being an expert in education, Professor Ayers can appreciate these equally non-fatal educators.
#545286

On November 14th, 2008 at 7:09 pm, Southpaw said:

You hear that? It’s the sound of 67 million ~~American voters~~ ignorant fools not caring about Bill Ayers

fixed it.
An unrepentant terrorist. I care about things like that.
#545287

On November 14th, 2008 at 7:09 pm, purealchemy said:

Has anyone heard about the 63 questions on the new White House job application?
Neither Obama nor Ayers would be able to work in the White House based on this. The hypocrisy is unprecedented, absolutely glaring.
Obama and his campaign kept saying associations aren’t relevant and that he didn’t think his church was so “controversial”.
Something is seriously wrong with this whole scenario.
It’s like the applicants are supposed to vet(t?) themselves on the app.
Is this like a Gestapo approach?
This link has a PDF file to the written questionnaire:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/13/transition.questionnaire/index.html?section=cnn_latest
#545325

On November 14th, 2008 at 8:11 pm, vsatt said:

Let him enjoy his earthly wealth, his influence and the smug thought that he outsmarted the legal system. When he breathes his last, unless he’s blessed with a divine intervention, he will burn in hell. And what good will it all be to him then?
#545329

On November 14th, 2008 at 8:14 pm, vsatt said:

And maybe in his hell, Palin will be president, his wife will be perpetually pregnant with Bush’s baby and she’ll be unable to abort! hahahahahaha
#545388

On November 14th, 2008 at 9:46 pm, SMUDGE said:

Please tell me that these two monsters did not procreate.
#545401

On November 14th, 2008 at 10:09 pm, FamilyMan said:

It’s hard to believe that their is anyone on this thread that still defends that pile of cow diarrhea. You know you really need the help of a mental health professional.
#545622

On November 15th, 2008 at 12:11 pm, DBNinKY said:

Here’s the kicker: While Ayers is free to make a mint repackaging his violent hate for America to the masses, rub elbows with media elites and impart his radical views to unsuspecting students in a cushy college teaching position, agents Ramos and Compean sit in prison for doing their best to protect our southern border. Ironic -
#545659

On November 15th, 2008 at 1:02 pm, yohannbiimu said:

In all due time…Billy Ayers has a nice, dark place in Hell waiting for him.
#545663

On November 15th, 2008 at 1:07 pm, yohannbiimu said:

I’m just hoping that the media carried Obama’s water for the past year for the expressed purpose of having juicy, career-building material that they can write and report about. Imagine if they genuinely want to destroy Obama in four years, simply because he’s so DESTROYABLE.

Perhaps that isn’t the purpose, but they won’t be able to HELP THEMSELVES.
#545871

On November 15th, 2008 at 6:07 pm, purealchemy said:

On November 14th, 2008 at 11:54 am, Old Scout said:

If Bill Ayers was still true to his beliefs, he’d be living in a housing project in Chicago, instead of townhouse. So he’s devolved from revolutionary to “armchair” socialist.

Fox News’s Griff Jenkins tried to question Ayers on the street in front of his house and followed his to his front door. First Ayers told him to leave his property (I thought Communists didn’t believe in property) then Ayers called the police to escort him back out to his car. Is that rich or what???
#546964

On November 17th, 2008 at 7:51 am, kurthanson said:

When I was a kid growing up in the 60s the Weather Underground was the Al Qaeda of its day. Obama MUST have know about these terrorists at the time.
#546969

On November 17th, 2008 at 7:54 am, kurthanson said:

Why, or why does Obama choose to surround himself with America haters and terrorists? A U.S. president is supposed to have a love and reverence for this country despite all its faults. I feel Obama does not love this country. Never have I heard him say, “God Bless America.”