21 April, 2008 | Leave a Comment

In March, I wrote about a former grad school classmate of mine, Bill Ayers, and his connection to Barack Obama. My post gets tons of Google hits each day. Ayers was a leader of the terrorist group known as the Weather Underground. Apparently, Obama’s connection to him got a prominent mention in the recent debate with Clinton in Pennsylvania. Now New Yorker writer George Packer has weighed in on the NY’er blog. Packer was an instructor at Bennington College at the same time Ayers and I were students there. Given this connection, Packer’s musings are particularly interesting to me.

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1. Anita Says:

   April 22nd, 2008 at 12:24 am

   I thought the most interesting part of the piece was George’s notation of Hillary’s nose for blood. What to make of that?

2. Anglofille Says:

   April 22nd, 2008 at 12:43 am

   I think it’s true. Hillary is tough and will play dirty. She’ll make the most of this Bill Ayers connection, even if it’s not that significant.

3. william Says:

   April 24th, 2008 at 12:30 pm

   The Republicans will definitely play this up even more if Obama gets the nomination.

   I enjoyed Packer’s piece!

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