Friday, April 18, 2008

RezkoWatch FactChecker: The Ayers-Dohrn resource list








The following is a resource list of articles related to domestic terrorists William ("Bill") C. Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn, leaders in the 1960s Weather Underground Organization.

RezkoWatch articles

  • Obama and domestic terrorist, Weatherman Bill Ayers, February 11, 2008; Updated April 20, 2008.
  • Obama's Republican Party problem, February 17, 2008.
  • Weatherman Bill Ayers, February 22, 2008.
  • Klein: Obama worked with terrorist, February 24, 2008.
  • Batchelor: The Obama Files, February 25, 2008.
  • Obama and the bad guys. It's a question of judgment, March 12, 2008.
  • "Obama's Weathermen Ayers and Dohrn": Part 1, April 24, 2008, and Part 2, May 3, 2008.
  • Obama and his ultra-leftist backers, April 28, 2008.
  • Ayers: "No regrets", May 5, 2008.
  • Pundita: It IS guilt by association when you make your own choices, Sen. Obama, May 6, 2008.

    2001
  • Marcia Froelke Coburn, interviewInterview: "No regrets",Chicago Magazine, August 2001.
  • Timothy Noah, Radical Chic Resurgent, Slate, August 22, 2001.
  • Dinitia Smith, No Regrets for a Love Of Explosives; In a Memoir of Sorts, a War Protester Talks of Life With the Weathermen, New York Times, September 11, 2001.
  • Hope Reeves, The Way We Live Now: 9-16-01: Questions for Bill Ayers; Forever Rad, New York Times, September 16, 2001.
  • David Horowitz, Allies in War, FrontPageMag.com, September 17, 2001; version published by Salon.
  • Timothy Noah, More on Bill Ayers, Slate, September 19, 2001.
  • The Absence of Atonement: Professor William Ayers, The Education Gadfly/Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, September 26, 2001.
  • Brent Staples, Book Review: "Fugitive Days", New York Times, September 30, 2001.
  • Ronald Radosh, Don't Need a Weatherman. The clouded mind of Bill Ayers The Weekly Standard, October 8, 2001.
  • John W. Fountain, Northwestern Alumni to End Donations if Ex-Radical Stays, New York Times, November 4, 2001.
  • John Tabin, An Evening With Bill Ayers. Barnes & Noble hosts an erstwhile terrorist, Wall Street Journal/Opinion Journal, November 16, 2001.
  • David Weigel, Heston 'appalled' by Dohrn. Actor and NU alum may cease donations to school, Northwestern Chronicle, November 27, 2001.
  • Cathy Wilkerson, Fugitive Days, ZMag, December 2001.
  • Kenneth Heineman, Book Review: "Fugitive Days", History News Network, December 2, 2001.
  • William Corbett, Weatherman. Remembering the revolutionary ’60s, The Boston Phoenix, November 29 - December 7, 2001 (issue).

    2003
  • David Greenberg, Notes From the Underground. A documentary about the Weathermen shows how far we've come since the '60s, Slate, June 6, 2003.
  • David Greenberg, Remembering the Weathermen Terrorists, FrontPageMag.com, June 9, 2003.
  • David Weigel, Weathermen In Winter. From SDS to AARP: America's vieillards terribles remember, Reason.com, June 12, 2003.
  • James Miller, Return of the Weathermen. The unhappy afterlife of '60s radicalism, Boston Globe, October 19, 2003.

    2004
  • Christopher C. Harmon, Fire, Seen Through Frosted Glass, The Claremont Institute, January 14, 2004.

    2006
  • Sol Stern, The Ed Schools’ Latest—and Worst—Humbug, Manhattan Institute's City Journal, Summer 2006.

    2008
    February
  • Michael Dobbs, Obama's 'Weatherman' Connection, Washington Post, February 18, 2008.
  • Michael Dobbs, Obama's 'Weatherman' Connection, The Fact-Checker/Washington Post, February 19, 2008.
  • Weatherman Bill Ayers (New), RezkoWatch, February 22, 2008.
  • Taylor Marsh, Barack Obama's Willie Horton, TaylorMarsh.com, February 22, 2008.
  • Dinitia Smith, No Regrets for a Love Of Explosives; In a Memoir of Sorts, a War Protester Talks of Life With the Weathermen, New York Times, September 11, 2001 (reprinted April 17, 2008).
  • Ben Smith, Obama once visited '60s radicals, The Politico, February 22, 2008.
  • John Stephenson, Will the Media Report Obama's Terrorist Connection?, NewsBusters, February 23, 2008.
  • Ben Smith, Ax on Ayers, The Politico, February 26, 2008.
  • John Ruberry, Obama's Bill Ayers problem, Marathon Pundit, February 26, 2008.

    March
  • Doug Ross, Obama's problematic directorship: the Woods Fund, Director Blue, March 3, 2008.
  • Amerikkka Is How They Spell It and Killing Is Their Middle Name, Theodore's World, March 6, 2008.

    April
  • Karl Rove on Obama's Tie to Terrorist, Hannity & Colmes/Fox News, April 10, 2008.
  • Jake Tapper, Stormy Weather, Political Punch/ABC News, April 10, 2008.
  • Sarah Baxter, ‘Terrorist’ link puts Barack Obama under fire. Another dubious contact is dogging the Democrat hopeful, Times Online (UK), April 13, 2008.
  • SusanUnPC, Obama Asked About William Ayers in Tonight’s Debate [Video Update], No Quarter, April 16, 2008.
  • Larry Johnson, Hillary, The Weather is Just Fine, No Quarter, April 16, 2008.
  • John Ruberry, Dem debate: Bill Ayers' prime time moment, Marathon Pundit, April 16, 2008. Includes list of previous Bill Ayers' posts.
  • Obama and Ayers, The Stump/The New Republic, April 16, 2008.
  • Transcript, CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight, April 17, 2008.
  • Trevor Jensen, Robert Mitchum and Mary Owen, Bill Ayers' turbulent past contrasts with quiet academic life. Friends, Daley defend ex-radical, Obama neighbor, Chicago Tribune, April 17, 2008.
  • How many clicks from KGIA to Obama?, Boker tov Boulder!, April 17, 2008.
  • John Ruberry, Bill Ayers, continued, Marathon Pundit April 17, 2008.
  • Craig Crawford, Debate Surfaces Obama's Weather Underground Woes, Trail Mix/CQPolitics.com, April 17, 2008.
  • Frank James, Obama's Neighbor Ayers, The Swamp, April 17, 2008.
  • Rick Moran, Finally, the Media 'Discovers' Obama-Ayers Relationship, American Thinker, April 17, 2008.
  • Pat Hickey, John McCain: Sen. Obama Hits the Canvas: Ayers Like Coburn?, ...With Both Hands, April 17, 2008.
  • Jonathan Cifre, Barack’s “Underground” Friends, Savage Politics, April 17, 2008.
  • Larry Johnson, Barack Obama and the Politics of Violence, No Quarter, April 17, 2008.
  • Byron York, Barack and the Bomber, The Hill, April 17, 2008.
  • Why Obama's Association with the Weather Underground Matters, StoptheACLU.com, April 17, 2008.
  • Steven Thomma, Ties with '60s radical likely to be thorn for Obama. Though young during the era, he's expected to be pressed over issue, McClatchy Newspapers, April 17, 2008.
  • Larry Rohter and Michael Luo, ’60s Radicals Become Issue in Campaign of 2008, New York Times, April 17, 2008.
  • Garance Franke-Ruta, Bill Ayers Has a Blog -- and Regrets, The Trail/Washington Post, April 17, 2008.
  • Jake Tapper, The Weather Underground - Ayres and Dohrn, Rosenberg and Evans, Political Punch/ABC News, April 17, 2008.
  • Fact check: Obama, Clinton and the Weather Underground, Fox News, April 17, 2008.
  • Tom Maguire, Obama Balances The Scales Again, JustOneMinute, April 17, 2008.
  • Chris Fusco and Abdon M. Pallasch, Who is Bill Ayers? Former radical or respected prof, he's a liability if Obama's nominated, Hillary warns, Chicago Sun-Times, April 18, 2008.
  • Bob Drogin and Dan Morain, Obama and the former radicals, Los Angeles Times, April 18, 2008.
  • Ed Morrissey, Obama’s strange defense of William Ayers, Hot Air, April 18, 2008.
  • Peter Slevin, Former '60s Radical Is Now Considered Mainstream in Chicago, Washington Post, April 18, 2008.
  • Christopher Cooper, Woods Fund Could Become Obama's 'Swift Boat'. Name of Radical Raised in Debate Will Be Heard Again, Wall Street Journal, April 18, 2008.
  • David Kahane, Barry! Barry! Barry! We are the ones who are ready to get it over with already, National Review Online, April 18, 2008.
  • David Limbaugh, Mainstream Media Oblivious to Relevancy of Many Obama-gates, Townhall.com, April 18, 2008.
  • Lynn Sweet, Mayor Daley defends Obama, vouching for William Ayers and Obama's Ayers connection never bugged anyone, Chicago Sun-Times, April 18, 2008.
  • John Ruberry, Airing out the Ayers story, Marathon Pundit, April 18, 2008.
  • Randy Scholfield, Turns out Mayor Daley knows Ayers, too, WE Blog, April 18, 2008.
  • Ed Lasky, Obama's Terrorist Pal, American Thinker, April 18, 2008.
  • Jim Geraghty, After This, How Much More Do We Need to Know About Obama?, Campaign Spot/National Review Online, April 18, 2008.
  • Bud White, The Chicago Three: Obama, Ayers & Rezko, No Quarter, April 18, 2008.
  • John Ridley, Obama's Ayers Issue, The Huffington Post, April 18, 2008.
  • Northwestern Law Prof Bernardine Dohrn Weather Underground, Old Atlantic Lighthouse, April 18, 2008.
  • Chris Fusco, Ayers' brother charges Clinton camp with 'McCarthyism'. Slams focus on 'Obama's alleged ties to so-called terrorist', Chicago Sun-Times, April 19, 2008.
  • Kate Snow, Obama Could Get 'Swift Boated'. Clinton Supporter Says Anti-Obama Campaign in the Works, ABC News, April 19, 2008.
  • John Fund, Oh, Bomber, Wall Street Journal, April 19, 2008.
  • see-dubya, Here’s a better analogy for Bill Ayers than Tom Coburn: Eric Rudolph, MichelleMalkin.com, April 19, 2008.
  • Michael Barone, MSM’s Ayers Breakthrough. Rules are changing for Obama, National Review, April 19, 2008.
  • Steve Chapman, About Obama's terrorist acquaintance, Chicago Tribune, April 20, 2008.
  • Ryan Grim and Mike Allen, McCain alleges Obama radical ties, The Politico, April 20, 2008.
  • McCain: Obama's patriotic, but his Ayers ties are 'open to question', CNN, April 20, 2008.
  • Jake Tapper, On "This Week," McCain Attacks Obama on Ayres Connection, Political Punch/ABC News, April 20, 2008.
  • Allahpundit, Video: McCain unloads on Obama over Ayers, Hot Air, April 20, 2008.
  • Mark Halperin, Obama Camp Response to McCain’s Ayers Statements, The Page/TIME, April 20, 2008.
  • John Byrne, Obama building war machine to respond to 'Swift Boat' attacks, The Raw Story, April 20, 2008.
  • Mark Silva, Bill Ayers, a diary of 'episodic notoriety', The Swamp/Baltimore Sun, April 20, 2008.
  • Uppity, Would You Like To Meet The Man The Weather Underground Paralyzed?, Highly-Educated-Uppity-Woman, April 20, 2008.
  • Obama’s Weathermen - Explosive Past, Radical Forecast, Liberally Conservative, April 21, 2008.
  • The Obama's, Terrorists Bill Ayers & Bernardine Dohrn - Far More Than Just Neighbors, The Duplicity, April 21, 2008.
  • Robert Novak, What's the matter with Obama?, RealClearPolitics.com, April 21, 2008.
  • Anne, Obama, Chicago Machine Wonder, BackyardConservative, April 21, 2008.
  • David Frum, Obama and Ayers, National Review, April 21, 2008.
  • McCarthy: "Obama is Comfortable With People Who Hate This Country", Hyper-Educated-Uppity-Woman, April 21, 2008.
  • Steve Diamond, Who sent Obama?, Global Labor and the Global Economy, April 22, 2008.
  • Andrew C. McCarthy, Change that Sees No Evil. Obama tries to explain Ayers, National Review Online, April 22, 2008.
  • John Hinderaker's 2-part Power Line blog series—The Friends of Barack Obama—with fresh information on Ayers and Dohrn: Part 1, April 22, 2008, and Part 2, April 23, 2008.
  • Steve Schmadeke, Ayers, though quieter, 'still outspoken'. Former radical tied to Obama reluctant to answer questions, doesn't want to feed flawed 'narrative', Chicago Tribune, April 23, 2008.
  • Mark Fitzgerald, Ayers/Obama Connection Brings 'So What?' Reaction In Chicago Media, Editor & Publisher, April 24, 2008.
  • Anne Leary, Ayers-Dohrn SDS Reunion Tapes, Backyard Conservative, April 24, 2008.
  • Jim Geraghty, Behind the Ayers Door, Campaign Spot/National Review Online, April 24, 2008.
  • Guy Benson, Debunking Obama's Ayers "Fact Sheet", Townhall.com, April 24, 2008.
  • Ed Lasky, Bill Ayers, American Thinker, April 25, 2008.
  • Joseph Farah, Meet Mr. and Mrs. William Ayers, World Net Daily, April 25, 2008.
  • Hugh Hewitt, McCain On The Blogger Conferencee Call: Obama Must Repudiate Ayers And Apologize For Associating With An Unrepentant Terrorist, Townhall.com, April 25, 2008.
  • Rick Moran, The total witlessness of Obama apologists, Rightwing Nuthouse, April 25, 2008.
  • Jennifer Rubin, A Moment Of Clarity, Commentary Magazine, April 25, 2008.
  • El Rider, Bernardine Dohrn - Northwestern's Bullshitting Terrorist, Flying Debris, April 26, 2008.
  • Larry Johnson, Why is Obama withholding the truth about William Ayers? No Quarter, April 26, 2008.
  • Jeff Jacoby, Op-ed: Obama's Mainstream Friends, Boston Globe, April 27, 2008.
    Also see related articles
  • Phil Reisman, Yonkers councilman has personal thoughts on Obama's link to Weatherman, LoHud.com, April 27, 2008.

    May
  • Tom Maguire, Let's Accept Michelle's Invitation, JustOneMinute, May 1, 2008.
  • John Ruberry, Bill Ayers stepping on US flag in 2001, Marathon Pundit, May 4, 2008.
  • SusanUnPC, His Country Beneath His Feet, A Terrorist Holds Fast His Violent Visions (With Comment from Larry Johnson), No Quarter, May 5, 2008.
  • Steve Diamond, But wait, didn't Mayor Daley work with Bill Ayers, too?, Global Labor and the Global Economy, May 5, 2008.
  • Uppity Woman, Another Weather Underground Victim Speaks Out, No Quarter, May 5, 2008.
  • SusanUnPC, Greta Van Susteran, John Murtagh and I Have Some Questions, No Quarter, May 5, 2008.
  • John Stephenson, Obama’s Buddy, Bill Ayers Stomping the American Flag, NewsBusters, May 5, 2008.
  • Ed Morrissey, Ayers and the Old Glory Boogie, Hot Air, May 5, 2008.
  • Obama Camp Criticizes Ayers After Flag Stomping Photo, Fox News, May 6, 2008.
  • SusanUnPC, Hannity on Obama’s Flag-Stomping Boss and Benefactor, No Quarter, May 6, 2008.

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