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No, not really. The visitor logs for the White House in 2009 listed a "William Ayers," but reporters who checked into it found it was not the same Bill Ayers as the former 1960s radical and current educational advocate. In fact, there is no evidence that the controversial Bill Ayers has received any personal White House invitations.
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Did bill ayers write Barack Obama's book?
There is no evidence to support the claim that Bill Ayers wrote Barack Obama's book. Obama wrote his memoir "Dreams from My Father" himself, as confirmed by Obama and his editor. While Ayers and Obama had a professional relationship and connection, there is no credible evidence connecting Ayers to the authorship of Obama's book.
Who funded Obama's college?
bill ayers parents
Is bill ayers good friends with barack and Michelle Obama?
Yes and no. This question usually arises from a 2008 Sarah Palin claim that Barack Obama had "pals" who were terrorists. He did not, and he does not. Thus, if you are asking about the Bill Ayers who was a domestic terrorist in the 1960s, the answer is no, Mr. Obama never met him and did not know him. Barack Obama was living in Hawaii (and was a young child) when Ayers and the Weathermen (later the Weather Underground) were using violent tactics to protest the Vietnam War. But if you are asking about the Bill Ayers who, forty years later, had completely changed his life, gotten a Doctorate Degree in Education and had served on the boards of several charities, especially those that helped the poor, then the answer is yes, but the two were not really "good friends." Barack Obama was appointed to one of the same boards that Bill Ayers was on. (Interestingly, it was a Republican who appointed both men.) Ayers and Obama shared a desire to improve education in Chicago and help the poor, and they worked together on some projects. Bill Ayers believed in Barack Obama as a potential political candidate, and Barack Obama believed in Bill Ayers' deep commitment to helping the poor. But that seems to be the extent of their relationship, contrary to myths you may read online.
What is the current relationship between Barack Obama William Ayers and Reverend Wright?
Currently I think Barack Obama is keeping his distance from these people as it could cost him the election if he still has good relations with them. Reverend Wright was Obama's Preacher. Obama attended his sermons for over 20 years. This anti-white, anti semitic, anti-America preacher married Barack Obama and Michelle as well as baptized his children. William Ayers is a founder of the anti-war terrorist group the Underground Weatherman. He was also convicted of several domestic acts of terrorism, including bombing of the pentagon. He was an acquaintance of Obama's for many years. As of his presidential nomination, Obama has currently cut ties with Reverand Wright and stated that William Ayers actions are 'detestable'.
If Barack Obama was born in 1977 that makes him 30 years of age today That would made him a new born when he was accused of association with William Ayers during Weather Underground?
Barack Obama was born on August 4th, 1961. So, he wasn't a newborn, he was closer to 8-10 years old during that time. Actually, Obama wasn't accused of associating with Ayers during Ayers' time with the Weather Underground terrorist group. Rather, Obama launched his political career from a fund raiser at William Ayers home in 1995. They also worked together on other projects. It needs to be noted that William Ayers never repented for his terrorist actions and charges were dropped against him due to illegal wiretaps. Today, Ayers claims of the Weather Underground, "We didn't do enough." What Ayers' group did when Obama was 8 years old was bomb the Pentagon, The Capitol and judges' homes. Ayers' girlfriend was killed why attempting to assemble a nail bomb in lower Manhattan.
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When did Barack Obama announce his run for the presidency?
Feb. 10 2007 in Springfield Illinois, at a party hosted by William Ayers.
Barack H Obama What is his relation with William Ayers?
Went to a PTA board in Chicago together. That's it nothing else.
Was Barack Obama and Bill Ayers in the same Weather Underground terrorist cell?
No, this is a totally false (and impossible) assertion. Bill Ayers was an anti-war radical from the east coast during the 1960s. Barack Obama was not born until 1961 and lived in Hawaii. He could not possibly have known Bill Ayers during the 1960s, since he was five years old when Ayers began making news. In fact, it is well documented that he did not meet Bill Ayers until the 1980s, by which time Ayers was no longer a radical and had long since become a well-respected professor of education and an author. It should also be noted that contrary to some internet myths, there is no evidence that Mr. Obama is (pick one) a terrorist, a radical, or anti-American. These false claims have spread by the president's political opponents, and there is no credible evidence to support such assertions.
Does Barack Obama have a terrorist friend?
Answer:During the US Presidential campaign of 2008, it was claimed by his political opponents that Barack Obama was friends with terrorists. "Guilt by association" is a common smear tactic. Many people have not researched this and continue to believe the rhetoric. Obama has never "palled around with Bill Ayers", he has never said he was a close friend of Ayers.What Barack Obama has said and what investigative reporters have corroborated is that the terrorist acts of Ayers were done when Obama was eight years old. Decades later when Obama was a professor at the University of Chicago another professor there at the time was Bill Ayers. They were not friends then, either.Obama was asked to serve on the board of an education reform organization in the 1990s. Ayers was on that same board along with many respected educators and even Republicans associated with Ronald Reagan. That was the extent of the "association".The Associated Press has also investigated this and has said they are not close: "No evidence shows they were 'pals' or even close when they worked on community boards years ago ..."The New York Times reported that "...the two men do not appear to have been close. Nor has Mr. Obama ever expressed sympathy for the radical views and actions of Mr. Ayers, whom he has called 'somebody who engaged in detestable acts 40 years ago, when I was 8.'"Barack Obama himself has publicly denounced Ayers and his radical actions.
What proof is there that Barack Obama associates with terrorists?
No proof at all. It was a political accusation, made during the 2008 campaign by Sarah Palin, who accused him of being friends with terrorists-- which was totally false. (She was referring to a famous domestic terrorist from the 1960s named Bill Ayers. But when Ayers was protesting the war and using violent means, Barack Obama was a little child, and he never met Bill Ayers. 25 years later, after Ayers had totally changed and become a college professor, he and Mr. Obama served on an educational foundation together.) Also, some people did not know who Mr. Obama was and found his middle name confusing-- they did not understand that it was a family name which he inherited from his father, Barack Hussein Obama Senior (Hussein is a very common name in many Muslim countries), so they thought he was related to Saddam Hussein. But he was not.
What is Bill Ayers well known for?
Bill Ayers is best known as a radical political activist and co-founder of the Weather Underground, a radical communist group. In recent years, he is most notable for the controversy surrounding his connections with then-Presidential candidate Barack Obama, which he has disavowed as a Republican campaign to paint Obama in a negative light by association.
