The truth about Obama's nonexistent ties to 1960's terrorists

Chicago Tribune reports on the truth of Obama's non-relationship with Bill Ayers:

Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Saturday accused Democrat Barack Obama of "palling around with terrorists" because of an association with a former '60s radical, stepping up an effort to portray Obama as unacceptable to American voters.

Palin's reference was to Bill Ayers, one of the founders of the group the Weather Underground. Its members took credit for bombings, including nonfatal explosions at the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol, during the Vietnam War era. Obama, who was a child when the group was active, has denounced Ayers' radical views and activities.

While it is known that Obama and Ayers live in the same Chicago neighborhood, served on a charity board together and had a fleeting political connection, it's a stretch of any reading of the public record to say the pair ever palled around. And it's simply wrong to suggest that they were associated while Ayers was committing terrorist acts.

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By Jim Kuhnhenn, AP writer, in the Chicago Tribune.

This is an old lie that was discredited long ago in the presidential campaign. It speaks volumes about Palin's lack of character and truthfulness -- of which there already is much evidence.