Regardless of his background, it was never a problem for anyone - including Republicans and Chicago's most powerful business leaders - to work with Ayers on Chicago's public schools. In fact, Ayers is widely respected in the field of urban education.
"It was never a concern by any of us in the Chicago school reform movement that he had led a fugitive life years earlier," said former Illinois state Republican Rep. Diana Nelson, who worked with both Obama and Ayers over the years. "It's ridiculous. There is no reason at all to smear Barack Obama with this association. It's nonsensical, and it just makes me crazy. It's so silly."
As the NPR story reminds us, here's what Sarah Palin said:
"Our opponent is someone who sees America as imperfect enough to pal around with terrorists who targeted their own country,"
By Palin's so-called "logic," the same could be said of Nelson, too. No wonder she thinks it's silly.
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