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On November 14, 2008, 10 days after the 2008 presidential election, 1960s radical William Ayers appeared on ABC's Good Morning America. Ayers spoke at length about his relationship with President Barack Obama. Ayers, now a college professor in Chicago, Illinois, claims he was "demonized" in a "dishonest attack" by Republicans seeking to discredit Obama during the campaign.ABC News: Campaign Boogeyman William Ayers Talks to GMA
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Fast Facts
- William Ayers' interview aired on Good Morning America on Friday, November 14, 2008
- Ayers downplayed his relationship with Obama during the interviewABC News: Campaign Boogeyman William Ayers Talks to GMA
- Ayers claimed he was just "a guy around the neighborhood"ABC News: Campaign Boogeyman William Ayers Talks to GMA
- Obama and Ayers' homes are in the same area of Chicago
- Ayers' relationship with Obama was mentioned by both John McCain and Sarah Palin in the weeks leading up to the 2008 presidential electionABC News: Campaign Boogeyman William Ayers Talks to GMA
- Palin accused Obama of "palling around with a domestic terrorist"ABC News: Campaign Boogeyman William Ayers Talks to GMA
- In April 2008, then-Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton mentioned the Obama-Ayers connectionLos Angeles Times: Obama and the former radicals (April 18, 2008)
- Ayers describes Obama as "a neighbor and family friend" in a new afterword to his 2001 memoir, Fugitive DaysABC News: Campaign Boogeyman William Ayers Talks to GMA
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William Ayers Quote
"I don't buy the idea that guilt by association should have any part of our politics. This idea that we need to know more, like there's some dark, hidden secret, some secret link. It's a myth thrown up by people who want to exploit the politics of fear."ABC News: Campaign Boogeyman William Ayers Talks to GMA -
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