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Oprah Took Millions From Obama Foe
With Oprah Winfrey, the intersection of politics and education is making for strange bedfellows. Federal tax returns and other reports confirm that she’s accepted at least $5 million for her self-named South African girls’ school from perhaps Barack Obama’s single greatest political enemy. Oprah is probably the most well-known celebrity to back Senator Barack Obama’s [...]
Posted: December 2nd, 2008 under Political.
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Bill Ayers Accuses Critics of Using ‘Politics of Fear’
Weather Underground co-founder Bill Ayers speaks out on the criticism Barack Obama fielded during the presidential campaign for his ties to the 1960s radical. Bill Ayers, the Sixties radical whose ties to Barack Obama dogged the president-elect during the presidential campaign, accused his critics on Friday of trying to “exploit the politics of fear” by [...]
Posted: November 14th, 2008 under Political.
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Ayers’ University of Nebraska-Lincoln Speech Canceled
LINCOLN, Neb. — Safety concerns have forced University of Nebraska-Lincoln officials to cancel plans for William Ayers to speak on campus. Ayers, who founded a group in the late 1960s that claimed responsibility for bombing several government buildings, was to speak Nov. 15. But officials said Friday the university’s threat assessment group received e-mails and [...]
Posted: October 18th, 2008 under Political.
Tags: Ayers, Obama
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