Sorry if this has already been posted; I have not seen it yet. Not to debate the specifics of this relationship but to further point out that BHO has not been scrutinized yet by either the press or by the Republicans.

Obama's Ties to Left Come Under Scrutiny
BY RUSSELL BERMAN - Staff Reporter of the Sun
February 19, 2008
URL: http://www.nysun.com/article/71421

WASHINGTON -- Senator Obama's ties to a former leader of the violent left-wing activist group the Weather Underground are drawing new scrutiny as he battles Senator Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination.

As an Illinois state senator in 2001, Mr. Obama accepted a $200 contribution from William Ayers, a founding member of the group that bombed the U.S. Capitol and the Pentagon during the 1970s.

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