Clinton pushed story (Ayers) to Stephanopolous long before Hannity

[babylonsister]

Clinton pushed story to Stephanopolous long before Hannity


George Stephanopolous is rightfully catching a lot of grief for having asked Barack Obama about William Ayers especially because Sean Hannity urged him to pose the question.

But it's worth remembering that even before Hannity put the topic in front of Stephanopolous, ABC News reported that the Clinton campaign itself was pushing the "story" in the middle of February, if not before. So while Hannity might have talked about it on air with Stephanopolous on Tuesday, it wasn't anything new to Stephanopolous or ABC News.

Stephanopolous also knew that Hillary Clinton herself had a bit of a similar situation -- also reported by ABC back in February and amplified today.

Asked today if Sen. Clinton thought it was wrong for her husband to pardon Evans and Rosenberg {domestic terrorists convicted in the 1980s}, a Clinton campaign spokesman refused to answer the question.

... (the spokesman) added that, "Bill Ayers is unrepentant of what he did…and that is a difference, of course, between Linda Evans and Susan Rosenberg."

But when Evans was released after Bill Clinton pardoned her, she told the Austin American-Statesman, "I'm not repentant. That's for sure. I wouldn't go about it the same (violent) way." But "we still need solutions, and we still need justice just as badly as we ever did."

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http://www.jedreport.com/2008/04/hillary-clint-8.html

[lisa58]

1. Did Hillary push it to Hannity?

[guyanakoolaid]

2. idk - Hillary seemed not happy when Obama compared his Ayers elationship to Clinton's pardons

of two Weather Underground members.

It would take a horrendous lack of foresight for Hillary to be pushing this story without realizing Bill's pardons of the same people would come back to bite her. The same lack of foresight that would cause somebody to vote for the IWR. Oh, snap, maybe she did push it.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

3. recommended. and Feb 2008 see this