I started a draft of a post about Bill Ayers shortly after Sarah Palin began using his name as a synonym for the terrorist euphemism the Republicans created circa 2001. But while the original tone of the piece was meant to be in defense of Ayers, it began to shift into a condemnation of Palin and her obvious ignorance to any facts about Ayers and the Weathermen/Weather Underground beyond the talking points handed to her. I scrapped it because Bill Ayers deserves better than to be associated with Sarah Palin. 
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I’m envious of Spencer Ackerman’s ability to write a thoughtful post even though he has a raging cold that isn’t responding to medication. I also have a cold and have barely managed to sit upright this week without it feeling like a major accomplishment. But onward I attempt to march. 
Sarah Palin, so fond of tossing out the term terrorist when it comes near a “Bill Ayers”, was asked by Brian Williams whether abortion clinic bombers are terrorists. She expressed some hesitancy at using the term in that connotation. : 
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