Another quick blog

Another presidential debate tonight. The snippets of sniping that the presidential race has come to doesn't include a lot of background information. Most of "my readers" (which sounds way self aggrandizing) are already decided voters. The mythical undecideds are the folks who decide at the last minuted based on who "looks like a president" or some such. Close races are decided on such irrelevancies. It's a democracy, and that's one of the not so great aspects. I'd guess more than half of my readers have decided to vote with the democrats, and I've tried to lay off of political themes. This article in City Journal about Bill Ayers, the 'acquaintance' of the candidate, is pretty clear about who Bill Ayers is and what he represents. I guess you have to decide how much associating BO has done with Ayers. More than he admits to, that's for sure. Also need to decide how much guilt there is in association. We're all known by the company we keep. Sol Stern writes about "The bomber as a School Reformer"

Calling Bill Ayers a school reformer is a bit like calling Joseph Stalin an agricultural reformer. (If you find the metaphor strained, consider that Walter Duranty, the infamous New York Times reporter covering the Soviet Union in the 1930s, did, in fact, depict Stalin as a great land reformer who created happy, productive collective farms.) For instance, at a November 2006 education forum in Caracas, Venezuela, with President Hugo Chávez at his side, Ayers proclaimed his support for “the profound educational reforms under way here in Venezuela under the leadership of President Chávez. We share the belief that education is the motor-force of revolution. . . . I look forward to seeing how you continue to overcome the failings of capitalist education as you seek to create something truly new and deeply humane.” Ayers concluded his speech by declaring that “Venezuela is poised to offer the world a new model of education—a humanizing and revolutionary model whose twin missions are enlightenment and liberation,” and then, as in days of old, raised his fist and chanted: “Viva Presidente Chávez! Viva la Revolucion Bolivariana! Hasta la Victoria Siempre!”

Do yourself a favor. Read the whole thing.