Barack Obama's statement that he "assumed [William Ayers] had been rehabilitated" raises an interesting issue. In some press coverage of this matter, "unrepentant" has virtually become Ayers' middle name. And while Ayers indeed appears unrepentant, it is important to note that he has never specified just what it is that he is unrepentant about. In other words, he's never owned up to any of the crimes he committed. It would be one thing for him to say, "I did this, and I'd do it again." But Ayers doesn't do that. Ayers opens his memoir, Fugitive Days, with the statement, "Memory is a motherf—ker. I myself remember almost nothing." Well, there's a reason Ayers says he remembers almost nothing, and that is because he committed serious crimes and people quite likely died as a result of his actions. Andy could speak to this more...
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