Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Billy on GMA

Safely after the election (Novermber 14th), Bill Ayers appeared on Good Morning America to hawk his book, "Fugitive Days". For those who want to see Bill spin his story, I've added links to the video on YouTube.
The formula for his spin became clear. He is a "respected professor". He is a victim of the "dishonest narrative" surrounding the 2008 election, and that he has been unfairly demonized. Bill claims he was a "Viet Nam protestor", and that he "never hurt or killed anyone", and even better yet, that he "never committed terror". That about sums it up. Bill is the victim, not Officer McDonnell (killed by a bomb) or the Murtagh family (fire-bombed while at home in bed).
Billy chooses a show like GMA to appear on because, let's face it, they aren't going to ask the most probing of questions. The interviewer did an OK job of at least questioning how he could not see himself as a terrorist. The interviewer even had a copy of "Prairie Fire" and asked about the Sirhan Sirhan dedication.
Ultimately, that is the problem. The interviewer had the book, but no one actually read the book. If they had they would have noticed that Chapter 1 was about "Why Is Revolution Necessary". Even a simple review of the table of contents would show that out of 150 pages only 17 are on the War.
The reality is that Bill and the Weather Underground were motivated by a desire to violently overthrow the United States. Viet Nam was merely a tool to exploit in their much larger scheme. If they were just anti-war protestors then why did they continue to plant bombs, even after cease fire had been declared in Viet Nam?
Thats' the problem. Too many in the media give the glossy MTV treatment. No one takes the time to understand the events, follow the time lines, or actually reads the damn book!

2 comments:

Arizona Patriot said...

I want you to know that all your work here & other places you have tried to wake us up, has not gone in vain.
I know exactly what is going on today. I know exactly who is in the whitehouse & what thier plans are for millions of us.
Thank you for all you have done & all you do.
God bless you & keep you safe always.
Stephen
Glendale Az

Arizona Patriot said...

I want you to know that all your work here & other places you have tried to wake us up, has not gone in vain.
I know exactly what is going on today. I know exactly who is in the whitehouse & what thier plans are for millions of us.
Thank you for all you have done & all you do.
God bless you & keep you safe always.
Stephen
Glendale Az