Quote from NeoRio1:
The relationship was superficial in your opinion even though Obama launched his political career in Ayers House.
You'd think you'd stop believing Republican infotainment:
"Obama's formal kick-off to announce his run for state senate was at the Hyde Park Ramada Inn on Sept. 19, 1995. Obama was introduced by [Democratic Sen. Alice] Palmer in a room filled with supporters at the Ramada, fronting Lake Michigan on South Lake Shore Drive, a stroll from the Museum of Science and Industry.
"*Around this time, Obama started to attend a series of coffees in the Hyde Park community where he lived, standard operating procedure for political rookies running in the neighborhoods surrounding the University of Chicago.
"*The Ackermans, Sam and Martha, longtime Hyde Park activists in independent Democratic politics, also held an early event for Obama in their condo on E. Hyde Park Boulevard. (They have since divorced.)
"Sam Ackerman told me Tuesday when we exchanged e-mails that "as I recall, the event at Bill Ayers' house (prior to ours) was a fund-raiser for Alice's congressional campaign at which she also introduced Barack as the successor she would like to see elected."
"The only question is the date. Nobody can be sure which event occurred first: The Coffee at Ayers', or the announcement at the Ramada. In other words, he may be lying, he might not, but the point is moot: It was an event for his predecessor at Ayers' house, and Obama just piggy-backed on it.
http://weblogs.newsday.com/news/loc...g/2008/10/facts_ayers_living_room_and_la.html