if the mcpains are saying that you can't trust Obama because of his past work relationships, connections and donors, i'm in trouble with the mcpains also.
i spent time in the late 1960's not only supporting the anti-Vietnam War movement, but spent time with the brothers Daniel and Phillip Berrigan, who were Jesuit priests at the time, at a national Newman Center's convention in 1967. the Berrigans are the ones who led a lot of the anti-war protests and Phillip even poured blood (his own and animal) on files from a draft center.
oh, my...
one of the biggest regrets in my life is that i wasn't in Chicago for the 1968 Democratic Convention to help. i was at the 1968 Newman convention at Rutger's University that week. we watched television coverage screaming, swearing and hollering at it. the nuns and priests with us said nothing about our behaviour. they just prayed a lot extra for us - and to end the war...
as far as my personal thoughts on Bill Ayers? he was involved with the anti-war movement; something with which i sympathized and supported in various ways. i did not and do not now agree with his tactics. i spent too much time with a philosophy professor who studied and worked with Ghandi and with others who believed in non-violent protesting.
non-violence, in my mind, is the best way to make lasting change. don't get me wrong though. anger is allowed; violence is not.
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