Swamp: Bill Ayers, that "washed up terrorist,'' the way the McCain-Palin campaign wanted to portray an early supporter of Barack Obama in Chicago, or distinguished professor of education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, the way academics might rather portray the professor and veteran of 1960s protests, has some pointed criticism for Obama's choice for education secretary: Chicago schools chief Arne Duncan.
"I would have picked (Linda) Darling-Hammond, but then again I would have picked Noam Chomsky for State, Naomi Klein for Defense, (his wife and fellow former radical war protestor) Bernardine Dohrn for Attorney General, Bill Fletcher for Commerce, James Thindwa forLlabor, Barbara Ransby for Juman services, Paul Krugman for Ttreasury, and Amy Goodman for press secretary,'' Ayers writes in a blog posted at the Huffinton Post. "So what do I know?''
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Ayers Criticizes Obama's Education Pick Arne Duncan
Ayers is a pretty funny guy:
