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"This is the swamp in which Obama operated...."

The NY Post says we shouldn't just mistrust Ayers for his past; we should mistrust him for his present:

Ayers' work funding radical "education" groups in Chicago came just in the last 12 years. And he teamed up directly with Obama on that....

"Proposals from groups focused on math/science achievement were turned down. Instead, CAC disbursed money through various far-left community organizers," such as ACORN.

Ayers seemed to envision schools as "sites of resistance" and for teaching kids to oppose "oppression," with a focus on America's evil and racist past - and an eye toward "social transformation."

This is the swamp in which Obama operated....

I'd like to see the details of these proposals. And "seemed to envision" is awfully weaselly. What is wrong with a foundation that chooses to fund creative proposals for teaching kids to analyze the problems of racism in American history and rejects mundane proposals to drill math and science?

Full post as published by Althouse on October 13, 2008 (boomark / email).