WIlliam ayers (bill ayers) has admitted to and served sentences in connection with several terrorist attacks on the United States in the 70's He is as of yet, still unrepentant of those action, saying he wishes more had been done. but years after these attacks, he helped Obama into the political scene in Chicago that started with a meet-and-greet at his house, then afterwards, they served together on a board for a very politically important fund/charity for several years. Obama has now come out called Ayer's acts "despicable" but if you really believed that, would you allow political help from a terrorist? Would you still attend a church where the pastor says G.D. America? Would you say you want to sit down and chat with terrorist group Hamas, who's only main goal is the destruction of our allay? It is clear, that despite the rhetoric, Obama does not think as lowly of terrorists as we do, He believes that perhaps if it is done for strongly held beliefs or done for socia change, that perhaps it's not so bad, on the other hand, he hates Osama bin Laden. But I suspect that the only reason he talks about him is that he wants to draw attention to the fact the "Bush hasn't found him yet" and not out of true conviction.