Oct 072008
 

Earlier today I saw the AP stories about Sarah Palin’s accusations that Barak Obama was palling around with Bill Ayers — the one that said “racially tinged” in the headline. I did a quick read and didn’t see in what sense it was supposed to be a racial comment. My reaction was, “So Ayers is a black guy?”

I didn’t know anything about his race any more than I knew that Willie Horton was a black guy when I heard about him during the 1988 campaign. I didn’t learn until after that election that he was African American. Not that the guy’s race should make a difference in either case.

Now I learn that there really were no possible racial overtones to Sarah Palin’s comments, period. Somebody in a high position at the Associated Press was making it up. Rich Galen at townhall.com explains here.

And Ayers’ race? It’s irrelevant. But somebody at the Associated Press has the topic of race on his mind.