Ayers promotes comedy rallies

Bernardine Dohrn confronted on camera at 'green' conference in Washington, D.C.

In recent weeks Washington has been the scene of rallies calling on Americans to work to restore their nation, question the president's eligibility to hold office and other weighty matters. But, according to a report from Accuracy in Media, an unrepentant terrorist is recommending this coming weekend's comedy rallies as the ones to attend.

Cliff Kincaid at AIM is reporting that Bill Ayers, the Weather Underground terrorist who for years was a fugitive, is recommending that the Jon Stewart–Stephen Colbert events, called "Restore Sanity" and "Keep Fear Alive," are "worth attending."

Kincaid said Ayers and his wife, Bernardine Dohrn, were at a Green Fest sponsored by the Ford Motor Co. in Washington last weekend. The couple complained in their speeches about U.S. military aid to Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Israel and other U.S. backing for "repressive" regimes.

It was also during that weekend that Kincaid approached Dohrn and tried to question her about her actions during the anti-war movement of the 1970s.

Her response is on video:

According to Kincaid's report, Ayers, a former education professor in Illinois, told the audience to focus on "community power" and declared education "is a human right."

"Questions from this columnist about their communist terrorist backgrounds were heard clearly and denounced by Dohrn as a 'pack of lies,'" he reported. The questions concerned Dohrn's praise of the Manson family murders and a book they wrote that was dedicated in part to Sirhan Sirhan, the assassin of anti–Vietnam War candidate Robert F. Kennedy.

He also explained that Dohrn "griped that they have become 'pawns' against their old friend and associate, President Obama, and that critics of Obama have been trying to depict them as 'insane' and 'murderers.'"

Ayers and Dohrn held a fundraiser for Obama in their home when he began his political career with a run for the Illinois State Senate, and Ayers and Obama served on a board together.

According to Kincaid's report, Dohrn also claimed that she and her husband were on "the right side of history" during those turbulent years when they were in the radical group Students for a Democratic Society, even though they "did a lot of things wrong."

Kincaid confronted Dohrn about her alleged involvement in the 1970 bombing death of San Francisco police Sgt. Brian V. McDonnell, and she responded with "Back away."

According to the Christian Science Monitor, the rallies will start at 10 a.m. on Oct. 30 with jumbotron entertainment and feature The Roots, Stewart, Colbert, Jeff Tweedy, Sheryl Crow and others.

Kincaid has been working to get answers about the couple who were famous during their anti-war activism and rose to fame again when Obama's campaign for the presidency developed.

For example, he's been trying to get a comment from Dohrn on her remarks about the Manson murders. Kincaid reports Dohrn earlier said, "Dig it! First they killed those pigs, then they ate dinner in the same room with them. They even shoved a fork into the victim's stomach! Wild!"

There also are questions that have been raised by former FBI informant Larry Grathwohl, who has testified under oath that Ayers told him Dohrn planted the bomb that killed McDonnell.

When questioned about the dedication of "Prairie Fire Manifesto" to Sirhan Sirhan, Ayers called the inquiry "delusional" and walked away, Kincaid reported.

WND reported last week Grathwohl used the Marxism in America conference in Washington, D.C., sponsored by Kincaid's group, to call on Congress to set up a committee or task force to bring "terrorists" to justice – including those who may be in high and influential positions today.

"My greatest fear today is that the Department of Justice will protect these terrorists by blocking an attempt to bring them to justice," Grathwohl said. "Consider that President Obama held his first fundraiser at the home of Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dorhn when he was running for the state Senate in Illinois.

"Do you think there might be some resistance to placing these two people on trial for the murder of Brian McDonnell? These are President Obama's friends. He and Bill served on a board and appeared at functions together."

Grathwohl said a resolution would be for Congress to act.

"I urge the new Congress to create a committee or subcommittee to facilitate the efforts of law enforcement in bringing terrorists to justice. For example, a new House Internal Security Committee can assist in that regard. The Senate could consider reinstating a Senate Internal Security subcommittee. Such committees should also investigate the groups that represent a current danger to the internal security of this country," he said.

WND previously reported on the links that appear to connect Ayers and Dohrn to far more violence that they might be comfortable recognizing.

And WND reported last year when top law-enforcement officers in San Francisco signed a letter accusing Ayers and Dohrn of being directly behind the bombing. The Obama Justice Department at that time, however, told the officers not to comment on the case.

At that 2009 press conference, directed by Kincaid, the leaders of the San Francisco Police Officers' Association made public a letter pointing a finger at Ayers and Dohrn that demanded those responsible for the bombing be brought to justice.

"There are irrefutable and compelling reasons to believe that Bill Ayers and his wife Bernardine Dohrn are largely responsible for the bombing of Park Police Station," the officers stated in the letter.

The San Francisco Chronicle then reported the police-group members who signed the letter received calls from the Justice Department and a local police chief telling them to remain silent.

No one has been charged in the bombing. Ayers has denied involvement. In an interview with the New Yorker, he said, "We killed no one and hurt no one."