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==Relationship with Barack Obama==
==Relationship with Barack Obama==
From 1993 to 2002, Obama joined Ayers in a nine member board Woods Fund of Chicago, an anti-poverty foundation. While running for the state Senate in Illinois in 1995, Ayers meet with Obama and would later introduce him at his house. Barack Obama was asked over the controversy in an April 2008 Presidential debate by moderator George Stephanopoulos.
From 1999 to 2002, Obama joined Ayers in a paid nine member board Woods Fund of Chicago, an anti-poverty foundation. While running for the state Senate in Illinois in 1995, Ayers meet with Obama and would later introduce him at his house. In 2001, Ayers supported and contributed $200 to Obama's state Senate campaign<ref>http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/contributor.phtml?d=330121189</ref>. Barack Obama was asked over the controversy in an April 2008 Presidential debate by moderator George Stephanopoulos.
''"Can you explain that relationship for the voters, and explain to Democrats why it won't be a problem?"'' To which Obama replied,
''"Can you explain that relationship for the voters, and explain to Democrats why it won't be a problem?"'' To which Obama replied,
''"This is a guy who lives in my neighborhood, who's a professor of [[English]] in Chicago who I know and who I have not received some official endorsement from. He's not somebody who I exchange ideas from on a regular basis. And the notion that somehow as a consequence of me knowing somebody who engaged in detestable acts 40 years ago, when I was eight years old, somehow reflects on me and my values doesn't make much sense, George"''
''"This is a guy who lives in my neighborhood, who's a professor of [[English]] in Chicago who I know and who I have not received some official endorsement from. He's not somebody who I exchange ideas from on a regular basis. And the notion that somehow as a consequence of me knowing somebody who engaged in detestable acts 40 years ago, when I was eight years old, somehow reflects on me and my values doesn't make much sense, George"''
In February of 2008, Obama Chief Strategist David Axelrod said,
''"Bill Ayers lives in his neighborhood. Their kids attend the same school … They’re certainly friendly, they know each other, as anyone whose kids go to school together."''<ref>http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0208/Ax_on_Ayers.html</ref>
==References==
==References==
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==See Also==
==See Also==