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Darn, just when I was gearing up for angry wife ridicule, Michelle Obama puts on a dress and takes the clinch out of her jaw. So, that was a day ago - that means the American public has forgotten all about this being a mean country, and "for the first time in my adult life I'm proud of my country." Darn.

But it's not a new phenomenon, this reinvention thing. Remember how Hillary said, "I'm not some Tammy Wynette standing by my man." ? Then, when it was needed, she became Mrs. Cleaver. Ah well, I guess you can do these things when the MSM is on your side.

One story that the MSM isn't burying too well is Obama's connection to Bill Ayers; partly due to the campaign's efforts to shut down ads mentioning Ayers. Good.

Now Fox has news on an Ayers interview from 2004. In it, Ayers tries to minimize the threat that the Weathermen posed. He claims that the Weather Underground was only interested in damaging property, not killing people. Andy McCarthy sets the record straight, noting that Ayers claimed:

That bomb had been intended for detonation at a dance that was to be attended by army soldiers at Fort Dix, New Jersey. Hundreds of lives could have been lost had the plan been successfully executed. Ayers attested that the bomb would have done serious damage, "tearing through windows and walls and, yes, people too."

Sort of makes you wonder how it is Ayers became a mover and shaker in Chicago politics, and remains a force in the field of education. An even better question is: will all this attention affect how Ayers is perceived in the future? I certainly hope so.