Hear, hear!

"I don’t really agree...that this is...worthy of really exploring because I don’t buy the idea that guilt-by-association should be any part of our politics.

"And the interesting thing is, as much as this was created as an issue in the campaign, it appears that for most people...it had no traction. It had no meaning. So the assumption that if two people share a cup of coffee or take a bus downtown together or have a thousand other types of associations, that that somehow means they share politics, outlook, policy, or responsibility for one another’s actions."

"So this idea that we need to know more like there’s some dark, hidden secret -- some secret link -- is just a myth. And it’s a myth thrown up by people who wanted to kind of exploit the politics of fear. And I think it’s a great credit to the American people that those politics were rejected.

"The idea that we should continue to be frightened and worried and, you know, barricaded is falling down, and it should." (William Ayers, former member of Weather Underground, speaking about attempts to associate him with President-elect Barack Obama, in an interview today on ABC's "Good Morning America")