Just before the election, it's clear Brian Williams is trying to get Sarah Palin to equate abortion clinic bombing with terrorism, but she seems unwilling to concede the comparison.
Starts at 1:04 after the transcript.
WILLIAMS: Back to the notion of terrorists and terrorism. This word has come up in relation to Mr. Ayers, "hanging out with terrorists", domestic terrorists. Are we changing -- it's been said it gives it a vaguely post-911 hint using that word that we don't normally associate with domestic crimes. Are we changing the definition? Are the people who set fire to American cities in the 60's terrorists under this definition? Is an abortion clinic bomber a terrorist under this definition?
PALIN: There's no question that Bill Ayers, via his own admittance, was one who sought to destroy our U.S. Capitol and our Pentagon. That is a domestic terrorist, there's no question there. Now others who would want to engage in harming innocent Americans or facilities that it would be unacceptable to. I don't know if you're gonna use the word "terrorist" there. It's unacceptable, and it would not be condoned, of course, on our watch. But I don't know if what you're askin' is if I regret referring to Bill Ayers as "an unrepentant domestic terrorist". I don't regret characterizing him as that.
WILLIAMS: I'm just asking what other categories you would put in there. Abortion clinic bombers, protesters in cities where fires were started, Molotov cocktails were thrown, people died.
PALIN: I would put in that category of Bill Ayers anyone else who would seek to campaign to destroy our United States Capitol and our Pentagon and would seek to destroy innocent Americans.
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