LA Times Suppressing Obama's Tribute to an Anti-Israel, PLO Operative

probably go up to 85, 90%

Care to discuss McCain's relationship with Mr. Khalidi?

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashid_Khalidi

In May of 2008, Barack Obama spoke to a mostly Jewish audience at an event in Boca Raton, Florida and the question of his relationship with Khalidi was brought up. In response, Obama stated that “[Khalidi] is Palestinian. And I do know him and I have had conversations. He is not one of my advisors; he’s not one of my foreign policy people. His kids went to the Lab school where my kids go as well. He is a respected scholar, although he vehemently disagrees with a lot of Israel’s policy... To pluck out one person who I know and who I’ve had a conversation with who has very different views than 900 of my friends and then to suggest that somehow that shows that maybe I’m not sufficiently pro-Israel, I think, is a very problematic stand to take…So we gotta be careful about guilt by association.”



Those Floridian old jewish voters are important to you and YOUR BOYS TradeRNC_Jorge. Too bad we have the great schlep and Bubbie and Zadie won't get a visit from their grandchildren unless they vote Obama. Both of my grandmothers voted early AND FOR OBAMA. In return, I'm taking my grandmother to the season opener Wednesday for her 84th bday.

 

Interesting.... I can't find it on the Drudge site anymore... how could that be??

Forgive me for repeating, but it bears repeating:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/28/mccain-funded-work-of-pal_n_138606.html

McCain Funded Work Of Palestinian His Campaign Hopes To Tie To Obama

The latest guilt-by-association target that the McCain campaign is using to hit Barack Obama could carry some collateral damage for its own candidate.

As Politico's Ben Smith reported on Tuesday, the McCain campaign is demanding that the Los Angeles Times release video in its possession of a party attended by Barack Obama and Columbia University professor Rashid Khalidi.

"A major news organization is intentionally suppressing information that could provide a clearer link between Barack Obama and Rashid Khalidi," said McCain spokesman Michael Goldfarb, citing Obama's friendship with Khalidi, who is now a professor at Columbia University.

The McCain camp gambit comes after conservative writers have repeatedly pressed for media outlets to write about the rather tenuous connections between Obama and Khalidi, an outspoken advocate for Palestinian rights.

Specifically, National Review writers want much more attention paid to the association, given that the LA Times has reported that Khalidi lavished praise on Obama at a farewell party in Chicago at which Bill Ayers was also present. (Other writers have accused Khalidi of being an aide to Yasser Arafat, a claim which Marc Ambinder and Ari Berman have suggested is not credible.)

In regards to Khalidi, however, the guilt-by-association game burns John McCain as well.

During the 1990s, while he served as chairman of the International Republican Institute (IRI), McCain distributed several grants to the Palestinian research center co-founded by Khalidi, including one worth half a million dollars.

A 1998 tax filing for the McCain-led group shows a $448,873 grant to Khalidi's Center for Palestine Research and Studies for work in the West Bank. (See grant number 5180, "West Bank: CPRS" on page 14 of this PDF.)

The relationship extends back as far as 1993, when John McCain joined IRI as chairman in January. Foreign Affairs noted in September of that year that IRI had helped fund several extensive studies in Palestine run by Khalidi's group, including over 30 public opinion polls and a study of "sociopolitical attitudes."

Of course, there's seemingly nothing objectionable with McCain's organization helping a Palestinian group conduct research in the West Bank or Gaza. But it does suggest that McCain could have some of his own explaining to do as he tries to make hay out of Khalidi's ties to Obama.

 

You betcha...

 

New sig...

 

we have no media. the media is gone. it's half hour agenda driven infomercials. the only trustworthy media is the FSN postgame show with Kevin Eschenfelder.

 

I remember when my wife used to send me those provocative texts. good times.

 

Thursday morning- Big news about Obama, potentially catastrophic, enough to cause every one of those independents, and numerous Democrats, to change their mind.

Thursday evening- Obama's campaign and the national media shoot down the rumours and downplay everything.

Friday- Halloween- everyone is focused on that and all forget about the election.

Saturday/Sunday- same- weekend, everyone's doing their thing.

Monday- people are trying to remember what the heck all the fuss was about on Thursday, can't remember.

Tuesday- their hiccups are gone and they vote the right candidate in as President.

Halloween being on Friday is a KILLER for McCain. He is simply not going to be able to land any bombshell that is going to resonate with the American people at this stage of the game, especially if he has not done it yet.

The best time was Monday. Thursday is too late. Halloween and the weekend deflate any rumours. Obama wins.

Meltdown. In keeping with the Christmas theme:

THEY CALL ME HEAT MISER
WHATEVER I TOUCH
SEEMS TO MELT IN MY CLUTCH
I'M TOO MUCH

 

Then take the bet coward. COWARD.

 

on a side note..why are so many of you pro-israel in the first place?? Ive always wondered why most Americans are soooooo in love with supporting Israel??

 

End of Days stuff. No Israel No Jesus 2.0

 

Is this another ham-fisted, dookie-covered attempt to predict the Florida Jewish vote breaks for McCain?

If so then LMFAO.

Trader - I am enjoying every last minute of your capitulation this election season.

 

All is not what it appears to be... only the truly discerning eye can see

 

Stop it! You're killing me... I can't stop laughing.

What, you didn't realize that when you post a photo the address is available to all who right click on properties? And you didn't realize that when the title of the photo has the word archives in it, that usually means it's old news, right?

That photo is from the blog of one Debbie Schlussel and is from an entry dated... wait for it...

January 30, 2008.
http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/2008/01/obamas_nation_o.html

I'm sure this winger blog entry from January will be a huge difference maker.

Get some sleep TJ... the monsters under your bed will only increase in number and size after next Tuesday.

 

Yeah well Ms Schlussel's movie reviews are spot on so step back Mr Hater....

 

Is that the TwoCups I keep hearing about?

 

I thought the US wasn't a Christian nation anymore?

 

Supporting Israel?

How about supporting the USA first.

DD