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The McCain camp is demanding that the LA times release the video with Obama at the Jew bashing party!!
Have you signed the petition???
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McCain camp demands L.A. Times release video
John McCain's campaign is demanding that the Los Angeles Times release a video of a party for a prominent Palestinian activist that Barack Obama attended in 2003.
The Times described the going-away party for former University of Chicago professor, and Obama friend, Rashid Khalidi, in a story in April. The story reported that Palestinians thought they might have a friend in Obama because of his friendships in that community, despite the fact that his positions have never been particularly pro-Palestinian.
"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.
He said the video could, among other things, show how Obama responded to a poem recited at the party accusing Israel of "terrorism" and warning of consequences for U.S. support for Israel, which Goldfarb described as "hate speech."
"The election is one week away, and it's unfortunate that the press so obviously favors Barack Obama that this campaign must publicly request that the Los Angeles Times do its job — make information public," he said.
The campaign hadn't previously demanded the video, though conservative bloggers have, and neither other reporters nor McCain's researchers have been able to dig up a copy.
Khalidi is a controversial figure, reviled by pro-Israel activists, though not a marginal one. A former professor at the University of Chicago, he's now Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia, and respected by many in academia. He's been criticized most for saying that Palestinians have a right to resist Israeli occupation and has been described as a former P.L.O. spokesman, a label he has denied.
The paper hasn't explained its unwillingness to release the video, and Peter Wallsten, who found the tape and wrote about it, declined to discuss it with me last night. He forwarded an e-mail that the paper has sent readers who have complained as conservative blogs raise the issue.
"Over six months ago the Los Angeles Times published a detailed account of the events shown on the videotape. The Times is not suppressing anything. Just the opposite — the L.A. Times brought the matter to light," wrote the readers' representative, Jamie Gold.
L.A. Times spokeswoman Nancy Sullivan wouldn't discuss the decision not to release the tape in detail.
"When we reported on the tape six months ago, that was our full report," she said, and asked, "Does Politico release unpublished information?"
The answer to that question is yes — Politico and most news outlets constantly make available videos and documents, after describing them in part, which is why the Times' decision not to release the video is puzzling. My instinct, and many reporters', is to share as much source material as possible.
Critics have suggested that the Times is witholding the video for political reasons, but there are other possibilities: competitive reasons, or simply out of tradition. In the mechanics of reporting, there's another possibility as well. The video may have been given to the paper on the condition it not be released, or releasing it could compromise its source.
But the Times hasn't explained the move, and the McCain campaign is turning up the heat on a story that, whether or not the tape is released, is a reminder that some of Obama's Hyde Park friends stand well to the left of his stated positions.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1008/McCain_camp_demands_LA_Times_video.html?showall
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Cyberella, you are such a Cyber Hero. You go girl :laugh: What an amazing job you have done with all your research. I sent it over to John McCain, Sean Hannity and they jumped on it. I am watching yesterday's Fox & Friends (I think Steve Ducey and Gretchan Carlson are funny,) and they got ahold of it somehow. So at 3:00 A.M. PST, 6:00 EST, they broke the story yesterday! Did you know that the Khalidis and the Obamas were so close in 2003, they would babysit each others' kids. So Fox & Friends broke the story and they really are going at it. Sen. McCain must have sent over the info to Fox & Friends, then Sean had his radio show and talked about it, and covered it last night. Here's the Hannity & Colmes thread w/Newt Gingrich's idea of how to get the tape :$:
http://jtf.org/forum_english/index.php/topic,27842.0.html
I hope you don't mind I sent your research to them. I also sent it to the FBI. I'm sure Sen. McCain will take it from here. You are famous :laugh: Take it easy and get some rest. Again, thank you for what you've done for America, Israel and its citizens :usa+israel:
q_q, ...you are very sweet :-*
with all these positive thoughts and a nice group of people here, we can make this happen, i.e., get our candidates elected. McCain is very focused now, and a new ad is out:
http://jtf.org/forum_english/index.php/topic,27873.0.html
if we all pray, think good thoughts [Law of Attraction] Obama and Biden will be history. they want to make history, but the masks are off. They've made too many mistakes over the last few days and the DOW is up ;D bad for you know who.
this really seems to be a case of good vs. evil. the DNC is covering for that creep :beast:
we will win. don't be afraid, visualize Sen. McCain and Cindy, his beautiful wife in the White House. forget about those losers. Just focus on McCain and Fox News exposing Khalidi for what he is and how Obama was there, didn't leave, and none of it disturbed him. He was very cool during the bashing. That signals an empty, disturbed man. Sleep well my friend.
how's this: i think you are nice
Guys, I just called that Meredith woman, and she just blew me off and had me transferred to the reader representative line.
Is there anything else we can do to go after the LA Times and make the lives of those pigs miserable?
Guys, I just called that Meredith woman, and she just blew me off and had me transferred to the reader representative line.
Is there anything else we can do to go after the LA Times and make the lives of those pigs miserable?