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."
It's also getting play at Little Green Footballs.
The John McCain campaign is demanding that the Los Angeles Times release the videotape of Barack Obama toasting former PLO spokesman Rashid Khalidi, at a party attended by radical Palestinian activists and former Weather Underground terrorists Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn.
The Los Angeles Times has pulled their editorial heads into their shells, hoping it will all blow over. But the buzz is only spreading further.
Brit Hume opened his Fox News show with this story today, and reported that the Times is now saying “No comment.”
LA Times excuses so far:
* “We did report on it. Why aren’t you happy with that?”
* “There are ethical problems with releasing the tape.”
* “No comment.”
Yahoo News:
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.
Sean Hannity.
Life of Rubin:
This is just another example of the type of thing we can expect from a (g-d forbid) Obama Presidency. While so many of my friends on the Left are stuck in la la land, gazing in a haze and the tall man, with a bright smile and warm words, they don’t realize what kind of disaster we are in for, especially in the Israel/Us realm.
This is a man who is even more radically liberal than Jimmy Carter, a man who sympathizes, defends and supports Hamas and Hizballah. This is the type of snobbish anti Israel Politician who doesn’t see “bad guys” or “evil people” just two sides having a disagreement. When a person can’t even see the difference between a terrorist and a soldier we have massive problems.
A President Obama will lean on Israel for more consessions from israel than they have ever been asked for. We will certainly see a divided Jersualem, and much more. He will allow the UN to vote as they will against Israel and in the coming years, all my liberal friends will be shocked that the man they thought was our Messiah is really the harbinger of disaster for Israel and of course America.
From Hillbuzz:
Oh, Lordy, Lordy, this is going to be fun.
We’ve told you before that at Obama fundraisers here in Chicago (which we were invited to by people who knew we’d listen closely and dish everything we heard on HillBuzz…
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The second punch we were told was coming involves Obama’s presence at a 2003 dinner where Palestinian Rhashid Khalidi was honored, amongst frequent calls for the immediate destruction of the state of Israel. Obama and Michelle attended this hatefest, smiling throughout, with reports of Bernadine Dohrn and William Ayers in attendance (and possibly sharing a table with the Obamas).
Just imagine a photo like this with Obama at the table with better known kooks, terrorists, and radicals (where Michelle exhibits more of her refined table manners). In the LA Times video, there’s a very good chance that Bernadine Dohrn is seated to the left of Michelle and Ayers is seated to the right of Obama, since the two couples would most likely have shared the same table at this event for Khalidi. We believe this is why the LA Times refuses to release the videotape of Obama at this event: it would not only place Obama at a dinner that called for the destruction of Israel, but would call out his lie that Ayers was just some man from the neighborhood: and not someone the Obamas had dinner with, or even let babysit their daughters (as people in Chicago repeatedly admit).
We believe the increased calls for the LA Times to release the Obama-Khalidi video — coming from the McCain camp today — is setting the stage for release of the video either tomorrow or Thursday, in an effort to blunt the impact of whatever Obama says during his Wednesday night informercial.
All eyes are on the LA Times right now — so if the tape sits in GOP hands, it’s far better for the Times to be pressured to release it on its own, and to do so at a time when the narrative shouldn’t be about Obama’s big informercial, but instead about Obama sitting at dinner with terrorists, laughing and having a grand old time while speaker after speaker calls for the destruction of Israel and the death of all Israelis.
Because that’s what we’ve heard went on at this dinner.
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