Still one more terrorist connection to Obama

It was a celebration of Palestinian culture -- a night of music, dancing and a dash of politics. Local Arab Americans were bidding farewell to Rashid Khalidi, an internationally known scholar, critic of Israel and advocate for Palestinian rights, who was leaving town for a job in New York.
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Sounds like a good party. What's the problem again?
 
Two Quotes From the Tape

"Saw a clip from the tape. Reason we can't release it is because statements Obama said to rile audience up during toast. He congratulates Khalidi for his work saying "Israel has no God-given right to occupy Palestine" plus there's been "genocide against the Palestinian people by Israelis."

It would be really controversial if it got out. That's why they will not even let a transcript get out."
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The longer it is under wraps, the more attention it gets.
 
If those are the statements then I don't see any problem. Good thing your blogger has the true scoop on all this. :laugh:
 
"It must be nice for a candidate to have major news organizations looking after his best interests like that," Palin said. "In this case, we have a newspaper willing to throw aside even the public's right to know in order to protect a candidate that its own editorial board has endorsed. And if there's a Pulitzer Prize category for excelling in cow-towing, then the L.A. Times, you're winning."
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You betcha!
 
Fox News or The Drudge Report clearly would take that prize. Once again Palin makes a foolish statement.

Even your bloggers best guess don't even come up with anything woth worrying about.

That's got to be frustrating. :laugh:
 
McCain is apparently a terrorist. :rofl3:

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."
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/28/mccain-funded-work-of-pal_n_138606.html
 
Moral equivalence and straw men compose more than 95% of Obama’s responses to allegations and accusations.

It is a non-story. He gave money in the late 90's to the organization which has a LOT of folks involved in it and is essentially a polling/public opinion org. The relationship ended in 2000 and the org is defunct.

Obama attended a dinner that promoted the destruction of Israel.



For Immediate Release
October 29, 2008

Washington, DC – “Questions have arisen regarding the International Republican Institute’s (IRI) work with Palestinians in the 1990s.

“In the 1990s, IRI gave grants to the Center for Palestinian Research and Studies (CPRS) for polling in the West Bank/Gaza. The polls measured support for the peace process, for various Palestinian political groups, and for efforts to enhance governance in the West Bank/Gaza. At that time no other organization could credibly conduct polling in the West Bank/Gaza.

“We understand that Rashid Khalidi was one of the many founders of CPRS, and we understand that he was for some (unclear) amount of time a board member. IRI did not in the 1990s conduct background checks of grantees’ founders or board members. IRI did on a number of occasions vet CPRS as an organization, including, as was our custom, with the Israeli government, and we were given no cause for concern.

“We do not recall any contact between Mr. Khalidi and IRI, and there is no evidence that Mr. Khalidi benefited in any way from IRI's grants.

“Other organizations that reportedly gave funding to CPRS include the National Endowment for Democracy, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Center for International Private Enterprise, the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations, the Japanese Embassy, and Germany’s Friedrich Naumann Stiftung.

“IRI’s relationship with CPRS ended in 2000, and we understand that it no longer exists.” http://www.iri.org/newsreleases/2008-10-29-IRI.asp
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Cerise said:
Moral equivalence and straw men compose more than 95% of Obama’s responses to allegations and accusations.

It is a non-story. He gave money in the late 90's to the organization which has a LOT of folks involved in it and is essentially a polling/public opinion org. The relationship ended in 2000 and the org is defunct.

Obama attended a dinner that promoted the destruction of Israel.
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That's a lie. The dinner did not promote the destruction of Israel. I would would say you're right there isn't a moral equivalence.

McCain donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to him while Obama just had dinner.

If there's a problem McCain's is much worse bigger.
 
Moral equivalence and straw men compose more than 95% of Obama’s responses to allegations and accusations.

It is a non-story. He gave money in the late 90's to the organization which has a LOT of folks involved in it and is essentially a polling/public opinion org. The relationship ended in 2000 and the org is defunct.

http://www.iri.org/newsreleases/2008-10-29-IRI.asp
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Obama attended a dinner that promoted the destruction of Israel.

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-obamamideast10apr10,0,1780231,full.story



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Actually, no he didn't.

You realize that there's nothing in that article that says the dinner promoted the destruction of Isael right.

Why do you insist on lying? It's coming off as pure desperation.

Obama had dinner....McCain gave him hundreds of thousands of dollars.
 
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