Let’s try a thought experiment. Say John McCain attended a party at which known racists and terror mongers were in attendance. Say testimonials were given, including a glowing one by McCain for the benefit of the guest of honor … who happened to be a top apologist for terrorists. Say McCain not only gave a speech but stood by, in tacit approval and solidarity, while other racists and terror mongers gave speeches that reeked of hatred for an American ally and rationalizations of terror attacks.
Now let’s say the Los Angeles Times obtained a videotape of the party.
Question: Is there any chance — any chance — the Times would not release the tape and publish front-page story after story about the gory details, with the usual accompanying chorus of sanctimony from the oped commentariat? Is there any chance, if the Times was the least bit reluctant about publishing (remember, we’re pretending here), that the rest of the mainstream media (y’know, the guys who drove Trent Lott out of his leadership position over a birthday-party toast) would not be screaming for the release of the tape?
Do we really have to ask?
So now, let’s leave thought experiments and return to reality: Why is the Los Angeles Times sitting on a videotape of the 2003 farewell bash in Chicago at which Barack Obama lavished praise on the guest of honor, Rashid Khalidi — former mouthpiece for master terrorist Yasser Arafat?
Please follow the link to read the whole article…. just amazing.
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Khalidi never worked for the PLO or the PA and has never been associated with Yasser Arafat. You are participating in yellow journalism by continuing to pass along these lies.
Rashid Khalidi has founded groups with the goal of creating a peaceful two state solution. To accuse him of supporting terrorism is shameful.
give me a break! as a columbia alum, reports of Khalidi’s vitriol and hate speech re: Israel are mild in the article. the guy is at best a terrorist sympathizer. I have hard him say (in the flesh) say that Israeli women and children are fair game for terrorist – oops — I mean “freedom fighters” – simply by breathing in Israel.
I am not a jounalist, just a (then) student curiuos about all rucus who wanted to hear for myself what this dude had to say. I heard way more than I expected.
Edmund… are you friggin kidding me?
Khalidi was the PLO press chief for Jerusalem for like a decade!
And I am not accusing HIM of any terrorist acts.
Take MY words literally and for what they are. Don’t read into them. I am very precise in my word choice for a reason.
oh look:
The Center for Palestine Research and Studies conducted regular public opinion surveys in the West Bank and Gaza with financial support from various foundations and from the International Republican Institute, McCain’s organization for promoting democracy around the world.
Under McCain’s leadership, the IRI gave at least $838,494 to Khalidi’s group in 1988 and 1999, according to the IRI’s tax returns.
Thanks for censoring comments too.
Edmund, I do not censor comments. If you post is full of links, it gets caught by the spam filter, but that is not me, but if you continue to have a shitty attitude, I will remove your comments and let you know that you are not welcome to come back.
If you have constructive comments, please feel free to leave them, but check the attitude at the door please.
Thank you.
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, I rate this article for 4/5. Detailed info, but I just have to go to that damn msn to find the missed parts. Thanks, anyway!