Obama-Khalidi Tape: Blogger Obtains Quotes from Hidden Video UPDATED
LA Times:
Won’t Release Video of Obama-Khalidi
UPDATES to follow at end of story.
UPDATE #1 -0921 EDT
UPDATE #2 – 0930 EDT
UPDATE #3 – 0944 EDT
See also: LA Times Obama-Rashid Khalidi Video: $175,000 Reward Offered for Tape for the latest news on the Obama-Khalidi video the LA Times refuses to release.
“Israel has no God-given right to occupy Palestine.”
Remember when the LA Times circulated a memo telling its reporters not to write about John Edwards being caught with his mistress–in LA? [John Edwards-Rielle Hunter Love Child: LA Times Censors Reporters on Story]. The Times refused to inform its readers of the news until Edwards gave the struggling paper his okay by confessing on ABC’s Nightline.
The LA Times is continuing this recent tradition of deciding which news which doesn’t fit its editorial room political views it will allow its readers to see.
However, highly-reliable blogger, Doug Ross has a RED ALERT: Two Quotes from the Obama-Khalidi Video the LA Times won’t release. DBKP worked with Ross on the John Edwards scandal story and he’s proved careful and reliable in the past–both in his use of sources and in his reporting.
From Ross’ usually-reliable LA source:
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.
To which Ross replies: “Yep, I guess that would do it”
The McCain campaign and conservative websites have called upon the Times to release the video.
The Times has given four different reasons–thus far–for keeping the video hidden from its readers.
The LA Times can look no further than this latest episode of political censorship for reasons it’s in a death spiral.
Who wants to spend hard-earned cash on a newspaper that won’t print inconvenient political news?
At least LA sales of the National Enquirer should continue to climb at the expense of the LA Times.
UPDATE #1 – 0921 EDT
Why does the video matter? Why is it important?
Because Obama has portrayed himself as a strong friend of Israel. Of course, Obama had also previously portrayed himself as a strong friend of sticking to public financing of his campaign.
From Rashid Khalidi Referred to Arafat’s PLO As ‘We’:
Obama’s relationship with Khalidi has become an issue because during his campaign for president, the Illinois senator has portrayed himself as strongly pro-Israel.
Khalidi has denied being a spokesman for the PLO during his years in Lebanon, when he taught political studies at the American University of Beirut in the second half of the 1970s and the early 1980s.
During that period, the PLO was based in the Lebanese capital, having been expelled from Jordan after an abortive attempt to topple King Hussein. In Beirut Arafat’s group established a “state within a state†taking over entire residential areas, setting up roadblocks, and extorting protection taxes. The PLO became a party to Lebanon’s civil war, backing Muslims against Maronite Christians.
Another associate whom the Obama campaign would like to keep quiet. The campaign has had help from the AP and New York Times in tamping down the Bill Ayers damage.
Now, the campaign is getting help from the LA Times. But pressure is building on the Times to ‘fess up.
UPDATE #2 – 0930 EDT
Fox News writes about the Videotape of Barack Obama You Won’t See on the News Is Making News.
The McCain camp has now joined those demanding The Los Angeles Times release a 2003 video that shows Barack Obama celebrating with a group of Palestinians hostile to Israel.
Peter Wallsten wrote in April about Obama’s association with former Palestinian operative Rashid Khalidi. The celebration was a farewell for Khalidi as he left Chicago for a job in New York. Wallsten called Khalidi a, “critic of Israel and advocate for Palestinian rights.”
He says, “A special tribute came from Khalidi’s friend and frequent dinner companion, the young State Senator Barack Obama… Obama reminisced about meals prepared by Khalidi’s wife… and conversations that had challenged his thinking.”
Wallsten writes that a young Palestinian read a poem accusing the Israeli government of terrorism. Another speaker likened Israeli settlers on the West Bank to Usama bin Laden.
Hmmm….
UPDATE #3 – 0944 EDT
Maggie Thornton on Fox News’ Shep Smith, Israel and Joe the Plumber: What Joe the Plumber Knows that Shep Smith Ignores: Israel
Somewhere today at a McCain rally, a Jewish senior citizen stepped up to the Mike and told Joe the Plumber that he thought a vote for Obama was a vote for the death of Israel. Joe said he could agree to that.
The story has morphed into Shepard Smith’s (Fox News) indignant outrage directly at Joe the Plumber. How dare Joe put that dangerous idea in the heads of silly Americans. Joe said he had his opinions, and McCain could have his and Americans can research and make up their own minds.
Smith did his best to skewer Joe and intimated that Joe’s opinions were formed from the “hateful things spread all over the internet.” Smith shook his head in dismay and disgust and basically declared that Obama has taken up the mantle of the Jewish struggle and no one could be more concerned about Israel than Obama and, oh yes,…he quoted Obama: “nothing is more important than the U.S. friendship with Israel” and then Smith said “Obama would back Israel every moment of every day.” View the video at the end of this article.
Seems like if the LA Times would release the Obama-Khalidi tape, Smith could update his quotes.
by Mondo
image: dbkp file
There is also an article by the LA Times earlier this year that said that Michelle Obama went to a party given by Rashid Khalidi, some months ago to celebrate the wedding of his daughter. Also, reported elsewhere, the Ayers were in attendance at that party. Here’s the link:
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-obamamideast10apr10,0,1780231,full.story
I was reading an archived John Kass article in the Chicago Tribune last night and Mayor Daley admitted to John Kass that Ayers and Obama are friends. Daley said “They’re friends. So what?”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-kass-mk-bd-12-oct12,0,5393672.column
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Full disclosure: I am an Obama supporter and support Israel’s right to a peaceful existence 100%.
Question – why are Obama’s quotes as noted above offensive? To say his discussions with someone of a differing view “challenges his thinking”? To say Israel has no God given right to occupy another territory? I agree, if accurate, the genocide comment is an exaggeration and wrong to have said. We’ve had 8 years of Bush’s unwavering neocon ideology and it has only screwed us at home and abroad. I think Obama’s ability to listen to opposing views is an asset, provided that he then acts appropriately.
I listen to Limbaugh and Hannity a lot to challenge my thinking. It doesn’t make me a right wing shill. It helps me understand why I hold my own views, to hear a contrary opinion.
Our president is generally regarded as the leader of the free world. I view openness to other ideas, especially regarding the world’s trouble spots, as key to our future. Had we understood many Iraqi’s viewed us as occupiers rather than liberators earlier during the Bush War, we might have taken corrective action earlier, spared thousand of lives and casualties, saved bazillions of dollars. How would we have know that if our leaders weren’t speaking with them?
The genius of our Founding Fathers was to give us the right to change course every two years. It happened in 94, limiting Clinton’s power. We missed the opportunity in 2004 becasue of Rove’s deal with the devil to sell fear and Dem ineptness, but got it right in 06 to finally check Bush in the White House with a Dem Congress.
In the event Obama is elected and veers to the left, the US will waste no time in electing a Republican Congress in 2010. Minor issues will be Gridlocked, and major issues will get through by compromise. If that doesn’t work, we’ll elect a Republican prez in 2012. I think Obama can do this simple math, and will govern as a centrist.
Treasure your vote.
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Just another empty talking head telling us to buy into their fantasy world. Smith, you are a delusional idiot.
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Obama doesn’t want the Los Angeles times to release the video tape of Obama praising Khalidi. Palestinian phone banks raised money for Obama. Obama has refused to disclose where about 300 million dollars of his donations have come from. Speculation is that it came from foreign countries. Muslim mosques have raised money for Obama. Obama spent TWENTY YEARS with with Jeremiah Wright’s church, which gave a lifetime achievement award to Jew Hater Louis Farrakhan. Every Muslim leader supports Obama. But, in order to get elected, Obama assures American Jews that he supports Israel. I don’t trust Obama. And, as the election approaches – and you consider Obama’s economic plan …
remember the wise words of Abraham Lincoln
* You cannot help the poor, by destroying the rich.
* You cannot strengthen the weak, by weakening the strong .
* You cannot bring about prosperity, by discouraging thrift.
* You cannot lift the wage earner up, by pulling the wage payer down.
* You cannot further the brotherhood of man, by inciting class hatred.
* You cannot build character and courage, by taking away men’s
initiative and independence.
* You cannot help men permanently, by doing for them what they could
and should, do for themselves.
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Obama has the media and most Americans wrapped around his finger, anyone who challenges him is attack being labeled bitter and racist. This LA Times scandel is proof that the media is his shield protecting him from his associations with terrorists and anti-americans. Obama has accumulated more campaign funding than anyone in history. Could he possibly be using some to bribe and keep things hidden from the people, this type of control reminds me of a great novel called 1984 how the Ministry of Truth used the telescreen to spit out propaganda and indoctrinate its people. Americans need to join together and vote for the sake of democracy.
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Is everyone waiting for this?
http://jumpinginpools.blogspot.com/2008/11/exclusive-transcript-of-khalidi-tape.html
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