--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "boo_lives" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Not that the mentally deranged or LIVs care, but here is a good > summary of the khalid nonsense by the washington post: > > "It turns out that McCain is treading on tricky ground when he cites > the Khalidi case as an example of Obama consorting with terrorist > sympathizers. The Obama campaign was quick to point out that an > organization co-founded by Khalidi has received large sums of grant > money from the International Republican Institute, chaired by McCain > since 1993. One such grant was for $448,873 in 1998 to assist the > Center for Palestine Research and Studies in its work in the West Bank. > > This is a case of guilt by association gone haywire. Both President > Bush and Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice have had extensive > dealings with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who is > much more closely identified with the PLO than Rashidi ever was. > Verdict: the McCain camp has wildly exaggerated the significance of > the Obama-Ayers-Khalidi triangle."
Here's Keith Olbermann's snarky take on it: http://crooksandliars.com/nicole-belle/countdown-campaign-comment-rank-hypoc http://tinyurl.com/6c9rof
