--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" > <j_alexander_stanley@> wrote: > > > "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. > > > "Yesterday, readers of our blog were witness to the birth of viral meme. > > An 0bama troll dropped by our post on the LA Times video suppression, > and informed us that the Obama-Khalidi association really wasn't any > big deal. Otherwise, why would John McCain have given over $400,000 to a > Palestinian group that Khalidi worked with? > > I googled his cut-and-paste comment and discovered that the exact same > phrase had been already been posted to the internet over 500 times." > > That same verbatim phrase now has been posted over 18,000 times! > <http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Ae\ > n-US%3Aofficial&q=During+the+1990s%2C+while+he+served+as+chairman+of+the\ > +International+Republican+Institute+%28IRI%29%2C+McCain+distributed+seve\ > ral+grants+to+the+Palestinian+research+center+co-founded+by+Khalidi%2C++\ > &btnG=Search> > McCain gave money to Khalidi? The truth behind the meme > <http://nukegingrich.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/mccain-gave-money-to-khali\ > di-the-truth-behind-the-meme/> Posted on October 30, 2008 by nuke > Obviously the O-bots think it's working. > > The problem is, it is only a distraction, designed to produce an > illusion. > > Aaron Klein, writing at WND, shines the light of truth > <http://www.worldnetdaily.com/?pageId=79441> on the 0bama cover story. > > It's true that McCain distributed several grants, including one > worth about half a million dollars, to the Center for Palestine Research > and Studies, or CPRS, a West Bank organization associated with Khalidi. > > What the 0-bots fail to mention is that CPRS is pro-Western and can be > characterized as pro-Israel. > > Its work has been condemned by the Palestinian leadership and by local > terror groups as "Zionist propaganda." > > In contrast, the Khalidi organization Obama helped fund as a board > member for a nonprofit, alongside domestic terrorist William Ayers, has > taken a flagrantly anti-Israel line. Khalidi's Arab American Action > Network has hosted scores of Israel-bashing events, including at least > one reportedly attended by Obama. > > The Obama-Khalidi connection is one more straw. Is it the one that > finally breaks the donkey's back? > > Free The Tape!!! > <http://michellemalkin.com/2008/10/30/protest-at-the-la-times/>
Personally, I have more faith in the intellectual integrity of Glenn Greewald than Whirled Nut Daily or Michelle Malkin. http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/10/31/neocons/index.html
