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October 30, 2008 | 1:58 pm

Protesters storm LA Times, demand Obama-Khalidi tape

Posted by Brad A. Greenberg

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We’re now on Day 3 of Obama-Khalidi video watch at The God Blog.

Tuesday McCain joined the conservative bloggers and pundits demanding the Los Angeles Times release a video of Barack Obama at a 2003 farewell dinner for scholar Rashid Khalidi, an outspoken critic of Israel. Yesterday demands from angry readers grew and McCain, on the campaign trail, accused the Times of protecting its favored son. Today protests have been organized outside the Times’ building on Spring Street. VideoJew Jay Firestone is there right now; we should have footage up soon.

This whole “controversy” will be moot by this time next week, regardless of whether the tape is ever released. And don’t count on it to be. A surprising defense of the Times and reporter Peter Wallsten—one I would agree with—comes from Fox News:

To me, it’s pretty simple. Reporter Peter Wallsten made an agreement with a source to refrain from publicly disclosing the tape. Unless that source lets Wallsten off the hook, the reporter is journalistically bound to abide by the agreement, regardless of how much heat his newspaper takes from pundits on TV.

Indeed, Wallsten has little choice in the matter. If he were to cave in to mounting public demands for the tape, no self-respecting source would ever give him another shred of information. Nor should they.

Again, I don’t understand why the newspaper won’t release a transcript of the tape or why Obama was only paraphrased and not quoted. But all the protesting in the world isn’t going to push the Times to make the tape public. I would hope that Wallsten has gone back to the source, over and over, and urged their permission to release the tape. But, if he hasn’t, attacking his reputation isn’t going to encourage him to do so.

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SO WHAT ABOUT THE TAPE. IT WAS A FAREWELL PARTY.
HERE IS MCCAINS STRATEGY YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT.
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6584

Comment by OBAMAMAN on 10/30/08 at 2:20 pm

Posted: October 29, 2008
6:29 pm Eastern
By Aaron Klein
© 2008 WorldNetDaily

JERUSALEM – Sen. John McCain chaired an organization that granted substantial funding to a Palestinian research group co-chaired by Mideast professor Rashid Khalidi, a harsh critic of Israel and apologist for Palestinian terror.

The report – first carried by the Huffington Post website – comes amid harsh criticism from McCain’s campaign of Sen. Barack Obama for his personal and financial ties to Khalidi.

The website documented how in the 1990s, while he served as chairman of the International Republican Institute (IRI), McCain distributed several documented 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.

Comment by Janet H on 10/30/08 at 4:31 pm

Previous comment refers to support to an organization which Khalidi was in its board. That is not the point.
The Real point is the participation of Obama in a party in which dozen of Israel haters were speaking at length against the Jewish state right to exist. Knowing Obama’s character, it is safe to assume that he said some things to please the audience that if seen by Jewish and Israel supporters will be devastating to his chances on Nov 4th.
LA Times, Free the tape for the sake of the public right to know!

Comment by Moshe on 10/30/08 at 5:13 pm

What part of “Israel’s security is sacrosanct” don’t you understand Moshe? Why do you hate Israel? Why do you support Christian lunatics that want to stage their Armageddon in Erets Israel?

The Times is holding the tape under a confidentiality agreement, just like any other journalist would. This story is six months old—it was the LA TIMES that broke it.

You just weren’t paying attention then because you were correct in assuming this doesn’t matter.

What has happened to your Jewish conscience that makes it so easy for you to lie and distort the truth?

Comment by Jon on 10/30/08 at 5:20 pm

Hello All—Please take notice.  Under an Obama regime many of our professional voluntary military personnel will decide to depart their profession vice take orders from such an inexperienced leader.  Get ready for a future draft “just like under Johnson”.  Let’s let the liberals fight the next wars “if you can find them in Canada”  Gary

Comment by Gary on 10/30/08 at 7:11 pm

Why oh why any critisism of Israel is deemed to be so wrong? I would love to be enlightened on this. Is it because Palestine is seen as a terrorist state? Surel we’re not that naive.

Comment by Hoodoo on 10/30/08 at 7:40 pm

Gary, It is sad that all you and your ilk have to offer is fear and McCarthyism.  The contest is not yet over, but I sincerely hope that you and all the other fear-fascists are sent back to your caves to stare at the shadows .

Comment by john on 10/30/08 at 8:29 pm

It may be day three of the Khalidi tape watch, but it’s year two of the McCain Plan for the Presidency watch.  Does anyone know what this guy stands for?  Does he even know?  Does he stand for anything?

He cares more about a tape of Obama at a party for a guy he gave a half a million dollars to than he cares about WHAT HE WOULD ACTUALLY DO AS PRESIDENT.

Comment by jess on 10/30/08 at 11:04 pm

Dear Obama deciples who happen to love Israel,

What if you heard on the tape that Obama said that Israel performs genocide against the Palestinians? Would that change your opinion about your leader?
Wouldn’t you want to refute these ugly rumours by watching the full tape?

Comment by yaakov on 10/31/08 at 2:52 am

It sad that we live in a day and time that the journalist only tell half the story. They do not even try and hide the fact that they are. If this had been McCain they would have BLARRED it all oner the air ways. BEEP, BEEP, BEEP… this just in we have a tape that shows McCain rubbing shoulders with Palestinian activist Rashid Khalidi. If the source agreed are not. It freedom of speech, they would say that if the source had not wanted it aired they would not have brought it to the newspaper. if you would listen to Obama he has been cought having a slip of the toung. He said in one interview that McCain had not said anything about HIs Muslim religion. the report er had to remind him he was a Christian. I know we all have the right to our on belief. That is why we came to this GREAT AMERICA! We also have the right to hear the hole story not just the side they want us to know. If this had happened when we were at war with Japan. And someone from the Japanese desent wanted to run he would have not made it to the door. We would have kicked him out so fast he head would have turned. But now We are at war the Muslims and he might be our President. Just because he is a Dem. it makes it all better. If we really love this Country then would we trun it over to the very people who has Killed thousands of Americans here and over seas. And he will anounce after he is President that he has gone back to his Muslim Faith, I want to know why we are turning OUR COUNTRY over to Terriest!

Comment by tricia on 11/01/08 at 2:53 am

I saw this today, another view of the problem.

http://www.kurdmedia.com/article.aspx?id=15181
Tales from the inside…the real problem with Obama’s Khalidi

“So, my fiends, the above is the real problem with Osama’s Khalidi-type frienda and associates.
Being “pro-Arab” is not the concern—as Fox, meaning well, has nevertheless presented the case. At least they have made an issue of this…
The problem has always been that for Arabs, anyone who claims that scores of millions of non-Arabs (whom Arabs once conquered during their own imperialist expansions) also deserve a slice of the justice pie in the region is by definition anti-Arab. There is no justice other than Arab justice. To be pro-Arab one must demonize and deny any others any justice at all.

Whether Obama’s alleged statement about Israel’s “genocide” against Palestinians (Arabs by another name—most of whom came from elsewhere) and other gems reported to be on that unreleased LA Times video tape are true or not, Obama’s admiration, association, and so forth of, by, or with the likes of Farrakhan, Rezko, Khalidi, Wright, Jackson, Brzezinski, Mr. Apartheid Israel Peanut, Malley, Soros, McPeak, Kkalid Al Mansour, etc. and so forth have to be beyond coincidental.

And this should be the cause of real concern—even for those all-too-many let’s jump onto the cattle cars for relocation again Jews”
taken from KurdishMedia.com - By Gerald A. Honigman   01/11/2008 00:00:00

Comment by Jan on 11/01/08 at 5:42 pm

Can anyone help?  What I don’t understand is that they are saying that the economy is the number one concern of voters…that makes lots of sense.  But why are they voting for the people who are responsible for ruining the economy….for eliminating the controls that would prevent this from happening….for forcing banks to give loans to people who couldn’t afford them?  Is it that the media didn’t properly educate the voters or are the voters just that dumb?

Comment by Foxxy Lady on 11/04/08 at 8:22 pm

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