****** John McCain Gave Money to Fund Rashid Khalidi's organization *********

[FUCK_BUSH]

and now he is attacking Obama on this issue.This is crazy.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/10/the-khalidi-gam.html

[dennis4868]

1. not a suprise...

he attacks Obama for spreading the wealth yet he does the same thing by giving more money to the wealthiest americans....

[Florida33156]

2. Crazy...

...or just another Wednesday in the McCain campaign.

[Overseas]

3. K&R for more evidence of McPanic hypocrisy. And clips //nt

CLIPS:

McCain today said, “The Los Angeles Times refuses to make that videotape public...I’m not in the business of talking about media bias…but what if there was a tape of John McCain with a neo-Nazi outfit...I think the treatment of the issue would be slightly different.”

But McCain has his own connection to Khalidi.

In 1993, McCain became chairman of the International Republican Institute. He still chairs that respected organization.

That same year, Khalidi helped found the Center for Palestine Research and Studies, self-described as “an independent academic research and policy analysis institution” created to meet “the need for active Palestinian scholarship on issues related to Palestine.”

Khalidi was on the board of trustees through 1999.

According to tax returns the McCain-chaired IRI funded the organization Khalidi founded and served on to the tune of $448,873 in 1998 (click HERE to see the tax return) and to the tune of $389,621 in 1999 (click HERE) as first reported by Seth Couter Walls at HuffPo.

[thewiseguy]

4. RASHID KHALILI IS NOT A TERRORIST

He is a University professor who happens to have his own opinion on Israel and Palestine.

[denverbill]

7. That's not the point. Not at this juncture anyway.

You and I know that, but mushy-middle voters may not, and it's that tiny number who could potentially be influenced by a 'Fox' propaganda piece tying Obama to Khalili.

These are the same people who believed Saddam was responsible for 9-11. The same mushy group that supported the Iraq war in 2003, but opposed it a few years later.

They are flip-flopping fools that hear a middle-eastern sounding name and assume the guy is a terrorist, especially if he's Palestinian or Iranian.

The story needs to get out about McCain funding him before the McCainiacs really start pushing the accusation the Obama somehow helped or spoke kindly about him.

The mushy-middle didn't care that Bill Ayers was a college professor when Obama first met him, and they won't care that Khalili is a college professor either. If he's Palestinian, and Obama had any association with him, Fox news will run the story non-stop, unless word gets out about McCain funding him.

I'm sure Khalili is a fine person, but I have no qualms about throwing him under the bus in this case.

[nc4bo]

5. The Mccain campaign is stupid.

Sorry but that's the first word that came to mind.

[and-justice-for-all]

6. General Rule...

If McCain/Repukes are making an accusation, they themselves, have in fact have engaged in the act they are accusing some one else of.

[Ian David]

8. Karl Rove strategy: Whatever your weaknesses are, accuse your opponent of them first. n/t

[sonias]

9. So whose been palling around with terrorists now?

I can't wait to hear Sarah Palin denouncing this association. Yeah right! :eyes:


Sonia

[Hope And Change]

10. K & R!

[FrenchieCat]

11. Whatever he accuses Obama of doing, McCain is guilty of.

It is just that simple!