October 30, 2008

  • Covering up an event...

    Newspaper 'suppressing' Obama link to anti-Israel professor
    Jim Brown - OneNewsNow - 10/29/2008 7:15:00 AM var addthis_pub = 'onenewsnow';

    Conservative author and counterterrorism expert Andy McCarthy is criticizing the Los Angeles Times for not releasing a 2003 videotape it obtained of Barack Obama giving a toast to an anti-Israel professor who formerly served as a spokesman for late PLO leader Yasser Arafat.

     

    Rashid KhalidiThe LA Times is being accused of "suppressing" a 2003 tape of a farewell gathering in Chicago for then University of Chicago Mideast studies professor Rashid Khalidi, who is a longtime virulent critic of Israel and has justified Palestinian terrorist attacks against the Jewish state. Barack Obama paid a special tribute to Khalidi that night and noted that he and Michelle were frequent dinner companions of the Khalidis.
     
    Former Weather Underground terrorist Bill Ayers and his wife Bernadine Dohrn were also in attendance at the Khalidi bash. While Obama and Ayers served on the board of the left-wing Woods Fund together, they underwrote the Arab-American Action Network (AAAN) to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars. The anti-Israel group was started by Khalidi and his wife Mona.


    Andy McCarthy, the chairman of the Center for Law and Counterterrorism at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies and the legal affairs editor at National Review, says it is obvious why the LA Times is not releasing the tape of the Khalidi bash.
     
    "If either John McCain or Sarah Palin or another prominent Republican or prominent conservative had been at a party, basically in honor of somebody who is a terror apologist, at which terrorists were front and center in attendance, one can't even imagine the thought that the mainstream media, including the LA Times, would not only release that tape but actually fill us for days if not weeks with story after story about the gory details of it," McCarthy contends.
     
    This is yet another example, according to McCarthy, of the mainstream press "covering up" an event that is embarrassing and difficult for Obama to explain.

     

    Read McCarthy's column on National Review:

    The LA Times suppresses Obama's Khalidi bash tape 

    Comments on this article:
    • "In Isaiah 41:11 the Lord is promising Israel "All who rage against you will surely be ashamed and disgraced; those who oppose you will be as nothing and perish." My question is, where are all of the American Jews in this? I hear that many are planning on voting for Obama because they have always voted for liberal Democrats. Aren't we all(Christians and Jews) called to fight against evil? Where is the Jewish voice in all of this?"
    • "If Obama is elected, Israel is really going to need our prayers. If America turns its back on Israel, the circumstances will be disasterous for this country."
    • "Are US Citizens too distracted to see what is happening in the US? Is distraction the tool of choice for the "enemy". It is hoped that citizens are not just asleep or apathetic. Christians are to keep watch and be on guard (1Cor.16.13, Col.4.2, 1Pet.5.8 & 1 Thessalonians 5). The "enemy" wants us to give up and be distracted - but Jesus does not want that."
    • "Once the liberal news media crowns someone as their king, you can bet they'll never do anything to crucify him. He is safe in the arms of the liberal news media, but he hasn't gotten away with anything. Hebrews 4:13"
    • "So why doesn't the amendment affect Obama? It seems that America has blinders and earmuffs on where Obama is concerned. All they hear is "change", but, just don't want to listen to what kind of "change" and which direction that "change" is headed.....DOWN! We are in for a long and hard spiral downward very soon if he gets in the White House. This man is absolutely evil and , if elected, will be helping to fulfill the Scriptures to set the stage for the antichrist. Mark my words. All we can do is pray and ask God, once more, for His mercy and intervention."
    • "How did the LA Times article go so unnoticed if it was written back in April.My God, how did we get here? LA Times should be forced to release the tape! This is critical to our country and this election! This isn't about journalism anymore this is a critical election about The United States Of America and We The People! This is why Obama is trying to get the early vote out! I have never in my life seen so much voter and voter registration fraud in my life but seems ACORN and all of Obama's connection are always linked to it! The caucuses in the primaries from what I have read and heard were handled with corruption and fraud by the Obama campaign! God help us bring forth the truth before Tuesday!"
    • "America, take action and pray. Warn others of impending danger so they will inform themselves with the facts to make an intelligent vote. Pray for God's divine will to be done. Realize that God is in control and there is a reason and purpose for all things. God's word tell us of events and conditions(like the days of Noah) that must take place before Jesus comes to remove the salt and light of the earth. So if, despite voting intelligently, Obama becomes President do not let your heart be troubled as it is another reason for people to accept the salvation that comes through Jesus."
    • "'No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office,civil or military under the United States or under any State...that has given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.'Amendment 14 Section 3"