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Have we talked about the LA Times tape?
A co-worker just brought this up to me like it was some big scandal, and it's why she fears Obama. It looks like a non story to me. He publicly is pro-Israel, and advocates for common ground. What am I missing?
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-video29-2008oct29,0,5458024.story
John McCain's presidential campaign Tuesday accused the Los Angeles
Times of "intentionally suppressing" a videotape it obtained of a 2003
banquet where then-state Sen. Barack Obama spoke of his friendship with
Rashid Khalidi, a leading Palestinian scholar and activist.
The Times first reported on the videotape in an April 2008 story
about Obama's ties with Palestinians and Jews as he navigated the
politics of Chicago. The report included a detailed description of the
tape, but the newspaper did not make the video public.
The Times on Tuesday issued a statement about its decision not to post the tape.
"The Los Angeles Times did not publish the videotape because it was provided to us by a confidential source who did so on the condition that we not release it," said the newspaper's editor, Russ Stanton. "The Times keeps its promises to sources."
The original article said that Obama's friendships with Palestinian Americans in Chicago and his presence at Palestinian community events had led some to think he was sympathetic to the Palestinian viewpoint on Middle East politics. Obama publicly expresses a pro-Israel viewpoint that pleases many Jewish leaders.
In reporting on Obama's presence at the dinner for Khalidi, the article noted that some speakers expressed anger at Israel and at U.S. foreign policy, but that Obama in his comments called for finding common ground.
It said that Khalidi in the 1970s often spoke to reporters on behalf of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Khalidi later lived near Obama while teaching at the University of Chicago. He is now a professor of Arab studies at Columbia University in New York.
Re: Have we talked about the LA Times tape?
It constantly amazes me that the far right takes issue with the fact that Obama always looks to find middle ground. I would think that's one of the greatest assets a world leader can possess.
And, side note---should McCain's daughter not have attended Columbia, since crazy palestinian Khalidi teaches there?
he's also a professor at Columbia University, with many mainstream defenders. A group he led was funded by the International Republican Institute, which McCain chairs,
So McCain actually seems to have greater ties to this man than Obama does. Genius!
This is exactly it. It makes my head hurt.
Wow, that's a really good point.