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Obama attended a party in 2003 that was hosted to honor Rashid Khalidi (right) an advocate for Palestinian rights, the theme of the event was to bash Israel
The Times described the going-away party for former University of Chicago professor, and Obama friend, Rashid Khalidi, in a story in April. The story reported that Palestinians thought they might have a friend in Obama because of his friendships in that community, despite the fact that his positions have never been particularly pro-Palestinian.
"A major news organization is intentionally suppressing information that could provide a clearer link between Barack Obama and Rashid Khalidi," said McCain spokesman Michael Goldfarb, citing Obama's friendship with Khalidi, who is now a professor at Columbia University.
He said the video could, among other things, show how Obama responded to a poem recited at the party accusing Israel of "terrorism" and warning of consequences for U.S. support for Israel, which Goldfarb described as "hate speech."
"The election is one week away, and it's unfortunate that the press so obviously favors Barack Obama that this campaign must publicly request that the Los Angeles Times do its job — make information public," he said.
The campaign hadn't previously demanded the video, though conservative bloggers have, and neither other reporters nor McCain's researchers have been able to dig up a copy.
Khalidi is a controversial figure, reviled by pro-Israel activists, though not a marginal one. A former professor at the University of Chicago, he's now Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia, and respected by many in academia. He's been criticized most for saying that Palestinians have a right to resist Israeli occupation and has been described as a former P.L.O. spokesman, a label he has denied.
The paper hasn't explained its unwillingness to release the video, and Peter Wallsten, who found the tape and wrote about it, declined to discuss it with me last night. He forwarded an e-mail that the paper has sent readers who have complained as conservative blogs raise the issue.
"Over six months ago the Los Angeles Times published a detailed account of the events shown on the videotape. The Times is not suppressing anything. Just the opposite — the L.A. Times brought the matter to light," wrote the readers' representative, Jamie Gold.
L.A. Times spokeswoman Nancy Sullivan wouldn't discuss the decision not to release the tape in detail.
"When we reported on the tape six months ago, that was our full report," she said, and asked, "Does Politico release unpublished information?"
The answer to that question, of course, is yes — Politico and most news outlets constantly make available videos and documents, while after describing them in part, which is why the Times' decision not to release the video is puzzling. My instinct, and many reporters' at this point, is to share as much source material as possible.
Critics have suggested that the Times is witholding the video for political reasons, but there are other possibilities: competitive reasons, or out of tradition. In the internal mechanics of reporting, there's another possibility as well. The video may have been given to the paper on the condition it not be released, or releasing it could compromise its source.
But the Times hasn't explained the move, and the McCain campaign is turning up the heat on a story that, whether or not the tape is released, is a reminder that some of Obama's Hyde Park friends stand well to the left of his stated positions.
U/D 5:30 PM below is a press release from Assemblyman Dov Hikind
Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) today called upon Senator Barack Obama to request the release of a potentially controversial video in which he is featured praising Rashid Khalidi, former spokesman for the PLO and terrorist mastermind, Yasser Arafat. Khalidi, the Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies and the Director of the Middle East Institute at Columbia University, is a virulent anti-Semite known for his extremist views on Israel. He has called Israel an "apartheid system in creation" and a "racist state" that "brainwashed" Americans do not understand.
“As a leading media source, The L.A. Times owes a duty to its readers to provide unbiased and informative news coverage. Instead, the paper is failing to exhibit journalistic integrity,” Hikind said. “The American people are entitled to know all the facts regarding Obama, not just the ones his campaign, or those colluding with them, has filtered out.
Why is this video being kept from the voters?” Hikind demanded. “What, if anything, is the L.A. Times trying to hide? For the sake of the American people, Obama should immediately make this video public.”
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Oct 28, 2008 at 04:32 PM american Says:
Please save AMERICA FROM THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
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Oct 28, 2008 at 04:44 PM Get Out While You Can Says:
I'm afraid it's too late, #1, GET OUT WHILE YOU CAN. Move to Eretz Yisarel (not that there aren't far too many problems there, but at least it's Eretz haKodesh!
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Oct 28, 2008 at 04:44 PM Anonymous Says:
AS IVE POSTED BEFIRE FOR THOSE OF US WHO DON'T HAVE PASSPORTS GET ONE QUICKLY AS WE R DOOMED IF THIS "O MAMA' GETS ELECTED!
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Oct 28, 2008 at 04:55 PM Julio Says:
Can you imagine FOX holding back a video tape of this kind where McCain paints phrases on a man like Khalidi? Obama will be sooo angry
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Oct 28, 2008 at 05:38 PM JoeFix Says:
Hikind you are not the king or the international spokesman of the Jews and I beg you to shut up
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Oct 28, 2008 at 05:49 PM Sally K Says:
“ Hikind you are not the king or the international spokesman of the Jews and I beg you to shut up ”
Here we have our little local Assemblyman picking a fight with one of the mightiest, well connected and worshipped people of our time. A person that gathers 50,000 clapping, cheering people at the snap of a finger!
Mr Hikind, did you ever hear of the term "Way out of your league"??
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Oct 28, 2008 at 05:48 PM 770 Says:
I am moving to Erets Yisroel and will be settling in Zefat where the air is pure and the kedusha could be touched .
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Oct 28, 2008 at 05:53 PM Anonymous Says:
“ Hikind you are not the king or the international spokesman of the Jews and I beg you to shut up ”
Joefix,
I would say you are just a wee bit jealous....Don't take it to heart..
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Oct 28, 2008 at 05:56 PM Anonymous Says:
“ Hikind you are not the king or the international spokesman of the Jews and I beg you to shut up ”
why would u say that? hikind is right! just bec u like obama or dont like hikind or whatever isnt a reason we should not get too see s-t like that.
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Oct 28, 2008 at 06:03 PM It's Me Says:
Too late is correct. No one seems to care what Obama does or does not do, intend to do or who he associates with. The end of days is near.
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Oct 28, 2008 at 06:02 PM Gefilte Fish Says:
BE SCARED!
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Oct 28, 2008 at 06:01 PM Anonymous Says:
“ Here we have our little local Assemblyman picking a fight with one of the mightiest, well connected and worshipped people of our time. A person that gathers 50,000 clapping, cheering people at the snap of a finger!
Mr Hikind, did you ever hear of the term "Way out of your league"?? ”
Sally K,
Why does it bother you soooo much that Dov Hikind is doing something? Is anybody else even bothering?
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Oct 28, 2008 at 05:59 PM dovid Says:
“ Hikind you are not the king or the international spokesman of the Jews and I beg you to shut up ”
hikind is right and i ask ? WHERE ARE THE OTHER JEWISH LEADERS.WHY ARE U ALL QUIET.
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Oct 28, 2008 at 06:08 PM Anonymous Says:
“ Hikind you are not the king or the international spokesman of the Jews and I beg you to shut up ”
what do you care?
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Oct 28, 2008 at 06:06 PM r u serious Says:
R u guys crazy !
Hide that video! Obama will win over all the anti- semites with that video !
Why are earth should we help obama get elected !
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Oct 28, 2008 at 06:22 PM Avrumi Says:
In NY and NYC your vote for MCCain is a waste. Based upon the electoral system that is used in the USA, NY will go for Obama. You cannot refute that. Therefore by voting for MCCain you accomplish several things:
1. You tell the Democratic Party - that rules NY that they should NOT pander to you or the FRUM community.
2. You tell your local representatives that you don’t support them or their colleagues. They DONT have to pander to you.
3. You weaken the force of the Jewish Vote by showing that we DONT vote as a block. And since we don’t vote as a block we don’t need to be pandered to.
So when things, like road repair, street lights, garbage collection, street cleaning, and other local services don’t seem to be provided as quickly as they should be or used to be ask yourself why? If you don’t support your local officials and the people they support why they should jump faster for you.
There will be arguments to refute the above but you cannot claim the statements above are not true.
If you want your vote to count then move to a state where a small number of votes can swing the outcome. NY is not going to swing Republican. NJ might, FL might. Good Luck
Today’s Jewish Frum population does not seem to remember American History or never learned it. Lets review some of it.
1913 Leo Frank – Lynched in 1915 by Southern Democrats - who later turn Republican in Nixon’s Southern Strategy
NO DOGS, BLACKS OR JEWS ALLOWED – Very famous signs all over conservative America
1933 – 1945 Roosevelt Democrat – Could not directly enter war against Hitler until US attacked because of conservative – isolationist congress BUT - Didn’t Bomb Auschwitz or other camps
1948 Truman Democrat – recognized State of Israel – over conservative congressional objection
1956 Eisenhower Republican – forced Israel to withdraw from Suez after 1956 war
1966 Johnston Democrat Lets Israel have a free hand without criticism during 6 day war
1973 Nixon Republican Withholds shipments of arms to replenish Israel arms after Yom Kippur surprise attack. Causes the DEATH of extra Israel / Jewish soldiers bye his actions. Forces Israel to let the Egyptian army withdraw intact to save face.
1977 Carter Democrat We hate him now but did broker deal between Begin and Sadat
1988 Reagan Republican RECOGNIZED ARAFAT !!!! and start down the road of recognizing the PLO
1989 BUSH I Republican MADRID - FORCES SHAMIR to SIT WITH ARAFAT
BUSH I with James Baker TWISTS ISRAELS ARMS OVER LOAN Guarantees
( Democrat Congress overrides Bush )
1993 Clinton Democrat – Morally wrong – Neutral to negative on Israel
2000 Bush Republican Morally right – Talks positive but Condi twits Israel again
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Oct 28, 2008 at 06:21 PM Anonymous Says:
I AM A WHITE CHASIDIK JEW PROUD TO BE VOTING FOR OBAMA, get over it, there is a reason wy most Americans feel like i feel, President Obama is a very smart intellectual man, (he reminds me of president clinton who is extremely smart) who worked hard and won the american dream.
the self heaters don't understand that when they write "A former professor at the University of Chicago" this is a big benefit for Obama. Finely we will have some smart guy in the white house, not that stupid Bush who was a high school drunk.
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Oct 28, 2008 at 06:15 PM DOVID Says:
“ R u guys crazy !
Hide that video! Obama will win over all the anti- semites with that video !
Why are earth should we help obama get elected ! ”
for your information he has all of those anti semites votes already..release the video now!!!!!!!!!!!
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Oct 28, 2008 at 06:30 PM Voted for McCain Says:
“ I'm afraid it's too late, #1, GET OUT WHILE YOU CAN. Move to Eretz Yisarel (not that there aren't far too many problems there, but at least it's Eretz haKodesh! ”
Already downloaded the application. Americans are lazy and dumb. Me generation wanting something for nothing. Even Joe the Plumber is smart enough to figure out Obama is going to be horrible for Israel, and yet these liberal Jews are going to vote for him anyways. Good luck folks. Wait until they wake up and realize how foolish they were... Then it will be too late.
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Oct 28, 2008 at 06:43 PM yanki Says:
Annon #17: The way you write we see you also need obama and de democrats for financial stuff...
By the way you are comparing Obama to Bush... By the way clinton had a center not a left policy on economic issues... Where is your brains that you got from your forfathers..
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Oct 28, 2008 at 06:41 PM r u serious Says:
“ In NY and NYC your vote for MCCain is a waste. Based upon the electoral system that is used in the USA, NY will go for Obama. You cannot refute that. Therefore by voting for MCCain you accomplish several things:
1. You tell the Democratic Party - that rules NY that they should NOT pander to you or the FRUM community.
2. You tell your local representatives that you don’t support them or their colleagues. They DONT have to pander to you.
3. You weaken the force of the Jewish Vote by showing that we DONT vote as a block. And since we don’t vote as a block we don’t need to be pandered to.
So when things, like road repair, street lights, garbage collection, street cleaning, and other local services don’t seem to be provided as quickly as they should be or used to be ask yourself why? If you don’t support your local officials and the people they support why they should jump faster for you.
There will be arguments to refute the above but you cannot claim the statements above are not true.
If you want your vote to count then move to a state where a small number of votes can swing the outcome. NY is not going to swing Republican. NJ might, FL might. Good Luck
Today’s Jewish Frum population does not seem to remember American History or never learned it. Lets review some of it.
1913 Leo Frank – Lynched in 1915 by Southern Democrats - who later turn Republican in Nixon’s Southern Strategy
NO DOGS, BLACKS OR JEWS ALLOWED – Very famous signs all over conservative America
1933 – 1945 Roosevelt Democrat – Could not directly enter war against Hitler until US attacked because of conservative – isolationist congress BUT - Didn’t Bomb Auschwitz or other camps
1948 Truman Democrat – recognized State of Israel – over conservative congressional objection
1956 Eisenhower Republican – forced Israel to withdraw from Suez after 1956 war
1966 Johnston Democrat Lets Israel have a free hand without criticism during 6 day war
1973 Nixon Republican Withholds shipments of arms to replenish Israel arms after Yom Kippur surprise attack. Causes the DEATH of extra Israel / Jewish soldiers bye his actions. Forces Israel to let the Egyptian army withdraw intact to save face.
1977 Carter Democrat We hate him now but did broker deal between Begin and Sadat
1988 Reagan Republican RECOGNIZED ARAFAT !!!! and start down the road of recognizing the PLO
1989 BUSH I Republican MADRID - FORCES SHAMIR to SIT WITH ARAFAT
BUSH I with James Baker TWISTS ISRAELS ARMS OVER LOAN Guarantees
( Democrat Congress overrides Bush )
1993 Clinton Democrat – Morally wrong – Neutral to negative on Israel
2000 Bush Republican Morally right – Talks positive but Condi twits Israel again
”
Your right a vote for mccain in ny is a waste. I am writting in bloomberg and arnold
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Oct 28, 2008 at 06:38 PM MGirl Says:
“ I AM A WHITE CHASIDIK JEW PROUD TO BE VOTING FOR OBAMA, get over it, there is a reason wy most Americans feel like i feel, President Obama is a very smart intellectual man, (he reminds me of president clinton who is extremely smart) who worked hard and won the american dream.
the self heaters don't understand that when they write "A former professor at the University of Chicago" this is a big benefit for Obama. Finely we will have some smart guy in the white house, not that stupid Bush who was a high school drunk. ”
We know exactly why you're voting for Obama: FOODSTAMPS, SECTION 8, etc. I don't need to say more...
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Oct 28, 2008 at 06:36 PM Yanki Says:
Thank you Dov! Keep it up! Not scared to voice your correct opinion and the opinon of most thinking responsable people. As a informed person and a jew I beg to understand what appeal does obama have over McCain other then his smooth sweet talking...
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Oct 28, 2008 at 06:47 PM Anonymous Says:
“ I AM A WHITE CHASIDIK JEW PROUD TO BE VOTING FOR OBAMA, get over it, there is a reason wy most Americans feel like i feel, President Obama is a very smart intellectual man, (he reminds me of president clinton who is extremely smart) who worked hard and won the american dream.
the self heaters don't understand that when they write "A former professor at the University of Chicago" this is a big benefit for Obama. Finely we will have some smart guy in the white house, not that stupid Bush who was a high school drunk. ”
Can u name 1 important piece of legislation he porposed in his "long" tenure in senate. He might be very bright but he has no experince. Don't bring up Palin. Cause let's hope McCain lives rather than to hope Obama dies so someone with experince like Biden can lead us
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Oct 28, 2008 at 06:49 PM Anonymous Says:
I am still voting for Obama!!
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Oct 28, 2008 at 07:11 PM yanky Says:
“ I am still voting for Obama!! ”
Please help me:
Mccain
Iraq : Good
Israel : Good
Economy : Good
Security : Good
Experience : Good
Age : Not so good
Appeal : Avarege
Obama
Iraq : Bad
Israel : Not the best
Economy : Bad
Security : Dont know ( to say the least)
Experience : Not So good
Age : Good
Appeal : Good (for Some)
Total: Mccain: ? Obama ?
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Oct 28, 2008 at 07:08 PM vote for McCain Says:
LETS GO WHERE IS THIS VIDEO .WHY ARE YOU SURPRISE.LIVE IT UP. HIS NAME IS HASIN OBUM A .
AND YOU NO # 17 ARE YOU FROM THAT ANTI JEW GROUP NATRI KARTERO or jimmy carter group
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Oct 28, 2008 at 06:59 PM Avraham Abba Says:
To all the liberal Jews who want Obama to win.
There is a saying in Yiddish and the translation is,
"They spit in your face and you think it's raining."
They tell you that Obama honored Farakhan, they tell you he is friends with people who blew up the Pentagon and the Capitol Building and killed two people, they tell you he is friends with Edward Said and Rashid Khalidi and that he honored Yassir Arafat (Obama was only 8 years old for Arafat's rise to power but you only remember that he was 8 when Ayers rose to power), they tell you he marched in the Million Man Parade, they tell you he has never ever shown a birth certificate or baptismal papers, they tell you his grandmother loves the fact that he was b
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Oct 28, 2008 at 07:28 PM Anonymous Says:
I am appalled that someone would call voting for McCain a wasted vote. I am a Jewish voter in NY and I strongly believe that our votes should not be taken for granted. If “red” and “blue” states were so set in stone you would not be seeing the last minute stumping both McCain and Obama are making in certain states. It’s unfortunate that Jews here in NY have a tendency to vote Democrat without even blinking an eye. And Avrumi, guess what, I’m not voting about street repairs – I am voting about larger issues – taxes, school vouchers and Israel, to name a few. You can make the argument that being a registered Democrat is important in NY for the primaries, but the funny thing is that based on this past year, it seems that all these supposed frum Jews who are Democrats didn't even vote!! So what's the point?? And do you mean to tell me if you're a Republican you should move to Texas? Give me a break. (Although at this rate, it's probably much cheaper to live there than here...)
I was not a big McCain fan in the beginning of the race to be honest -- I preferred another candidate -- but McCain has consistently shown that he is willing to work across the aisle to get things done. I don’t know of any examples of Obama ever making a tough decision or paying the price for his convictions! Has he ever balanced a budget? Has he ever done anything bipartisan? He never takes risks, and his picking of Biden just crystallized for me how he is anything BUT change. It’s a nice slogan, but he has never proven that he is different from the status quo in Washington. The Democrat congress has not done a thing over the past two years, and with a Democrat in the White House, I somehow doubt they will in the next few months because there will be no checks on the Congress.
Yes, there have been mistakes that the McCain campaign has made, but as the saying goes, the best indication of what someone will do is how they have acted in the past. McCain has shown that he is inclusive and is a maverick on many different levels. I can see him hitting the ground running on day one. I cannot in good conscience vote for Obama based on his past judgment (he sees the surge working and still can’t support it??) and his associations with scary individuals. I don’t care whether being pro-Israel figures highly in your vote, but the fact is that as Martin Luther King said, “When people criticize Zionists, they mean Jews. You're talking anti-Semitism.” And kudos for Dov Hikind for calling this out. Unfortunately, most Jewish organizations are in the bag for Obama, and they do not speak for me.
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Oct 28, 2008 at 07:25 PM truth hurts Says:
“ I AM A WHITE CHASIDIK JEW PROUD TO BE VOTING FOR OBAMA, get over it, there is a reason wy most Americans feel like i feel, President Obama is a very smart intellectual man, (he reminds me of president clinton who is extremely smart) who worked hard and won the american dream.
the self heaters don't understand that when they write "A former professor at the University of Chicago" this is a big benefit for Obama. Finely we will have some smart guy in the white house, not that stupid Bush who was a high school drunk. ”
ur not white and surly not chasidish
u fake phony get off this site
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Oct 28, 2008 at 07:20 PM Dave Says:
John McCain gave Rashid Khalidi and his organization hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants in the 1990s, so I'm a bit surprised by his sudden belief that association in any way with Khalidi makes one unfit for office.
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Oct 28, 2008 at 07:54 PM moshe silver Says:
“ for your information he has all of those anti semites votes already..release the video now!!!!!!!!!!! ”
dov is king he allways picks good candidates and stays focused on the real issues I have followed his political picks for many years he is allways on target
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Oct 28, 2008 at 08:07 PM Anonymous Says:
Why do people mix Satmar politics against Zionisim and Mcain vs. Obama Hussein. Just because he is a muslim and against Israel does not mean he's good for jews. Can't you understand that in Willy ???
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Oct 28, 2008 at 08:35 PM Anonymous Says:
“ Please help me:
Mccain
Iraq : Good
Israel : Good
Economy : Good
Security : Good
Experience : Good
Age : Not so good
Appeal : Avarege
Obama
Iraq : Bad
Israel : Not the best
Economy : Bad
Security : Dont know ( to say the least)
Experience : Not So good
Age : Good
Appeal : Good (for Some)
Total: Mccain: ? Obama ? ”
Still voting for Obama!! no matter what you write!!
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Oct 28, 2008 at 08:25 PM vote for McCain Says:
you no # 17 take a long walk on a short dock. you are a anti white and and anti american .go live where obum aa waa born (not iin USA)
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Oct 28, 2008 at 08:25 PM Anonymous Says:
Between now and the election there will be 25 new "bombshells" showing that Obama is a Hitler.
Tomorrow we'll here that there's a "secret" tape of him together with Bill Ayers trying to blow up the White House.
The next day someone will claim to have an "undisclosed" picture of him kissing Arafat.
After that, someone will "discover" that he's really Saddam Hussein's half-brother.
Everybody here is getting whipped up into a frenzy.
There is absolutely nothing new here.
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Oct 28, 2008 at 08:25 PM Anonymous Says:
“ In NY and NYC your vote for MCCain is a waste. Based upon the electoral system that is used in the USA, NY will go for Obama. You cannot refute that. Therefore by voting for MCCain you accomplish several things:
1. You tell the Democratic Party - that rules NY that they should NOT pander to you or the FRUM community.
2. You tell your local representatives that you don’t support them or their colleagues. They DONT have to pander to you.
3. You weaken the force of the Jewish Vote by showing that we DONT vote as a block. And since we don’t vote as a block we don’t need to be pandered to.
So when things, like road repair, street lights, garbage collection, street cleaning, and other local services don’t seem to be provided as quickly as they should be or used to be ask yourself why? If you don’t support your local officials and the people they support why they should jump faster for you.
There will be arguments to refute the above but you cannot claim the statements above are not true.
If you want your vote to count then move to a state where a small number of votes can swing the outcome. NY is not going to swing Republican. NJ might, FL might. Good Luck
Today’s Jewish Frum population does not seem to remember American History or never learned it. Lets review some of it.
1913 Leo Frank – Lynched in 1915 by Southern Democrats - who later turn Republican in Nixon’s Southern Strategy
NO DOGS, BLACKS OR JEWS ALLOWED – Very famous signs all over conservative America
1933 – 1945 Roosevelt Democrat – Could not directly enter war against Hitler until US attacked because of conservative – isolationist congress BUT - Didn’t Bomb Auschwitz or other camps
1948 Truman Democrat – recognized State of Israel – over conservative congressional objection
1956 Eisenhower Republican – forced Israel to withdraw from Suez after 1956 war
1966 Johnston Democrat Lets Israel have a free hand without criticism during 6 day war
1973 Nixon Republican Withholds shipments of arms to replenish Israel arms after Yom Kippur surprise attack. Causes the DEATH of extra Israel / Jewish soldiers bye his actions. Forces Israel to let the Egyptian army withdraw intact to save face.
1977 Carter Democrat We hate him now but did broker deal between Begin and Sadat
1988 Reagan Republican RECOGNIZED ARAFAT !!!! and start down the road of recognizing the PLO
1989 BUSH I Republican MADRID - FORCES SHAMIR to SIT WITH ARAFAT
BUSH I with James Baker TWISTS ISRAELS ARMS OVER LOAN Guarantees
( Democrat Congress overrides Bush )
1993 Clinton Democrat – Morally wrong – Neutral to negative on Israel
2000 Bush Republican Morally right – Talks positive but Condi twits Israel again
”
i am not so good as u with history and i did not check up evreything but its instersting that u are not saying anything about what is going on in this days that isreal is trying to get whepens for defense against iran and hizballe and syriya and even more do u know who is blocking it the democrats who is refusing to move the US ambasy from TA to yerushaleiyim the democrats when was the first war that the isrealis lost and were left broken financialy and morally in history UNDER THE DEMOCRATIC DO NOTHING CONGRESS who are the ones who are saying we will meet with our sworn enemies WITHOUT preconditions OBAMA who is saying that if c"v israel gets attacked by the iranians he will go to the UN BEFORE DOING ANYTHING OBAMA who is saying i will not go to the UN becouse china and russisa are having a veto power MACCAIN
i will comment on your facts
1) its known that the fudementals os the parties has changed drasticly over the last years in fact MACCAIN is a meveric he is not a conservetive nor is he a strong republican and thats one off the reasens he chose palin as his running math.
2) hussain OBAMA is not nt a democrat he is the most liberal politician ever elected to the senote and with his running math its imposible in this days to go more to the left.
3) if u know history then u know that the fundemantels on what the republican prty stood 50 years ago or so is now th conservetive view and that is the daas torah view and the old conservetive views almost dont exist anymore and so on that basicly what use to be the democratic line is today the base republican line AND FOR ALL U KNOW TODAYS DEMOCRATIC WAY WAS LAST SEEN IN TODAYS SEDRA THE BASE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS DOR ENOSH AND DOR HAMABIL AND OF COURSE NOT TO MENTIION THAT THE OBAMA-BIDEN WAY WAS EVEN THEN NOT TO MAKE A LAW FROM ALL THIS FOR WAHT THEY STAND FOR (I DONT WANT TO MENTION IT ON A BLOG) BUT IF U KNOW POLITICS THAN U KNOW.
4) roosevelt our grand fathers use to call rusa-velt for not letting yiden in and who did not let him do anything not the conservetives but the liberal jews,
5) btw do u know the issue about the bush doc. the same was then
6) now about truman if u see from this that he liked jews u seem to be missing out the history about the end of WWII and the beginning of the cold war so go back to school but btw he wanted a state of isreal yes becouse he wanted a base in the than premitive middle east again the liberal jews did wanted it AND HE DID NOT WANT TO TAKE THE JEWS OVER HERE.
7) can u still say that we needed a medina u dont know that the satmorer rov had the same shita as the CONSERVATIVES WOW!!
8) eisenhower again what was the shita from satmorer rov about all this wars ?
9) Johnston, well diid he put in his hand in cold water during the war to help isreal ?
10) Nixton, now if u thing that Nixon went down nice in history and he is a hero by the republicans u are again missing a big part of history.
11) Carter. intersting we hate him wow u are not wondering y but he did broker an agreement WOW and how many agreements did he broke how many jewish lifes can be written to his name as we go on u are missing more and more history.
12) Reagen, did he recognize him more than HUSSAIN OBAMA is recognizing ACHMANISHADT, CASTROS, CHAVEZ, NASARALLA, BILL AYRS, FARRAKAN, WHREIT, AND SO ON ?
13) Bush, one second who needed peace BUSH or SHAMIR and i dont understand he is a republican and he is going and forming a coalition to oust sadam from keweit and is doing evreything he can and cannot that isreal should be safe but on him u complein but on BIDEN who was and is still against the first gulf war with him evreything is fine, how come?
14) anyway do your research and if u still find that that u need A HUSSAIN for president than it seems that
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Oct 28, 2008 at 09:00 PM ABI GEZUNT Says:
“ John McCain gave Rashid Khalidi and his organization hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants in the 1990s, so I'm a bit surprised by his sudden belief that association in any way with Khalidi makes one unfit for office. ”
u r a good learner of typical obama tacticts ! . nice try but before u accuse first prove
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Oct 28, 2008 at 09:00 PM Joe the plumber Says:
Please contact the LA Times and request them to release the video!!
you can email them at: readers.rep@latimes.com or letters@latimes.com
or call them at: (877) 554-4000
or fax them at: (213) 237-3535
DON'T LET THEM SHOVE IT UNDER THE RUG!!!
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Oct 28, 2008 at 09:49 PM Heshy Friedman Says:
Keep up the good work Dov. You were the only Jewish politician who stood up in Crown heights during the riots and pogrom in 1991. The vast majority of orthodox Jews and Chassidim are voting McCain. Your vote is not wasted in New York because Reagan also won New York. The leading Rabbis of Israel have ordered every Jew to vote for McCain that includes Rabbi Elyashev. The Obamo Hussein camp is very nervous now as I learnth today from a friend who infiltrated deep inside their camp. McCain will win
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Oct 28, 2008 at 09:49 PM YOSSI THE PLUMBER Says:
What are all of you going to say if there is little content in the video other than people having a party? Like most things in this election I assume that this is being blown out of proportion. I can't stand either major party candidate so I'm voting for Bob Barr from one of the fringe parties.
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Oct 28, 2008 at 10:09 PM Anonymous Says:
“ ur not white and surly not chasidish
u fake phony get off this site ”
Hey! Bob Grant writes on Vosizneias!
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Oct 28, 2008 at 10:04 PM Anonymous Says:
I vote for Joe the plumber. He has the experience and knowledge to bring this country back from the brink of disaster.
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Oct 28, 2008 at 10:31 PM Joe the plumber Says:
“ I vote for Joe the plumber. He has the experience and knowledge to bring this country back from the brink of disaster. ”
Thanks for you vote...
but i'm not running for office yet,
so do me a favor and VOTE McCAIN!!
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Oct 28, 2008 at 10:24 PM Anonymous Says:
BOTTOM LINE:
EVERYONE MAKE SURE YOU VOTE!!!! (FOR MCCAIN OF COURSE)
EVERY VOTE COUNTS!!
LIKE THE RAMBAM WRITES YOU NEVER KNOW WHICH ACT WILL TIP THE SCALE
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Oct 28, 2008 at 11:04 PM murray Says:
#39- they probably already shredded or destroyed the tape. The only hope is for other sources or individuals who may have a copy to come forward.
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Oct 28, 2008 at 11:03 PM Pollster Says:
any one thinking?? This story Will make a huge difference not in NY but in Florida with its Jewish population and a must win State for McCain (and is a tight race as of now)
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Oct 28, 2008 at 11:32 PM Anonymous Says:
In regards to Khalidi, however, the guilt-by-association game burns John McCain as well.
During the 1990s, while he served as chairman of the International Republican Institute (IRI), McCain distributed several grants to the Palestinian research center co-founded by Khalidi, including one worth half a million dollars.
A 1998 tax filing for the McCain-led group shows a $448,873 grant to Khalidi's Center for Palestine Research and Studies for work in the West Bank. (See grant number 5180, "West Bank: CPRS" on page 14 of this PDF.)
The relationship extends back as far as 1993, when John McCain joined IRI as chairman in January. Foreign Affairs noted in September of that year that IRI had helped fund several extensive studies in Palestine run by Khalidi's group, including over 30 public opinion polls and a study of "sociopolitical attitudes."
Of course, there's seemingly nothing objectionable with McCain's organization helping a Palestinian group conduct research in the West Bank or Gaza. But it does suggest that McCain could have some of his own explaining to do as he tries to make hay out of Khalidi's ties to Obama.
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Oct 28, 2008 at 11:58 PM Charlie Hall Says:
“ In regards to Khalidi, however, the guilt-by-association game burns John McCain as well.
During the 1990s, while he served as chairman of the International Republican Institute (IRI), McCain distributed several grants to the Palestinian research center co-founded by Khalidi, including one worth half a million dollars.
A 1998 tax filing for the McCain-led group shows a $448,873 grant to Khalidi's Center for Palestine Research and Studies for work in the West Bank. (See grant number 5180, "West Bank: CPRS" on page 14 of this PDF.)
The relationship extends back as far as 1993, when John McCain joined IRI as chairman in January. Foreign Affairs noted in September of that year that IRI had helped fund several extensive studies in Palestine run by Khalidi's group, including over 30 public opinion polls and a study of "sociopolitical attitudes."
Of course, there's seemingly nothing objectionable with McCain's organization helping a Palestinian group conduct research in the West Bank or Gaza. But it does suggest that McCain could have some of his own explaining to do as he tries to make hay out of Khalidi's ties to Obama.
”
Here is the copy of the tax return that shows that McCain's International Republican Institute gave Khalidi's Center for Palestine Research and Studies the grant:
http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/IRIForm9901998.pdf
I'm still voting for Obama.
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Oct 28, 2008 at 11:45 PM Brian Says:
Dov,
Keep it up. I'm behind you.
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Oct 29, 2008 at 12:39 AM voted already Says:
gotta love those absentee ballots. who did I vote for? not telling. nyah nyah nyah!
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Oct 29, 2008 at 01:25 AM Not a waste Says:
“ In NY and NYC your vote for MCCain is a waste. Based upon the electoral system that is used in the USA, NY will go for Obama. You cannot refute that. Therefore by voting for MCCain you accomplish several things:
1. You tell the Democratic Party - that rules NY that they should NOT pander to you or the FRUM community.
2. You tell your local representatives that you don’t support them or their colleagues. They DONT have to pander to you.
3. You weaken the force of the Jewish Vote by showing that we DONT vote as a block. And since we don’t vote as a block we don’t need to be pandered to.
So when things, like road repair, street lights, garbage collection, street cleaning, and other local services don’t seem to be provided as quickly as they should be or used to be ask yourself why? If you don’t support your local officials and the people they support why they should jump faster for you.
There will be arguments to refute the above but you cannot claim the statements above are not true.
If you want your vote to count then move to a state where a small number of votes can swing the outcome. NY is not going to swing Republican. NJ might, FL might. Good Luck
Today’s Jewish Frum population does not seem to remember American History or never learned it. Lets review some of it.
1913 Leo Frank – Lynched in 1915 by Southern Democrats - who later turn Republican in Nixon’s Southern Strategy
NO DOGS, BLACKS OR JEWS ALLOWED – Very famous signs all over conservative America
1933 – 1945 Roosevelt Democrat – Could not directly enter war against Hitler until US attacked because of conservative – isolationist congress BUT - Didn’t Bomb Auschwitz or other camps
1948 Truman Democrat – recognized State of Israel – over conservative congressional objection
1956 Eisenhower Republican – forced Israel to withdraw from Suez after 1956 war
1966 Johnston Democrat Lets Israel have a free hand without criticism during 6 day war
1973 Nixon Republican Withholds shipments of arms to replenish Israel arms after Yom Kippur surprise attack. Causes the DEATH of extra Israel / Jewish soldiers bye his actions. Forces Israel to let the Egyptian army withdraw intact to save face.
1977 Carter Democrat We hate him now but did broker deal between Begin and Sadat
1988 Reagan Republican RECOGNIZED ARAFAT !!!! and start down the road of recognizing the PLO
1989 BUSH I Republican MADRID - FORCES SHAMIR to SIT WITH ARAFAT
BUSH I with James Baker TWISTS ISRAELS ARMS OVER LOAN Guarantees
( Democrat Congress overrides Bush )
1993 Clinton Democrat – Morally wrong – Neutral to negative on Israel
2000 Bush Republican Morally right – Talks positive but Condi twits Israel again
”
The popular vote for McCain may weeken the libral's hautyness. Its the least we can do.
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Oct 29, 2008 at 03:31 AM A Hijacked Party Says:
Face it. The Democrat party has been hijacked by the left of the left. Polls indicate almost 60% of the country considers themselves "slightly conservative" or more. The Dems have lost it.
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Oct 29, 2008 at 02:57 AM Milhouse Says:
“ Here is the copy of the tax return that shows that McCain's International Republican Institute gave Khalidi's Center for Palestine Research and Studies the grant:
http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/IRIForm9901998.pdf
I'm still voting for Obama. ”
The difference is that this Institute may not have known who Khalidi is - he applied for a grant, the work he said he would do seemed worthwhile, so they gave the grant. He didn't have McCain over for dinner and have a chance to influence him. But Obama and Khalidi are PERSONAL FRIENDS. They have dinner together, and have each other's ear. And while Obama has said he doesn't agree 100% with Khalidi, he still listens to him, and he hasn't dropped the friendship. Imagine if McCain had a close personal friend who was a Klansman, how loudly would you be trumpeting it?
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Oct 29, 2008 at 02:47 AM Yitzchok Says:
Hikind is the only Jewish Leader with a Backbone to stand up for what's right.
Those without a backbone will vote for more food stamps and section 8, at the expense of their brothers and sisters in Israel and at the expense of Antisemitism here.
Those who are so greedy for a few, handout dollars from Obama are ready to sell out Jewish lives for a little Bribery form Obama.
Shame On You!
Shame on Jews who are willing to vote for Obama's financial Bribes while sacrificing fellow Jews at large for such petty blood money and greed.
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Oct 29, 2008 at 02:09 AM Anonymos Says:
Just so you should know the news about arabs from Iraq calling relatives in America telling them to vote for Obama should DEFINATELY be something to worry about!!
(especially on Obamas par
*all jews will be very sorry if we dont do something about this and let Obama win (chas vshalam)*
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Oct 29, 2008 at 10:17 AM Lanah Says:
Where was all this outrage in April? Where were the demands for the tape then? This smacks of desperation, if you ask me. Now you're all concerned about an Obama presidency? Yes, lets continue to perpetuate the myth of the scary black Muslim. That will certainly get things done.
McCain is not the savior of Israel and Obama is not a Muslim bent on its destruction. Both of these men have ties to this Professor and his organization. If you are going to demand to see the tape you should also demand to see the grant application he submitted.
Stop the BS people, it's getting tiresome!
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Oct 29, 2008 at 11:06 AM Julio Says:
“ Hikind you are not the king or the international spokesman of the Jews and I beg you to shut up ”
JoeFlix! you became so twisted. Hikind is right on this one (although I never agree with him) Obama is so dangerous, the littl we know about him is to much to bear, as ajew and a us citizen Obama is frightning.
Hikind should keep pressing for the release.
Use your brain
Vote McCain
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Oct 29, 2008 at 10:52 AM Anonymous Says:
Why have we Jews not figured out yet that Obama and the Democrats are truly the best friends Israel could have? The Republican Party is dominated by an Evangelical core that reviles Jews. Perhaps McCain is not that way, but just look whom he chose as his running mate: Sarah Palin. She believes in a brand of messianic determinism that wants all Jews in Israel so that we can be wiped out quickly. The Democrats have always been the Jews' greatest political allies. It's time to stop lying to ourselves. The Republicans are no good for Israel or for Jews here in the United States. The sooner we understand this the better.
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Oct 29, 2008 at 11:53 AM Anonymous Says:
“ Why have we Jews not figured out yet that Obama and the Democrats are truly the best friends Israel could have? The Republican Party is dominated by an Evangelical core that reviles Jews. Perhaps McCain is not that way, but just look whom he chose as his running mate: Sarah Palin. She believes in a brand of messianic determinism that wants all Jews in Israel so that we can be wiped out quickly. The Democrats have always been the Jews' greatest political allies. It's time to stop lying to ourselves. The Republicans are no good for Israel or for Jews here in the United States. The sooner we understand this the better. ”
The democratic party is not the same as years ago.It has been infiltrated by radicals,terrorists.Jew haters and thats why each year many orthodox Jews are switching to Republican. Some of these nieve secular Jews who want to convince orthodox Jews how fine the Democrats are is like the KAPOS and JUDENRAT tried to convince Jews that the Germans are fine people and have resort camps for us and not concentration camps. Jews were fooled and marched into the gas chambers. Now we know better and only a blind fool could think that Hussein Obama is not bad for us. wake up and smell the coffee.
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Oct 29, 2008 at 12:59 PM Allan Says:
Please anyone out there in LA....Chabad anyone...demonstrate in front of the LA Times building...make a fuss let the truth get out about this worthless Jew hater. Please some lawyers need to file for the tape under the freedom of information act if it applies. This man needs to be defeated before he destroys us all Jews and Gentiles alike.
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Oct 29, 2008 at 01:04 PM anonymous Says:
“ The democratic party is not the same as years ago.It has been infiltrated by radicals,terrorists.Jew haters and thats why each year many orthodox Jews are switching to Republican. Some of these nieve secular Jews who want to convince orthodox Jews how fine the Democrats are is like the KAPOS and JUDENRAT tried to convince Jews that the Germans are fine people and have resort camps for us and not concentration camps. Jews were fooled and marched into the gas chambers. Now we know better and only a blind fool could think that Hussein Obama is not bad for us. wake up and smell the coffee. ”
I was in the concentration camp but I was not a Kapo or a member of the Judenrat. There is a saying "Al todin es hachevero at shetigiah limkomo" All you wise guys who never saw a concentration camp or have the foggiest idea shout off "holocaust, Kapos ,etc" I was taken into the Ghetto in 1941 and not until 1944 I knew that there were gas chambers. If you don't like Obama or the democrats that is fine but leave the destruction of Euopean Jewry out of it
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Oct 29, 2008 at 06:07 PM Frum Dem Says:
“ u r a good learner of typical obama tacticts ! . nice try but before u accuse first prove ”
Typical yeshivishe response. when i posted about the iran sanctions enabling act being shot down by allard and senate republicans, i was challenged to "prove it" as if it didnt happen as it exactly did.
So now you dont like hearing that mccain funded kalhidis radicalism and you need proof?
Its all there, use the google as bush says.
Mccain help khalidi get a million dollars.
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Oct 29, 2008 at 06:15 PM idiot Says:
“ I was in the concentration camp but I was not a Kapo or a member of the Judenrat. There is a saying "Al todin es hachevero at shetigiah limkomo" All you wise guys who never saw a concentration camp or have the foggiest idea shout off "holocaust, Kapos ,etc" I was taken into the Ghetto in 1941 and not until 1944 I knew that there were gas chambers. If you don't like Obama or the democrats that is fine but leave the destruction of Euopean Jewry out of it ”
Tom Lantos, zt'l who just died a few months ago was a kiddush hashem a holocaust and camp survivor and one of the greatest (of many) jewish democrats and friends of israel in congress. you would say what you just typed if he were inthe room. go leanr some torah.
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Oct 29, 2008 at 06:12 PM wrong Says:
“ The democratic party is not the same as years ago.It has been infiltrated by radicals,terrorists.Jew haters and thats why each year many orthodox Jews are switching to Republican. Some of these nieve secular Jews who want to convince orthodox Jews how fine the Democrats are is like the KAPOS and JUDENRAT tried to convince Jews that the Germans are fine people and have resort camps for us and not concentration camps. Jews were fooled and marched into the gas chambers. Now we know better and only a blind fool could think that Hussein Obama is not bad for us. wake up and smell the coffee. ”
you are so wrong youi are spewing nosensical rhetoric. look at the facts and records. democrats across the board a true friends of israel and of issues close to the jewis hcommunity. in fact in the last decade they have even been superior than most republicans. look at the records and facts and stop listening to limbaugh and learn to think for yourself.
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Oct 30, 2008 at 12:54 PM hypocrites! Says:
“I believe that there could be no greater legacy for America than to help to bring into being a Palestinian state for a people who have suffered too long, who have been humiliated too long, who have not reached their potential for too long, and who have so much to give to the international community and to all of us. I promise you my personal commitment to that goal.“
Bush Secretary, Dr. Condi Rice to Rashid Khalidi, 2006