Posted on 10/29/2008 11:24:46 AM PDT by pissant
BOWLING GREEN, OH - Sarah Palin joined her running mate's attacks against Barack Obama and the media Wednesday, suggesting the Los Angeles Times is withholding a videotape that shows Obama watching as a former Palestinian Liberation Organization spokesman bashed Israel.
Palin departed from her stump speech to talk about Obama's "assortment of friends from Chicago." She described Rashid Khalidi, the former PLO spokesman, as "another radical professor from the neighborhood who spent a lot of time with Barack Obama going back several years." She said Obama was at a party for Khalidi in 2003, when he described Israel as the perpetrator of terrorism.
But she saved her hardest criticism for the newspaper that currently holds the tape, saying they was refusing to release it to aid Obama.
"It must be nice for a candidate to have major news organizations looking after his best interests like that," Palin said. "In this case, we have a newspaper willing to throw aside even the public's right to know in order to protect a candidate that its own editorial board has endorsed. And if there's a Pulitzer Prize category for excelling in cow-towing, then the L.A. Times, you're winning."
Palin's comments echoed criticism John McCain has voiced in recent days. The Los Angeles Times has said they are not producing the tape because it was given to the newspaper with the condition that it not be released. But the paper documented the substance on the tape in an April 2008 article.
The Alaska governor said the newspaper could restore its credibility by producing the tape.
(Excerpt) Read more at hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com ...
Gotta love her! Turn her loose full blast from now on! No holds barred!!
BRAVO, SARAH!!!
Yeah baby! Sarah vs the liberal media. She’s putting the liberal media between the devil and the deep blue sea.
on the prowl? she could be a regular reader of FR!!
the La times is just respecting the privacy of the source of the tape just like they did for sarah palin’s pregnant daughter and joe the plumber....
But I thought she and McCain were running separate campaigns...
She is so tough. She may bring this home despite McCain’s foot dragging.
That's gold.
GIVE THOSE CORRUPT BASTARDS HELL, SARAH!
I agree! We have nothing to lose ...but our Country.
I parade my Palin/McCain (Palin’s front and center, McCain’s off to the side) bumber sticker all over NYC, with PRIDE... She’s wonderful
And when the Times is done towing cows, they have lots of time to kowtow to Hussein.
Is there a single editor anywhere on the planet who is actually competent anymore?
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Horrors! She suggested the LA Times is witholding the tape! How dare she! We journalists all know the LA Times would release it if there was anything interesting on it, why they are like gods! Such horrid, ghastly "suggestions" from this woman!!
... and the Arnold tapes from 2 years ago, just before the election.
Please call and demand the release of the tape:
Editor: Russ Stanton
213/237-6728; russ.stanton@latimes.com
Dear LA Times,
The 2008 Presidential election is a very critical election for America. As I am an undecided voter on the President, I would like to vote with a clear view of what the alleged Obama Khalidi videotape contains. America was founded on the notion of Freedom of the press and now we have a press that evidently has given up on that idea. The American public deserves to know if this Video tape is a concern for voters who believe in Freedom of Speech. I implore you to live up to the ideals of your mission statement found at : http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-op-edboardbios23oct23,0,4130157.htmlstory#mission
Please let me know if your a bought and paid for newspaper of the Barack Obama Campaign or if you truly are an independent publication based on Freedom of speech.
Sincerely,
Go Sarah!!!!!
Ryan's opponent? Barack Obama.
Hers comes the Barracuda. Cue the "Jaws" soundtrack into the DNC.
bumper... not bumber... duh
If that’s true, can someone PLEASE send it to Drudge... The height of hypocrisy
That is such a juicy quote! Don’tcha think Drudge would like that?
Fantastic!
Or, as an objective report would say....
But the paper claimed that it had documented the substance on the tape in an April 2008 article
MOST excellent!!!
GO SARAH!!!!!!
“ANOTHER radical professor from the neighborhood who spent a lot of time with Barack Obama going back several years.”
Establishing a pattern!
She is gold too!
Sarah ... 2012...She’s GREAT
“And if there’s a Pulitzer Prize category for excelling in cow-towing, then the L.A. Times, you’re winning.”
Oh SNAP!!!
Sarah “speaking truth to power”.
You go girl!
Looks to me like the McCain-Palin campaign is highly unified. What happened to all those “reports” that they are not? Oh, never mind.....:^)
That’s great, NYC Republican. I don’t have bumper stickers, but due to where we live, we really don’t need one. There might be one or two folks around here that are hardcore Dems, but the rest of us are all normal...and we love Sarah!
Would you people stop dissing on McCain? He is doing his best, and I’ve never seen him so animated. When he sits down for an interview, he is clearly the grown-up: reasonable and measured. He is who he is. Personally, I think he’s doing great and will be a great President, better in some ways than ‘W.’
"It must be nice for a candidate to have major news organizations looking after his best interests like that," Palin said.
Sarahcuda's knows the LA Times is in the tank for Obama -
Of course, today's reporters and editors are semi-literate, at best.
Congressman Billybob
Latest article, "Brides from a War Long Ago"
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Okay. It’ll be on the front page Nov 5th. :D
-LA Times response
What if The Messiah is just sitting meekly, saying nothing? Who would have egg on their face then...?
Perhaps we should be careful what we ask for.
ebonix?
... and the Arnold tapes from 2 years ago, just before the election.
to the modern neo-liberal mantra of today “THE PUBLIC HAS NO RIGHT TO THE THRUTH!!!”.
Yeah, I can see the CHANGE that this Obama crowd is bringing.
Yes, on Fox this morning they said this Khalidi is friends with Obama...much more than just “some guy in the neighborhood” ...they said he “babysat” Obama’s children.
Billybob,
I just cut’n’pasted. It’s not my spelling. I’m sure they get their copy editors from the same place the cable news guys get their chyron writers.
CNN and MSDNC are not reporting on this, but if Sarah keeps repeating this, they will be forced to!
What if they already HAVE the tape?
She’s been on fire for the last two or three days. McCain must have told the staff to lay off and let her do her thing!
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