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.
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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.
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