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LA Times Witholds Video of Obama Toasting Former PLO Operative at Jew Bashing Dinner
newsbusters.org ^ | October 25, 2008 | John Stephenson

Posted on 10/25/2008 2:38:58 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

The mainstream media are willfully ignoring many questionable ties and friendships of Barack Obama. The list does not end with the radical racist preacher Jeremiah Wright and unrepentant domestic terrorist William Ayers. They have totally ignored Obama campaigning for the socialist revolutionary Raila Odinga in Kenya. They have also ignored his ties with radical Islamic extremist Khalid Al Masour.

LA Times takes things to the next level. They are going beyond the level of ignoring to the level of willfully witholding informative evidence from the public. The associate of Barack Obama in question this time is Rashid Khalidi, a former PLO operative and best friend of William Ayers. The LA times has a video of Barack Obama toasting this friend of his while attending a Jew bashing dinner, and they are refusing to release the video to the public.

Gateway Pundit has the scoop and what I summarize here is lifted from him.

Here is a video that explains his history and ties with Obama. He is a long time friend of Obama and shares a mutual friend, Bill Ayers.

Barack Obama funnelled thousands of dollars of cash to Rashidi’s anti-Israel Foundation through his work on the Woods Fund.

In 2000, Rashid Khalidi, a former PLO operative who justified Palestinian terrorism as contributing to “political enlightenment,” threw a fundraiser for his friend Barack Obama.

LA Times writer Peter Wallsten wrote about Barack Obama’s close association with former Palestinian operative Rashid Khalidi back in April.

“During the dinner a young Palestinian American recited a poem accusing the Israeli government of terrorism in its treatment of Palestinians and sharply criticizing U.S. support of Israel. If Palestinians cannot secure their own land, she said, “then you will never see a day of peace.”

One speaker likened “Zionist settlers on the West Bank” to Osama bin Laden, saying both had been “blinded by ideology.”

….His many talks with the Khalidis, Obama said, had been “consistent reminders to me of my own blind spots and my own biases… It’s for that reason that I’m hoping that, for many years to come, we continue that conversation — a conversation that is necessary not just around Mona and Rashid’s dinner table,” but around “this entire world.”

The event was videotaped, and a copy of the tape was obtained by The Times.

Jim Hoft (Gateway Pundit) talked to Peter Wallsten from the Los Angeles Times about the article on Obama and Khalidi on Wednesday.

I asked him if he was planning on releasing this video of Obama toasting the radical Khalidi at this Jew-bash. He told me he was not releasing the video. He also would not comment on his source for the video. Wallston also said he did not know if Khalidi’s good friend Bill Ayers was at the event or not.

So, the LA Times has video of Obama attending a Jew bash and toasting a radical former PLO operative, and they are not sharing it with the public. I think we all know they would immediately release the tape if it were Sarah Palin making the toast.

If not for double standards the media would have no standards at all.


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California; US: District of Columbia; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: 2008; antisemitism; ayers; bo; coverup; democrat; democrats; khalidi; lapdogs; latimes; liberalmedia; msm; newsblackout; obama; rashidkhalidi; spiked; videotape
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1 posted on 10/25/2008 2:38:58 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

They will release the tape when it is the best time to sell the most papers.


2 posted on 10/25/2008 2:40:32 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Don’t worry, the National Jewish Democratic Council and Jewsvote.org will still support Obama.


3 posted on 10/25/2008 2:42:36 PM PDT by Winged Hussar (http://moveonpleasemoveon.blogspot.com/)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Obama's ties to Islamists - including Khalid al-Mansour, Obama's financial honeypot
from Harvard Law School to Candidate-'Elect', absolves the Islamist government in Sudan
of sponsoring slavery. Obama appears to work with slavers. Harvard, too.


4 posted on 10/25/2008 2:43:54 PM PDT by Diogenesis (Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

Yeah... November 8th...


5 posted on 10/25/2008 2:45:46 PM PDT by xcamel (Conservatives start smart, and get rich, liberals start rich, and get stupid.)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

You mean, there’s only ONE of these tapes???


6 posted on 10/25/2008 2:49:25 PM PDT by kimchi lover (Joe the Plumber is my Homeboy!)
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NewsWithViews: "Our Enemies Can't Wait for Their Hero Obama to Get Elected" -Column by Dr. Laurie Roth (October 24, 2008)

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Video: "Hal Lindsey - Joe the Plumber" (Added October 24, 2008)

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7 posted on 10/25/2008 2:50:46 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Free ThinkerNY
I think I need to get away from all these news stories. Every site I read has something new and maddening about Obama, yet *crickets* from the MSM.

I'm usually an upbeat person, but man...I feel like Eeyore the last couple of days...and it's getting worse.

8 posted on 10/25/2008 2:50:53 PM PDT by tsmith130
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To: tsmith130
Every site I read has something new and maddening about Obama, yet *crickets* from the MSM.

The worst thing is the idiots in the MSM think they are going to be insulated from the effects when the country collapses
9 posted on 10/25/2008 3:08:36 PM PDT by uncbob
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To: tsmith130

...yes, had the MSM actually remained neutral this time, McCain would have won.

...make no mistake, the MSM has led the cheerleading for Barry, they have been in his camp openly since they turned on Hillary for him, last spring.

...wonder if Soros has paid them off? He could afford to.


10 posted on 10/25/2008 3:13:58 PM PDT by kjo
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To: Free ThinkerNY

11 posted on 10/25/2008 3:17:04 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin; All

The LA Times is owned by the Tribune Corp.

Go to the LINK and ALL the major Chitrib emails can be seen...I’ve been busy asking them why they are hiding this video...look for the emails of the editors, senior investigators etc.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-newspaperemail,0,4974145.htmlstory


12 posted on 10/26/2008 5:14:14 AM PDT by GRRRRR (2008- A Year That Will Live in Infamy...)
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Readers Rep Email if you have questions or concerns about The Times' journalistic standards and practices

Readers.Rep@latimes.com

Here's an EMAIL address for the LATimes and...

peter.wallsten@latimes.com

Ask him directly about the tape, IS IT TRUE Peter???

13 posted on 10/26/2008 5:29:14 AM PDT by GRRRRR (2008- A Year That Will Live in Infamy...)
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To: LucyT; Candor7; danamco; stephenjohnbanker; justiceseeker93; null and void; neverdem; rxsid; ...

So, the LA Times has video of Obama attending a Jew bash and toasting a radical former PLO operative, and they are not sharing it with the public. I think we all know they would immediately release the tape if it were Sarah Palin making the toast.

If not for double standards the media would have no standards at all.


14 posted on 02/07/2011 5:31:17 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

MAybe we can pay a few Muslims to visit the LA Times office and put on a little pressure ?

A POX on the LA Slimes.Maybe we can get a pirated copy. Money talks, bull shite walks.


15 posted on 02/07/2011 5:38:31 PM PST by Candor7 (Obama . fascist info..http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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To: Winged Hussar

Most important is money from a Jew named Soros.


16 posted on 02/07/2011 5:43:22 PM PST by noinfringers2
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To: george76; warsaw44; ColdOne; Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!; GQuagmire; wintertime; Fred Nerks; ...
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So, the LA Times has video of Obama attending a Jew bash and toasting a radical former PLO operative, and they are not sharing it with the public. - I think we all know they would immediately release the tape if it were Sarah Palin making the toast.

If not for double standards the media would have no standards at all.

Thanks, george76.

[My comment self-deleted before the mods can read it.]

17 posted on 02/07/2011 5:50:21 PM PST by LucyT
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To: Free ThinkerNY

This story has been out there for ages. People have tried to get this vid from the times and been turned down flat. I am not sure if it even exists anymore.


18 posted on 02/07/2011 5:56:04 PM PST by MestaMachine (Note: I do NOT capitalize anything I don't respect...like obama and/or islam..)
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To: LucyT

Yes, I’d forgotten about this, but the story was out there back in 2008, during the election campaign. Only trouble was, the LAT refused to release the video, and by now has presumably destroyed it.


19 posted on 02/07/2011 6:08:26 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear
They will release the tape when it is the best time to sell the most papers.

They will release the tape only after their party's president is safely re-elected. The LA Times will do only what is best for its party. That is what is expected of them.

20 posted on 02/07/2011 6:13:41 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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