Posted on 10/29/2008 2:31:41 PM PDT by PajamaTruthMafia
A hedge fund manager is offering a reward of $150,000 in exchange for a tape that shows Barack Obama at a 2003 dinner for a Palestinian scholar.
Aston Grimaldi II said he would pay out the money to whomever can provide a tape of the 2003 event for Rashid Khalidi, which the Los Angeles Times has written about but has refused to release. Grimaldi's offer letter is available at Dirty Harry's Place, a conservative blog.
"Being an extreme fiscal conservative and somewhat of a social liberal, the number one thing to me is transparency and open government," said Grimaldi. "Those rules and standards should apply also to the press."
Dirty Harry's Place also says that it received an e-mail from someone else who will give another $25,000 to whomever can come up with the tape.
The McCain campaign has accused the Times of suppressing the video and has called on the Times to release it.
Grimaldi, speaking on the phone in Monaco, said that he would pay his reward out of one of his personal accounts. Grimaldi, a citizen of both the United States and Monaco, said he read about the tape in the International Herald Tribune and has heard from Israeli friends who want to see it.
"One of the most important things they look at in a potential candidate is the viewpoint on israeli relations," he said.
Grimaldi said it was "incredibly unfair" for the Times not to release the tape.
"It shows an incredible bias," he said.
Ping GovernmentShrinker
Want to have a reality check with them or should I?
If it’s that damaging the LA Times probably would have destroyed it by now.
Thanks for posting this. Was just about to myself.
I can think of some hedge fund managers who will pay 10 times that amount to NOT release the tape.
Aston Grimaldi is not real. Folks, this is FR, not CBS.
I hope he’s got a time limit on this reward money—like within the next day. Won’t do any good come November 5.
Who did Walter Alarkon at The Hill talk to then?
Was gonna say...any relation to the Grimaldi family of Monaco?
Why do you say he’s not real. Walter Alarkon writes for The Hill for crying out loud. What more do you want?
I’ll believe it when it’s on the internet...
He’s on the same schedule as API.
LOL :)
If the video is, in deed, that from that Arab guy Debbie Schussel claims it’s from he will not fork it over fro $150,000 or $100,000,000,000. This guy will never give in when he knows that Obama has the keys to destroying Israel and giving Arab terrorists what they so eagerly want.
Somebody pretending to be “Aston Grimaldi”.
So you’re saying a respected journalist at The Hill doesn’t know with whom he spoke? You know that how exactly?
$150,000 is chump change compared to what whoever is behind Obama is willing to pay for the election ...
Why doesn’t Rush offer up $1 million. I feel safe that he will not burn up the tape if he had it.
Dan Rather anchored the CBS Evening News . . .
You know that how exactly?
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