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LA Times Protest (PUMA site)
pumapac.org ^ | October 30, 2008 | murphy

Posted on 10/30/2008 8:00:54 PM PDT by BAW

Over 100 Pumas are there already. . .

. . . Today we are demanding that the LA Times release the videotape of Barack Obama at a Chicago dinner for Rashid Khalidi. Khalidi is a prominent pro-Palestine scholar and professor at Columbia University who has written extensively about Palestinian issues. Unsurprisingly, he is not popular in many pro-Israeli circles. This is irrelevant to our effort. Rashid Khalidi is not the point. What is at issue here is what Barack Obama said at the dinner, and more importantly, what on earth is a supposedly free press organization like the L.A. Times doing suppressing the story? They’ve admitted they have the tape, including Obama’s remarks, but they won’t even release a transcript. Why not?

This is an egregious example of how our corporate media has lost its way. The L.A. Times clearly believes the tape contains images or words that may be damaging to one of the candidates running for President, and so rather than sharing that information with the electorate and allowing us to make up our own minds, the L.A. Times is deciding to “help” us make up our minds by withholding facts. They are attempting to “guide” the outcome of a presidential election by withholding information in their possession.

Imagine if the L.A. Times had a tape of, say, Sarah Palin at a dinner for a prominent anti-abortion leader in which she addresses the audience and lavishes praise on the anti-abortion activist. Do you think it would be right for the newspaper to refuse to release even a transcript of the event? I don’t. . .

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: freep; khaliditape; latimes; obamatape; pumas
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1 posted on 10/30/2008 8:00:54 PM PDT by BAW
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To: BAW

pictures are here: http://www.mererhetoric.com/archives/11275008.html


2 posted on 10/30/2008 8:01:23 PM PDT by BAW (Proud member of the vast right wing conspiracy.)
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To: BAW

PUMA BUMP!


3 posted on 10/30/2008 8:02:12 PM PDT by txhurl (WELCOME PUMAS TO FREEREPUBLIC!)
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To: txflake

Go PUMAS!!!


4 posted on 10/30/2008 8:03:08 PM PDT by pollywog (I will lift mine eyes to the hills from whence cometh my help. My help comes from the Lord...Ps 121)
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To: BAW

“We Can Handle The Truth” LOL

We should just take every evil thing Khalidi has said and done and while dripping with sarcasm say that Obama must agree and be a fellow traveler if the LA Times won’t release the tape.

The onus will be on the LA Times to prove us wrong!!


5 posted on 10/30/2008 8:03:48 PM PDT by word_warrior_bob (You can now see my amazing doggie and new puppy on my homepage!! Come say hello to Jake & Sonny)
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To: BAW

Wow. The PUMAS really get out there and make noise. Maybe Repubs ought to take some lessons.


6 posted on 10/30/2008 8:03:59 PM PDT by screaminsunshine
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To: BAW

Go!


7 posted on 10/30/2008 8:05:32 PM PDT by fightinJAG (Click on the source link of stories that deserve "legs.")
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To: txflake

BUMP FOR FREEDOM...GREAT PHOTOS!!!!!


8 posted on 10/30/2008 8:05:58 PM PDT by pollywog (I will lift mine eyes to the hills from whence cometh my help. My help comes from the Lord...Ps 121)
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To: BAW

Anybody have a gauge on how many “PUMA’s” there are nationwide?


9 posted on 10/30/2008 8:06:09 PM PDT by acw011 (Great Goooogly Mooogly!)
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To: BAW

Anybody have a gauge on how many “PUMA’s” there are nationwide?


10 posted on 10/30/2008 8:06:39 PM PDT by acw011 (Great Goooogly Mooogly!)
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To: acw011

Can someone give us the definition of PUMA again?


11 posted on 10/30/2008 8:06:49 PM PDT by pollywog (I will lift mine eyes to the hills from whence cometh my help. My help comes from the Lord...Ps 121)
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To: BAW

WOW, those PUMA’S are unrelenting. Glad they’re on our side. :)


12 posted on 10/30/2008 8:07:09 PM PDT by bronxville
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To: BAW; All
Ouestion: On a FR thread, someone posted that it was the LA Times that legally fought and got Jack Ryan's divorce papers released in 2004 in the 2004 Illinois senate race between Obama and Ryan, which the divorce papers eventually caused Ryan to withdraw from the race and replaced with Keyes.

Anyone know if this is true???

13 posted on 10/30/2008 8:07:31 PM PDT by musicman (Sarah Palin Runs A STATE - Barack Obama Runs His MOUTH)
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To: BAW

I still think they aren’t releasing to protect the Clinton campaign. I’d bet the farm that is their source. Consider the timing. (Of course, I don’t actually have a farm. But if I did...)


14 posted on 10/30/2008 8:08:33 PM PDT by newheart (Obama. I kind of underestimated the creepiness.)
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To: pollywog

“Can someone give us the definition of PUMA again?”

Party
Unity
My
A$$


15 posted on 10/30/2008 8:08:48 PM PDT by austinaero
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To: musicman

I believe it was the local chicago paper, which had the same parent company as the LA Times.


16 posted on 10/30/2008 8:09:01 PM PDT by Paradox (Obama, the Audacity of Hype.)
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To: pollywog

A PUMA is an American who got Obama shoved down their throat with no recourse.

Like 75% of Americans did this election.


17 posted on 10/30/2008 8:09:31 PM PDT by txhurl (WELCOME PUMAS TO FREEREPUBLIC! PARTY UNITY MY ASS!)
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To: austinaero

Or in this case
People
United
Means
Action

There are apparently several sets of PUMAS, all with the seemingly same goal - prevent Obama from being elected.


18 posted on 10/30/2008 8:10:27 PM PDT by austinaero
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To: Paradox

Thanks for your reply to my post.

If the LA Times had ANYTHING to do with getting Ryan’s divorce papers released, it would show a REAL DOUBLE STANDARD concerning their holding the tape.


19 posted on 10/30/2008 8:13:32 PM PDT by musicman (Sarah Palin Runs A STATE - Barack Obama Runs His MOUTH)
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To: musicman

The Chicago Tribune did. I don’t know about LAT.


20 posted on 10/30/2008 8:18:21 PM PDT by BARLF
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