Posted on 09/21/2012 2:25:30 PM PDT by tobyhill
In the final desperate days of campaign 2008, as their shot at the White House slipped away, John McCain and Sarah Palin railed against the Los Angeles Times. The Republicans insisted the newspaper had a secret video that would prove Barack Obama consorted with leftists. Ever since, it has become an article of faith in outposts of the political right that the hidden “Khalidi video” includes absolute proof that the 44th president has a warm embrace for radicals and those who hate the state of Israel.
The latest resurrection of the Khalidi video mythology came this week courtesy of Breitbart.com. The website on Thursday offered a $100,000 reward for a copy of the “Khalidi tape” — which the right-wing site speculates will lay bare the ugly back story of Obama’s disdain of Israel, his “sacrifice” of Free Speech, and his effusive support of Mideast radicals.
Such fantastical thinking is rife not just on Breitbart.com but across the conservative Interwebs. On the website of Fox News commentator Sean Hannity, for example, one woman ranted on the certainty that this lone video would expose “this Muslim traitor who will do anything to hide his true identity and plans to further destroy America!”
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
The LAT has a policy of NOT endorsing presidential candidates, they even said so when they endorsed Obama in 2008.
The only other time in history the Times endorsed a candidate for president??.....wait for it......
Richard Milhous Nixon, 1968
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