“Joe the Plumber” Smears Originated from Ohio State Officials
By Matthew Weaver on October 25, 2008 at 11:07 PM in Barack Obama, Current Affairs, John McCain, Ohio
[If you heard Truthteller's radio show tonight, you know about this hideous assault on Joe The Plumber. Why this isn't a national scandal, and the lead story on ALL media outlets, is beyond me. Also: I'm popping up here to add that, since we're changing servers again, this post may disappear and reemerge, but your comments may go "poof" at some point. Please don't be alarmed. It's part of the migration to the new server and the boost we need for all of our traffic. Hopefully (fingers crossed), we'll be past this come Monday or Tuesday at the latest. Now, for Matthew's excellent report. - SusanUnPC]
Within 48 hours of Joe the Plumber merely asking Senator Barack Obama a question in his Ohio neighborhood, Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher’s government-held records were accessed by three different agencies: The Office of Ohio Attorney General, the Cuyahoga County Child Support Enforcement Agency, and the Toledo Police Department.
McCain spokesman Paul Lindsay points out that “It’s outrageous to see how quickly Barack Obama’s allies would abuse government power in an attempt to smear a private citizen who dared to ask a legitimate question.”
Obama’s campaign is quoted as saying the charge is simply a sign of desperation by the McCain campaign.
State officials deny the attorney general’s office itself was involved but do acknowledge that an investigation into the three potentially “criminal” invasions of privacy was underway. No suspects were yet identified.
Source: Randy Ludlow, “Government computers used to find information on Joe the Plumber”, The Columbus Dispatch, October 24, 2008.
Picture: Jim Young, Reuters
Cross-posted on my blog, TheIndependentView.com.
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Of course, of course, of course – broken record! Every legitimate question and criticism is “a sign of desperation.”
Didn’t he say the exact same thing about Hillary before she whooped his ass?
Either “desperation,” racism, or “negative” politics. They’re like a broken record we’ve been listening to for months. Now, that TV reporter who dared to ask Joe Biden some tough questions has been officially banned by the Obama campaign. And these guys think they’re fit to take on foreign dictators? They whine and cry at every turn. Hillary needs to give them a master class in strength and resilience. Or better yet, bring Hillary back.
It is like Groundhogs day every day. Obama’s campaign does something wrong, Obama says its a distraction, the media says its a distraction, the Obots say it is a distraction [and actually believe it!].
What is Obama going to do–Ban the United Nations when the question one of is policies or issue a statement they disagree? Is he going to have his media dogs dig up all of the dirt from Sarkozy’s divorce if the French President ever asks him a question during a diplomatic gathering?
Obama runs away from things he doesn’t like and he doesn’t like being forced to tell the truth or explain what he believes and plans to enforce on America. I am pretty sure that doesn’t earn him my vote.
Yep, yep, yep. Obama will do all of that and more. Public executions for people who disagree with him. Michelle will be the execution and will use an AK-47. The White House lawn will be turned into a house of horrors. Lawmakers who disagree with “Dear Leader” will disappear and be replaced by Obots. Nancy Pelosi will lead the Inquisition team looking for dissidents.
you’re a fool
UPDATE: The McCain campaign conducted a conference call today with former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and former Ohio Attorney General Betty Montgomery on the subject of the reports that there may have been illegal conduct/governmental abuse of power involved in the potentially illegal accessing of Joe the Plumber’s records. I have put that conference call on YouTube so that people may listen to it and share the information with others:
Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F319EvbqIWw
Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atNZGEcjRT8
Interesting!!! Hope Nobama is implicated. Even so, the media will probably say he was tricked into accepting the illegally obtained information and that only racists will accuse him of wrong doing.
I wouldn’t want her back- she sold herself to satan awhile back. Please, don’t say she was forced or pressure, she did the worst thing- she let our country down and her supporters. Well…not all of them…some of them have enough sense to know this guy is bad for our country. And I am one.
I value politicians who keep their word. To me, that’s more important than anything else.
I’m curious to see if the RNC brinks for charges to the Attorney General’s office abusing it’s office for political reasons which would violate Federal Election Laws.
I imagine the US Supreme Court would love to review this tied to concerns with voter fraud.
Why did these people only get, well they got no punishment at all…..
Thirteen campaign workers for Barack Obama yesterday yanked their voter registrations and ballots in Ohio after being warned by a prosecutor that temporary residents can’t vote in the battleground state.
A dozen staffers – including Obama Ohio spokeswoman Olivia Alair and James Cadogan, who recently joined Team Obama – signed a form letter asking the Franklin County elections board to pull their names from the rolls.
The letter – a copy of which was obtained by palestra.net, a Fox News affiliate – came a day after prosecutor Ron O’Brien publicly urged out-of-state campaign workers for both Obama and John McCain to “examine your conscience” before the elections board beings begins opening absentee ballots today.
Earlier in the week, O’Brien spoke with lawyers for both camps and urged them to make sure their staffs met permanent-residency rules, or face possible felony charges.
Also pulling his ballot yesterday was Hofstra University grad Jake Smith, an Obama volunteer who had voted in Knox County, Ohio.
On Thursday, O’Brien cut a deal with 13 out-of-staters, including four from New York, who tossed out their already-cast ballots and admitted they didn’t meet residency requirements.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/10252008/news/politics/bam_staffers_pull_their_bogus_ohio_ballo_135152.htm
The Columbus Dispatch article linked to in this post states clearly:
It has not been determined who checked on Wurzelbacher, or why.
The McCain campaign claims to know who did it.
McCain spokesman Paul Lindsay points out that “It’s outrageous to see how quickly Barack Obama’s allies would abuse government power in an attempt to smear a private citizen who dared to ask a legitimate question.”
It’s just as likely that it was McCain people sloppily trying to vet Wurzelbacher after McCain used him in the debate.
And then the McCain campaign leaked this illegally obtained information to the press?!? What the hell are you smoking? Who did it is NOT hard to find out if they launch an official investigation. Ok this record was accessed using this persons access…suspect identification complete. From there they need to find out why. I mean seriously, finding out who did it will take less time than Obama spends going “um uhh uhh” when the teleprompter is off.
It’s ridiculous that these Obamabots drunk on power accessed the records of Joe the Plumber, one of the candidates for the highest office in the land. It’s unfair to allow anyone this kind of illegal access to those people seeking to run for President.
Doesn’t matter if this gets investigated – the Obamabots will realize their mistake when Ohio elects Joe as the candidate most qualified to lead this country!!
?
They should have said “elects”
Get it now?
Joe is considering running for congress. I may have ot move so I can vote for him or if ACORN is still around I’ll just bus in for early voting!
He better be careful. Obots will make bad stuff happen to him. It will be just like that Russian guy, started with an L, that was poisoned by the Kremlin on his stay in London. Body was all messed up and disgusting. I think he died but I’m not sure. Well that is what the Obots will do. Hope he has good body guards.
Andrew,
Get this part straight. They are the candy ass punks, not us. There is no hell that they can imagine which will match what happens to them if they open the dance. They know it at the higher levels and fear it. That’s Obama’s “Cling” comments.
Joe will be fine. Assassinations would lead to retribution and frankly, they do not have the firepower to play that game.
Intimidation works only if you think that what they can do will exceed what you can do. They have very small imaginations.
I forget but that black lady from Texas, the Hillary supporter, just dropped dead. Then there was the murder of that Hillary supporter in Arkansas. Mess with Obama and he does use a gun or some poison. It is his tactic, make them disappear or discredit them completely.
calmate, chico… todo esta’ bien
Three dead black gay men, all killed execution style, all within a short time period, all from Obama’s church.
Pray for his grandmother. Seriously. (Nobama’s sister is with her, providing her water, etc.)
.
This sound like anybody we know?
Venezuela’s Chavez wants to jail rival
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez threatened on Saturday to imprison his main political rival, intensifying a campaign against a man he calls a crime boss just a month before he faces tough regional elections
“I am determined to put Manuel Rosales behind bars. A swine like that has to be in prison,” Chavez said.
Chavez railed against Rosales at a gathering of businessmen in Zulia, urging the audience to vote against his rival for allegedly plotting to assassinate him, running crime gangs and illegally acquiring cattle ranches.
Chavez provided no specific evidence for the charges against the main leader of a fragmented opposition who has solid support in the oil-producing west of the OPEC nation.
Human rights groups say Chavez has increasingly exerted control over branches of power such as the judiciary and become intolerant of critics in almost a decade in power.
The former soldier typically takes to the offensive to stem a rise in support for potential rivals.
YUP!! Goverment computer was accessed. It will not be hard to trace who did it. All Gov Comps are signed out to specific individuals with a serial number and you have to have an ID code to access them. They track the usage of them all the time.
This person was an idiot or they think they are untouchable.
It was so obvious that there was an intense smear campaign underway immediately after Joe the Plummer was used in the debate. Of course agency’s were used. It’s the Obama teams trademark. We could go down the list of people who have been smeared that spoke up against Obama, starting with Hillary. They do research and even if they can’t find anything, they simply make it up. Then the media runs with it.
It appears this alleged abuse of power may be more widespread than just against Joe the Plumber.
I’ll be dragging my ass no matter what to the polling place on November 4 to put an end to this nightmare.
Keep up the good fight, we will prevail!
Orwell’s prophetic vision can and will be stopped.
Why does Ohio use it’s Highway patrol for things like this? Why do I think that this man didn’t threaten her with death? Why do I think it will turn out to be not what he really said? Why do I think there can be no truth found in Brunner’s conduct in anything? Why did Obama say it was good that “they” had control of the electronic voting machines in Ohio?
Man charged with threatening Ohio elections chief
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Friday, October 24th 2008, 10:43 PM
COLUMBUS, Ohio – An Ohio man has been charged with making a death threat against the state’s top elections official.
The State Highway Patrol says Dana McArtor was charged Friday with intimidation in a telephoned threat to the office of Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner (BROO’-nur).
Brunner spokesman Jeff Ortega says the call last Friday threatened to kill the secretary of state. Her office says it has been inundated with threats during a busy season of voter lawsuits and alleged registration irregularities.
The 51-year-old Columbus man remains jailed. He is to be arraigned Saturday.
A message was left at a phone listing for the address on his court record. The record didn’t indicate whether he had an attorney.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2008/10/24/2008-10-24_man_charged_with_threatening_ohio_electi.html
tzada: I’m speculating that the Highway Patrol is also the State’s primary State-level police agency.
To be expected when judges rule that voters have “no Constitutional standing” as in the Berk v Obama case.
We’re supposed to be window dressing only, our votes ornamental without any real clout and our purpose is to observe this circus without interfering with the show.
And we’ve been a naughty group of critics who intend to use our Constitutional vote to get rid of the clown act, if not the entire circus! And although our votes were ruled unnecessary to the appointment of a president in 2000 and 2004, it’s time we take our duty seriously
since those guarding the doors of our democracy seem to be busy opening them for our enemies.
Democracy and Soertoro/Obama are incompatible!
McArtor is a registered Republican, according to public records.
My guess is he listens to right wing radio so much that it turns his brains to mush.
Amazing that threatening people’s lives is apparently copacetic discussion of politics and government.
Truly amazing and sad.
Remember MO and what they tried to do to people who lied with signs etc against Precious?
Well, they sent 30 lawyers to dig up dirt on Sarah. LOL* All they managed to dig up was trash, in my opinion.
Rove gave her a nice pat for doing a good job for McCain today, btw. I agreed wholeheartedly with him.
The smears on Palin were directly tied to Obama. I don’t know if this nonsense is.
I do know that the overall picture of attacking and smearing a guy who dares to ask a hypothetical question was a low point in the Obama campaign. And he definitely participated. He was derisive on the campaign trail.
And I fail to see how in the world he thought that would win over blue-collar voters.
Just baffled me, anyway…..
There were so many other legitimate ways to counter the situation than that.
I think that was a HUGE gaffe on his part, bigger than Bidens.
Firefly, criticism of Obama is “racism” not a “sign of desperation.”
What about the media? Following the NY Times lead in their march to extinction. NY Times stock price skidded to a low not seen since 1995. Burn Baby, Burn!
Lots of morons are banking on The Precious. When he loses, bye bye DNC/Pelosi type idiots and MSM. And good riddance!
Good riddance.
Oh Bama, Can This Really Be The End:
The “racism” mantra NEVER comes from 0bama – only from surrogates and minions – gotta keep barky’s hands lookin’ clean, donchaknow…
The “desperation” mantra comes directly from 0bama and from his campaign – as well as from minions and surrogates, of course – because it fuels the “inevitability” theme barky’s trying to run out the clock with.
He did the same thing to Hillary – started right after Iowa and continued throughout the primaries, even when she was cleaning his clock – “barky is inevitable – all criticism is futile and desperate.”
If Obama is elected, Obots would be in total charge of two branches of government. We are getting some indication of what an Obama presidency would be like.
The invasion of Joe the Plumber’s privacy amounts to a swift reprisal against Joe for daring to question Dear Leader. Obama and his followers are not only willing to attack political opponents and their families in the most vile manner, but private citizens are now fair game also.
Obama is like Nixon..
Those that are against him will be investigated.
I won’t be surprised if talk radio has the IRS all over them with bogus investigations
Yep…
and ummm, not only Talk Radio but
all of us.
Bingo–its what we all have to look forward to. Political censorship and silencing.
Not only will two branches of government be stolen, but the media as well. The great watchdogs supposed to protect us from the shady dealings and secrecy of our government will be in the bag of that same government.
Censorship will be nearly complete and Obama will have all the tool sof the commander in chief to make sure opposition is silence. Kinda like he has done so far.
Question him have your life ripped apart and your skeletons spread on the evening news.
Run against him and have your fashion, finances, ethics, intelligence, and family matters questioned and spread across the smut magazines.
Just think of what he will be capable of when he is POTUS and not just a candidate.
After thinking of that, think of how to resist and subvert. Another topsy-turvy scenario, all us older people who upheld the rules because of the principles they represented, now being the ones to rage against the machine.
Don’t trust anyone under
3040.heh.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4Qztm2tvmA
Great video…
I really wonder how much the youth will continue to back Maobama when he brings back the draft in response to his foreign policy miscalculations.
Weakness means war.
Maobama is a great one. I didn’t even think of that one. His name lends itself to so many alterations. He certainly is like Mao, promising a “GREAT LEAP FORWARD” and delivering “A GREAT LEAP BACKWARDS”
Now Andrew, when times are tough the thing that helps the most is humor, and you are right, O’s name lends itself more to wordplay than any I’ve seen, so turn to making him a joke if you feel stressed. Humor, black though it was by necessity, was one of the key things that got people through the concentration camps. There could hardly be a greater test of will to live, or morale, than what the people in Nazi camps went through. Focus on getting through, not what you’re going through.
Spread this news to the college students…I cannot imagine why there was not more outrage after hearing Obama’s statement referring to the draft during the interviews the evening of sept 11th.
Let them know that thier mighty messiah is interested in sending them off to war when he would not so much as be a boyscout much less serve as a soldier.
Obama disrespects soldiers at every turn and many other uniformed officers of this Nation. Police are asked to stand behind the bus so as not to be seen with “the one” a dead soldiers family request obama not use their son as a campaign tool and he refuses to relent, he accuses our men and women of the armed services in Afghanistan of simply bombing civillians.
and now he wants to turn you into another one for him to disrespect and use for his own advancement.
This is a man who went to the gym rather than visit wounded war veterans after he found out he could not take his tv cameras in with him for a photo op.
he has never served yet wants the authority to compell service in others
galt,did you take a look?what say you master thrall.
The ads are good, they are well made and are hard hitting. How much budget and where are they being broadcast?
So sayeth the Master Thrall.
i dont know exactly ,though it probably would be worth your master thrall investigative abilities to find out as they seem like a worthwhile place to donate to help?
Just so people know what the fark we are talking about:
Hi rez 527 videos
Sarah, I don’t do too much investigating. I am more of an analyst, intuitive and morale officer. I shall do a quick check though.
These videos are really great. I have been trying to pass them around all week. They are rated very high by Frank Luntz test groups, too.
In the Obama Gulags of the Pacific NorthWest, one never sees ANYTHING but Dear Leader pap, are these being shown anywhere but on a computer near you?
Sadly, believe it or not, lots of people have no computers and if it’s not on TV, will never see them.
“Earmarks”, “Not This Time”, and “Chicken Button” are IMO the best 3 and I would love to see them running here in Indiana!
That’s from the group responsible for the project that did the videos. Not my cup of tea but if one can donate only to a fund to be used specifically for the ads only, it might be worthy of support even from us moderates and sane leftist PUMAs. I shy away from social conservatives (”traditional values”) because they discriminate against my LGBT sisters and brothers. This election is about stopping abuse of power that The Precious will bring, so the enemy of my enemy is now my friend. Family values sure! Love Pat Robertson now!
im a dummy,ive been posting all night using my 13 yr old daughters name and just realized what ive been doing.btw gault sent a email to them asking if they could call me as like you said your enemy is my enemy and maybee we pumas could help financially to promote those videos to battleground states,we will see. good night all i think its time i gave my addled brain a rest.
Hell, we all thought you’d gone full ‘Cuda by changing your name to Sarah!
If you ask me the Obama campaign’s obsession with calling everything the McCain campaign says “an act of desperation” is an act of desperation in itself.
For the last couple of weeks they’ve known that, despite highly biased polls giving Obama varying leads, the race is a lot tighter.
With only days to go, they know that there’s nothing else that is going to give them a mega-boost to guarantee a landslide win. They’ve already had the one and only boost they were going to get – the economic collapse. They knew that the public largely blames Republicans for the crisis and that their pals in the MSM were never going to promote the truth, that Democrats are actually more responsible.
But since then, McCain and Palin have done everything they can to hammer home the truth. They’ve made inroads in convincing the public that Obama’s tax plan spells disaster. They’ve highlighted the difference between their plan and Obama’s, which is that theirs is about strengthening the economy by creating the best conditions for job creations….and thanks to Joe the Plumber, the public has begun to wise up to the fact that Obama’s plan is about spreading existing wealth around while making it harder for big business to create new jobs.
They’ve seen McCain cut into Obama’s lead and it terrifies them. Their only hope has been to try and keep the nation’s focus on the economy and to keep chanting things like “failed policies of the last 8 years” and “McCain wants tax cuts for the rich” over and over again.
But they didn’t figure on Joe Biden making his biggest gaffe of all – warning the nation that since Obama was inexperienced, he would be “tested” by our enemies. This immediately reminded the public about the issue of national defense and McCain’s superiority.
They hoped that they could freeze time at the exact moment that the economy tanked, and carry that boost through to election day. It hasn’t worked out like that, so they know their only hope is to endlessly promote the illusion that they’re safely on top and McCain is “desperate.” It’s all about convincing voters not to bother with McCain but to join the “winning team” instead. So every time McCain attacks them on something legitimate they say it’s a “sign of desperation.”
The only trouble is, in doing so they expose their own nervousness and desperation. They’re so worried about their tenuous, fragile lead that they don’t even want to get into the debate any more. All they can do is attack McCain for being “negative” and accuse his supporters of “hatred” and call everyone “desperate.” It’s pathetic.
Have you seen this video? It shows Gaddaffi endorsing Obama and a couple of foreign guys campaiging for Obama via computer from overseas. It’s chilling. If anybody still thinks we need to elect this guy Obama, you seriously need your head examined. SHARE THIS WITH EVERYONE YOU KNOW. AND PLEASE VOTE McCAIN/PALIN. America will not get a do-over.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeBK80YuOUA
dig Gaddaffi sunglasses!
wow…
Obama and his Kenyan Cousin and Genocide:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6vBRJIBp2I
what a nice family…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FUq223TGEc
a. hillary
b. mccain
america first!
I think Mac or the GOP might run with this and do a major ad blitz about what The Precious and his supporters will do to their opponents if he wins – Joe was only a warning shot across the bow. And they don’t have to make anything up. Its is obvious confidential government records were accessed to harm Joe. Throw in The Precious’ FISA vote and all of America will be wearing tinfoil hats imagining god knows what. This could be devastating to The Precious.
I feel like a dissident in the old USSR right now.
Maybe I feel like a pepperoni pizza instead? That’s better!
Are you sure Obama hasn’t accused us of that somewhere already? Maybe some intrepid reporter can ask Biden as he’s good for answers that others won’t share.
I posted the above comment before I watched the video. Sorry… This is serious stuff.
Tin foil hats ….Maybe silver on the outside and cooper on the inside work better? Ever read about HAARP? In reality there are things that may be just conspiracy nut job things. But then we never thought we would have reached this point in America either.
According to some theories TV’s can be used from the other side to peer into your homes and hear what you are saying. Telephones do not have to be off the hook for someone to listen in on your home. Fact or fiction?
This I do know. While I was host at an internet gaming site I learned first hand that a computer can take your picture even if you do not have a video cam. Its a long story so I won’t go into it, but it happened to me.
If Obama is elected and we have a Democratic Congress, we will be living in a “Police State” within a year.
North Korea like. We will have to call him “Dear Leader” and he will create his own reality. Maybe he will declare that the sky is green and the grass is purple. Everyone will be forced to believe it or else.
I registered http://www.thedearleader.us a while back with intent to put something up like this page at http://www.thedearleader.com. So far, just never gotten around to it so the page simply points to my blog. Maybe I should spend a few minutes and put up a page–some of the pictures from my 12 Days Before the Election post might be fitting. Any suggestions?
I’d put a bunch of the 527 ads up …. the international crisis ad, the fannie mae ads…and the ads about full dem power.
Matt,
I’ve always been fond of Obama’s upside down phone call at 3:00 am photo…
regards
Yes, I think this would be great. And, Geoff, yes to some of the ads. I’ll check back tomorrow for suggestions will and do something tomorrow night.
The kids singing. Creepily appropriate.
youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtGrp5MbzAI&feature=related
Ooops.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtGrp5MbzAI&feature=related
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
CREEPY!!!
Definitely add the video link from above.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeBK80YuOUA
I’m sending it to as many news outlets as I can (national and local). Maybe it will be seen by those who don’t access the Net or who don’t have cable access.
How about Obama with the styrofoam Greek columns, Obama with his presidential seal, Obama in Berlin…There is a wealth of material out there.
That picture of him emerging from the Willamette River with the roses and the unicorn in the background.
The video where he say that a light will shine and you will be compelled to vote for Barack Obama.
If you can find it, the whole picture of the blue page that was on his site, with the eagle turned away and standing on the flag. Now, if you go to barackobama.com, this screen flashes by at an almost subliminal speed before the mainscreen loads. I caught it with PrntScrn but–now it has been chopped a little. The first one I saw long ago was truly upsetting. The eagle was clearly in retreat. Now it looks a little more like a heraldic supporter for other design elements.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2115420/posts?page=42
Very interesting. Also Berg is taking it to supreme court.
He’ll get disbarred before that happens.
won’t matter. you do not have to hold a law degree or a law lisence to file a law suit or an appeal.
Gateway Pundit
Where Hope Finally Made a Comeback.
Friday, October 24, 2008
Confirmed: MSM Holds Video Of Barack Obama Attending Jew-Bash & Toasting a Former PLO Operative… Refuse to Release the Video!
Introduction: The LA Times is holding a video that shows Barack Obama celebrating with a group of Palestinians who are openly hostile towards Israel. Barack Obama even gives a toast to a former PLO operative at this celebration. If the American public saw this side of Barack Obama he would never be elected president.
But, the media refuses to release this video.
LA Times writer Peter Wallsten wrote about Barack Obama’s close association with former Palestinian operative Rashid Khalidi back in April.
Wallsten discussed a dinner held back in 2003 in honor of Khalidi, a critic of Israel and advocate for Palestinian rights.
Barack Obama has denied his close association with Khalidi, too.
According to Wallsten the evening not surprisingly turned into a classic Jew-bash:
“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.”
Barack Obama also praised the former PLO operative during the event.
And, Obama confessed that his family often shared dinner with the Khalidis:
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.
Khalidi and the Obamas were great friends in Chicago and often shared meals together.
By the way, Khalidi was also best friends with Bill Ayers.
On Wednesday I talked with Peter Wallsten from the Los Angeles Times about the article on Obama and Khalidi:
Wallston was one of the few mainstream media reporters to report on this radical Obama associate.
Wallston said that the article was written after he watched video taken at the Khalidi going away party. When I asked him about the video he said that as far as he was concerned he was through with the story.
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, there you have it.
The LA Times has video of Obama toasting a former PLO operative at a Jew-bash but will not release the video.
This is outrageous.
Obviously, this video would do great damage to Obama who struggles with Jewish voters due to his circle of close anti-Semitic friends.
Maybe this is the reason it is not being released?
More on Khalidi—
Not only does Barack Obama’s church of 20 years support Hamas and Hezbollah but Barack Obama also has a longtime close friendship and financial association with suspected former PLO operative and Israel hater Rashid Khalidi.
Earlier this month Sean Hannity dared to report on Barack and Michelle Obama’s radical associate and friend, Rashid Khalidi:
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.
Although he is described as a former PLO operative, via Free Republic, this is what Rashid Khalidi has to say about Palestinian terrorism against Jews– he said anti-Israel violence contributed to “political enlightenment”:
On Palestinian violence. Khalidi glorifies anti-Israel violence as contributing to “political enlightenment”[vii] and unsurprisingly admires those who carry it out. His loyalty to Palestinian terrorist groups run so deep that he actually dedicated his 1986 valentine to the PLO, Under Siege, to “those who gave their lives . . . in defense of the cause of Palestine and independence of Lebanon.”[viii] The book whitewashes PLO violence against Israelis and Lebanese, as well as the Syrian occupation.
Khalidi and Ayers were practically best friends.
And, both Ayers and Obama signed the commemorative book given to Khalidi at his going away party:
In Chicago, the Khalidis founded the Arab American Action Network, and Mona Khalidi served as its president. A big farewell dinner was held in their honor by AAAN with a commemorative book filled with testimonials from their friends and political allies. These included the left wing anti-war group Not In My Name, the Electronic Intifada, and the ex-Weatherman domestic terrorists Bernadine Dohrn and Bill Ayers. (There were also testimonials from then-state Senator Barack Obama and the mayor of Chicago.)
It’s hard to imagine that the LA Times would hold onto a video of Sarah Palin praising an anti-Semitic radical and former PLO operative…
But, that is today’s mainstream media.
If one copy is at the LA Times, there are more copies out there. With something this explosive, more would have been made even if there was only one copy of the original. Let’s hope it falls into the “wrong hands” and gets published somewhere public before 11/4.
Yes, Barry is right.
We are desperate, to show the American public what this man (or Mouse — wait, is that why Mickey and Minnie are contributing to his campaign with untraceable credit cards — not it makes sense) is all about, underneath the facade of teflon that the DNC, his campaign and the MSM have erected around him.
What about the TV station in Orlando, Florida that has been cut off by anyone from the Obama Campaign because the lady asked tough questions of Biden. This is scary.
She will go to a reeducation camp for further instructions on how to be a good citizen. “Dear Leader” will ensure that everyone follows his protocol. He will probably eliminate term limits and declare himself dictator for life.
That TV station can now become a billboard against The Precious and his Brownshirt tactics.
America deserved Obama.
No one deserves Obama. He is like wishing a deadly disease on someone. No one deserves a deadly disease. Still, people who vote for him are stupid.
People that vote for Obama have a false hope that he will solve all their problems. Since he has changed his mind on everything and never has been pinned down on a position Obama is whatever you wish him to be.
Oh.. how the real world catches up to people.
If Obama steals the election his supporters will be angry when he breaks his promises
If Obama loses these same people will riot.
“If Obama steals the election his supporters will be angry when he breaks his promises”
No they won’t, these people are in denial. If God told them, Obama is fraud they still won’t believe it. Obama got them believing that by voting for his hope and change, they will be a part of something special. That their vote will usher in a movement that will change the world. They can’t admit that they are wrong about Obama because they all think they are so evolved and enlighten that they can’t possibly be fooled.
How can God tell them Obama is a fraud when Obama is “god?”
I wonder if there would be a mass suicide if Obama loses. I can see all the bots lining up in the punch line for the real Kool-aid. They would take large gulps, lay down in the grass praying to the Obamessiah and then suddenly be struck with extreme pain as their body could no longer process oxygen and their brain starved to death [what brain you might ask]. Those who don’t drink the Kool-aid voluntarily will be compelled to with guns.
Yeah. Hitler told the German people they were going to be a part of something special too. Something that would change the world.
the rhetoric is just too similiar.
No we don’t.
Funny… Obama and Biden won’t sit down with American reporters that ask tough questions, but they will sit down with leaders of rogue states. hmmmmmm
There are fewer real reporters than there are leaders of rogue states. Anyway, for a celebrity like Obama, why lower himself to sit with a reporter when he can meet with ‘leaders’ he might consider his ‘peers’?
America is like communist China…where the government mandate what gets shown on T.V. It begins…
We got a sneak peek of China during the olympics. It scared the crap out of me. But, many folks thought it all looked so “clean and organized”. What has happened to U.S.A.? I will continue to fight for our freedom.
China was creepy during the Olympics. It was way too clean and the people looked like robots. Obama praised the way China looked and said we should look like them. He really said it. Some of the Chinese athletes look like they were about to be killed after a loss. REALLY SCARY.
Which video?
From a post way up top…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeBK80YuOUA
What are you talking about…what video?
I think this is in reference to http://neverfindout.org. If so, I like the Chicken one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geaYuQq5Gag, but haven’t view but one or two others.
new zogby poll has McCain down by only 5.3 when the lead was 12 two days ago
Polls are garbage. Zogby has been swinging around wildly and Gallup has been surging and dropping erratically. I don’t believe any of them.
Did I hear you say the polls are garbage..
I’m proud of you Andrew!
Yep. They keep flipping around so fast I don’t even look at them anymore. If a good poll comes out for McCain they quickly release a good poll for Obama. Craziness ensues. Now Geraldo is already suggesting Oprah for ambassador to Britain and Obama is already writing his inauguration address. I say, not so fast! The only polls that matter are in 9 days and from where I’m sitting, you are looking a little desperate breaking into people’s personal information. Is this a sign of things to come?
Keep thinking positive!
http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t337/doblermeyer/MCCAIN-OBAMAcopy-1.jpg
My wife thinks you might be too young to understand my photo..I think you know!
If not..pollsters thought for sure Dewey was going to beat Truman..The Chicago Tribune was so confident that they printed the victory for Dewey before the results.
Truman went to bed early and awoke the next day the victor
McCain is Truman
I know exactly what you are talking about. I even know the slogans that Dewey ran against Truman: “To err is Truman” and “Had Enough?” Truman had to deal with the fractured Dem party and it looked like he was toast. Turned out that he won by a comfortable margin. Media was all bashing Truman though, running lengthy Op-eds about the trouble he had caused. Dewey was just like Nobama, smooth and full of crap. The same thing actually happened to Abraham Lincoln. He went to sleep thinking he had lost and woke up a winner. I hope I don’t have to go to sleep thinking Obummer won. I wouldn’t sleep.
Andrew..
I will let my wife know that you got the facts down!!!
seattle — McCain is Truman
I hope so! I had to take many courses in statistics to get the whole story of polls and their interpretation. It easily takes a year or more of time and testing to come up with a really good poll or psychological assessment, which is what a poll is. Consider the reliability of the SAT vs. Zogby. Day to day political polls at best can’t come closer to accurate than +/- 3 points. That’s why a 6 point spread is not meaningful by itself, and can reverse in 24 hours.
Well, you earn MY respect. Anyone who can slog through statistics, gets to talk about that subject authoritatively. *haha
James Zogby is personal friends with Obama and writes for HuffPo and has a Muslim paper. He was also a SD for Obama.
Zogby endorsed Obama and he wanted to make it very close so that Obama Supporter can wakeup and go to the poll. Don’t believe any poll. THey are doing their bussness .
Just work hard until McCain is elected
All the pollsters come on TV with that smirk on their face like they know they are full of excrement and they are proud of it. Even Rasmussen, who I used to respect, has gone all devious. Every time they show him he is smirking and I want to rip that smirk right off his face and say, BIG FAT LIAR. I want to know how much they pay these poll people off because I have heard at least 10 times that if you say you are a Dem voting for McCain they hang up and don’t finish the poll. I have also heard stories of people who get called repeatedly until they say Obama. One lady was arrested for saying that she didn’t like Obama. The poll people are dangerous.
If I read Obama chart of expenses right he has paid 21,000,000 to or for polling
That’s stupid. Rasmussen polls for Fox News.
Why is everyone in the tank for Obama? What’s going on…this guy is the anti-Christ.
A better question to ask is where are all these Obama supporters? You hear that there are so many Obots but I only see a few. Even at my high school Obama only won by 100 votes out of 1400 students. The teachers however voted for O 55 to 22, dummies.
Andrew — The youth vote for Obama is no larger than the youth vote was for Kerry.
Article you folks might be interested in!
Of course it’s from ObamaCNN so take it with a grain of salt… but looks like McC’s peeps are frustrated with Palin even going so far as to call her a Diva!
will the sexism never end?
I believe 0 percent of it. Even if it’s true, she is a DIVA. If they let her off her leash she would rip Barky a new one. Pitbulls unite. Given that it probably isn’t true, I wouldn’t worry. CNN has been lying its ass off forever. My teachers at school actually think that CNN is the most fair news channel. I have to contain my laughter.
Here’s another goodie from a liberal website (I’ve always liked during Bush years) with this headline:
“Obama bids dying grandmother somber farewell”
I thought she was home recovering from a broken hip? which story is true and if she’s really not dying.. when will the bullshit stop and the media own up to their biased corrupt crap!
The grandmother probably doesn’t even exist. It is probably a campaign ploy to make Obama seem more human. If she does exist, Obama probably either has her gagged and locked up in a tiny closet or on some tropical island without phones.
I might clarify I “used to like” and used to read regularly.. I’ve pretty much given them all up now, rarely checking in..
If she is so sick and on the verge of dying WHY DID MICHELLE AND THE TWO GIRLS NOT GO ALONG?! Are they so estranged that even at the deathbed Michelle won’t pay her respects?!
Or,maybe this is all hype to create a sympathy vote for Obama and to also distract from a lot of bad news piling on Obama—ACORN, Joe the Plumber, Marxist spread the wealth views, etc.?
Mathew
Obama can only spend so much time with gran. He gets exasperated with her trying to persuade him to vote for McCain.
If Barack says she’s dying… she’s frikken dying…got it?
Its like the guy who’s riding his horse near the road when a car accidentally hits him and the horse, tossing them both through the air…
The guy is knocked unconscious and comes to in a ditch.
Just as he sits up, he sees a sheriff’s deputy kneeling by his horse.
“Broke your leg did you, ol’ hoss? Sorry,” and he pulls his pistol and shoots the horse. As the deputy turns, he sees the guy and walks over to him. “How are you sir,” he asks.
“Well, even though my leg may look broken…”
Grandma better get a food taster…
The truth about Obama and his grandma…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FUq223TGEc
a. hillary
b. mccain
america first!
Her birthday is tomorrow and he’s leaving…
Bye grammy! I don’t care about your birthday because your just a typical white person. You are probably clinging to that gun and bible. I would be if I were you.
eh, that is messed up.
funny how she has never come to an event or been seen speaking fondly of him and his achievements. Kinda seems like he wants to keep her a secret, or at least not have her talk to anyone.
or maybe grandma knows Barack too well and therefore doesn’t support him in his quest to be Dear Leader of america?
hmm…
maybe Barack went to visit her to try and get her to make an appearance with him for that long needed photo op and she said no?
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b. mccain
america first!
Did anyone watch SNL tonight? I didn’t.
This article talks about The PUMA’s and the untold story of the media not figuring all the Hillary Dems voting for McCain in their Polls.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/10/signs_pointing_to_a_mccain_vic.html
You disgust me…you wasted my money….my time and emotions when you obviously had NO PLAN TO WIN….and every plan to hand it over to the DEMS.
The collusion is obvious! Why else would you not bring up the fascist media for obama….
OBama isn’t an American….you think that you’ld bring that up! NOTHING!!
They are right…you are like Bush….you let the media crawl all over you and destroy America and YOU DO NOTHING!!!!!
You politician make me sick….at time when WE need the truth and more interaction with our leaders we get even more BULL than ever!
I’m sick you your granddaddy approach….we need a fighter for freedom and an intellectual whose actually for us not against us…….we don’t need a good ol’ granddaddy to tell us “oh we shouldn’t be afraid of obama….he’s a good guy”!?
OBAMA’S A MARXIST TERRORIST FOR CHRIST SAKE….OH I FORGOT HE DOESN’T EVEN CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS AND SOON NEITHER WILL WE BE ABLE TO.
….ALL THANKS TO YOU Mccain!
YOU BETRAYED ME…JUST LIKE BUSH DID. AND YOU BETRAYED AMERICA…ALL BECAUSE YOU ARE AFRAID TO BE MEAN!….WEAK INDEED.
“ALL BECAUSE YOU [McCain] ARE AFRAID TO BE MEAN!”
You mean McCain isn’t willing to wade through the gutter and show no leadership. You mean McCain isn’t willing to exhort his followers to get in people’s faces. You mean McCain is being decent and acting honorable.
It isn’t just whether or not you win, but HOW you win. In Obama’s case, he will do ANYTHING to win regardless of how.
I appreciate what you’re saying and why….”if you don’t have honor you got nothing” etc.
The problem is that we are obviously in an information war….WAR. When in war you gotta fight back.
The other thing thats different than any other time in American history and hence makes it impossible to play by the “european” notion of galantry, honor, decency etc…..OBAMA is a trojoan horse MARXIST Islamicist….we don’t have time to look nice…we only have time to destroy the TRAITOR.
Sorry for the pessimism people….its true that lots of you have worked hard to keep people like me feel somewhat hopeful sometimes…..THANKS.
But unfortunately, my background (escape from the USSR) prevents me from seeing these people as HUMAN BEINGS….My hatrad of Marxism and Fascism is viceral and violent. I see only one end to this Traitor…..I’ll let you guys to your hopefulness…..me, I see the end of America unless we all get violently opposed to Obama and all that he represents in American politics….I want to spit in his ugly face and…..
Please read “liberal Fascism” by J Goldberg….perhaps you’ll see just how low our chances are to provail…at least unless we true Americans smarten up fast and demand more from our leaders….more interaction with them (via computer etc). We need to get our kids to KNOW american real history so that identy politics, eurgenics, their betrayal, and Fascismt american style (ist implemented by Wilson and adopted by FDR and truman (a KKK member), Johnson etc) never happens again….the brainwashing has to stop If we are to retain our freedoms. We need to fight the current political establishment….enough with Politcal correctness …..it only leads to fascism……always. That’s why I’m so pessimistic….I want to wake people up NOW….the America we know is about to die.
I was unaware the election had taken place, Sally.
Please read McPalinHill’s link just above yours. Its a breath of fresh, optimistic air and I believe it sincerely.
There will be ample time to redirect your rage if Obama gets elected. And believe me, I can DO rage, so I understand that your anger is real.
Just please hang on to it a little longer. You might get to use it on Pelosi and Frank, and Biden and (enter name of your favorite selection here) instead.
We can’t adequately plan what to do if Obama wins. There isn’t enough information. We CAN, however, plan what we will do when WE win.
Try it. Its lots more fun. Who do you choose to be voted out after we drop Obama off at the depot?
Thank you friend for you uplifting note….and for understanding my rage rather that admonishing it.
You see I am a Slav…a hot blooded now-free Slav–one who is tuned to feel the deadly approach of real evil when it comes knocking….based on our tragic experience-not genetics. Slav comes from SLAVE…in case you didn’t know. I am willing to fight to the death before some BOZO Obama takes my freedoms away. You Americans just can’t understand the terror an immigrant such as myself, feels at the prospect of subjugation of myself, my children, my country, my friends, and those Americans values I’ve grown to LOVE……
The American ideal is straight from God. When America is gone….western civilization is gone….God is gone. NOTHING IN THE WORLD CAN EVER REPLACE IT. EVER!
Lord please bless our Troops….those I have the highest reverence for
I wouldn’t be caught dead negotiating with evil…I’ld just destroy it. WE do not give leniancy and understanding to our enemies…such people only turn on you and kill you….always.
I wish you Americans, who have it all at stake with Obama bin Biden, would wake up and start using your God given ability to, feel urgency and HATE and act upon it with URGENCY every once in a while when it comes to your enemies(within bounds of our laws of course).
These Marxist will kill you…kill you. Make no mistake….we have very little time left. They must be destroyed within the bounds of our laws and quick….every second Obama hangs around our kids he infects them with Marxism, anti-americanism, etc…and gains irrecoverable ground with them. Blah, Blah, Blah
Think Staligrad massacre…..Slavs…its in our blood to be afraid and make sure we survive.
Andrew,
Did you read “Darkness at Noon” as I recomended, in preparation for an Obama win?
3,000+ Professors sign petition to get media to stop ’smearing’ their favorite terrorist:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tMb1VkSDg4
pathetic people… these are the clowns teaching our children?
Child Victim of William Ayers Nail Bomb Speaks Out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfEcZlO-APE
Unrepentant Domestic Terrorist Calls police when a lone reporter shows up in front of Ayers’ house to ask him some questions:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Gh4tspUL7I
Joe the Plumber asks Obama 1 question and he gets 10 satellite trucks parked on his lawn and reporters digging through his trash yet ONE reporter FINALLY shows up in front of Bill Ayers’ house to politely ask if it is time to apologize to America and the Domestic Terrorist quickly calls the police.
Proving once again he is a pathetic coward just like Obama.
a. hillary
b. mccain
america first!
Thanks to palestra for exposing actual VOTER FRAUD
Seems they are the last of the investigative journalists left.
http://palestra.net/blogs/read/17606
Let’s do our part.
Go here and start digging through Obama campaign expenses..that’s how we uncovered their “accidental mis-reporting” of ACORN’s subsidiary payment of $800k.
http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/dcdev/forms/
yeah, and the hilarious bit is that they are STUDENTS!
amazing!
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b. mccain
america first!
no wonder the New York Times is losing money…
americans have to rely on students for real journalism…
at least we have some choice at the moment…
i’m sure Dear Leader will shut those students down if he can steal enough votes…
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b. mccain
america first!
Fox is covering the illegal search into Joe the Plumber’s background, within the hour.
My objection to Obama’s on-line system is more of a philosophical point, I guess.
I was mortified, personally, that this competition for dollars got started in the primary. I didn’t think that young people should be digging so deeply into their pockets for a politician, who might…then turn around and not deliver.
We all have been through campaigns. We all know the game. Next comes the speech, “Well, the economy is obviously so bad, that I’ll have to postpone those tax cuts.”
The moderators of the debates tried valiantly to bring some honest discussion about this into the campaign. Obama clearly decided….stick to the BS.
Now, these young people have spent about what they will pay in taxes next year on electing him? That just seemed wrong. My favorite comments to hate from the Hillary campaign came when she had a good on-line month, and her manager said, “And these were people on fixed-incomes sending her money!” I thought right then, “Shut up, you dope. That’s nothing to brag about.”
I don’t like this new “free-for-all” system, may the biggest campaign money raiser win.
It over-persuaded the SD’s, in my opinion.