Comments on: It must be a great insult to be ‘associ … http://talkislam.info/2008/10/29/it-must-be-a-great-insult-to-be-associ/ a crescent waxing eloquent Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:56:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: aziz http://talkislam.info/2008/10/29/it-must-be-a-great-insult-to-be-associ/#comment-2749 aziz Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:50:35 +0000 http://talkislam.info/2008/10/29/it-must-be-a-great-insult-to-be-associ/#comment-2749 It should be noted that <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/28/mccain-funded-work-of-pal_n_138606.html" rel="nofollow">John McCain donated great sums of money to Khalidi</a>'s projects. Makes his <a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1008/McCain_camp_demands_LA_Times_video.html" rel="nofollow">demand-by-proxy</a> that the LA Times release the video rather ridiculously transparent <a href="http://dean2004.blogspot.com/2008/07/wonderful-flip-flops-of-john-mccain.html" rel="nofollow">another flip-flop for the list</a>). The demand of the LA Times is actually rather bizarre in that they are critiquing the paper for something that they actually did in McCain's favor. As Larison points out, <a href="http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/10/29/the-last-gasp/" rel="nofollow">the Times was under no obligation to actually report on the video at all</a>, as might be expected were the MSM truly "in the tank" for Obama. That's a great article on the Khalidi nonsense, by the way - well worth a read. It should be noted that John McCain donated great sums of money to Khalidi’s projects. Makes his demand-by-proxy that the LA Times release the video rather ridiculously transparent another flip-flop for the list).

The demand of the LA Times is actually rather bizarre in that they are critiquing the paper for something that they actually did in McCain’s favor. As Larison points out, the Times was under no obligation to actually report on the video at all, as might be expected were the MSM truly “in the tank” for Obama. That’s a great article on the Khalidi nonsense, by the way – well worth a read.

]]> By: Lawrence of Arabia http://talkislam.info/2008/10/29/it-must-be-a-great-insult-to-be-associ/#comment-2748 Lawrence of Arabia Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:11:07 +0000 http://talkislam.info/2008/10/29/it-must-be-a-great-insult-to-be-associ/#comment-2748 for many americans, to be a university professor automatically implies that you are part of a leftist anti-american elite, bent upon the destruction of the "greatest nation on earth". you are guilty until proven otherwise. for many americans, to be a university professor automatically implies that you are part of a leftist anti-american elite, bent upon the destruction of the “greatest nation on earth”. you are guilty until proven otherwise.

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