McCain camp now going to bring up Columbia Prof. Rashid Khalidi and tie him to Obama

[TeamJordan23]

Responding to reports that Sen. McCain's associations are considered fair game by Democrats, Republican strategists affiliated with the McCain campaign say they plan to highlight Obama's alleged contacts with individuals who they say have been linked to terrorist organizations, including controversial Columbia Prof. Rashid Khalidi, accused without real evidence of being a former PLO spokesperson and Ali Abunimah, a member of the Arab American Action Network who received a grant from the Woods Fund approved by Wm. Ayers, Obama and Khalidi. Khalidi and his wife held a fundraiser for Obama in 2000.

One strategist said: "Obama needs to understand he will own his friendships with individuals that are in some cases anti-American, anti-Semitic and pro-terrorist. The American people can decide whether Obama's buddies reflect their values."

http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/10/and_republicans_prepare_to_hig.php

Its going to be a nasty month in my opinion.

[VADem11]

1. Nobody will care

Honestly, bringing up a Columbia professor? People are tired of this shit. Everyone who bought into the whole "Obama is a scary foreigner" thing was going to vote for McCain anyway. The economy is collapsing and McCain will look like a fool if he brings up this crap.

[TheDonkey]

2. I heard McCain personally is going to have a screening of the infamous "whitey rant"!!! o noes!

this man is pathetic.

[ErinBerin84]

3. so, Meghan McCain went to Columbia...

Why would John McCain let his daughter go to a school that had a TERRORIST SYMPATHIZER (being sarcastic here obviously)teach? I bet she even had some friends who took his classes.

ps: Jews for Jesus, McCain camp. Jews for Jesus.

[progressivebydesign]

4. Wow. So that's like because I got one of those stimulus checks out of Crawford, TX,

that makes me an associate of George Bush the war criminal?

[scarface2004]

5. why doesn t makane call him a nigger osama lover!!

and get the charade over with! c mon john quit the namby pamby mud slinging and go nuclear, you ve already thrown away your dignity (you had none because you are a total asshole)

[Democat]

6. McCain to America: Obama has a lot of black friends!

The white Republican voters have a right to know!

[Cha]

7. Why should Obama "own" these

friendships? The ownership society won't own bush's failures.

What's more pertinent to our country at this time?

[slinkerwink]

8. Uh, okay.

[Malikshah]

9. Wow-- Rashid Khalidi. A well respected scholar of international reputation. Vetted by so many

and yet he's now a liability to some?

It is time that some groups in this country get their collective head out of their ass.

Khalidi is a professor.

End of story.

Obama should have no problems with this.