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		<title>By: mississippi register</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/04/mccain-faces-electoral-challenges-too/#comment-348273</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 21:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Frank Rich of the New York Times noted that John McCain has his own electoral challenges to worry ahttp://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/04/mccain-faces-electoral-challenges-too/Group has new future in sight for historic home Collinsville HeraldFrom coal mining to cow bells to [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Frank Rich of the New York Times noted that John McCain has his own electoral challenges to worry ahttp://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/04/mccain-faces-electoral-challenges-too/Group has new future in sight for historic home Collinsville HeraldFrom coal mining to cow bells to [...]</p>
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		<title>By: aestuatum.info</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 23:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Comment on McCain faces electoral challenges, too by Regular...&lt;/strong&gt;

Lots of ‘No troops in Iraq’ and ‘free … someone or something’ - quite entertaining. The amount of police that are the streets when this goes on is amazing - burglary and car crime must really go up in the London area during this time! ......</description>
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<p>Lots of ‘No troops in Iraq’ and ‘free … someone or something’ - quite entertaining. The amount of police that are the streets when this goes on is amazing - burglary and car crime must really go up in the London area during this time! &#8230;&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: auditionis.info</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 21:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Comment on McCain faces electoral challenges, too by Regular...&lt;/strong&gt;

A new Gallup poll is out answering an open-ended question about John McCain, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the names of each candidate? A similar poll was conducted in ......</description>
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<p>A new Gallup poll is out answering an open-ended question about John McCain, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the names of each candidate? A similar poll was conducted in &#8230;&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: test &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Comment on McCain faces electoral challenges, too by CF2K</title>
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		<description>[...] on McCain faces electoral challenges, too by CF2K    podcasts@redstate.com (Redstate Network) wrote an interesting post today onHere's a quick excerptProve that John McCain did NOT say [...]</description>
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		<description>[...] Holy Smokes wrote an interesting post today onHere's a quick excerptProve that John McCain did NOT say that he would be willing to keep American troops in Iraq for 100, 1000, or 1000000 years. Prove that he didn’t say, and I’ma liar. However, given that I’ve proven that he DID say it, &#8230; [...]</description>
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		<title>By: John McCain News &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Comment on McCain faces electoral challenges, too by WSClark</title>
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		<title>By: WSClark</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/04/mccain-faces-electoral-challenges-too/#comment-339707</link>
		<dc:creator>WSClark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 04:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It would be most kind of us if we would help McCluer out and give him a hand in selecting a new nic.

His current nic was influenced by his Metamucil inspired morning BM, but (no pun intended)to continue that theme would be redundant.

Since McCluer spends so much time chortling, perhaps it would be appropriate that we use a variation on that topic.

How about Choke 'n' Puke?

Or Gag and Retch?

Turtle Hits Cotton?

Any thoughts out there in We Blog Land?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It would be most kind of us if we would help McCluer out and give him a hand in selecting a new nic.</p>
<p>His current nic was influenced by his Metamucil inspired morning BM, but (no pun intended)to continue that theme would be redundant.</p>
<p>Since McCluer spends so much time chortling, perhaps it would be appropriate that we use a variation on that topic.</p>
<p>How about Choke &#8216;n&#8217; Puke?</p>
<p>Or Gag and Retch?</p>
<p>Turtle Hits Cotton?</p>
<p>Any thoughts out there in We Blog Land?</p>
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		<title>By: WSClark</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/04/mccain-faces-electoral-challenges-too/#comment-339671</link>
		<dc:creator>WSClark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 03:09:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Has anyone else noticed how weird McCluer has been getting lately - between off the wall references that he knows are not true to ridiculous accusations and sick innuendo, Mississippi Jim McCluer has lost it all together.

We are seeing another McCluer Meltdown Momment - soon he will change his nic, his identity and pretend that all of his past posts never happened.

What a loser - what a liar.

Sad.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Has anyone else noticed how weird McCluer has been getting lately - between off the wall references that he knows are not true to ridiculous accusations and sick innuendo, Mississippi Jim McCluer has lost it all together.</p>
<p>We are seeing another McCluer Meltdown Momment - soon he will change his nic, his identity and pretend that all of his past posts never happened.</p>
<p>What a loser - what a liar.</p>
<p>Sad.</p>
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		<title>By: KansasNative</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/04/mccain-faces-electoral-challenges-too/#comment-339670</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 03:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have a feeling a whole lot of the youtube tapes of John McCain will get a whole lot of air time next fall.

Unfortunately for McBush, he doesn't remember all the crap he's said over the years and its going to come back this fall.

The so-called war hero will s*** when the truth of who he really is comes out.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have a feeling a whole lot of the youtube tapes of John McCain will get a whole lot of air time next fall.</p>
<p>Unfortunately for McBush, he doesn&#8217;t remember all the crap he&#8217;s said over the years and its going to come back this fall.</p>
<p>The so-called war hero will s*** when the truth of who he really is comes out.</p>
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		<title>By: bth</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/04/mccain-faces-electoral-challenges-too/#comment-339665</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 02:46:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have a feeling a whole lot of the youtube tapes of John McCain will get a whole lot of air time next fall.</description>
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		<title>By: CapnAmerica</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/04/mccain-faces-electoral-challenges-too/#comment-339658</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 02:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Are you sure you didn't meet McCain, ReguLiar?

It would have been after getting the award from the Governor for working on Christmas Day and before you moved to Mississippi and had your tires slashed by evil Libs.

I'm sure you'll "remember" if we just give you enough time . . . .</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Are you sure you didn&#8217;t meet McCain, ReguLiar?</p>
<p>It would have been after getting the award from the Governor for working on Christmas Day and before you moved to Mississippi and had your tires slashed by evil Libs.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ll &#8220;remember&#8221; if we just give you enough time . . . .</p>
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		<title>By: Chas</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/04/mccain-faces-electoral-challenges-too/#comment-339606</link>
		<dc:creator>Chas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 01:19:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Franklin,  who are you  trying to convince  that a .6% increase  is worth  anything??   That is like less  than  ONE  CENT  on a  dollar...  LESS  than  a penny...  And  you  want to  call that  GROWTH??

LOL   LMAO!!!   Thats  a  good one!!   LESS  than  ONE  PENNY  economic  growth,  and Franklin is  all  excited...  BTW,  I  didnt  ever hear  that  we  were in  a  Recession  until  April  anyway!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Franklin,  who are you  trying to convince  that a .6% increase  is worth  anything??   That is like less  than  ONE  CENT  on a  dollar&#8230;  LESS  than  a penny&#8230;  And  you  want to  call that  GROWTH??</p>
<p>LOL   LMAO!!!   Thats  a  good one!!   LESS  than  ONE  PENNY  economic  growth,  and Franklin is  all  excited&#8230;  BTW,  I  didnt  ever hear  that  we  were in  a  Recession  until  April  anyway!!</p>
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		<title>By: JMWalker</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/04/mccain-faces-electoral-challenges-too/#comment-339580</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>"Close the box, and happily, we are left with a blessed silence.
———————–
It’s all duh Libs have - arm flailing.

bless their hearts…

(chortles)  posted by regular
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Well, okay, silence except in the case of some Neocons who chortle so loud, OSHA decibel level regulations take effect. 

O, ya: that arm flailing is called exercise. Works wonders for the golf swing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Close the box, and happily, we are left with a blessed silence.<br />
———————–<br />
It’s all duh Libs have - arm flailing.</p>
<p>bless their hearts…</p>
<p>(chortles)  posted by regular<br />
=============================================</p>
<p>Well, okay, silence except in the case of some Neocons who chortle so loud, OSHA decibel level regulations take effect. </p>
<p>O, ya: that arm flailing is called exercise. Works wonders for the golf swing.</p>
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		<title>By: BlueJay</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/04/mccain-faces-electoral-challenges-too/#comment-339579</link>
		<dc:creator>BlueJay</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Whoo

    Some big scroll overs to get here.

     Apparently Bill will ask Senator Clinton about Obama and Pastor Wright in his interview.

    I guess certain sources are already accusing her of a hit job. But other sources disagree.

    I guess we'll see.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Whoo</p>
<p>    Some big scroll overs to get here.</p>
<p>     Apparently Bill will ask Senator Clinton about Obama and Pastor Wright in his interview.</p>
<p>    I guess certain sources are already accusing her of a hit job. But other sources disagree.</p>
<p>    I guess we&#8217;ll see.</p>
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		<title>By: Regular</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/04/mccain-faces-electoral-challenges-too/#comment-339574</link>
		<dc:creator>Regular</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#
JMWalker
Posted April 30, 2008 at 6:27 pm &#124; Permalink

Open the Neocon box, and what one can hear is: CLINTON! CLINTON! TERRORISTS! TERRORISTS! WMD! WMD! INTELLIGENT DESIGN! INTELLIGENT DESIGN! GORE! GORE!

Close the box, and happily, we are left with a blessed silence.
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It's all duh Libs have - arm flailing.

bless their hearts...

(chortles)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#<br />
JMWalker<br />
Posted April 30, 2008 at 6:27 pm | Permalink</p>
<p>Open the Neocon box, and what one can hear is: CLINTON! CLINTON! TERRORISTS! TERRORISTS! WMD! WMD! INTELLIGENT DESIGN! INTELLIGENT DESIGN! GORE! GORE!</p>
<p>Close the box, and happily, we are left with a blessed silence.<br />
&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br />
It&#8217;s all duh Libs have - arm flailing.</p>
<p>bless their hearts&#8230;</p>
<p>(chortles)</p>
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		<title>By: JMWalker</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/04/mccain-faces-electoral-challenges-too/#comment-339568</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Open the Neocon box, and what one can hear is: CLINTON! CLINTON! TERRORISTS! TERRORISTS! WMD! WMD! INTELLIGENT DESIGN! INTELLIGENT DESIGN! GORE! GORE!

Close the box, and happily, we are left with a blessed silence.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Open the Neocon box, and what one can hear is: CLINTON! CLINTON! TERRORISTS! TERRORISTS! WMD! WMD! INTELLIGENT DESIGN! INTELLIGENT DESIGN! GORE! GORE!</p>
<p>Close the box, and happily, we are left with a blessed silence.</p>
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		<title>By: Regular</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/04/mccain-faces-electoral-challenges-too/#comment-339565</link>
		<dc:creator>Regular</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:21:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;b&gt;Obama Is Throwing Wright Under the Bus&lt;/b&gt;
April 30, 2008 02:09 PM ET &#124; Michael Barone


or

&lt;b&gt;Who else will Obama have to throw under the Bus?  His PLO connections?&lt;/b&gt;

On Monday, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright spoke at the National Press Club in Washington, with nationwide reverberations. On Tuesday, Barack Obama denounced Wright and his statements. Judging from the talk I've been hearing from Democratic insiders since Wright's Monday speech, Obama did what he had to do. But the problem remains. Obama has now taken two positions on Wright. March 13: No, I cannot disown him. April 29: Yes, I can. Left still unanswered is the question: How can the man we heard deliver that speech in July 2004 about what unites us—in which his strongest line was "in the blue states we worship an awesome God"—how could that Barack Obama have attended the church of that Rev. Jeremiah Wright for 20 years? And not just attended: He and his wife contributed more than $20,000 to the church. It just doesn't add up. It undercuts Obama's very appealing theme of bridging divisions in our society.

&lt;b&gt;In 2000, Al Gore won 67 percent of the vote in Broward County and 62 percent in Palm Beach County—both have large Jewish populations. In this year's Florida primary, Obama lost those counties to Clinton by 57 percent to 33 percent and 61 percent to 27 percent. No Democrat can carry Florida without big margins in Broward and Palm Beach.&lt;/b&gt;

&lt;i&gt;Note:  Obama's connection to known terrorists funders like  Rashid Khalidi, critic of Israel and advocate for Palestinian rights and Obama's friend, will kill his chance for the Presidency.  Obama has sided with the PLO and against Israel, that's a three strike law in Florida.&lt;/i&gt;

Obvious lesson: No Democrat can carry Florida without large popular-vote margins in Broward and Palm Beach counties. Or even come close. There's just no other county in Florida where a Democrat can win by anything like such a large margin. And without overwhelming support from Jewish voters, no Democrat can win big popular-vote margins in Broward and Palm Beach.

http://www.usnews.com/blogs/barone/2008/4/30/obama-is-throwing--wright-under-the-bus.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>Obama Is Throwing Wright Under the Bus</b><br />
April 30, 2008 02:09 PM ET | Michael Barone</p>
<p>or</p>
<p><b>Who else will Obama have to throw under the Bus?  His PLO connections?</b></p>
<p>On Monday, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright spoke at the National Press Club in Washington, with nationwide reverberations. On Tuesday, Barack Obama denounced Wright and his statements. Judging from the talk I&#8217;ve been hearing from Democratic insiders since Wright&#8217;s Monday speech, Obama did what he had to do. But the problem remains. Obama has now taken two positions on Wright. March 13: No, I cannot disown him. April 29: Yes, I can. Left still unanswered is the question: How can the man we heard deliver that speech in July 2004 about what unites us—in which his strongest line was &#8220;in the blue states we worship an awesome God&#8221;—how could that Barack Obama have attended the church of that Rev. Jeremiah Wright for 20 years? And not just attended: He and his wife contributed more than $20,000 to the church. It just doesn&#8217;t add up. It undercuts Obama&#8217;s very appealing theme of bridging divisions in our society.</p>
<p><b>In 2000, Al Gore won 67 percent of the vote in Broward County and 62 percent in Palm Beach County—both have large Jewish populations. In this year&#8217;s Florida primary, Obama lost those counties to Clinton by 57 percent to 33 percent and 61 percent to 27 percent. No Democrat can carry Florida without big margins in Broward and Palm Beach.</b></p>
<p><i>Note:  Obama&#8217;s connection to known terrorists funders like  Rashid Khalidi, critic of Israel and advocate for Palestinian rights and Obama&#8217;s friend, will kill his chance for the Presidency.  Obama has sided with the PLO and against Israel, that&#8217;s a three strike law in Florida.</i></p>
<p>Obvious lesson: No Democrat can carry Florida without large popular-vote margins in Broward and Palm Beach counties. Or even come close. There&#8217;s just no other county in Florida where a Democrat can win by anything like such a large margin. And without overwhelming support from Jewish voters, no Democrat can win big popular-vote margins in Broward and Palm Beach.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.usnews.com/blogs/barone/2008/4/30/obama-is-throwing--wright-under-the-bus.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.usnews.com/blogs/barone/2008/4/30/obama-is-throwing&#8211;wright-under-the-bus.html</a></p>
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		<title>By: KansasNative</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/04/mccain-faces-electoral-challenges-too/#comment-339559</link>
		<dc:creator>KansasNative</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Reguliar:

In the word of Dick Cheney..."so?".</description>
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<p>In the word of Dick Cheney&#8230;&#8221;so?&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>By: Regular</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/04/mccain-faces-electoral-challenges-too/#comment-339557</link>
		<dc:creator>Regular</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:04:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Obama Funneled Cash to Former PLO Operative's Anti-Israel Foundation

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.

Rashid Khalidi today is a professor at Columbia University and is a close associate of Barack Obama. Free Republic member No Quarter reported more on this relationship:

    Khalidi has direct ties to Obama. These are not imagined. Before getting his job at Columbia University Rashid Khalidi was a Middle East professor at the University of Chicago, where he befriended none other than US presidential candidate Barack Hussein Obama. In 2000 Khalidi held a successful fundraiser for Barack. I am not saying or inferring or suggesting that Obama did anything wrong in letting Khalidi hold a fund raiser. But I am willing to bet that it will become an issue in the general election. Barack also played a role in getting funding for Khalidi’s Arab American Action Network during his tenure on the board of the Woods Fund. That is another unexplored black hole. 


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:

   &lt;b&gt; 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.&lt;/b&gt; 

A couple of weeks back Atlas Shrugs posted information that Obama and former Weather Underground honcho William Ayers, who sat with Obama on the board of the Woods Fund, funneled money to Khalidi's foundation:

    A top official at the Pentagon during former-President George H. W. Bush's Administration and a former CIA intelligence officer maintains that Barack Obama and former Weather Underground honcho William Ayers funneled money to Professor Rashid Khalidi, a known terrorist sympathizer.

    Khalidi serves on the faculty of Columbia University in New York and is best known as the professor who invited Iranian President Ahmedinejad to visit Columbia University after he finished his speech at the United Nations. According to confidential sources, Khalidi has direct ties to the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), a group on the US State Department's list of known terrorist groups.

    "One source for this information was once a top military figure in the 1990s. He doesn't take making allegations lightly. If he says something happened, believe me, it happened," said syndicated radio talk show host Laurie Roth.

    "Another source is a former agent for the Central Intelligence Agency, who is an expert in counterterrorism," said Roth, who broke the story on her show Friday night. 

World Net Daily reported that as director of the Woods Fund board in Chicago Barack Obama granted Khalidi's controversial anti-Israel group the Arab American Action Network, or AAAN, $40,000 in 2001 and $35,000 in 2002.

This news seems to fit with what we are getting to know about the Illinois senator.
Hat Tip BG

UPDATE: Tom Maguire sees that the LA Times is reporting on the Obama-Khalidi connections:

    It was a celebration of Palestinian culture -- a night of music, dancing and a dash of politics. Local Arab Americans were bidding farewell to Rashid Khalidi, an internationally known scholar, critic of Israel and advocate for Palestinian rights, who was leaving town for a job in New York.

    A special tribute came from Khalidi's friend and frequent dinner companion, the young state Sen. Barack Obama. Speaking to the crowd, Obama reminisced about meals prepared by Khalidi's wife, Mona, and conversations that had challenged his thinking.

    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."

It looks like those dinners with Barack paid off for the Khalidi's.
$75,000 is no chump change.

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Obama Funneled Cash to Former PLO Operative&#8217;s Anti-Israel Foundation</p>
<p>In 2000, Rashid Khalidi, a former PLO operative who justified Palestinian terrorism as contributing to &#8220;political enlightenment,&#8221; threw a fundraiser for his friend Barack Obama.</p>
<p>Rashid Khalidi today is a professor at Columbia University and is a close associate of Barack Obama. Free Republic member No Quarter reported more on this relationship:</p>
<p>    Khalidi has direct ties to Obama. These are not imagined. Before getting his job at Columbia University Rashid Khalidi was a Middle East professor at the University of Chicago, where he befriended none other than US presidential candidate Barack Hussein Obama. In 2000 Khalidi held a successful fundraiser for Barack. I am not saying or inferring or suggesting that Obama did anything wrong in letting Khalidi hold a fund raiser. But I am willing to bet that it will become an issue in the general election. Barack also played a role in getting funding for Khalidi’s Arab American Action Network during his tenure on the board of the Woods Fund. That is another unexplored black hole. </p>
<p>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:</p>
<p>   <b> 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.</b> </p>
<p>A couple of weeks back Atlas Shrugs posted information that Obama and former Weather Underground honcho William Ayers, who sat with Obama on the board of the Woods Fund, funneled money to Khalidi&#8217;s foundation:</p>
<p>    A top official at the Pentagon during former-President George H. W. Bush&#8217;s Administration and a former CIA intelligence officer maintains that Barack Obama and former Weather Underground honcho William Ayers funneled money to Professor Rashid Khalidi, a known terrorist sympathizer.</p>
<p>    Khalidi serves on the faculty of Columbia University in New York and is best known as the professor who invited Iranian President Ahmedinejad to visit Columbia University after he finished his speech at the United Nations. According to confidential sources, Khalidi has direct ties to the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), a group on the US State Department&#8217;s list of known terrorist groups.</p>
<p>    &#8220;One source for this information was once a top military figure in the 1990s. He doesn&#8217;t take making allegations lightly. If he says something happened, believe me, it happened,&#8221; said syndicated radio talk show host Laurie Roth.</p>
<p>    &#8220;Another source is a former agent for the Central Intelligence Agency, who is an expert in counterterrorism,&#8221; said Roth, who broke the story on her show Friday night. </p>
<p>World Net Daily reported that as director of the Woods Fund board in Chicago Barack Obama granted Khalidi&#8217;s controversial anti-Israel group the Arab American Action Network, or AAAN, $40,000 in 2001 and $35,000 in 2002.</p>
<p>This news seems to fit with what we are getting to know about the Illinois senator.<br />
Hat Tip BG</p>
<p>UPDATE: Tom Maguire sees that the LA Times is reporting on the Obama-Khalidi connections:</p>
<p>    It was a celebration of Palestinian culture &#8212; a night of music, dancing and a dash of politics. Local Arab Americans were bidding farewell to Rashid Khalidi, an internationally known scholar, critic of Israel and advocate for Palestinian rights, who was leaving town for a job in New York.</p>
<p>    A special tribute came from Khalidi&#8217;s friend and frequent dinner companion, the young state Sen. Barack Obama. Speaking to the crowd, Obama reminisced about meals prepared by Khalidi&#8217;s wife, Mona, and conversations that had challenged his thinking.</p>
<p>    His many talks with the Khalidis, Obama said, had been &#8220;consistent reminders to me of my own blind spots and my own biases. . . . It&#8217;s for that reason that I&#8217;m hoping that, for many years to come, we continue that conversation &#8212; a conversation that is necessary not just around Mona and Rashid&#8217;s dinner table,&#8221; but around &#8220;this entire world.&#8221;</p>
<p>It looks like those dinners with Barack paid off for the Khalidi&#8217;s.<br />
$75,000 is no chump change.</p>
<p>posted by Gateway Pundit at 4/09/2008 06:18:00 PM</p>
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		<title>By: CapnAmerica</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/04/mccain-faces-electoral-challenges-too/#comment-339555</link>
		<dc:creator>CapnAmerica</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks, JMW.

And you know what else?

Death rates for American GIs in Iraq are going back up to their pre-surge level.

Surprise, surprise, surprise.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks, JMW.</p>
<p>And you know what else?</p>
<p>Death rates for American GIs in Iraq are going back up to their pre-surge level.</p>
<p>Surprise, surprise, surprise.</p>
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		<title>By: CapnAmerica</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/04/mccain-faces-electoral-challenges-too/#comment-339552</link>
		<dc:creator>CapnAmerica</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I'm surprised you don't know McCain personally, ReguLIAR, since he was a pilot and all.

'Course, you'd have to assume your "I was too in Vietnam" persona rather than "I was too young to have been in Vietnam" persona.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m surprised you don&#8217;t know McCain personally, ReguLIAR, since he was a pilot and all.</p>
<p>&#8216;Course, you&#8217;d have to assume your &#8220;I was too in Vietnam&#8221; persona rather than &#8220;I was too young to have been in Vietnam&#8221; persona.</p>
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		<title>By: JMWalker</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/04/mccain-faces-electoral-challenges-too/#comment-339549</link>
		<dc:creator>JMWalker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:54:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>An excellent example of Neocon logic: 
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Regular
Posted April 30, 2008 at 4:43 pm &#124; Permalink

#
bth
Posted April 30, 2008 at 4:39 pm &#124; Permalink

chortles right back …

By the way - how is that WMD search coming along?
———————–

Oh, you haven’t been watch the news?

They found the Oh-Bomb-ah and it was located behind the pulpit in a Chicago church. It had KKK class explosives and a Jeremiah tracking mechanism.

No doubt teams of Clintonistas will be sent in for closer surveys.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>An excellent example of Neocon logic:<br />
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Regular<br />
Posted April 30, 2008 at 4:43 pm | Permalink</p>
<p>#<br />
bth<br />
Posted April 30, 2008 at 4:39 pm | Permalink</p>
<p>chortles right back …</p>
<p>By the way - how is that WMD search coming along?<br />
———————–</p>
<p>Oh, you haven’t been watch the news?</p>
<p>They found the Oh-Bomb-ah and it was located behind the pulpit in a Chicago church. It had KKK class explosives and a Jeremiah tracking mechanism.</p>
<p>No doubt teams of Clintonistas will be sent in for closer surveys.</p>
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		<title>By: JMWalker</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/04/mccain-faces-electoral-challenges-too/#comment-339548</link>
		<dc:creator>JMWalker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#
Regular
Posted April 30, 2008 at 5:42 pm &#124; Permalink

#
JMWalker
Posted April 30, 2008 at 5:38 pm &#124; Permalink

Regular
Posted April 30, 2008 at 5:24 pm &#124; Permalink

Obama and his terrorist connections
=================================================

McBush was in a communist prison for many years. Maybe he’s been turned and is now a commie agent for North Vie Nam (Hey, makes as much sense as your post).
———————

Ah duh Lib logic.

Let’s see, McCain was captured, taken prisoner and held against his will.

Obama was a colleague, friend and voluntarily gave testimonials and support to Rashid Khalidi, a known terrorist sympathizer.

yeah…
==============================================

Exactly: Makes just as much sense as yours. No logic needed when pointing out the box the Neocons live in, and the collective Neocon response to anything they can't understand. Logic to a Neocon is making damn sure they refrain from shaking it more than three times.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#<br />
Regular<br />
Posted April 30, 2008 at 5:42 pm | Permalink</p>
<p>#<br />
JMWalker<br />
Posted April 30, 2008 at 5:38 pm | Permalink</p>
<p>Regular<br />
Posted April 30, 2008 at 5:24 pm | Permalink</p>
<p>Obama and his terrorist connections<br />
=================================================</p>
<p>McBush was in a communist prison for many years. Maybe he’s been turned and is now a commie agent for North Vie Nam (Hey, makes as much sense as your post).<br />
———————</p>
<p>Ah duh Lib logic.</p>
<p>Let’s see, McCain was captured, taken prisoner and held against his will.</p>
<p>Obama was a colleague, friend and voluntarily gave testimonials and support to Rashid Khalidi, a known terrorist sympathizer.</p>
<p>yeah…<br />
==============================================</p>
<p>Exactly: Makes just as much sense as yours. No logic needed when pointing out the box the Neocons live in, and the collective Neocon response to anything they can&#8217;t understand. Logic to a Neocon is making damn sure they refrain from shaking it more than three times.</p>
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		<title>By: CapnAmerica</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/04/mccain-faces-electoral-challenges-too/#comment-339544</link>
		<dc:creator>CapnAmerica</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In case you all are wondering what cow chip ReguLIAR offers as a "genuine diamond" this time, here's WIKI's intro to the "terrorist":

Rashid Khalidi (born 1950), an American historian of the Middle East, is the Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia University, and the director of the Middle East Institute of Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs. He has been called "the leading Palestinian intellectual in America."</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In case you all are wondering what cow chip ReguLIAR offers as a &#8220;genuine diamond&#8221; this time, here&#8217;s WIKI&#8217;s intro to the &#8220;terrorist&#8221;:</p>
<p>Rashid Khalidi (born 1950), an American historian of the Middle East, is the Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia University, and the director of the Middle East Institute of Columbia&#8217;s School of International and Public Affairs. He has been called &#8220;the leading Palestinian intellectual in America.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: CapnAmerica</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/04/mccain-faces-electoral-challenges-too/#comment-339543</link>
		<dc:creator>CapnAmerica</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:44:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>"OK, I’m through with you on this topic CF."

outlander throws in the towel and limps bloodied from the field.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;OK, I’m through with you on this topic CF.&#8221;</p>
<p>outlander throws in the towel and limps bloodied from the field.</p>
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