Comments on: McCain Likens Party for Rashid Khalidi to Gathering of ‘Neo-Nazis’

By: Richard Witty

Richard Witty — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

And, who would the neo-libs be?

By: sword of gideon

sword of gideon — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

And what exactly is the problem with that description. Why is it not true?

By: David Green

David Green — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Dream on. Do you think Obama is going to provide ammunition at this point? Besides, he clearly threw Khalidi & Said under the bus, if you can throw a dead person under the bus.

By the way, Khalidi is a brilliant but relatively conservative Palestinian, that is, an elitist.

I agree with the Angry Arab's blog post, as usual:

"US media lies and political propaganda. Sometimes you have direct experience with the US media that only confirms the perception that they--all of them: liberal and conservative alike--can't be trusted especially on Middle East issues. I woke up today to news coverage regarding that dinner which Obama in honor of Rashid Khalidi. Rashid has been described this week as "PLO spokesperson", "PLO functionary", "PLO official", "Palestinian activist", "adviser to Yasser Arafat", etc. Rashid was my teacher and adviser at the American University of Beirut from 1978 uintil 1982. And he had no official capacity with the PLO whatever. He left Lebanon and came to US in 1983: the same year I came to the US. He came to Georgetown as a visiting professor and I came as a graduate student."

Who would neo-libs be??? Thomas Friedman, Dennis Ross, Robert Rubin, etc. Fat chance Obama will challenge any one of them. Palestine is off the table, not that it's ever really been on it.

By: anon

anon — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Especially Dennis Ross, Obama's apparent man; what's worse, McCain's Lieberman? Hardly can tell the difference.

The Sabbath goys, or the hired Hessians for Israel? Take your pick.
You won't find Nader, Kucinich, or the Green Party around, but do go shopping at the mall at that new 30% default credit rate you can accept or have your card cancelled.

By: PB

PB — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

McCain Funded Work Of Palestinian [Rashid Khalidi]
His Campaign Hopes To Tie To Obama

By: PB

PB — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Neoliberalism, by the way, is an economic rationality that isn't anchored to a particular political party.

By: anon

anon — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

So, what do Ron Paul, Dennis K, and the Green Party have to say about neoliberalism's view of economic reason?

By: John

John — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Great blog, and saw you awhile back on Colbert. Scott Horton at Harper's just posted about this subject as well. You can find it here:

http://harpers.org/archive/2008/10/hbc-90003779

John

By: anon

anon — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

What do you mean, we all know the bailout of the bankers into their own hands was OK'd by both Obama and McCain-Bush?

By: contrarian

contrarian — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

SOG typifies the Israel-firsters perverted thinking: Any and every vile characterization of an Arab or a Muslim is warranted because all Muslims and Arabs deserve to be lumped in with the extremists who have committed violence against Jewish civilians; but there is no such thing as valid criticism by any Arab or Muslim — including those innocent civilians who have lost their homes, their land, their loved ones, their food and water, their dignity, and so on — of any Israeli person or group or government action. You're an appallingly hateful, ignorant, self-centered and paranoid person, SOG.