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Why I Voted for John McCain.

Article from: Israel Faxx Article date: November 05, 2008

By Naomi Ragen (Commentary)

The first election I remember clearly was that of John F. Kennedy. I was a little girl at the time, but the handsome candidate won my heart, and the election. For decades the differences between Democrats and Republicans in America have been slight, with one candidate a little more articulate or photogenic than the other, but certainly both were capable, patriotic, and experienced.

This election =96 probably one of the most important in the history of America =96 changes all that. Faced with hostile forces which threaten all = of us in the free ...

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Meet Obama's New Old 'Radical' Pal

Posted Oct 31, 08 9:37 AM CDT in Politics 

Meet Obama's New Old 'Radical' Pal
Source: AP Photo/Jae C. Hong

(Newser) – Ever since an April story in the LA Times linked him with Barack Obama, friends say Rashid Khalidi has expected to be vilified along the lines of Bill Ayers. The Manhattan-born Columbia professor is an advocate for Palestinian rights and once likened Israeli policies to apartheid. This week John McCain finally brought up his ties to Obama, while GOP partisans accused him of anti-Semitism and extremism. Khalidi isn't commenting, but colleagues tell the New York Times the attacks are ridiculous.

One Rabbi who knows Khalidi called them “completely absurd, uncalled for, and malicious.” Former Jewish and Arab students alike say he was an excellent professor who allowed for divergent views. “Anyone who knows me knows the last thing I am is extreme,” Khalidi once said. He befriended Obama while teaching at the University of Chicago, though he dismissed a National Review report that he babysat Obama’s kids as nonsense.

Source: New York Times

More about:  Barack Obama • Election 2008 • John McCain • Columbia University • Rashid Khalidi

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