McCain Racism, Hypocrisy on Khalidi Issue

Informed Comment by Juan Cole | Oct. 30, 2008 (Opinion)

The increasingly sleazy John McCain, who once promised to run a clean campaign, has now attacked my friend Rashid Khalidi and attempted to use him against Barack Obama. Khalidi is an American scholar of Palestinian heritage, born in New York and educated at Yale and Oxford, who now teaches at Columbia University. He directed the Middle East Center at the University of Chicago for some time, and he and his family came to know the Obamas at that time. ... Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S., Politics
Topics: Racism, Palestine, Obama Administration, Presidential Election 2008, John McCain, Middle East
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Oct 30, 2008 - 10:58 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Valliappa Lakshmanan (review), James Canning (review), Ann Wilmer (review), Fabrice Florin (review)
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Oct 30, 2008 - 10:58 AM PDT
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 by James Canning - Oct. 30, 2008

Not to be missed by anyone following the Israel/Palestine issue. Juan Cole is one of the very best commentators on the situation, and the political incapacity of the US to seek an actual resolution of the problem.

Israel should accept the pre-1967 borders, and accept the Arab peace plan. If 25,000 peacekeepers are necessary, so be it.

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 by Ann Wilmer - Oct. 30, 2008

The value of a blog depens entirely on the credentials of the writer. Cole's credentials are impeccable so I learned something that I didn't know but that seems significant to me since it is further evidence of how far McCain has fallen.

Remember when they said John Kerry flip-flopped! He couldn't hold a candle to McCain's flip-flops. And the sleaze factor of this campaign seems ... More »

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 by Fabrice Florin - Oct. 30, 2008
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 by Valliappa Lakshmanan - Oct. 30, 2008

Takes an easy shot at McCain's absurd talking points

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