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Sanchez: I just need to parse this out as best I can from ya, Michael. The fact that John McCain's organization gave $448,000 to this group that was founded by Mr. Khalidi—is there no reason for some to be critical of that as well, just as some might be critical of Barack Obama for being at a meeting with some girl who read a poem, for example?
Goldfarb: Look, you're missing the point again, Rick. The point is that Barack Obama has a long track record of being around anti-Semitic, anti-Israel, and anti-American rhetoric.
Sanchez: Can you name one other person besides Khalidi who he hangs around with who is anti-Semitic?
Goldfarb: Yeah, he pals around with, with William Ayers, who is [crosstalk] a domestic terrorist.
Sanchez: William Ayers is not— No, no, I— The question I asked you is: Can you name one other person that he hangs around with who's anti-Semitic, because that's what you said.
Goldfarb: Look, we all know that there are people who Barack Obama has been in hot water—
Sanchez: Michael, I asked you name one person. One!
Goldfarb: Rick—
Sanchez: You said he hangs around with people who are anti-Semitic! You—okay, we got Khalidi on the table; give me number two. Who's the other anti-Semitic person that he hangs around with that we, quote, all know about?
Goldfarb: Rick, we both know who number two is.
[long pause]
Sanchez: WHO?!
[long pause]
Sanchez: Would you tell us?
Goldfarb: No, Rick. I think we all know who we're talking about here.
Sanchez: Somebody who's anti-Semitic that he hangs around with?
Goldfarb: Absolutely.
Sanchez: Well, say it!
Goldfarb: I think we know who we're talking about, Rick.
Sanchez: All right. Again, you charged that Khalidi is anti-Semitic; he would say that his policies on Israel differ from those of Barack Obama and many other people, but, either way, I guess we'll have to leave it at that. Michael Goldfarb, thanks so much. We really do appreciate it; this is a good discussion. We really do appreciate your coming here to talk to us.
Goldfarb: Thank you, Rick.
(nb AFAICT Khalidi is no anti-Semite and the McCain camp are banking on people taking their word for it that he is entirely based on his name.)
Update Oh my God, the pwnzorship continues as it turns out that the name they had in mind is Jeremiah Wright. Sanchez pulls out a ten-ton high power super-zinger near the end of the interview.
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Date: 2008-11-01 02:31 am (UTC)I'll tell you what, though: the butterflies are already rising in my stomach. I care so much about this election. I really hope it does work out the way we want it to. Champagne shall certainly be on my menu next Wednesday if so. :o)
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Date: 2008-11-01 08:35 am (UTC)FFS. I read several of Rashid Khalidi's books for my LLM, when I was researching the formation of Palestinian national identity amongst Palestinian Christians. I didn't spot anything anti-Semitic, and I have fairly well-attuned sensors for that thanks to my schooling in a Germany that was still paranoid about it. He's pretty even-handed - certainly not neutral, but fair and sympathetic to Jewish problems as well as Palestinian Muslim and Christian ones. He comes from several generations of prominent liberal intellectuals, and he's on the advisory council of a well-regarded inter-faith group with lots of Jewish representation, which I know does not absolve him of the charge, but at minimum he clearly has the ability to work with Jewish people. He's exactly the sort of person I want my political leaders to be talking to if they're ever going to have any hope of unravelling the problems in the Middle East (most of them caused by the West, frankly).
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Date: 2008-11-01 09:05 am (UTC)My goodness, that is a serious knock down. My respect for CNN has gone up hugely.
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Date: 2008-11-01 08:16 pm (UTC)