Posted on 08/13/2008 4:02:48 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
The Obama campaign's conference call yesterday on Republicans who back the presidential bid of the Democrat from Illinois showcased quite a crew. There was Rita Hauser, the PLO apologist whose law firm, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, racked up millions of dollars in legal fees over the years as a registered foreign agent of Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority. Ms. Hauser met with Mr. Arafat as early as 1988, when America still considered him a terrorist and refused even to allow him access to the United Nations headquarters in New York. Though the meeting may have had the tacit approval of the State Department, Israel publicly objected at the time, though it too chose eventually to treat with Arafat.
Ms. Hauser helped fund the Edward Said chair at Columbia for Mr. Obama's pal Rashid Khalidi. "I made a contribution," Ms. Hauser told us back in 2003, describing the chair's namesake, Professor Edward Said, as "a friend of mine. I admire him." Ms. Hauser said she was happy with Mr. Khalidi's selection as a teacher there. "I like him very much. He's a splendid guy, a Palestinian intellectual, a first-class choice, and I think everybody's pleased," she said of the professor whose errors The Sun exposed in its August 5, 2004, editorial, What the UAE Bought."
Mr. Obama also is boasting of Lincoln Chafee, who, as a senator representing Rhode Island, was responsible for blocking Secretary Bolton from being confirmed as the American ambassador at the United Nations on the grounds that the Bush administration had been too pro-Israel. He was one of two Republicans to vote against repeal of the estate tax, even though he gained his Senate seat in 1999 by being appointed to fill the remainder of his father's term. He voted against confirming Justice Alito.
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I had always thought Leach was a DemocRAT. I knew that Chafee was a liberal Democrat and that Hauser was so “prominent” that I’ve never heard of her. These three pixies are not “prominet Republicans.” They are Obammie’s Three White Stooges. Calling yourself a Republican does not make you one.
We used to hang our traitors.
Let’s see.....
Obama has “Republicans” Chaffee, Hauser and Leach.
McCain has the 2000 Democrat VP Candidate.
He's jokin', right?
We mostly talked about old times and that original election campaign, but it became quite clear that we disagreed quite strongly on foreign policy. He said then -- in April 2007 -- that he thought Barack Obama had the potential to transform America's reputation in the world.
Obama has his Republican, Washington had his Arnold.
Today on FOX, BTW, Bill Kristol hinted that Colin Powell was about to endorse "Osama" Obama and speak on his behalf at the 'Rat Convention. Powell, to his credit, immediately squelched the rumor - at least the part about his speaking at the convention. (Wonder what Kristol's agenda was in bringing it up.)
Well, who cares. Jim Leach is nobody, anyway. If these are the three most prominent Republicans crossing party lines this year, the GOP is not in such bad shape after all.
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