Countdown: Campaign Comment and Rashid Khalidi

[jopaddy81]

why aare they after Rashid Khalidi, he is a smart guy, no question

[toastofallnations]

It's sad that a historian and scholar who organizes to represent a disenfranchised, helpless people through his intellect and writings in the face of thuggishness and militarism is automatically portrayed either a terrorist, a cohort, or a sympathizer. The American media's shamelessly orientalist portrayal of the Middle East through its coverage of various "news stories" there has degenerated into a fully-realized racism and hate towards Arabs that is beyond reproach.

[28g34ajbsd]

Anyone who's ever read an historical essay by Rashid Khalidi (or his father, what you might say the principal historian of the Palestinian people) can only get sick while listening to this. Palin couldn't even get his NAME right.

[Marksnotebook]

And this guy Oberman is about as far left and nasty as it gets. No wonder MSNBC only gets about 600,000 viewers per night when Fox News gets about 4 to 7 million viewers per night. Fair and balanced. And yes Sarah Palin is now tied with BO and every GOP potential presidential candidate is beating BO in the polls. This fall a revolution will take place and the GOP will take control and stop this BO nazi black liberation theology radical who loves communism and hates whites.

[tpcrb]

I Googled Clowns and this video came up.

Figures.

[IMAGINARYphilosophy]

This is why McCain got creamed. His campaign abandoned the middle of the country and started preaching exclusively to the radical right. Anyone who didn't watch FOX News exclusively knew that the "guilt by association" smear attacks were complete bull.

[mauicletus]

@IMAGINARYphilosophy the company you keep says everything about who you are. and here we are much later, AND ITS ALL TRUE

[schizoreyna]

y is it wrong to fund Palestinian think tanks, but perfectly fine to fund Israeli PR firms & think tanks?

[jasaahae]

Olbermann is a pro-Israel Zionist and a supporter of Israeli apartheid.

He acts like a liberal and fighter for human rights, but behind the scenes, he supports the Israeli occupation of Palestine.

[jasaahae]

Professor Rashid Khalidi is a great man fighting for the human rights of Palestinian people living under the illegal Israeli apartheid system!

[mauicletus]

@jasaahae THEN TELL THE DIRTY FOOLS NOT TO ATTACK

[mauicletus]

@jasaahae APARTHEID?#? WHAT IS GOING ON THERE IS NOTHING LIKE APARTHEID YOU TARD

[skipper2379]

This video's a disgrace. It would be wrong for a candidate not to associate with Khalidi, one of the true experts about Israeli and a real humanitarian. Although Olbermann complains about guilt by association, he himself practices it. It would have been much better if Olbermann had defended Khalidi, whose only offense is that he thinks Palestinians, like everyone, deserve human rights. Better still, he could have invited Khalidi on to explain his views. But there's one political party in da USA.

[rodeo179]

Khalidi is a great thinker..

watch his interview with Charlie Rose

[Texman4268]

it's spelled politics......

[seattle4544]

Go Keith you are Ass kicker, I love it.

[parafleet]

Keith and Rachel must switch tracks now, becoming more balanced, less vitriolic, or they will lose their audiences. The underdog can get away with cattiness. The winner is always held to higher standard, and rightly so. I enjoyed watching Keith and Rachel until the election. Now I want an unbiased, critical approach to covering who governs me.

[humeanesque]

I agree. Now is the time for Olbermann to show he's not just the (more or less) left-wing version of O'Reilly.

[jdizzle112090]

why? i enjoy having a left wing news channel

for years now keith has been unbiased, just recently he changed...since fox news is so obviously biased for republicans..until they change, i like having my own fox news for liberals.

[parafleet]

That's cool. I get it. During the meat of the Bush years I resented Fox something massive. However, now that the Democrats will be running our show, we need news hyper-critical of them. I'm liberal and then some. And power corrupts. Sometimes I watch Keith and Bill both, just to wonder who is leaving what out. Then on to the olives.

[nicknblfy]

Classic Oberman, he is so funny.

Now Palin is history!

Mcain is history!

Obama real change!

[paulywalnuts88]

Olbermann is such a tool, this guy is a bout two weeks away from a total breakdown.

[Texman4268]

Love Olbermann's FAKE anger making him look important and like he knows anything about politics except spouting his stupid liberal views. Stick to sports, dumbass or better yet, just go away....although I'm sure we'll continue to hear his usual left wing drivel.

Oh yeah, let's see if hear ever refers to Obama as Mr. Obama instead of President like he does President Bush all the time.

[bkishar]

"Khalidi made incendiary remarks about Israel being racist" Of course everyone knows Israel is a pacifist beacon of liberty! I'm so glad those morons from the GOP are out of power and I hope the new administration will flex America's muscles in the face of our "ally" and force them to reach a peaceful agreement with the Arabs.

[obamataxandspend]

i wish olbermanns heart problem had taken his life

[trndkllr]

if you hate olbermann so much why do you look him up huh? i think o'reilly a huge racist asshole but i dont go to his videos and talk shit

[melowar78]

keep fighting the good fight keith

[tjw12]

Keith Olbermann THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD!  And the dumbest too! Plus he sucks at doing sports! And he should be fired too oh wait that already happened from campaign coverage just fire him all the way so he can go to France.

Keith PUT THE BEER BONG DOWN and walk away!

[RunForestRun01]

K Olbermann wouldnt know fact from opinion if it bit him on the butt. This guy is a train wreck! He is horrible a political commentator and even worse at sports. He could even get the traffic report right.

He is so bad that his own network removed him from the RNC coverage. I had hoped he would be fired, but look who he works for MSNBC the bottom of the bottom.

MSNBC makes Fox News look like Walter Cronkite

Please Olbermann shut your mouth your stupid is leaking out all over your tie.

[tuanand]

haha for one thing, if your limb gets chopped off on the job your hospital bill will be paid for by the collective will of the nation that you HEAL rather than DIE. People complain about tax rates, but the fact of the matter remains is that you aren't left wanting any of the essentials, and while there is poverty (there is poverty everywhere), we have come to terms with addressing it in an appropriate and benevolent manner AKA socialism.

[tuanand]

Canada has its own structural problems, and there are alot of issues that need addressing, but at least we have a constitution that is, you know, somewhat important to the guy in charge...

oh and our elections aren't turned into horse-races, they are called, planned, and settled within a month or at a max elapsed time of 5 yrs.

[FuckMcCainPalin]

McCain's campaign is dumb. Obama is going to win on the 4th.

[kugrad1234]

hey wimpy66,

Clean that racist space between your ears and LISTEN !!

Im proud to have voted early for Obama for President !!

[tuanand]

And in the event of a McCain victory, we in Canada would gladly accept each and every one of your mentally stable, intellectually proficient individuals. It breaks my heart to see intelligent people being censored and ridiculed the way they are in the States. It makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.

[dave783]

Sweet, I'll pack my bags as soon as I hear the election results, should McCain win.

[ShihafeleniHauwanga]

How the work for programmers up there?

[ShihafeleniHauwanga]

How are the prospects for programmers up there?

[wimpy1966]

Keith, do you swallow for barack?

[jobrien2001]

Seriously he does. Yes McCain is a douche but so is Obama.

[HMunster1313]

do you swallow for ur dad, and your brother? ooops forgot that they were the same person

[13375767]

i lold

[rollsthepaul]

"...Obama has introduced a quality to American politics that we haven't seen for quite some time; maturity. He is undoubtedly as ego-driven as everyone else seeking the highest office--perhaps more so,given his race, his name and his lack of experience. But he is not childishly egomaniacal, in contrast to our recent baby boomer Presidents--or petulant,in contrast to his opponent. He does not seem needy. He seems a growm-up, in a nation that badly needs some adult supervision."

Joe Klein

[Chip53]

Olbermann better hope McCain wins, he won't have anybody to whine about and MSNBC will get rid of his crybaby ass.

[greyburd1]

Truth hurt?

[Shaer01]

if the " MAVERICKS" win this election am moving to Canada.

[Chip53]

Promises, promises...

[Deltaego]

You'd be welcome in Canada, as long as you leave your jingoism, racism and anti-intellectualism back in the US.

[dave783]

I don't have any jingoism, racism, or anti intellectual feelings. Can I come?

No seriously, I'd like to have a leader of my nation who is smarter than my peers or myself. Is that how it is in Canada? What's that like?

[Shaer01]

Olberman thank you for doing Homework & destroy the lazy slizzy journalism in Fox news. This story makes this election a Sitcom

Featuring The " IDIOT MAVERICKS "

[roundedthought]

rudy is the biggest joke in the politics.

[denie45]

palin needs to talk about herself and stop making up imaginary socialist/terrorist characters that associate with obama...these republicans say that obama says anything to win...but theyre the ones who are running out of things to say...

[ryanlsj]

republican campaign is just not doing a good job

[oppesdaman]

I'm proud to have early voted for Barack Obama and the rest of the Democratic ticket in this election! I voted early in Florida!

[A1steaksauce1]

I almost died laughing when he pulled out the calculator and started using it. I love you Keith, rock on my man.

[scottklarr]

"oh no! he said something i didn't want to hear.. hurry and try to deflect the issue by attacking him.. oh, I know, I will infer he likes anal sex and is mentally unstable! that will show those liberals!" 0_o

[PootNTate]

LOL.. what a stupid bitch.

[JocularINC]

Mama always said.....

[AgentofEvil]

@utubefavorsdems, I find that hard to believe. On the other hand it does sound like the kind of bs a right-winger would write thinking it might somehow sway opinions!

[theclone]

He only does this to kids who eat more than 250,000 candy bars a year. Maybe if you'd keep an eye on your little fatty...

[scottklarr]

As stupid as your comment is, I have to admit, I LOL'd.

[rufsketch1]

I live a few blocks from Mccains house (and have friends who live a few blocks from his other 7 houses). I took my niece trick or treating and when we stopped by the senators house, he took one piece of candy from her bag for himself, and put it in a jar especially reserved to be redistributed to the rich kids in the neighborhood who's parents could make better campaign contributions.

she was crying, so he cheered her up by saying "I don't play regular by halloween rules. I'm a Maverick!"

[littleP90]

That's the best story ive ever read on youtube

[JocularINC]

Its only 3 pieces out of the hundreds that fat little kid of yours wont be able to eat, he is doing your fat ass kid a favor.

[sbmillionair]

eh just a + for me. I'm for palastinian liberation. (For obama)

[SoCalBrowns]

McCain gave money to help form democracy in the Palastinian region.

He didn't fund Khalidi's anti-semitic views. He didn't have dinner with him and talk about about socialist ideals like Obama did.

Blowberman's such an idiot.

[particle409]

And we know that Obama discussed those specific things... because McCain says so?

Give the "socialist" thing a break. We don't call it socialism or welfare when some states take more out of the federal budget than they put in...

[jedus1]

hahah McCain/Palin are so unbelievably stupid this is hilarious. Next we'll find out He and Palin gave Clinton a BJ in the White house.

[Daisytoo]

Mr. Hate's tie matches his politics. Didn't MSNBC - propaganda machine that they are - fire him?

[AnalAvenger]

heheh. Mr.Hate. Gotta love it when people see facts thrown in their faces and immediately turn to slander and name-calling because actual info won't work.

and really. anyone with a brain evolved to a level higher than that of a sheep would be Hateful and angry too with todays current political race and social standings.

[crusadex]

He really needs to take his meds.

[odantoro]

It's amazing how KO can inject just the right amount of his sardonic comedic sense into his serious commentaries. Perfect balance. Rock the world, Keith!

[brandonlynch]

i love seeing politics discussions on youtube. it's like watching a bunch of retard try to hump a doorknob.

[itstheit]

That's probably YouTubeable, as well.

[mrwynd]

any politician can be labeled a terrorist, they just have to side with someone another politician calls a terrorist.

[toonguykc]

MSNBC rules!!

[Kratoschaos]

LMAO KO just cleaned McCain's clock. Moreso than usual.

[Kratoschaos]

Ext. Palin Rally

Hank: 'What's the Palestine Liberalisation Organism?'

Irma: 'Dunno, but it sounds socialistic.'

[il128]

Watching the repubs shoot themselves in the foot... Priceless!

Why is McCain funding terrorists?

[1BuckeyeNation]

IRI Statement Regarding Work with Palestinians

For Immediate Release

October 29, 2008

Washington, DC Questions have arisen regarding the International Republican Institutes (IRI) work with Palestinians in the 1990s.

In the 1990s, IRI gave grants to the Center for Palestinian Research and Studies (CPRS) for polling in the West Bank/Gaza. The polls measured support for the peace process, for various Palestinian political groups, and for efforts to enhance governance in the.........

[1BuckeyeNation]

West Bank/Gaza. At that time no other organization could credibly conduct polling in the West Bank/Gaza.

We understand that Rashid Khalidi was one of the many founders of CPRS, and we understand that he was for some (unclear) amount of time a board member. IRI did not in the 1990s conduct background checks of grantees founders or board members. IRI did on a number of occasions vet CPRS as an organization, including, as was our custom, with the Israeli government,.......

[1BuckeyeNation]

.. and we were given no cause for concern.

We do not recall any contact between Mr. Khalidi and IRI, and there is no evidence that Mr. Khalidi benefited in any way from IRI's grants.

Other organizations that reportedly gave funding to CPRS include the National Endowment for Democracy, the U.S. Chamber of Commerces Center for International Private Enterprise, the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations, the Japanese Embassy, and Germanys Friedrich Naumann Stiftung.

[1BuckeyeNation]

IRIs relationship with CPRS ended in 2000, and we understand that it no longer exists.

[micbill6]

What about acknowledging McCain's own ties to Khalidi. According to the IRS, the International Republican Institute (IRI), which McCain has chaired since 1993, gave the organization that Khalidi founded, the Center for Palistinian Studies, about $450,000 for work it was doing polling in the Gaza Strip. Isn't that pure hypocrisy?

[azguero21]

Fuck Olbermann

[IndependenceAgain]

At least Mccain wasn't best friends with Khalidi.

By the way, have any of you oboma supporters read his best friend ayer's book "Prairie Fire"?

It's just the weather underground's plan to overthrow the US government with communism and kill off about 25 million people who don't comply.

oboma is friends with this guy?!!!!!

[noracism11]

Since when is PLO a terrorist organization?! they are considered heroes? where in this world are these people from?!

[roach1971]

Hey Rudy, the Israeli government's policy in the occupied territiories IS racist.

[Yank60]

Someone explain to me please why when Israel says jump the American  government says how high? correct if Im wrong but I believe the palistinians fought for an won thier little strip of land to live on???

[AnalAvenger]

Actually the Palestinians fought and lost the little strip of land that was taken from them in the mid 1900s which was subsequently made into the modern state of Israel.

Over the years Israel has further expanded beyond the land it was given into current Palestine and cry foul that the Palestinians are pissed and want them out.

[kcp12304]

All these connections fit into a certain meme or "people to hate" category Republicans have

Ayres = liberal-hippie-anarchist-terro­rits  College Professor(aka. Liberal who feeds kids liberal lies...liberal blah blah blah liberal

Rev. Wright = Black militant/paranoid black guy/the "other" church

Did I mention he was black + angry?

Khalidi = muslim, College Prof(again...godless American haters), a reason to scare jewish voters

These bring out prejudices ppl have (B girl)

[uyd]

Keith IS GREAT!!!!

[hippieCy08]

lol, if Keith keeps this up, he'll run out of 'special comments' soon enuf.

[waltermh111]

repubs would never let that happen, lol

[freedomsfart]

If I wanted to set up a country for a people based on their specific culture and ethnicity, I think I might be called racist. But, in the case of a certain real-life country - this is a thought crime.

[Saadfeld]

The people at that Palin rally booed the name Rashid Khalidi, now I'm fairly certain they didn't actually know who he was but rather just booed because it sounded Islamic. Disgusting.

[Ngooo]

I was thinking the exactly same thing! I'm feeling sick right now...

[Anisha618]

I agree, this is along the same sentiment when the woman at McCain's campain called him a Muslim- as if it were an insult- and McCain responds by saying oh no he is a decent man-as if Muslims are not...this is racism in the most blatant form yet no one address it in this direct way.

[Yank60]

thats the christian way

[JonathanMori]

I agree, simply ignorant.

[destituteillusion]

you mean 'rashid khaladi'. she doesn't even know who the guy is.

[jade2002]

ignorant- SAADFELD VOTE!!

[ekirent]

I agree with Noam Chomsky when it come to Israel.