How does this candidate - who proclaims himself an agent of post-partisan transcendance - get involved with such incredibly divisive individuals and movements?
Sure, one might argue in defense, for example, Obama did not say "the chickens have come home to roost," but he sat in the pews of a black liberationist preacher for twenty years, was married by this foul-spewing pastor, his daughters were baptized by him, and he refused to cut ties until Wright called him a rank politician?
That's self-interested behavior alright? Noxious views are fine, but once the target's Barack himself, hey, that where we draw the line!
So now we have news that Obama's been forced to cut ties to a campaign advisor who's been in direct talks with the Middle East terrorist organization Hamas (via Ace of Spades):
One of Barack Obama’s Middle East policy advisers disclosed yesterday that he had held meetings with the militant Palestinian group Hamas – prompting the likely Democratic nominee to sever all links with him.The article goes on to discuss yesterday's flying brickbats suggesting John McCain's "losing his bearings."
Robert Malley told The Times that he had been in regular contact with Hamas, which controls Gaza and is listed by the US State Department as a terrorist organisation. Such talks, he stressed, were related to his work for a conflict resolution think-tank and had no connection with his position on Mr Obama’s Middle East advisory council.
“I’ve never hidden the fact that in my job with the International Crisis Group I meet all kinds of people,” he added.
Ben LaBolt, a spokesman for Mr Obama, responded swiftly: “Rob Malley has, like hundreds of other experts, provided informal advice to the campaign in the past. He has no formal role in the campaign and he will not play any role in the future.”
For more on that see, Captain Ed, "Obama: McCain’s “Losing His Bearings” by Noting That Hamas Wants Me to Win."
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