Protest at the L.A. Times: Free the tape! Updated

By Michelle Malkin  •  October 30, 2008 11:04 AM


Photo credit: Omri Ceren at Mere Rhetoric

Scroll for updates…link to more photos and video below…

Several southern California readers send word that there will be a protest at the L.A. Times building today at 10am Pacific/1pm Eastern over the suppressed Obama/Khalidi tape.

Here’s the info:

I just got word that there is a planned protest to try and force the LATimes to release the video of Obama/Rashid Khalidi. If people cannot physically attend the protest at the LATimes Headquarters building in downtown Los Angeles, they are encouraged to call the offices at (213) 237-5000, fax a request to release the video or complaint against their current stance to (213) 237-7679.

Your participation in this is of the highest priority to provide information to the voters in time to present a clear picture of the Democratic candidate’s coziness with individuals possessing extreme views in direct opposition to US foreign policies.

For more information, please go to the website of the organization leading the protest effort -
www.freedommarch.org

LA Times Headquarters
202 W. First St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012
main phone 213-237-5000
fax 213-237-7679

There’s also a petition here.

From Jeffrey Goldberg at the left-leaning Atlantic:

I understand that the tape was leaked to the Times by a source or sources unknown, and that an agreement was struck with that source to keep the tape hidden, but the tape has been described in a Times story already, and it quite obviously contains no state secrets. I also suspect that the tape could be posted in such a way as to obscure its origins. The Times, however, won’t discuss in detail why it’s keeping the tape from its readers, and the newspaper’s “readers’ representative,” Jamie Gold, has lined up against the readers, and argued against the release of the tape.

There is another reason why the tape should be posted: It might actually create interest in the L.A. Times. From what I understand, the mainstream media is in a bit of trouble these days. Perhaps — this is just a thought here — the L.A. Times could better its position in the world by drawing readers to its website.

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Update:

Inspired by commentators on the Internet and cable television, thousands of people e-mailed and phoned The Times to demand the release of the tape. Hundreds of others expressed support for the paper’s decision.

The controversy stems from an article by Times staff writer Peter Wallsten that the newspaper published on April 10, exploring Obama’s relationships with Palestinian Americans and Jews in Chicago. The article explained how Obama had managed to be held in high esteem by both groups. It described a party in 2003 for Khalidi, a renowned scholar on the Palestinians who in the 1970s had acted as a spokesman for Yasser Arafat’s Palestine Liberation Organization.

Some participants at the event spoke sharply against Israel. One young woman accused the Israeli government of terrorism in its treatment of the Palestinians. Obama “adopted a different tone,” according to the article, “and called for finding common ground.”

The reporter and his editors said they found it ironic to be criticized now for allegedly trying to protect Obama, noting that the story had drawn strong rebukes from Obama supporters. Commentators at two websites — the Nation and Talking Points Memo — charged that the newspaper had unfairly suggested that the Democrat could not have allies in both communities.

Wallsten said he had worked on and off for several weeks to gather information on Obama’s relationships in the Palestinian American community, with sources speaking only on condition of anonymity, including one who had the video.

The reporter’s editor said the paper would have preferred to be able to post the video on its website but could not get the source to agree.

“If we had not reached this agreement, we would not have had access to this tape at all. Then no one would ever have known Obama attended this event and spoke at it,” said the editor, Aaron Zitner. “We were pushing to say the most we could and to present the most we could to readers about what happened. And we did that.”

Update: Omri Ceren has photos and video.

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  1. #1
    On October 30th, 2008 at 11:08 am, Misscheryl said:

    WOW!!!

  2. #2
    On October 30th, 2008 at 11:08 am, Misscheryl said:

    Just in time for the October suprise!

  3. #3
    On October 30th, 2008 at 11:15 am, JVsbrother said:

    Believe this story broke in the LA Times last April. Who had an interest at that time in seeing Zero go down?

    HILLARY RELEASE THE TAPES!

  4. #4
    On October 30th, 2008 at 11:16 am, BlameAmericaLast said:

    They’ll probably release it on November 5.

  5. #5
    On October 30th, 2008 at 11:17 am, Lan Astaslem said:

    I just went to the link to sign the petition. It says there are only 5 signatures — but the most recent is ~7:30am this morning. Mine did not show up. They are either holding them to batch them together, or there is a problem…

  6. #6
    On October 30th, 2008 at 11:19 am, Lan Astaslem said:

    Nevermind!
    /emily littella

    I just went back, and it’s up to almost 3k. Mine’s there now.

  7. #7
    On October 30th, 2008 at 11:20 am, Salt said:

    On October 30th, 2008 at 11:17 am, Lan Astaslem said:

    I just went to the link to sign the petition. It says there are only 5 signatures — but the most recent is ~7:30am this morning. Mine did not show up. They are either holding them to batch them together, or there is a problem…

    I see 2,959 now. Maybe just a hiccup.

  8. #8
    On October 30th, 2008 at 11:20 am, MtsEdge said:

    it quite obviously contains no state secrets.

    The irony being that if it did contain state secrets, they’d have already published it.

  9. #9
    On October 30th, 2008 at 11:20 am, CantCureStupid said:

    “…and it quite obviously contains no state secrets.”

    Obviously, since the Slimes says so.

  10. #10
    On October 30th, 2008 at 11:22 am, sambo said:

    Misscheryl said:
    Just in time for the October suprise!

    I’m not so sure about this. The LA Times seems to be holding the tape out like bait knowing good and well that there is nothing on it. When pressed hard, they can release it and take all the wind out of the McCain sails.

  11. #11
    On October 30th, 2008 at 11:24 am, wighttrasch said:

    FINA-friggin’-LLY.

  12. #12
    On October 30th, 2008 at 11:24 am, Misscheryl said:

    Sambo – your reasoning makes a lot of sense.

  13. #13
    On October 30th, 2008 at 11:26 am, Paul Revere said:

    The tape is being held in slavery. Michelle Obama must surely be proud.

  14. #14
    On October 30th, 2008 at 11:29 am, MtsEdge said:

    Who’s to say when the tape is released, that it won’t have been edited?

  15. #15
    On October 30th, 2008 at 11:30 am, cheapseat said:

    it won’t matter much, if america’s jews don’t know that BARRACK HUSSEIN OBAMA won’t be a friend to israel or jews by now, they deserve what comes. get ready for the reimmigration of all those upper west side going to israel to do my part liberals. as always with liberals, doing my part doesn’t include fighting or danger or inconvenience.

  16. #16
    On October 30th, 2008 at 11:31 am, richardbo said:

    The video might be in black and white and they don’t want to appear racist. More important to them than truth.

  17. #17
    On October 30th, 2008 at 11:34 am, englishqueen01 said:

    When pressed hard, they can release it and take all the wind out of the McCain sails.

    No, I disagree. If there was nothing on the tape, release it now and give Obama supporters fodder for a, “See, they’re just hysterical losers!” meme until Tuesday.

    Besides, tomorrow is Friday and the weekend means a downturn in those paying hard attention to news cycles. Unless the tape is released early tomorrow or Monday, they’ll hold it long enough to help Obama potentially win.

  18. #18
    On October 30th, 2008 at 11:34 am, John Ansell said:

    L.A. Times releasing the tape? That wouldn’t be the same paper that pushed to release sealed divorce documents of one Jack Ryan, would it? You know, the guy that Barack defeated by making him drop out of the race.

    Move along.

  19. #19
    On October 30th, 2008 at 11:36 am, sonofdy said:

    What are they hiding?

  20. #20
    On October 30th, 2008 at 11:37 am, brooklyn red said:

    cheapseat said:
    “it won’t matter much,… “

    True enough, anyone who doesn’t know who BHO is by now doesn’t want to know.

    Perhaps there is someone else is on the tape who would not like it known…

  21. #21
    On October 30th, 2008 at 11:39 am, sambo said:

    Speaking of liberal media…did anyone see this?
    Huffington Post Writer Stabbed Ex-Lover 220 Times

  22. #22
    On October 30th, 2008 at 11:42 am, frostrt said:

    On October 30th, 2008 at 11:36 am, sonofdy said:
    What are they hiding?

    Snodfy, that is what I, too, would very much like to know.

    If Obama has no reason to be ashamed of this tape, what’s the big deal? If there’s nothing TO hide, why hide?

    RELEASE THE TAPE.

  23. #23
    On October 30th, 2008 at 11:48 am, TXRose said:

    Why leak the thing and then insist that it be kept a
    secret? Something stinks (naaaaah) at the la times.

  24. #24
    On October 30th, 2008 at 11:49 am, JD in D.C. said:

    .

    We no longer have a “free press” or a 1st Amendment if the Times refuses to release the tape.

    They will have become a political organization.

    A new newspaper will need to be created to keep checks on the government.

    At least we still have MichelleMalkin.com…. at least until Pelosi passes the fairness doctrine.

  25. #25
    On October 30th, 2008 at 11:56 am, JustAThought said:

    Captain Obvious says
    “Duh. The tape has information about the Chosen One. The tape is in the hands of a syncophantic mouth piece for the Chosen One. It’s quite likely that an appointed minion of the Chosen One has expressed to the syncophantic mouthpiece that the Chosen One would look with great disfavor on any media outlet that steps away from the script as issued by the Chosen One. Therefore, the syncophantic mouthpiece will hold on to this tape like a three-year-old grips a lollipop for at least five or six more days.”

    If this ever sees the light of day, it will be long after it ceases to affect this election cycle. Believe it.

  26. #26
    On October 30th, 2008 at 11:57 am, DBNinKY said:

    There is another reason why the tape should be posted: It might actually create interest in the L.A. Times.

    I agree. Looks like they would put it up on their site, to draw interest in the paper; but then again, maybe that’s why they’re holding back – to pique the public’s interests in the tape into a fervor, and then release it.

    However, regardless of the LAT’s reasons for holding it back, I think it is a disservice to the public good for them not to release the tape before the election and I wish the protesters the best of luck.

    I mean, isn’t the purpose of the press to inform the public, to help them make informed decisions based on the information there is to be gathered, especially during an election? Isn’t that what they are specifically charged with doing in the Constitution?

  27. #27
    On October 30th, 2008 at 11:58 am, recovering liberal said:

    How these MSMs cling (bitterly!) to their faith in the righteousness of liberalism! They’ve watched their newspapers and broadcasts hemorrhage readership/viewership, and yet they steadfastly refuse to question themselves as to what might be wrong. Yes, recovering liberal that I am, I can readily remember when I thought conservatives were quaint and confused. But I wasn’t running a multi-million-dollar business into the ground based on those arrogant attitudes. What are they telling themselves?!?

  28. #28
    On October 30th, 2008 at 11:58 am, nlebou said:

    Bottom line for me is …. if he has nothing to hide why doesn’t Obama just tell them to release the @#$%$ tape.

  29. #29
    On October 30th, 2008 at 12:00 pm, Misscheryl said:

    nlebou – Obama does have something to hide. I never doubted that. Smoke..fire. Walk.Quack.duck.

  30. #30
    On October 30th, 2008 at 12:05 pm, Misscheryl said:

    Halloween would be such an appropriate time to release this tape.

  31. #31
    On October 30th, 2008 at 12:06 pm, sambo said:

    There is another reason why the tape should be posted: It might actually create interest in the L.A. Times.

    uh, it might get Obama’s interest on Jan 20th. Then they won’t be sactioned as a ‘State approved’ newspaper.

  32. #32
    On October 30th, 2008 at 12:08 pm, MrScribbler said:

    On October 30th, 2008 at 11:29 am, MtsEdge said:

    Who’s to say when the tape is released, that it won’t have been edited?

    I think it’s a certainty that the tape has already been edited, or is being edited now, so all embarrassing actions of or references to Osama Obama are left off.

    BTW: The LA Slimes ran an editorial today tut-tutting over the Palin effigy hung in front of a house in West Hollywood. They essentially said it was “unfortunate,” even though it would have been awful if it had been a black man effigy.

    A little hypocrisy there?

    I tried to post a comment but when submitted it drew a “server failure…try again later” response.

    The Slimes can’t fail fast enough to suit me.

  33. #33
    On October 30th, 2008 at 12:09 pm, frostrt said:

    On October 30th, 2008 at 11:58 am, recovering liberal said:
    How these MSMs cling (bitterly!) to their faith in the righteousness of liberalism! They’ve watched their newspapers and broadcasts hemorrhage readership/viewership, and yet they steadfastly refuse to question themselves as to what might be wrong. Yes, recovering liberal that I am, I can readily remember when I thought conservatives were quaint and confused. But I wasn’t running a multi-million-dollar business into the ground based on those arrogant attitudes. What are they telling themselves?!?

    First off, just wanted to tell you that I love you online name! Remember, one day at a time . . . :)

    Second, I think you hit the nail on the head, probably due to your “recovering liberal” status. You, no doubt, have insights that those of us who have never needed “recovery” from liberalism or who are “liberals in denial” do not have.

  34. #34
    On October 30th, 2008 at 12:11 pm, Gene said:

    What if it is like the notorious and ubiquitous “unnamed source” and they’ve been busted because it really isn’t there? Hmmmmmm.

    Gene

    NEVER FORGET

  35. #35
    On October 30th, 2008 at 12:12 pm, cs1584 said:

    Why do you think somebody might A) film a tape like this B) leak it to the LA Times so they can “describe” the important things on it C) Ask them not to actually show it to anyone???

    Think it might be too obvious who did the actual filming?

  36. #36
    On October 30th, 2008 at 12:13 pm, Danceswithdachshunds said:
  37. #37
    On October 30th, 2008 at 12:15 pm, greenfairie said:

    The LAT knows it could deny The One his divine right, so it’s sitting on it like the goose on the golden egg.

    Like I’ve said, we no longer have a free and independent press. We have Pravda.

  38. #38
    On October 30th, 2008 at 12:25 pm, John Ansell said:

    I really think it was Obama’s team that gave the tape over to the Times.

  39. #39
    On October 30th, 2008 at 12:25 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    Why do they think it’s their right to tell the world every probing detail of the personal lives of every Palin family member,

    but when it comes to vital National Security issues and information that could help prevent a possible Jihadist, Communist Revolutionary from becoming President of the United States, they don’t think we have a right to know?

    (The answer is they want that candidate to win)

    Why can’t the Department of Homeland Security, Attorney General, and the Justice Department get a search warrant and get the tape?

    This is seriously a vital National Security Issue.

    Hey 9/11 Truthers, how do you feel about this cover up?

    Barack Hussein Obama, what did you know about the events of 9/11/2001, and when did you know it?

  40. #40
    On October 30th, 2008 at 12:30 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    Barack Hussein Obama, Tell me again about those “57 states” with
    one left to go“…

    Russia is an observer nation of the “57 states” of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), whose flag:

    has an overall green background (symbolic of Islam). In the center, there is an upward-facing red crescent enveloped in a white disc. On the disc the words “Allahu Akbar” are written in modern Arabic calligraphy.

  41. #41
    On October 30th, 2008 at 12:34 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    The Adhan is the Islamic call to prayer, and begins with four recitals of the words “Allahu Akbar“.

    Mr. Obama recalled the opening lines of the Arabic call to prayer, reciting them with a first-rate accent.In a remark that seemed delightfully uncalculated (it’ll give Alabama voters heart attacks), Mr. Obama described the call to prayer as “one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset.”

    Truth: Barack Hussein Obama chose to proudly recite, repeatedly, with a first-rate accent, the same words (“Allahu Akbar”) that were the last words of the 9/11 hijackers whose intended target was the US Capitol Building.

  42. #42
    On October 30th, 2008 at 12:34 pm, traveler49 said:

    I called at 9:30. I got through after a short wait to the editorial staff. Talked to a man who immediately upon hearing the subject transferred me to an answering machine (very rudely). I left my message on the machine.

  43. #43
    On October 30th, 2008 at 12:36 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    I have yet to hear Barack Hussein Obama chose to proudly recite,
    even one time, the words

    Jesus is Lord

  44. #44
    On October 30th, 2008 at 12:37 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    There is another reason why the tape should be posted: It might actually create interest in the L.A. Times.

    mmm-maybe they shouldn’t release the tapes?
    Obaminites-LA Times?
    Choices, choices always choices.

    Petition 3,323, not a whole lot yet on this one

    Comment:
    Public Service and the Peoples’ Right to Know the character and views of a Presidential candidate IS a major function of any news organization.

    Perhaps there are others.

    Vote McCain
    Not Hussein

  45. #45
    On October 30th, 2008 at 12:37 pm, Misscheryl said:

    OT, I got this off Fox:

    A Huffington Post writer stabbed her former lover more than 200 times, PalmBeachPost.com reported.

    They do the same thing here, but their weapon of choice is words.

  46. #46
    On October 30th, 2008 at 12:37 pm, SoCal said:

    Someone ought to offer a million dollars for this.. it could easily swing the election if it shows Obama chanting the last words of the terrorists.

  47. #47
    On October 30th, 2008 at 12:43 pm, FireBlogger said:

    The contents will not matter to the Obama supporter no matter what is on it.

    The Koolaid has already been digested.

    As for the LA Times the best, really only protest that matters is canceling subscriptions.

    Even that matters slightly, the LAT is in line for the MSM bailout BHO will offer as their reward.

    My guess is the payoff will be 5 to 15 billion for the newspapers. This will be enough to buy off their loyalty through 2012.

  48. #48
    On October 30th, 2008 at 12:54 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    On October 30th, 2008 at 12:36 pm, ITookTheRedPill #43 said:

    I have yet to hear Barack Hussein Obama chose to proudly recite,
    even one time, the words

    Jesus is Lord

    That would be a Trinitarian declaration which would offend both his mohammedan and Marxist sensibilities.

    But again as Mohamed was justified in lying to the Meccans and the Marxist lie to everybody BroBama might even say Jesus is Lord to fulfill and justify his convoluted twin loyalties. I do know many people are confused by the notion of a Mohammedan/Marxist–it is sometimes called Sukarnoism or the Indonesian Answer but it does exist.

  49. #49
    On October 30th, 2008 at 12:55 pm, RetFireman said:

    You know, what they may not realize, is that far more damage can be done to the campaign of Capt. Big Ears and His Boy Blunder by keeping the contents of that tape a secret than actually releasing it.

    That tape may contain absolutely nothing. It may have the opposite on it than what people think. It may actually reinforce his supporters, rather than turning the “undecideds” to McCain.

    However, by not releasing it, McCain’s supporters are more than welcome to speculate as to what is on it as much as they want, doing far more damage with rumor and innuendo than with actual knowledge.

    Few things are more damaging than rumors, and so long as they refuse to play it, they lend credence to the claim that it is as damaging or worse than what they say it is.

    If he is not what we have been saying he is, then they should release it and prove us all wrong, solidifying his win and prooving us all to be what they claim.

    If he is exactly what we claim him to be or worse…then by all means…hold on to the tape and let us all run with the rumors as to what is there.

  50. #50
    On October 30th, 2008 at 12:56 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    A Huffington Post writer stabbed her former lover more than 200 times, PalmBeachPost.com reported.

    :-)
    See? Good things happen!


    I Luv the Guv: John McCain’s best decision yet

  51. #51
    On October 30th, 2008 at 1:01 pm, Gorebot said:

    Two years into the OBummer administration, when even the MSM genuflectors are compelled to foresake their salivating investment in Him, it is possible the nation will be in such a “malaise” that the universal chorus of “How could we have voted for this?” will drown out even the most rabid of current-day BDS.

    It’ll be intersting to see how that plays out.

  52. #52
    On October 30th, 2008 at 1:13 pm, frontierguy said:

    retfireman #49 i was thinking the same thing. BHO has so much to hide it is ridiculous. Everyone knows the LA Times is part of the shill network. BHO is trying to run the clock out now and it shows. Even if it turns out he is not corrupt…sure does look like he is. He is a cockroach hiding under the sink after the light has been turned on.

  53. #53
    On October 30th, 2008 at 1:26 pm, rooster said:

    Me thinks it time to boycott all the worthless media and their sponsors!

  54. #54
    On October 30th, 2008 at 1:27 pm, shooter said:

    I keep calling , press 5 for ‘news’ and wait for a couple minutes ONLY to be HUNG UP ON.
    Yep…they’re hanging up on readers.

    KEEP CALLING.
    (213) 237-5000

  55. #55
    On October 30th, 2008 at 1:37 pm, rightwingmom said:

    Called (213) 237-5000
    Chose #5 “news”

    Had to leave a voicemail.

  56. #56
    On October 30th, 2008 at 1:46 pm, rooster said:

    Rush emphasized that it is this very rag that released information concerning Obama’s opponent in Illinois about his disabled child and divorce.

  57. #57
    On October 30th, 2008 at 2:38 pm, Flyoverman said:

    This is the tip of the iceberg.

  58. #58
    On October 30th, 2008 at 2:45 pm, wighttrasch said:

    Anti-semites, all.

  59. #59
    On October 30th, 2008 at 2:47 pm, MrScribbler said:

    As of 11:45 (PDT), the Slimes’s webpage reaction to this is:

    *crickets*

    As if a handful of people marching around their building — or even a jammed phone line — would make them violate journalistic ethics the way they did in ’04 when they pounded a false story about Schwarzenegger and posted spurious audio….

  60. #60
    On October 30th, 2008 at 2:53 pm, davidleerothmann said:

    it is possible the nation will be in such a “malaise” that the universal chorus of “How could we have voted for this?” will drown out even the most rabid of current-day BDS.

    There will be malaise allright. Obama and his fellow Communists know how their policies destroy. They have destroyed every nation in which they have been tried. Jimmy Carter nearly did it in less than 4 years by the very same policies which Obama now desires to deploy. He wants to weaken our defenses for the sake of “negotiations” with terrorists. He wants to restrict our supply of energy. He wants to destroy industries with greater regulations, forcing unionization down the throats of every business, and driving capital in to hiding with punitive tax rates.

    Now they know the mistake Carter made. He did not destroy the opposition. He did not rig elections. He did not threaten violence. He did not confiscate the peoples weapons. Obama won’t make those same mistakes. The country rejected Marxism when they overwhlemingly voted him out of office in 1980. Obama knows that will be his fate unless he suspends the Constitution or intimidates the populace. I believe that he is willing to do that. Regardless of what the Left has said about George Bush, he will leave office peacefully in January. Better watch, because that will probably mark the end of the noble experiment that was America.

  61. #61
    On October 30th, 2008 at 2:56 pm, imjustsaying said:

    What if: the LA Times agreed to use what is on the tape on the condition that they not release the tape itself? And the original story came out in April so this all smacks of desperation.

  62. #62
    On October 30th, 2008 at 2:58 pm, Silkyinfamous said:

    They need to release the tape. It is unjournalistic to withhold information as such and if they do not, I wish them failure for their disregard of journalistic objectivity.

  63. #63
    On October 30th, 2008 at 2:58 pm, iamsaved said:

    The LA Times has no qualms about posting classified information that can hurt this country regardless of the source.

    I’ve never trusted that “anonymous” source or we have to “protect” our source excuse. The newspapers have abused that trust too many times.

    They are very selective in their enforcement.

  64. #64
    On October 30th, 2008 at 2:59 pm, wighttrasch said:

    Off topic, but hilarious…

    http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=209213

  65. #65
    On October 30th, 2008 at 2:59 pm, Flyoverman said:

    Oxymoron = journalistic integrity

  66. #66
    On October 30th, 2008 at 3:00 pm, Dimsdale said:

    On October 30th, 2008 at 12:55 pm, RetFireman said:

    You know, what they may not realize, is that far more damage can be done to the campaign of Capt. Big Ears and His Boy Blunder by keeping the contents of that tape a secret than actually releasing it.

    That tape may contain absolutely nothing. It may have the opposite on it than what people think. It may actually reinforce his supporters, rather than turning the “undecideds” to McCain.

    However, by not releasing it, McCain’s supporters are more than welcome to speculate as to what is on it as much as they want, doing far more damage with rumor and innuendo than with actual knowledge.

    Few things are more damaging than rumors, and so long as they refuse to play it, they lend credence to the claim that it is as damaging or worse than what they say it is.

    If he is not what we have been saying he is, then they should release it and prove us all wrong, solidifying his win and prooving us all to be what they claim.

    If he is exactly what we claim him to be or worse…then by all means…hold on to the tape and let us all run with the rumors as to what is there.

    Exactly right! Obama has hidden so much information that should be public, i.e. his LSAT scores, birth certificate, Columbia records, tried to hide the Annenberg project files, etc., etc., that you can’t help but wonder what he is hiding.

    The facts:

    1) if the tape is nothing, then there is no harm in releasing it. Why does the LATimes even have it, if there was a stipulation never to use it?

    2) if the tape is something, then hiding it when everyone knows of its existence is potentially more damaging, as you state. Everyone knows that you get damaging info out early and make a statement. Hiding just leads to trouble.

    3) the refusal to release the video is tacit admission that it could hurt Obama in some way, and that the rumors are true.

    4) The LATimes is in bed with Obama.

    It is Kerry and the military records all over again!

  67. #67
    On October 30th, 2008 at 3:02 pm, d1carter said:

    If it was a tape of some national secret the tape would have already been released and Boooosh would have already been blamed.

  68. #68
    On October 30th, 2008 at 3:03 pm, Flyoverman said:

    It is Kerry and the military records all over again!

    Kerry is lucky he was in the Navy. The Marines or Army would have had him courtmartialed.

  69. #69
    On October 30th, 2008 at 3:05 pm, iamsaved said:

    Speaking of tapes, the BBC wrote an article talking about the most viewed Youtube election-type video (video included). 11 millions hits.

  70. #70
    On October 30th, 2008 at 3:08 pm, bear1909 said:

    Taqiyya. Taqiyya. Taqiyya.

    OBinghole is practicing it to a T. And the LA Times is so dhimmified, they know not that they are enabling Moslem perpetration on our political system.

    Where is Homeland Security on this whole credit card fraud trend. He has raised $600 million. Does this pass the terrorist smell test? Or do the PTB actually believe the takedown of this Nation will be done with bombings alone? DUH.

    I am encouraged by the fact that the polls still show a race that is too close to call, despite our kingmaker obsessed MSM fetish of wanting to call this one over.

    The LA Times is a gutless organ of the Left.

    Fight on. There is but one Messiah.

    Bear1909 out.

    “….and hell followed with him.”

  71. #71
    On October 30th, 2008 at 3:27 pm, frontierguy said:

    Drudge has a story about how al queda put out a video praying that Bush gets humiliated. I am not a huge Bush fan, but i admit he accomplished his most important job…to keep us safe. Al queda hates him and it could only be because Bush set back their agenda. BHO is going to please Al Queda, if that is not enough to keep anyone from voting for him then i firmly believe 1/2 of America is retarded.

  72. #72
    On October 30th, 2008 at 3:30 pm, imjustsaying said:

    Do you all feel the same way about some records being suppressed by the Navy concerning some car accident that John McCain was involved in? Should those be released, too?

  73. #73
    On October 30th, 2008 at 3:34 pm, happyscrapper said:

    On October 30th, 2008 at 11:58 am, nlebou said:
    Bottom line for me is …. if he has nothing to hide why doesn’t Obama just tell them to release the @#$%$ tape.

    Same reason he won’t release his birth certificate. He DOES have something to hide.

  74. #74
    On October 30th, 2008 at 3:34 pm, rambler said:

    Why leak the tape to the Times at all if the Times could only print articles and not release the tape. There’s something fishy here.

  75. #75
    On October 30th, 2008 at 3:43 pm, RetFireman said:

    I am encouraged by the fact that the polls still show a race that is too close to call,

    I am not encouraged by this at all. This election should not even be within 20 points. There should be no reason what-so-ever that a mere 7 years after the worst attack on American soil since Pearl Harbor, while we are at war for the very existence of Democracy, freedom and all that each holds dear, that a man of such questionable nature and character was even close to being in Washington, let alone a Senator this close to being President.

    This doesn’t make me feel good at all. It makes me absolutely sickened that so many people in this country could be so stupid, so greedy, so…BLIND to rthe realities of this planet as to let something like this happen at all.

    I have often wondered just how an entire country could be duped into allowing someone like Adolph Hitler rise to power and plunge the world into the chaos and murder it was forced to deal with for 12 years. I never in my life would have ever thought that I would live to see such a thing ever happen again…especially not in The United States.

  76. #76
    On October 30th, 2008 at 3:44 pm, frontierguy said:

    imjustsaying said:
    Do you all feel the same way about some records being suppressed by the Navy concerning some car accident that John McCain was involved in? Should those be released, too?

    Don’t know, will these records prove once and for all if McCain is Consitutionally eligible to run? Was the accident the cause of hanging out with Bill Ayers, Jeremiah Wright or Tony Rezko? Did he get into an accident after dropping off an $800,000.00 donation to ACORN? If so, then yes!!

  77. #77
    On October 30th, 2008 at 3:45 pm, rightwingmom said:

    Keep calling The LA Times!
    (213) 237-5000
    Choose #5 “news”

    They’ve gone to voicemail…imagine that!

  78. #78
    On October 30th, 2008 at 3:47 pm, ajmontana said:

    Ha! the L.A. protesters are such wusses, send the phillie fans there… lmao… 8)

    It’s Killin em and
    I Love it!!!

    McCain/Palin 08′

  79. #79
    On October 30th, 2008 at 3:48 pm, misfit138 said:

    #72

    Do you all feel the same way about some records being suppressed by the Navy concerning some car accident that John McCain was involved in? Should those be released, too?

    Yes, if McCain was driving with known anti-semites and terrorists, that would be relevant.

    Thanks for playing.

  80. #80
    On October 30th, 2008 at 3:53 pm, Flyover State said:

    imjustsaying: no I don’t. There, happy now?

  81. #81
    On October 30th, 2008 at 3:54 pm, tonyr951 said:

    I just checked the LA Times online, cannot find them reporting on this protest.

    Maybe the did not know where it was

  82. #82
    On October 30th, 2008 at 3:55 pm, nlebou said:

    On October 30th, 2008 at 3:43 pm, RetFireman said:

    DITTO

  83. #83
    On October 30th, 2008 at 3:57 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    On October 30th, 2008 at 12:54 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    On October 30th, 2008 at 12:36 pm, ITookTheRedPill #43 said:

    I have yet to hear Barack Hussein Obama choose to proudly recite, even one time, the words
    Jesus is Lord

    That would be a Trinitarian declaration which would offend both his mohammedan and Marxist sensibilities.

    But again as Mohamed was justified in lying to the Meccans and the Marxist lie to everybody BroBama might even say Jesus is Lord to fulfill and justify his convoluted twin loyalties. I do know many people are confused by the notion of a Mohammedan/Marxist–it is sometimes called Sukarnoism or the Indonesian Answer but it does exist.

    Not hard to understand Mohammedan/Marxist: OIC.

    The Indonesian Answer: Jihad: From Jakarta To The Whitehouse

    BroBama might even say Jesus is Lord to fulfill and justify his convoluted twin loyalties.

    I believe that Obama is not physically capable of saying those three words! God works in mysterious ways, and while I can’t explain a scientific reason why this is true, I still know it is true because it is the infallable Word of God:

    Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed, and no one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit.

    1 Corinthians 12:3

    No Holy Spirit? Can’t speak those three simple words.

    Don’t ask me to explain it.
    It’s a God thing, Obama wouldn’t understand…

  84. #84
    On October 30th, 2008 at 3:59 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    Michelle Malkin,
    Please disregard the multiple comments from me that are in your “to be moderated” queue. I made serveral attempts to post the last comment, and kept thinking it was an offending word, before I realized it had four URL links (and that seems to automatically send it to the moderation queue).

    I reduced it to three URLs and it posted, so you can delete the others.

    Thanks for all you do,
    Red Pill

  85. #85
    On October 30th, 2008 at 4:01 pm, rightwingmom said:

    RetFireman ~ I have often wondered just how an entire country could be duped into allowing someone like Adolph Hitler rise to power…

    Must listen!!!
    http://www.bpmdeejays.com/upload/hs_sal_in_Harlem_100108.mp3

  86. #86
    On October 30th, 2008 at 4:05 pm, mattm said:

    I bet The One knows the content of the tape and has been in contact with the LAT to make sure it stays hidden.

  87. #87
    On October 30th, 2008 at 4:05 pm, TooMuchTime said:

    The reason they are taking so long to release the tape is so they can photoshop John McCain and Sarah Palin into the video.

  88. #88
    On October 30th, 2008 at 4:07 pm, Flyoverman said:

    I am not encouraged by this at all. This election should not even be within 20 points. There should be no reason what-so-ever that a mere 7 years after the worst attack on American soil since Pearl Harbor,

    RetFireman,

    I hear you, but actually, given almost 7 years of non-stop propaganda and information surpression day after day after day from the MSM and the unrelenting pounding from the Left, I am amazed WE are within 20 points.

    It shows that that there are still many Americans who, while uniformed, can intuitively filter out the “bolshoi” and figure things out.

  89. #89
    On October 30th, 2008 at 4:11 pm, tiredofit08 said:

    On October 30th, 2008 at 11:16 am, BlameAmericaLast said:

    They’ll probably release it on November 5.

    don’t bet on that one…everything anti-dear leader will be suppressed….

  90. #90
    On October 30th, 2008 at 4:17 pm, cicerokid said:

    On October 30th, 2008 at 3:43 pm, RetFireman said:
    I am encouraged by the fact that the polls still show a race that is too close to call,
    I am not encouraged by this at all. This election should not even be within 20 points.

    I cannot possibly agree with you more. 50%, or nearly so, of Americans are following after this train wreck of a man? God have mercy on the living.

  91. #91
    On October 30th, 2008 at 4:31 pm, Southpaw said:

    Hey, L.A. Times, a little reminder:

    “And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed—if all records told the same tale—then the lie passed into history and became truth. ‘Who controls the past’ ran the Party slogan, ‘controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.’”

    “1984″ George Orwell

  92. #92
    On October 30th, 2008 at 4:48 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    LA.Times Motto: What did we not know, and when did we not know it?

    “No, no, no no no no no, nobody can do the Boogaloo, like I do”

  93. #93
    On October 30th, 2008 at 4:54 pm, The Ugly American said:

    Kudos to Freedom March and these fellow Angelenos for participating in this.

  94. #94
    On October 30th, 2008 at 5:01 pm, rooster said:

    Boycott all dishonest media and their sponsors.

  95. #95
    On October 30th, 2008 at 5:05 pm, old_texan said:

    I wouldn’t trust the tape to be original now that so much time has passed. I too think it will be doctored or not released at all.

  96. #96
    On October 30th, 2008 at 5:07 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    On October 30th, 2008 at 4:31 pm, Southpaw said:

    Hey, L.A. Times, a little reminder:

    “And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed—if all records told the same tale—then the lie passed into history and became truth. ‘Who controls the past’ ran the Party slogan, ‘controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.’”

    “1984″ George Orwell

    Who controls the past controls the future“…

    Truth: Prior to testifying before the 9/11 Commission, Sandy Berger illegally removed classified documents from the National Archives and destroyed some of them. While the Justice Department prosecutors said that Berger only removed classified copies of data stored on hard drives stored in the National Archives, and that no original material was destroyed, we do not know what handwritten notes may have been on those destroyed documents.

    Question: What evidence was so damning that former Clinton National Security Adviser Sandy Berger had to steal that evidence from the National Archives and destroy it?

    Question: Why didn’t Sandy Berger go to jail for his very serious crime?

    Question: Why did the new National Archivist (someone who presumably has free reign within the National Archives) choose to have Clinton-nominated Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg speak at his Investiture as the Ninth Archivist of the United States on March 7, 2005? Ginsberg’s words are haunting to me, knowing that the archivist could destroy any record of our past that they find “inconvenient”:

    The records gathered and preserved in the Archives, it has been said, constitute society’s memories. They make enlightened government possible for today for, as Santayana famously said: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. “I wish our new Archivist well in the essential work entrusted to him.

    Truth: This new Archivist of the United States, Allen Weinstein, a man who wrote a book on Soviet Espionage, joked in his own remarks that day:

    …commit to a total effort over the next half-decade (but please do not call this the Archivist’s “Five Year Plan“)

    Question: Has Dr. Weinstein’s “essential work” as Archivist been to complete the job that Sandy Berger started?

  97. #97
    On October 30th, 2008 at 5:16 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

    “And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed—if all records told the same tale—then the lie passed into history and became truth.

    Truths like Franklin Roosevelt saved America from the Great Depression; or that Senator Joe McCarthy ruined innocent lives?

    Which party do the Teacher’s Unions usually endorse? The Media? Historians?

  98. #98
    On October 30th, 2008 at 5:19 pm, rightisright said:

    The tape will be released right after BO’s birth certificate and his school records(showing him a foreign student) makes sense to any kool aid drinking, left wing wacko, Odumbite.

  99. #99
    On October 30th, 2008 at 5:23 pm, Silkyinfamous said:

    It will be released like Palin’s Medical Records, November 5th.

  100. #100
    On October 30th, 2008 at 5:37 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    On October 30th, 2008 at 5:23 pm, Silkyinfamous said:

    It will be released like Palin’s Medical Records, November 5th.

    You should also be asking for Obama’s health records. He only submitted a summary letter — he’s been a 20+ year smoker. Where are the lung x-rays?

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