Mr. Obama, is Destruction of Israel Legitimate?

Family Security Matters finds an interview that B. Hussein Obama gave to the NY Times just a few months ago.

To be fair, Mr. Obama acknowledges that the two groups are conducting vicious violence, and previously in the article asserts that Hezbollah is “not a legitimate political party.”

Which is all well and good. So what does he mean when he says Hamas and Hezbollah, specifically, have legitimate claims? They both consider themselves at war with the West, they both want to destroy Israel, and they both want to impose a puritanical version of Islam over their people. Clearly, any grievances they might have – which to the amoral and relativist would seem “legitimate” – should be overlooked and ignored, no?

This is more than a gaffe. It occurred during an interview with a respected journalist. It is in print.

What are the implications of this statement? Is Sen. Obama implying he opposes Hezbollah and Hamas merely due to their actions and not their beliefs? Is he solely against what these Jihadist groups do, and not what they represent? That’s like hating the gas chambers but excusing the fascism; opposing the gulags but delving into the nuances about the “legitimacy” of Stalinism.

Somehow, this bit of foreign policy has gone unnoticed by the MSM. Or has it been swept under the rug?

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Ifill, the Unmoderate Moderator

So PBS anchor Gwen Ifill will "moderate" tonight's debate between the vice presidential candidates.

Michelle Malkin notes that Ifill's book, Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama, will be hitting the bookshelves on the day that she believes B. Hussein Obama will be sworn in as president of the United States:

My dictionary defines “moderator” as “the nonpartisan presiding officer of a town meeting.” On Thursday, PBS anchor Gwen Ifill will serve as moderator for the first and only vice presidential debate. The stakes are high. The Commission on Presidential Debates, with the assent of the two campaigns, decided not to impose any guidelines on her duties or questions.

But there is nothing “moderate” about where Ifill stands on Barack Obama. She’s so far in the tank for the Democrat presidential candidate, her oxygen delivery line is running out.

Indeed, the liberal media strike again.

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Sarah Palin Tees

I love design on the t-shirts over at VoteBitter.com.

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Not Quote So Average Joe Biden

Senator Biden attempts to portray himself as just an average American who happens to be a senator, a not-too-easy feat given his $3 million home and household income of a quarter million dollars per year.

But the NY Times tells us that there's even more that isn't so average about ol' Joe:

As a secure incumbent who has rarely faced serious competition during 35 years in the Senate, Mr. Biden has been able to dip into his campaign treasury to spend thousands of dollars on home landscaping and some of his Amtrak travel between Wilmington, Del., where he lives, and Washington. And the acquisition of his waterfront property a decade ago involved wealthy businessmen and campaign supporters, some of them bankers with an interest in legislation before the Senate, who bought his old house for top dollar, sold him four acres at cost and lent him $500,000 to build his new home.

There is nothing to suggest Mr. Biden bent any rules in the sale, purchase and financing of his homes. Rather, he appears to have benefited at times from the simple fact of who he is: a United States senator, not just “Amtrak Joe,” the train-riding everyman that the Obama-Biden campaign has deployed to rally middle-class voters.

Perception to voters may be reality, but in many cases voter's perception is skewed. Badly.

HT to Ben Smith.

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