"Anything is a Fair Question"

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When Larry King randomly announced mid-interview last night that his next question for Sen. John McCain would be "a fair question," (unlike, I guess, earlier questions such as, "Are you anxious? Are you worried?" and Why is McCain "hot and heavy" campaigning in "red states?") McCain replied, "Anything is a fair question." (Except, of course, the ones that "cross the line" which are punishable by cancellation of scheduled McCain sit-downs with Larry King).

King's "fair question" was this hypothetical:

KING: You're flying over the Pacific between nowhere and nowhere. There's an attack on the United States.


How much confidence do you have in Vice President Palin?

MCCAIN: Total.

A couple of media-related moments:

KING: Are you ticked, for want of a better term, about the discord reported between [Palin's] camp and your camp?

MCCAIN: No. You know what happens with these things.

First of all, I have about 5,000 quote, "top advisors," that can be quoted by the media. But we get along fine. Sarah's a maverick. I'm a maverick. No one expected us to agree on everything.

And, McCain raised LATimesTapeGate (for background, here):

KING: Why would the paper suppress this [tape]?

MCCAIN: I have no idea. If they have the tape, they ought to make the American people aware of it, let them see it and make their own judgment. Frankly, I've been in a lot of political campaigns -- a whole lot. I've never seen anything like this, where a major media outlet has information and a tape of some occasion -- maybe it means nothing. Maybe it's just a social event. I don't know.


But why should they not release it? And why shouldn't the Obama campaign want it released?


KING: Is this Palestinian [Rashid Khalidi] some sort of terrorist?


MCCAIN: We know that at that time, the PLO was a terrorist organization...

Before King went to break, he announced that CNN "has fact checked the allegations the McCain-Palin ticket has made about Rashid Khalidi and Barack Obama's association with him" before offering up this hodgepodge:

In a 2004 Washington Times story, Khalidi denied ever being a spokesman for the PLO. He has been an activist for Palestinian causes and a critic of U.S. policy toward Israel. He currently is a scholar at Columbia University.

Eight years ago, Khalidi did host a political fundraiser for Obama. Obama has described him as a former neighbor and university colleague in Chicago.

However, CNN's fact check team notes the two men strongly disagree over the Israeli-Palestinian issue and there's no evidence of a continuing political relationship.

Also, King got a "No, but..." answer to his question of whether McCain believes Obama is a "socialst."

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In a 2004 Washington Times story, Khalidi denied ever being a spokesman for the PLO.

It would have done everone well to continue with the rest of the story:

Khalidi was a director of the official PLO press agency WAFA in Beirut from 1976 to 1982. During this time the US State Department considered the PLO a terrorist organization and the PLO was involved with terrorist attacks.

So "techincaly" Khalidi was not a member of the PLO ... he just ran their media operations.

And if there is nothing on the tape then why the fuck wont the LA Times release it?

The LA Times is wrong! They would release the video if it wouldn't hurt obama. This whole election is disgusting. I'm an 83 year old W.W.2 navy veteran who was at Normandy and have been through many elections, but none as unabelievable as this! Is obama really qualified to lead this nation? If he truly is the "wonder man" and is so popular with so many people, why does he need the unbelieveable amount of money building himself up as the next president? He should be 20 or more points above McCain, but he's not! Doen't that tell us something.After all of obama's careful rhetoric about the middle class and feeding the poor, it does seem dishonest on his part, especially since he could be spending that $600.00 he has accumulated on feeding the poor, and certainly his brother who lives in a hut?. It all seems to me that obama's honesty comes into question! He is really trying to buy this election and obviously succeeding, poor mislead America.You don't buy your way into the White House, and if you do, we as Americans need to give some serious concern for the furure of this country. I know many people like Obama, he is very polished, but I wonder how polished Lincoln was? America is still in great danger. We are constantly being observed by the forces of evil and we need to be seriously considering what Joe Biden said,, we need to be careful at what we ask for, we might get it and then it may be too late, especially if our White House is being run by an amateur! Mother's
I'm surprised that you aren't more concerned about the safety of our country, I am extremely concerned because. I am old enough to remember what the last horrible war was like, and believe me, what happened on 9/11 could be "child play" compared to what could happen here. I know some of you make think," This old nut is a scare monger" well, if that's all I am then you are correct in dismissing my remarls, however if by some chance I could be right,(I do believe that too many people in America have lost all sense of reality), then history will prove me right and my only prayer is, God help us! History does repeat itself America. Vote, but for goodness sake think long and hard at whom you're voting for! Don't vote with your emotions, think and check the real facts!

An old W.W,2 Navy Vet who enlisted with his brother after Pearl Harbor.

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