Rashid Khalidi

While Rashid Khalidi disappeared as a campaign issue faster than he became one — after it became clear that Sen. John McCain’s ties to the pro-Palestine Columbia University professor are closer than those of Sen. Barack Obama — a former president of the International Republican Institute has come to Khalidi’s defense.
Last week, the McCain campaign [...]

One more thing on Rashid Khalidi.
Eric Alterman and Adam Serwer make good points about the McCarthyism at work when a noted Palestinian scholar is smeared as a “neo-Nazi.” (Adam: “In fact, if you are Palestinian, I would suggest that you stay away from other Palestinians so no one thinks that you’re doing something suspicious. Don’t [...]

I’ve been doing my best today to ignore the McCain campaign’s current non-issue du jour — the release of a video showing Sen. Barack Obama’s attendance at a going-away party for a pro-Palestine professor, Rashid Khalidi. But it looks like this is all that matters to Sen. John McCain.