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**Frenchy** · 05-11-2008, 07:51 AM

http://www.suntimes.com/news/sweet/943467,...Sweet11.article

Obama adviser who met with Hamas resigns

May 11, 2008

LYNN SWEET
Chicago Suntimes.com

Rob Malley, a Middle East policy adviser to likely Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama, resigned after news surfaced that he had been meeting with Hamas -- something Obama pledged he himself would never do.

Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt said Saturday Malley called the Obama campaign on Friday to sever ties with the candidate after learning the Times of London was publishing a story about his contacts with the terrorist group.

Malley is an analyst at the Washington, D.C.-based International Crisis Group, specializing in the Israeli-Arab conflict. He told NBC News that his job "is to meet with all sorts of savory and unsavory people and report on what they say. I've never denied whom I meet with; that's what I do."

LaBolt said, "Sen. Obama strongly opposes talking to Hamas, a terrorist group committed to Israel's destruction. As president, he will work to isolate Hamas and target its resources, and rejects any dialogue until Hamas recognizes Israel, renounces terrorism, and abides by previous agreements."

LaBolt, downplaying Malley's role, said, "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."

The issue of whether to have dealings with Hamas is a particularly sensitive matter for Obama, who needs to persuade skeptical Jewish voters that he is a strong supporter of Israel. Last week, presumptive GOP nominee Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) highlighted a Hamas leader's statement that he hoped Obama would win the White House. Asked about McCain's suggestion that Obama is "favored by Hamas," Obama said McCain was "losing his bearings as he pursues this nomination."

Last month, as former President Jimmy Carter was set to meet with Hamas leaders, Obama told a group of Jewish activists and clergy in Philadelphia that he would not sit down with Hamas.

trik396 · 05-12-2008, 09:48 AM

Preemptive damage control... must be taking a page out of the Clinton's book.

xds&chevys · 05-12-2008, 06:48 PM

If he keeps distancing himself from the people that are bad for his campaign he will soon be alone.

**AZXD** · 05-12-2008, 06:55 PM

05-11-2008, 07:51 AM	#1
Frenchy XDTalk 10K Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Mid-Missouri Posts: 11,341	Obama adviser who met with Hamas resigns http://www.suntimes.com/news/sweet/943467,...Sweet11.article Obama adviser who met with Hamas resigns May 11, 2008 LYNN SWEET Chicago Suntimes.com Rob Malley, a Middle East policy adviser to likely Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama, resigned after news surfaced that he had been meeting with Hamas -- something Obama pledged he himself would never do. Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt said Saturday Malley called the Obama campaign on Friday to sever ties with the candidate after learning the Times of London was publishing a story about his contacts with the terrorist group. Malley is an analyst at the Washington, D.C.-based International Crisis Group, specializing in the Israeli-Arab conflict. He told NBC News that his job "is to meet with all sorts of savory and unsavory people and report on what they say. I've never denied whom I meet with; that's what I do." LaBolt said, "Sen. Obama strongly opposes talking to Hamas, a terrorist group committed to Israel's destruction. As president, he will work to isolate Hamas and target its resources, and rejects any dialogue until Hamas recognizes Israel, renounces terrorism, and abides by previous agreements." LaBolt, downplaying Malley's role, said, "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." The issue of whether to have dealings with Hamas is a particularly sensitive matter for Obama, who needs to persuade skeptical Jewish voters that he is a strong supporter of Israel. Last week, presumptive GOP nominee Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) highlighted a Hamas leader's statement that he hoped Obama would win the White House. Asked about McCain's suggestion that Obama is "favored by Hamas," Obama said McCain was "losing his bearings as he pursues this nomination." Last month, as former President Jimmy Carter was set to meet with Hamas leaders, Obama told a group of Jewish activists and clergy in Philadelphia that he would not sit down with Hamas. __________________ ~SC Harvey~ Because Fritz says so! "Though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire." Thomas Paine, The American Crisis, #1, December 23, 1776 RON PAUL IN 2008

05-12-2008, 09:48 AM	#2
trik396 XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 556	Preemptive damage control... must be taking a page out of the Clinton's book. __________________ KEVWYO: But you're willing to call Barak Obama .... Osama bin Barak Hussein Obama Absolutely....... I was paraphrasing Ted Kennedy...

05-12-2008, 06:48 PM	#3
xds&chevys XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Kansas City MO area Posts: 189	If he keeps distancing himself from the people that are bad for his campaign he will soon be alone. __________________ Better to carry a gun and never need it than to need it one time and not have it. *Truth is treason in the empire of lies--Dr. Ron Paul In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a scarce man, brave, hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a Patriot.--*Mark Twain www.ronpaul2008.com/

05-12-2008, 06:55 PM	#4
AZXD XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Valley of the GUN Posts: 8,248	__________________ Don't ya just love it when the good guys kill the assholes! Ted Nugent "Laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes...Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man." -Thomas Jefferson, quoting Cesare Beccaria.

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