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Hamas' Ahmed Yousef: 'We like Mr. Obama. We hope he will (win).' http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MDRkMDBlMGY4MWIzMGFhYTRjZTNhNmZhMjVlZjYzNjY= “We don’t mind–actually we like Mr. Obama. We hope he will (win) the election and I do believe he is like John Kennedy, great man with great principle, and he has a vision to change America to make it in a position to lead the world community but not with domination and arrogance,” Yousef said in response to a question about the group’s willingness to meet with either of the Democratic presidential candidates.

Hamas unendorses Obama after speech to pro-Israel lobby http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/2008/06/04/hamas-unendorses-obama-after-speech-to-pro-israel-lobby/ The Illinois senator was ridiculed, criticized and generally harassed back in April when a top Hamas adviser, Ahmed Yousef, told a radio interviewer that the Palestinian militant group — considered a terrorist organization rtx6iml.jpgby the U.S. government — liked Obama and hoped he would win the U.S. presidential election

AIPAC, June 2008 http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JF03Ak01.html WASHINGTON - They're all here - and they're all ready to party. The three United States presidential candidates - John McCain, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Madam House speaker Nancy Pelosi. Most US senators and virtually half of the US Congress. Vice President Dick Cheney's wife, Lynne. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Embattled Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. And a host of Jewish and non-Jewish political and academic heavy-hitters among the 7,000 participants.

Obama church published Hamas terror manifesto http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=59456 The Hamas piece was published on the "Pastor's Page" of the Trinity United Church of Christ newsletter reserved for Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., whose anti-American, anti-Israel remarks landed Obama in hot water, prompting the presidential candidate to deliver a major race speech earlier this week.

California's Evangelicals: Hope and Warning to McCain http://christiannewswire.com/news/605956801.html When surveyed, 90.4% of Californian Evangelicals said they'd vote for John McCain if the Vice presidential choice was a conservative, acceptable to Evangelical Christians ... 54.2 % said they would not vote for McCain if he had a liberal or moderate running mate. That might be between 14 to 19 million votes ...

In Rebuking Minister, McCain May Have Alienated Evangelicals http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/28/AR2008052803037.html The Rev. Rod Parsley paces the stage, wiping his forehead and shouting to his congregation in a taped sermon that marriage is under attack by "tortured and angry homosexuals."

Another McCain Broadside On Obama http://www.floppingaces.net/2008/05/28/another-mccain-broadside-on-obama/ But let me tell you what his campaign and he has said in response to this proposal to accompany him to Iraq so he could meet General Petraeus and he could meet Ambassador Crocker and he could see. He could see the fact that Sadr City is quiet. He could see that the Maliki government is taking control of Basra. He could see that the Iraqi military is leading the fight in these places with the support of American troops. And to say that we failed in Iraq and that we’re not succeeding, does not comport with the facts on the ground. So we’ve got to show him the facts on the ground.

A Message Even the Senate Can’t Ignore http://www.redstate.com/blogs/newt_gingrich/2008/may/29/two_messages_even_the_senate_can_t_ignore Vote No On Higher Gas Prices * And Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less * The United States Senate keeps finding new and exciting ways to prove it lives in a world completely disconnected from the lives of normal Americans.

An Open Memo To The Republican Party http://belowthebeltway.com/2008/05/29/an-open-memo-to-the-republican-party/ So, you really consider yourselves the heirs of Ronald Reagan ? Well, watch this speech from 1964, then come back and tell me how anything that has happened between 20 January 2001 and today even comes close to living up to this ideal and how John McCain even comes close. You might recognize the guy making the speech.