And Speaking Of Obama And Hamas..

From the London Times..it seems Barack Obama had to throw another one of his `advisers' under the bus. This time, for carrying on meetings with Hamas!

One of Barack Obama’s Middle East policy advisers disclosed yesterday that he had held meetings with the militant Palestinian group Hamas – prompting the likely Democratic nominee to sever all links with him.

Robert Malley told The Times that he had been in regular contact with Hamas, which controls Gaza and is listed by the US State Department as a terrorist organisation. Such talks, he stressed, were related to his work for a conflict resolution think-tank and had no connection with his position on Mr Obama’s Middle East advisory council.

“I’ve never hidden the fact that in my job with the International Crisis Group I meet all kinds of people,” he added.

Ben LaBolt, a spokesman for Mr Obama, responded swiftly: “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 rapid departure of Mr Malley followed 48 hours of heated clashes between John McCain, the Republican nominee-elect, and Mr Obama over Middle East policy. {...}

Mr McCain has high-lighted the Democrat’s pledge to negotiate directly with nations such as Iran – whose leaders talk of wiping Israel off the map – and a statement from Hamas saying that it hoped that Mr Obama would win the presidency.

Whoopsie..another one bites the dust.

Of course, Obama must not have been
listening that day when Malley let it be known he was dealing with Hamas.

Yep, McCain is "losing his bearings" by saying that Hamas has endorsed Obama.

Now, I wonder where Hamas could have gotten the idea that Obama would be symphathetic to their agenda?