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"A representative of the McCain campaign on Monday accused a blogger on the Atlantic website of 'slander' in response to a blog on the website entitled "Palin endorses Hamas." The blog mocked McCain running mate Sarah Palin's difficulty answering a question from Katie Couric, in which she gave a sweeping endorsement of democracy in the Middle East.
Michael Goldfarb of the McCain campaign issued a statement to the Atlantic Monthly on Monday saying "Governor Palin did no such thing, and your title is nothing short of slander. Having read your work for some time I doubt that you believe Hamas qualifies as "those who seek democracy." That you would put those words in Governor Palin's mouth is libel."
In the post, Jeremy Goldberg mocked Palin's inability to issue a nuanced response when Couric asked "What happens if the goal of democracy doesn't produce the desired outcome? In Gaza, the U.S. pushed hard for elections and Hamas won."
Before diverging to the danger Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad poses to Israel, Palin told Couric "Yeah, well especially in that region, though, we have to protect those who do seek democracy and support those who seek protections for the people who live there."
In response to the McCain campaign's protest, Goldberg wrote on his blog that the title "was a joke, designed to make the point that Sarah Palin knows so little about the Middle East that she accidentally "endorsed" Hamas."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1025503.htmlFrom GDP:
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