Obama does, in fact, pal around with terrorists. So much, in fact, he's surrounding himself with them, appointing them to his cabinet, for the sake of "defending" Israel's "right" to exist.
His pro-terrorism friends include Joe Biden, a self-described "Zionist" who backs the Israel occupation, David Axelrod, Obama's chief political strategist, Rahm Emanuel, Obama's chief of staff who supports the occupation and violence against Palesteine.
Almost all Presidents since Roosevelt have backed Israel's occupation, and all Presidential candidates must support the occupation if they want to have any opprotunity to win in November. By definition, Israel is a terrorist state, the US sending billions and billions of OUR tax dollars in military aid so that the Israeli military may kill and torture thousands of innocents civilians every year.
If Obama stood for real change, he would end all aid to Israel, reset the borders to pre-1962 boundries, and surround himself with anti-terrorism progressives. By his actions already, we can see Obama is following in the steps of his Republican predeccesor, closing any opprotunities to end the violence in the Middle East.