AIPAC bends over, Obama puckers up
"Obama Claims ‘Unwavering' Support for Israel"
Seeking to reassure Jewish Democrats, Senator Obama said yesterday that his commitment to Israel is "unwavering" and that he has not only "talked the talk" but "walked the walk" in standing up for the security of the Jewish state.The first-term Illinois senator was one of four Democratic presidential candidates to address the National Jewish Democratic Council here yesterday.
His most direct comments about Israel came in response to a pointed question from an audience member who cited Mr. Obama's support among Muslim Americans and asked how he could make Jewish voters "totally comfortable" on the issue of the Middle East conflict.
"My support within the Jewish community probably has been much more significant than any support that I have received from the Muslim American community," Mr. Obama said, adding that he welcomes support from Muslim Americans [SHOW ME THE MONEY!].
"Those who have worked with me in Chicago, in the state Legislature, and now in the United States Senate, I think will testify that I haven't just talked the talk, I've walked the walk when it comes to Israel's security," he said.
Mr. Obama said America "cannot ask Israel to take risks with respect its security," but he said he would rely heavily on diplomacy to try to achieve peace between Israel and its enemies.
He also said his experience living for four years in Indonesia — the world's most populous Muslim country — is a strength that could give him an advantage in dealing with the Muslim world. "It allows me to say things to them that other presidents might not be able to say," he said to applause from an audience of more than 200 at the Almas Temple. "And that's part of, I think, what's promising about this presidency."
The man who asked the question, Robert Seidemann of West Palm Beach, Fla., said Mr. Obama gave a "reasonably good answer" and about 95% what he wanted to hear.
Imagine that? All that a**-kissing is not enough!
"I know he's very strongly anti-terrorism, and that is very good," he said. "The thing that concerns me a little is whether his background will allow the pro- Israel side to dominate 100% throughout all of the discussions."
Members of the council received Mr. Obama warmly yesterday, and several spoke highly of his remarks about Israel.
They said the questions about his views stemmed from his lacking the long track record of several of his Democratic rivals on foreign policy issues. He faced skepticism after saying last month in Iowa that "nobody is suffering more than the Palestinian people."
Senators Dodd and Biden preceded Mr. Obama in addressing the council, and each spoke at length about their history of support for Israel. A former North Carolina senator, John Edwards, spoke Monday night, and Senator Clinton is scheduled to address the conference this morning, along with Governor Richardson of New Mexico.
Mrs. Clinton has a large base of support among Jewish voters dating back to her husband's years in the White House. "The Jewish community loved the Clinton administration," the vice chairman of the National Jewish Democratic Council, Marc Stanley, said. The group will not endorse any candidate in the Democratic primary, he said.
Why bother endorsing just one, when you've BOUGHT and PAID for them ALL???
... anyone with an objective look would be denouncing israel's ethnic cleansing, occupation, and oppression of Palestine. But I guess money is a big factor when it comes to US politics. Now we have Obama and Clinton trying to out-prostitute themselves to campaign-donors. Shame.
The Israel tapeworm just keeps eating away at America's politicians ad infinitum and party's like this one are nauseating to read about. Not one word is ever mentioned about America's safety or what is in its best interest. The answer, though, is obvious to any outsider - Israel is the most dangerous, malignant parasite this country has ever hosted, and we are being slowly devoured due to their stranglehold.
Are they running a special on tossed salads in DC nowadays?
I guess his aides weed out emails and they turned this letter down because Obama prefer to live in a bubble.
You will find me quoting past presidents Theodore Roosevelt and James Polk in the blog post. It seems fitting. Ted was an impossibly brilliant political man with laser-like, take-no-prisoner insight.
Letter to Barack Obama
My blog Last Throes of US Empire
The republic and democratic party are two arms of the same body;
The Israeli/Zionist inside regime.
They go by many names, Republican, democratic, AIPAC, ACLU, Zionists, etc. etc. etc.
You have to be a complete FOOL and IDIOT if you vote for a Republican or Democrate. Your simply so stupid, snowed or un-observant that you don't realize their apart of the same regime/clan...Zionists.
"...likewise, a passionate attachment of one Nation for another produces a variety of evils. Sympathy for the favorite nation, facilitating the illusion of an imaginary common interest, in cases where no real common interest exists, and infusing into one the enmities of the other, betrays the former into a participation in the quarrels & Wars of the latter, without adequate inducement or justification." George Washington’s farewell address 1796
"I may not agree with what you say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it"...Voltaire