Guest C J Nelson Posted July 18, 2007 Posted July 18, 2007 Consider this: Left could push pro-Israel voters to GOP By: Jennifer Rubin July 18, 2007 08:10 AM EST Support for Israel has long been a tenet of both political parties. Major Democratic and Republican 2008 presidential contenders have demonstrated their support for Israel by, among other things, attending the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference in Washington, touting their pro-Israel voting records and personally traveling to the region. Yet pockets of anti-Israel sentiment are active in American politics and have found a home among a small group of Democratic lawmakers and leftist activists. While it's tempting to dismiss them as irrelevant, the left's views on Israel have in recent years seeped into mainstream politics. A small but significant group of overwhelmingly Democratic members of Congress have consistently voted against efforts to support Israel in its continual struggle against terrorists and now an Islamist Hamas government in Gaza. These votes demonstrate that anti-Israel views are a minority in Congress -- but a minority composed primarily of the most left-leaning members of the Democratic Caucus. A 2002 House resolution to express support of Israel against terrorism passed by a vote of 352-21, with 29 voting "present." Of the 21 votes against, 17 were Democrats; of the 29 voting "present," 26 were Democrats, one was independent Bernie Sanders (Vt.) and only two were Republicans. During the Lebanon War in 2006, Congress voted to confirm its support of Israel's right to defend itself against terrorism. While the measure passed overwhelmingly in the then-GOP-majority House, 31 Democrats and only nine Republicans voted "no" or "present." Some of the most liberal (and often powerful) members of Congress regularly appear on the "no" or "present" side of these and other Israel votes, including House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers Jr. (Mich.), House Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller (Calif.), House National Resources Committee Chairman Nick Rahall (W.Va.), House Appropriations Committee Chairman Dave Obey (Wis.), Democratic presidential candidate and Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (Ohio) and Democratic Reps. Sheila Jackson Lee (Texas) and Jim McDermott (Wash.). Other leading Democratic figures have also been dismissive about U.S. efforts to support Israel. In 2003, presidential candidate and former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean declared in a speech that "it's not our place to take sides" between Israel and the Palestinians, an apparent repudiation of our decades-long special relationship and security obligations with Israel. Dean, now chairman of the Democratic National Committee, was widely criticized for these comments and subsequently argued he did not intend to alter the U.S.-Israel relationship. At times, the language is aimed at U.S. Jews themselves. On the eve of the Iraq war in 2003, Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) triggered a torrent of criticism after he told a local anti-war forum, "If it were not for the strong support of the Jewish community for this war with Iraq, we would not be doing this. The leaders of the Jewish community are influential enough that they could change the direction of where this is going, and I think they should." Moran was later forced apologize for the remarks. In 2002, then-Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.) failed to repudiate her father's accusations that Jews were responsible for her Democratic primary defeat. After a brief comeback two years later, in 2006 she lost in the primary again, after which Black Panthers in her entourage hurled anti-Semitic epithets ("Why do you think she lost? You wanna know what led to the loss? Israel. The Zionists. You. Put on your yarmulke and celebrate"). Outside Congress, some of the most vociferous criticism of Israel comes from the hard-core left, including Cindy Sheehan ("You get America out of Iraq and Israel out of Palestine, and you'll stop the terrorism"). Other left-wing Iraq war critics have also taken aim at Israel. The Anti-Defamation League in an August 2006 statement noted that sponsors of anti-war rallies in Washington and other cities "have a history of providing a platform to an array of extremist views, including support for Palestinian terrorism and the terrorist group Hezbollah, calls for the destruction of the Jewish state and messages equating Zionism with Nazism." The statement continued: "Previous rallies sponsored by ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) and other anti-Israel groups have promoted an unapologetic message denouncing Israel and U.S. foreign policy." Of course, not all hostility toward Israel emanates from the left. Many Democrats point out that the anti-Israel elements reside on the right, as well, citing figures such as Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), the libertarian-leaning presidential candidate who consistently votes against giving aid to Israel, and commentator Pat Buchanan, whose anti- Israel views have been deemed so extreme as to be denounced as anti- Semitic by conservative eminence William F. Buckley. Ira Forman, head of the National Democratic Jewish Council, strenuously distinguishes between the fringe left, including hard-core anti-war groups and figures like Sheehan, and the mainstream Democratic Party. And in an interview, former New York City Mayor Ed Koch also cautioned about exaggerating the degree of the problem. "While there is anti-Semitism and radicals on the left (who voice anti- Semitic views), even more than any other group, it is minimal and we are living in a Golden Age" in which Jews and Israel enjoy unparalleled American support, said Koch, a Democrat. Meanwhile, the Republican Party has never been more pro-Israel, in part because of the influence of Christian evangelicals who are devoted to Israel and support its battle against terrorists. Koch credited President Bush as "magnificent" in his support of Israel and acknowledged that Christian conservatives are maybe "more supportive than some Jews who never understood or have forgotten the importance of Israel" as a refuge for oppressed Jews. Dan Gerstein, a Democratic consultant and Politico columnist, candidly acknowledged that religious faith, generally higher on the right, accounts for the growing support within the Republican Party, while the "faith vacuum" on the left leaves some on the other side of the aisle less enamored of Israel. A Wall Street Journal poll taken in July 2006 confirmed these observations, recording that 84 percent of Republicans and only 43 percent of Democrats sympathized more with Israel than with the Arab states. Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz said in an interview that he is "concerned about the trend" and "worried that young Democrats may be less identified" with Israel's cause, having not been alive when Israel came into being and being influenced by leftist rhetoric on college campuses. Forman attempted to minimize the poll's importance, citing that anti- Bush sentiment may have influenced the results. But he did concede that, "at the margins, the base of the GOP is more pro-Israel than the base of the Democratic Party." Nevertheless, he notes that with 5-1 or 6-1 support of Israel and strong support from the Jewish community, Democratic leaders such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi "don't think twice" about supporting Israel. Democrats' biggest problems on Israel may come from one of the party's most identifiable figures, former President Jimmy Carter. The 39th president has earned the enmity of Republicans and many Democrats through his stringent criticism of Israel over the decades, encapsulated in his recent book, "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid." Dershowitz said that Democrats "have to take the bull by the horns and say that (Carter) no longer speaks for the Democratic Party" and make clear that they view his efforts as "undercutting Democratic foreign policy." Dershowitz said the GOP would use Carter as a political wedge issue and would "bang (Democrats) over the head" if he were invited to speak at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver. Koch said he expected the Democratic nominee "to say they find repugnant and abhorrent his hostility to Israel." The Republican Jewish Coalition has already seized on Carter as a political issue. It has elicited signatures from six former ambassadors on a letter to Dean seeking to remove the former president from his position as honorary chairman of Democrats Abroad because of Carter's recent comments that it is "criminal" not to recognize and negotiate with Hamas. (RJC Executive Director Matthew Brooks says he has yet to receive a response.) Brooks said there is a danger that if anti-Israel rhetoric and bias are not addressed, they will "fester" and become more acceptable in society at large. If Democratic leaders do not distance themselves from the anti-Israel elements on the left, the Republican Party stands ready to welcome with open arms the disaffected voters who support Israel. In that sense, support for Israel may never have been more secure. Jennifer Rubin is a writer in Northern Virginia. TM & Quote
Guest Thom Posted July 18, 2007 Posted July 18, 2007 "C J Nelson" <clarencenlsn@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1184776689.651806.206200@o11g2000prd.googlegroups.com... Consider this: Left could push pro-Israel voters to GOP By: Jennifer Rubin July 18, 2007 08:10 AM EST Support for Israel has long been a tenet of both political parties. Major Democratic and Republican 2008 presidential contenders have demonstrated their support for Israel by, among other things, attending the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference in Washington, touting their pro-Israel voting records and personally traveling to the region. Yet pockets of anti-Israel sentiment are active in American politics and have found a home among a small group of Democratic lawmakers and leftist activists. While it's tempting to dismiss them as irrelevant, the left's views on Israel have in recent years seeped into mainstream politics. A small but significant group of overwhelmingly Democratic members of Congress have consistently voted against efforts to support Israel in its continual struggle against terrorists and now an Islamist Hamas government in Gaza. These votes demonstrate that anti-Israel views are a minority in Congress -- but a minority composed primarily of the most left-leaning members of the Democratic Caucus. A 2002 House resolution to express support of Israel against terrorism passed by a vote of 352-21, with 29 voting "present." Of the 21 votes against, 17 were Democrats; of the 29 voting "present," 26 were Democrats, one was independent Bernie Sanders (Vt.) and only two were Republicans. During the Lebanon War in 2006, Congress voted to confirm its support of Israel's right to defend itself against terrorism. While the measure passed overwhelmingly in the then-GOP-majority House, 31 Democrats and only nine Republicans voted "no" or "present." Some of the most liberal (and often powerful) members of Congress regularly appear on the "no" or "present" side of these and other Israel votes, including House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers Jr. (Mich.), House Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller (Calif.), House National Resources Committee Chairman Nick Rahall (W.Va.), House Appropriations Committee Chairman Dave Obey (Wis.), Democratic presidential candidate and Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (Ohio) and Democratic Reps. Sheila Jackson Lee (Texas) and Jim McDermott (Wash.). Other leading Democratic figures have also been dismissive about U.S. efforts to support Israel. In 2003, presidential candidate and former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean declared in a speech that "it's not our place to take sides" between Israel and the Palestinians, an apparent repudiation of our decades-long special relationship and security obligations with Israel. Dean, now chairman of the Democratic National Committee, was widely criticized for these comments and subsequently argued he did not intend to alter the U.S.-Israel relationship. At times, the language is aimed at U.S. Jews themselves. On the eve of the Iraq war in 2003, Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) triggered a torrent of criticism after he told a local anti-war forum, "If it were not for the strong support of the Jewish community for this war with Iraq, we would not be doing this. The leaders of the Jewish community are influential enough that they could change the direction of where this is going, and I think they should." Moran was later forced apologize for the remarks. In 2002, then-Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.) failed to repudiate her father's accusations that Jews were responsible for her Democratic primary defeat. After a brief comeback two years later, in 2006 she lost in the primary again, after which Black Panthers in her entourage hurled anti-Semitic epithets ("Why do you think she lost? You wanna know what led to the loss? Israel. The Zionists. You. Put on your yarmulke and celebrate"). Outside Congress, some of the most vociferous criticism of Israel comes from the hard-core left, including Cindy Sheehan ("You get America out of Iraq and Israel out of Palestine, and you'll stop the terrorism"). Other left-wing Iraq war critics have also taken aim at Israel. The Anti-Defamation League in an August 2006 statement noted that sponsors of anti-war rallies in Washington and other cities "have a history of providing a platform to an array of extremist views, including support for Palestinian terrorism and the terrorist group Hezbollah, calls for the destruction of the Jewish state and messages equating Zionism with Nazism." The statement continued: "Previous rallies sponsored by ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) and other anti-Israel groups have promoted an unapologetic message denouncing Israel and U.S. foreign policy." Of course, not all hostility toward Israel emanates from the left. Many Democrats point out that the anti-Israel elements reside on the right, as well, citing figures such as Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), the libertarian-leaning presidential candidate who consistently votes against giving aid to Israel, and commentator Pat Buchanan, whose anti- Israel views have been deemed so extreme as to be denounced as anti- Semitic by conservative eminence William F. Buckley. Ira Forman, head of the National Democratic Jewish Council, strenuously distinguishes between the fringe left, including hard-core anti-war groups and figures like Sheehan, and the mainstream Democratic Party. And in an interview, former New York City Mayor Ed Koch also cautioned about exaggerating the degree of the problem. "While there is anti-Semitism and radicals on the left (who voice anti- Semitic views), even more than any other group, it is minimal and we are living in a Golden Age" in which Jews and Israel enjoy unparalleled American support, said Koch, a Democrat. Meanwhile, the Republican Party has never been more pro-Israel, in part because of the influence of Christian evangelicals who are devoted to Israel and support its battle against terrorists. Koch credited President Bush as "magnificent" in his support of Israel and acknowledged that Christian conservatives are maybe "more supportive than some Jews who never understood or have forgotten the importance of Israel" as a refuge for oppressed Jews. Dan Gerstein, a Democratic consultant and Politico columnist, candidly acknowledged that religious faith, generally higher on the right, accounts for the growing support within the Republican Party, while the "faith vacuum" on the left leaves some on the other side of the aisle less enamored of Israel. A Wall Street Journal poll taken in July 2006 confirmed these observations, recording that 84 percent of Republicans and only 43 percent of Democrats sympathized more with Israel than with the Arab states. Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz said in an interview that he is "concerned about the trend" and "worried that young Democrats may be less identified" with Israel's cause, having not been alive when Israel came into being and being influenced by leftist rhetoric on college campuses. Forman attempted to minimize the poll's importance, citing that anti- Bush sentiment may have influenced the results. But he did concede that, "at the margins, the base of the GOP is more pro-Israel than the base of the Democratic Party." Nevertheless, he notes that with 5-1 or 6-1 support of Israel and strong support from the Jewish community, Democratic leaders such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi "don't think twice" about supporting Israel. Democrats' biggest problems on Israel may come from one of the party's most identifiable figures, former President Jimmy Carter. The 39th president has earned the enmity of Republicans and many Democrats through his stringent criticism of Israel over the decades, encapsulated in his recent book, "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid." Dershowitz said that Democrats "have to take the bull by the horns and say that (Carter) no longer speaks for the Democratic Party" and make clear that they view his efforts as "undercutting Democratic foreign policy." Dershowitz said the GOP would use Carter as a political wedge issue and would "bang (Democrats) over the head" if he were invited to speak at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver. Koch said he expected the Democratic nominee "to say they find repugnant and abhorrent his hostility to Israel." The Republican Jewish Coalition has already seized on Carter as a political issue. It has elicited signatures from six former ambassadors on a letter to Dean seeking to remove the former president from his position as honorary chairman of Democrats Abroad because of Carter's recent comments that it is "criminal" not to recognize and negotiate with Hamas. (RJC Executive Director Matthew Brooks says he has yet to receive a response.) Brooks said there is a danger that if anti-Israel rhetoric and bias are not addressed, they will "fester" and become more acceptable in society at large. If Democratic leaders do not distance themselves from the anti-Israel elements on the left, the Republican Party stands ready to welcome with open arms the disaffected voters who support Israel. In that sense, support for Israel may never have been more secure. Jennifer Rubin is a writer in Northern Virginia. TM & Quote
Guest Topaz Posted July 18, 2007 Posted July 18, 2007 The fact that the Jews manufacture "outrage" through media coverage is well known. The fact that they do everything in their power to minimize outrage when the issue is non-White offenses against White should make you question their motivations. And once you understand their motivations, you will, like me, start to question their right to own and control our media of information and entertainment. You will understand that they are a separate people, with separate interests and oftentimes opposing interests to ours, and it is extremely dangerous to let this separate, foreign people have a near-monopoly on the information transmitted to our people. Today, I am going to tell you about another crime against White people which has received very little attention in the mainstream press. Although a few reporters have mentioned it, it is, like the Wichita Massacre , not a subject of nightly or weekly reports; it has never been the subject of a major film or documentary; and the sitcoms and jiggle shows are never interrupted to report on it. It's not a major issue as defined by the Michael Eisners and Sumner Redstones of this world. And this crime is committed directly against White people by Jews themselves. It is the crime of slavery, specifically the sex slavery of White women captured by Jewish gangs and forced to "serve" in brothels in Israel and elsewhere. The few articles that do get written about this sex slavery almost never refer to Jews as the perpetrators. Instead, the Politically Correct euphemisms 'Russian gangs' , 'Russian organized crime' , and 'Russian mafia' are used. There are hardly any real Russians involved in these White slavery rings or in so-called 'Russian' organized crime at all , as the journalists who write these articles well know. The journalists also well know that if they emphasized the Jewish nature of these traffickers in White Women that they would quickly find themselves without employment. The enticement into sex slavery begins with poverty. Russia and her former Communist satellites in Eastern Europe were bled dry economically by the Jew-created Communist system for many decades. When that system collapsed, opportunistic capitalists and former Communists-suddenly-turned-reformers, many of them Jews, moved in for the easy pickings and bought privatized industries, took advantage of na Quote
Guest Captain America Posted July 18, 2007 Posted July 18, 2007 That's why American Jews vote Democrat. Quote
Guest Topaz Posted July 21, 2007 Posted July 21, 2007 "BOTH Republicans AND Democrats are hypocrites and cowards, because both have sold out America and the American gross domestic product (GDP) to Israel. The United States does not exist anymore as a sovereign entity and all our energy, all our societal efforts are dedicated to supporting Israel first, Israel second, and Israel third. America is a Jew-ocracy that is run for the Jews, by the Jews, and of the Jews, because America is a Jewish owned corporation, not a "democracy." Votes don't matter much here in the USA because Washington runs on money, not on votes, and Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton is just as sold out to the Israeli lobby, AIPAC (the America Israel Public Affairs Committee), as Republican presidential candidate Senator Bill Frist. Former president Bill Clinton was sold out, Jimmy Carter was sold out and later admitted it after he left office, Ronald Reagan was sold out, all American presidents were sold out going back to JFK Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.