| Submit your comments on this article |
| Israel-Palestine-Jordan |
| Obama won't debate Republican Jews |
| 2008-10-22 |
| Barack Obama's campaign has decided that the best way to respond to the Republican Jewish Coalition's controversial advertisements is to shun the organization. Representatives and surrogates for the Democratic nominee are refusing to participate in debates and forums with representatives of the RJC, but will continue to take part in such activities with representatives of the McCain campaign. The decision comes as Jewish Democrats have become increasingly upset by advertisements attacking Obama that the RJC has run in Jewish newspapers across the country. The ads have called Obama's views on Israel "dangerous" and "reckless," and his advisers "pro-Palestinian," "anti-Israel" and "hostile to Jews." Baraq Karl Fredrich Hussein tired of lying? |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #17 In order to keep voting dem, American Jews have to make a choice; Israel or the dems. Apparently Israel is too Zionist for some Jews who want an excuse to keep voting dem. |
| Posted by: Richard Aubrey 2008-10-22 22:04 |
| #16 Why is this surprising? Most Jews, only Yahweh knows why, vote for democrats. I hope that they wake up and realize they are voting for the social extremists illuminati party that desires to make government the answer to all questions. If it was up to Obama, there would be no private industry. (almost 1984-ish) “A man finds joy in giving an apt reply— and how good is a timely word!”- Proverbs 15:23 |
| Posted by: Gomez Cleregum7852 2008-10-22 21:55 |
| #15 The MSM will give them cover no matter what they do. While the blogosphere pulls back the curtain, JohnQC. They're covering their eyes in the belief that thus we cannot see them. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-10-22 21:28 |
| #14 You sure about that? I thought Biden said something environmental, like "Grid your Lions" |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-10-22 21:19 |
| #13 Bummer, or else maybe they could ask Zero about: In 2000, Rashid Khalidi, a former PLO operative who justified Palestinian terrorism as contributing to "political enlightenment," threw a fundraiser for his friend Barack Obama. Khalidi glorifies anti-Israel violence as contributing to "political enlightenment"[vii] and unsurprisingly admires those who carry it out. His loyalty to Palestinian terrorist groups run so deep that he actually dedicated his 1986 valentine to the PLO, Under Siege, to "those who gave their lives . . . in defense of the cause of Palestine and independence of Lebanon."[viii] The book whitewashes PLO violence against Israelis and Lebanese, as well as the Syrian occupation. The LA Times wrote an article about Obama's association with Rashid Khalidi in April: It was a celebration of Palestinian culture -- a night of music, dancing and a dash of politics. Local Arab Americans were bidding farewell to Rashid Khalidi, an internationally known scholar, critic of Israel and advocate for Palestinian rights, who was leaving town for a job in New York. A special tribute came from Khalidi's friend and frequent dinner companion, the young state Sen. Barack Obama. Speaking to the crowd, Obama reminisced about meals prepared by Khalidi's wife, Mona, and conversations that had challenged his thinking. In 2000, the Khalidis held a fundraiser for Obama's unsuccessful congressional bid. The next year, a social service group whose board was headed by Mona Khalidi received a $40,000 grant from a local charity, the Woods Fund of Chicago, when Obama served on the fund's board of directors... At Khalidi's going-away party in 2003, the scholar lavished praise on Obama, telling the mostly Palestinian American crowd that the state senator deserved their help in winning a U.S. Senate seat. "You will not have a better senator under any circumstances," Khalidi said. |
| Posted by: ex-lib 2008-10-22 18:41 |
| #12 Both Obama and Biden are cocooning and trying hard not to make any major flubs until Nov. 4th. The MSM will give them cover no matter what they do. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2008-10-22 17:12 |
| #11 The 20/80% figure was a gross estimate for previous elections IIUC, so thanks for correcting me, esteemed TW. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2008-10-22 12:52 |
| #10 The American Jewish Committee has polled Jewish voters before each election for simply ages. This time they ran the poll in September. Interestingly, at that time only 57% of those polled planned to vote for Obama, 30% for McCain, and the remaining were undecided. This compares to 70% for Kerry in 2004, and 75% for Gore in 2000. Since then, there's been the Joe the Plumber incident, and of course Biden's crisis statement. A great many American Jews are professionals or small business owners (a doctor's office generally counts as a small business) and will be hit by Obama's $250,000 limit for spreading the wealth. I'm very much looking forward to the follow-up polls this year. anonymous5089 dear, if you plan to continue protesting egregious stereotypes about your countrymen, please do not display same about my co-religionists. Thank you. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-10-22 12:27 |
| #9 Confinement to the undisclosed location won't shush the media blurbs tho. Jesse Jackson reassuring the Palestinians that Obama will take care of their problem with Israel in France, Bill Ayers proudly proclaiming he is an anarchist and equating fundamentalist Christians and Jews with jihadis on radio, Maxine Waters and the ACORN crew encouraging fraud to take the White House for Obama. Jewish Democrats NEED to be informed before they vote and the Republicans should take advantage of this. Shunning tends to piss people off and maybe they will bail off the Obamawagon. |
| Posted by: Thealing Borgia 122 2008-10-22 11:30 |
| #8 Both Obama and Biden are cocooning and trying hard not to make any major flubs Have they sent Biden to the undisclosed location with Michelle? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-10-22 10:59 |
| #7 So what? Democrat joooooos will vote for the One like good lil automatons, why should he pander to 20% of an already very marginal electorate, when the 80% remaining will vote for him whatever he sez or does? And those 80% include the meaty part, the opinion-makers in the information and entertainment industries, what's not to like? |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2008-10-22 10:49 |
| #6 Both Obama and Biden are cocooning and trying hard not to make any major flubs until Nov. 4th. If they can coast until then and keep a lead, they may win. Any more fuck ups from either man, and they could sink their campaign. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-10-22 10:21 |
| #5 Can do easy. How's the weather in Will Co? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-10-22 09:16 |
| #4 Probably doesn't want to be forced to account for some of his changing 'positions'. How long do you have to maintain an opinion for it to be a position, anyway? And as a personal favor, could we not mention Biden and loins together again? That just creeps me right out. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2008-10-22 09:16 |
| #3 And the best way for an Obama administration to deal with an IDF strike on Iran is to..... shun the nation. "Gird you loins." O'Biden |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-10-22 08:53 |
| #2 * |
| Posted by: newc 2008-10-22 01:53 |
| #1 Why should he debate them?? |
| Posted by: Sheba Jeger8491 2008-10-22 01:16 |