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Home Front: Politix
White House Tries to Calm Wavering Rabbis
2010-05-16
The Obama administration has "screwed up the messaging" about its support for Israel over the past 14 months, and it will take "more than one month to make up for 14 months," White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel said on Thursday to a group of rabbis called together for a meeting in the White House.
Obama just hasn't given enough speeches - yeah right
"Called together"? Prime Minister Netanyahu and his people were "called together" to the White House to explain why they insulted President Obama by building houses for Jews in Jewish neighbourhoods in Old Jerusalem. This has to resonate with the rabbis, trained students of language that they are.
"During the elections there were doubts about President Obama's support for Israel, and now they have resurfaced,"
Translation; the Willing Fools aren't quite as Willing
Emanuel said, according to one of those who participated in the meeting. "But concerning policy, we have done everything that we can that is in Israel's security -- and long-range interests.
Subtext: We in the White House know better what is in Israel's best interest than Israel does.
"Watch what the administration does."
So far, the administration has publicly and privately insulted the elected head of Israel's government, made promises to Israel's enemies, openly wooed opposition politicians both within and without Israel's government, and assured Iran that we do not plan to force them to end their efforts to achieve nuclear weaponry, despite Iran's oft-stated plan to wipe Israel off the map.
Dennis Ross, who runs the administration's Iran policy,
Ross was also a big point man on fundraising from Jewish Donors to the Donks - if he was at the meeting is may because the Jewish donors aren't as forthcoming
tried to allay fears during the meeting that by calling for a nuclear-free Middle East, US policy regarding Israel's alleged nuclear capabilities was changing.
Except that some fools in the Whitehouse circulated rumours that Mr. Ross is suffering from typically Jewish dual-loyalty issues. So his presence isn't going to be as reassuring as his duplicitous masters had hoped.
Posted by:lord garth

#13  Ergo we have WND > OBAMA THREATENS TO "IMPOSE" PALESTINIAN STATE.

Exactly, JosephM. One hopes most fervently the called-together rabbis keep that firmly in mind.
Posted by: trailing wife   2010-05-16 23:53  

#12  Ergo we have WND > OBAMA THREATENS TO "IMPOSE" PALESTINIAN STATE.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2010-05-16 23:20  

#11  Hint to Rabbis "Exodus 17:16"

More like Ezekiel 25:17
Posted by: DMFD   2010-05-16 22:26  

#10  White House Tries to Calm Wavering Rabbis

Translation: WH hoping to bait and switch one more time
Posted by: gorb   2010-05-16 21:01  

#9  Crap. "conservative Christians vote republican". Need more sleep.
AIPAC knows who the real enemy is.
Posted by: Richard Aubrey   2010-05-16 20:26  

#8  All very well, but by the next campaign, somebody will remind the Jews that conservative Christians vote democrat and that will do it.
Posted by: Richard Aubrey   2010-05-16 20:25  

#7  Grom,

The Amalek reference is, I think, pretty much an early form of Godwin's Law.

FWIW, the Talmud ((Gittin 57b) strongly implies that the descendants of Haman the Agagite became Jewish Scholars. So one could read that as making the case that there is no further Amalakites or that some modern Rabbis are, in some sense, Amalakites themselves (or various ways in between).
Posted by: lord garth   2010-05-16 16:39  

#6  Hint to Rabbis "Exodus 17:16".
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2010-05-16 15:11  

#5  "I don't think this administration has screwed up the message. It's very clear they don't support Israel hate Jews, but love the money they get from the suckers."

YTFY, Deacon.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2010-05-16 14:44  

#4  I don't think this administration has screwed up the message. It's very clear they don't support Israel.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2010-05-16 13:18  

#3  "The Wavering Rabbis". I'm thinking an 'a cappella' doo wop. Yiddish rhythm & blues.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2010-05-16 13:17  

#2  "During the elections there were doubts about President Obama's support for Israel, and now they have resurfaced been validated," [... a little Dowdification, but really closer to the truth].

Just remember the tenets of the 'Chicago Way' that includes - you're all expendable you suckers.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2010-05-16 11:57  

#1  hint to Rabbis: watch the hands, not the mouth.
Posted by: Frank G   2010-05-16 10:47  

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