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2005-06-21 Home Front: Politix

The Democrats sign up with the anti-Semites

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Posted by anonymous5089 2005-06-21 09:28|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 With Bush having achieved a notable record of support for Israel in his first term, the explanation for this voting pattern would seem to be that Israel mattered less to liberal Jewish voters than abortion rights, the environment, social justice, gay marriage, etc. That is fine, so long as the Democratic Party and its candidates were at least supportive of Israel, and critical of anti-Semitism.
Richard Baehr's tone is offensive,IMO, to Americans who are of the Jewish faith. Votes should be won or lost by an AMERICAN political party on the very issues that Baehr seems to be sneering at because obviously he thinks loyalty to Israel should rank as #1 voting issue for Jewish-Americans. I think Baehr's type of thinking gives credence to theories about how dual citizenship in Americans might lead to conflicted loyalties. IMO, Baehr's rant about "classic anti-Semitism/fever swamps of anti-Israel hate" in evidence at Thursday's mock Judiciary Committee is excessive. Granted, there were probably some anti-war nuts in the audience handing out their conspiracy pamphlets, but so what? These type of knats are always buzzing around with one conspiracy theory or other - some still think the JFK assassination was an inside job of CIA, FBI, and Mafia. No one pays attention to them and if anything because their theories are so off the charts, they have a zero threshold of credibility. But free speech is a protected right, no matter how obnoxious it may be. We all can excercise the right to decline to listen to or read offensive examples of free speech. I don't think censorship of ideas is acceptable in a free nation. The very idea of a Baehr implying that any criticism ranging from reasoned to crazy tinfoil conspiracies of Israel is anti-semitic or that our government's support of Israel is written in stone is hogwash. Israel is a nation looking out for its own interests, which are not always our best interests. Israel is not our 51st state. If Israel does things not in the USA's best interests (like selling defense secrets to China or spying) then our gov't has every right to sanction/censure Israel - that's not being "anti-semitic." That would be Uncle Sam looking out for its own country's interests as it should.

Posted by Thotch Glesing2372 2005-06-21 13:55|| 2005-06-21 13:55|| Front Page Top

#2 Amen

Posted by Mountain Man 2005-06-21 16:19|| 2005-06-21 16:19|| Front Page Top

#3 This article hits it right on the head. #1, #2, what a bunch of garbage.

Posted by Angeamp Uneamp3391 2005-06-21 20:45|| 2005-06-21 20:45|| Front Page Top

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