Israel rift roils Democratic ranks

Politico ^ | 12/7/11 | Ben Smith

[zeestephen]

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“The Center for American Progress...and Media Matters...have emerged as vocal critics of their party’s [Democrats] staunchly pro-Israel congressional leadership...”

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The Democratic Party “Leadership” is “staunchly pro-Israel?”

In what alternative universe did that happen?
——————————————————————————————”...Barack Obama’s White House...has acted as a reluctant ally to Benjamin Netanyahu’s Israeli government.”

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This is a joke, right?

[Nachum]

‘This is a joke, right?’

Yes, but the joke is on us. :(

[theDentist]

By “reluctant ally” they mean the he is not known to have gone as far as privately offering nuclear weapons to the Palestinians.

[NativeNewYorker]

If there’s one thing the not-so-pro-Israel Jews I know really hate, it’s being overtly treated as if they’re stupid. If they start thinking Obama is going to make them look (more) stupid, it’s game over for NY fundraising.

[mojito]

Since the Democratic Party has abandoned the white working class, I don't see why they wouldn't abandon Israel too. One thing they won't be abandoning is intrusive, statist, big-government, nanny-state socialism. Of that you can be sure.

[USS Alaska]

If there’s one thing the not-so-pro-Israel Jews I know really hate, it’s being overtly treated as if they’re stupid.

So your lib Jew friends don't mind being treated as if they are stupid, as long as it's kind of covert, and they don't have to openly acknowledge that they are dupes. It fits.

[LibLieSlayer]

EVERYTHING out of obama or his party is a lie of the 10th power.

LLS

[NativeNewYorker]

You have the essence of the situation.

When Sarah Palin was still in the mix, I'd tell my co-religionists at cocktail parties I really liked her...just to watch their heads explode.

"You know, she's written as many Harvard Law Review articles as Obama..."

[Liberty Valance]

"You know, she's written as many Harvard Law Review articles as Obama..."

L O L ! Perfect.

[junta]

But they sure will allign with the anti-semite left, but I guess that is considered guile not stupidity.

[NativeNewYorker]

My American co-religionists are an unending source of exasperation to me. They think they're SO smart, and SO connected, and SO cool...they don't want to be seen supporting an "out" cause like Israel.

My Christian friends, here and in meatspace, **understand** Israel better than my cocktail party crowd. Feh.

[rmlew]

The Soros-funded Center for the American Progress

[mas cerveza por favor]

MJ Rosenberg = MOTHAH-JUMPAH... POS traitor, iirc he was formerly AIPAC; put him at the top of the list to go to Gitmo.

Traitor to which country?

[SJackson]

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[dervish]

The left in Israel (and the US) is anti-deomocratic.

In Israel the left wants to get the US to pressure the democratically elected government to change course. They can’t get it done by election because they are a minority so they want it imposed from the outside.

How sick is that.

[justiceseeker93]

Normally, the left-leaning Ben Smith of POLITICO annoys me. But after reading this tedious article describing in detail the infighting concerning Israel among the Democrats and their think tank appendages, I must confess to a sense of Schadenfreude. It all seems to portend Obama's loss of a good chunk of the pro-Israel vote come next November.

[ExTexasRedhead]

Jews, who know nothing of history and the Holocaust and those who would trust and support Hitler are the ones who love Obama, in my opinion.