Posted on 02/13/2015 10:19:14 AM PST by Dave346
If congressional Republican wanted to make the ongoing controversy surrounding Benjamin Netanyahu even more of a partisan food fight, this is clearly the way to do exactly that.
Senate Republicans on Thursday moved to officially welcome Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the U.S. ahead of his planned speech to Congress next month, the latest development in a saga that has roiled politics in both countries.
Almost all GOP senators were listed as co-sponsors of a resolution by Sen. John Cornyn (R., Texas) saying the Senate “eagerly awaits the address of Prime Minister Netanyahu before a joint session of the United States Congress” and reaffirms the U.S. commitment to standby Israel in “times of uncertainty.”
“During this time of such great instability and danger in the Middle East, the United States should be unequivocal about our commitment to one of our closest and most important allies,” Mr. Cornyn said in a statement.
How subtle.
If Cornyn is expecting unanimous support for his resolution, he’s likely to be disappointed. As of last night, 22 congressional Democrats – 19 in the House and three in the Senate – have announced they will not attend the Israeli prime minister’s scheduled speech on March 3, and that number continues to steadily grow.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), meanwhile, argued yesterday Democrats will send an unwelcome signal to “the terrorists in all parts of the world” if they stay away from Netanyahu’s speech, adding just a little toxicity to an already depressing debate.
Also this week, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright told msnbc’s Andrea Mitchell that Netanyahu “is interfering in our internal affairs” in inappropriate way.
(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.com ...
Yup, MSNBC has successfully driven away all but the radical leftists from their TV network.
There’s a reason FOX News and even CNN are killing them in the ratings.
I have family members who are Jewish Democrats and I ask myself the same question every day! They’d vote for BHO 10 times if given the chance.
Instead of filling those seats with Republican staffers, why not fill them with Holocaust survivors or family members.
” A former friend of mine, Jewish and very liberal, told me flat-out that Israel has no right to exist. Leftism is a mental disorder.”
lol....make sure he stays a “former” friend. The idiot doesn’t deserve one.
” I have family members who are Jewish Democrats and I ask myself the same question every day!”
I’m 61, and have been wondering about this since I was a teenager : )
One person on there made a pro Israel comment and someone else immediately accused him of being a paid FOX shill!
Everyone else there are crazy far left anti-semites.
What I can tell you is that in 2008 they were utterly convinced BHO was pro-Israel (and they bought into all of his other crazy campaign rhetoric as well).
Now they don’t even try to pretend he is pro-Israel, but they would vote for radical lefists in every election all the same, because their allegiance to party is stronger than their allegiance to religion and the Jewish state.
2016 election campaign preview ping.
Sounds like the standard denial of the leftists. Jewishness has nothing to do with this. Just mental illness : )
If it was not, they would be bashed for THAT, and by a lot of the same people.
“all the gems “?????
Should be dems. i’m beginning to hate auto-correct!
I would recommend at least taking a few good pictures of the DemoNazis’ empty seats first, before having staffers fill them. (But filling the seats would be at least a mimimal courtesy to our invited guest and ally, so I’m ok on that.)
Not even showing up for work just to avoid having to hear the Jewish Prime Minister talk about a matter of extreme import to both of our countries? The AWOL DemoNazis must, simply must be replaced at the next election with almost anybody more loyal (whether R or D or X for all I care), just let’s try to get rid of these embarrassing Aholes!
Keep going Dems, with your anti-Israeli (and sometimes anti-Zionist or even Anti-Semitic views) and you’ll continue to draw Jews to the Republican Party.
I say let them build their own gallows.
Hooray! I disabled Auto-correct!
Dems don’t hate Jews, they simply need them to stay on the Liberal plantation along with all the other groups they purport to represent.
Better question is, “Why do so many Jewish voters vote for anti-Semites (Democrats)?”
Surely missing a session is not grounds for expulsion, especially if there is no official business.
The entire Democrat caucus could stay away and the Republicans could make quorum.
Maybe you’re talking about impeaching Obama? That can’t be done in a day.
Joint session. The House passes the articles of impeachment. The Senate then votes to convict. Can be done in 10 minutes.
Only need 2/3 of Senate members present to convict.
Sorry, typed too fast, only need 2/3 of the Senate members present to convict. If Rat senators boycott good chance you will have the 2/3.
If you convict Obama and Biden (who is also boycotting), Boehner would then become president right there.
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