Posted on 03/01/2015 10:06:00 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Former Democratic New Jersey Senator Joe Lieberman attacked Democrats refusing to attend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech before Congress, saying on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that they were the ones “making it partisan.” (VIDEO: Biden To Netanyahu: ‘I Don’t Agree With A Damn Thing You Say’)
LIEBERMAN: The danger for me here is that once again something really important– namely whether Iran gets nuclear weapons– is going to be swept up in Washington partisanship and politics. I think the best thing for people like[Democratic Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky], who I respect and supports a strong U.S./Israel relationship, the best thing would be to go, sit there. It would have been a non-issue and to some extent the Democrats who are not going are actually making it partisan by their absence.
In other words, if Jan is right and John Boehner is trying to prove that Republicans are better friends of Israel, then the way to disprove that is for all the Democrats to go. In the end, most Democrats are going to be there. Tuesday, I predict Prime Minister Netanyahu will make the speech that is extremely respectful of President Obama, we’ll talk about why he’s fearful of the negotiations in Iran, allowing Iran to have a nuclear weapon. And by the end of Tuesday, it will be over.
Quoting Kristol ...
As it will be a moment of vindication for Zionism, the cause to which he and his family have dedicated their lives. In past episodes of Jews’ being consigned by the world to their fate, they were powerless to fight. And so the world (and not a few Jews) became accustomed to Jews’ playing the role of victim. On March 3, something remarkable and historic will happen. The prime minister of Israel, speaking on behalf of not only his country and millions of Jews, but on behalf of the West itself, will command the world’s attention as he declares his refusal to appease the enemies of Israel and the West. Both Jabotinsky and Churchill, both Ben-Gurion and Truman, would appre
Netanyahu’s Moment
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IMHO, it’s just as well that the Nazi ‘RATs “boycott” the speech. I don’t think all that ‘RAT anti-Semitism and hate should be put on TV for the world to see.
Joe was from Connecticut. I’ll not waste time about the competency of the writer.
Nadler, Sherman, Schakowsky, Davis, Israel, Schiff, Wasserman-Schultz, Cohen, Yarmuth, Grayson, Polis, Deutsch, Cicilline, Frankel, Lowenthal, Zeldin — you’re on the spot. Make up your mind — are you a representative of the People or not?
> Former Democratic New Jersey Senator...
Forget it, he’s on a roll.
New Jersey Senator?
All this time I thought we in Connecticut were his constituents.
If Joe Biden, as Senate pro-tem, does not show up, does the seat remain unoccupied or does someone fill in for Joe?
Biden is President of the Senate. President pro-tem is longest serving Senator of the majority party.
Alright, then. As President of the Senate, if Joe Biden does not show up, does the chair behind Bibi remain empty or does someone fill it? If so, who would that be?
I don’t really know the protocol for that, but we have an empty chair as President, so....it fits. :)
It states, "No Public Schedule"
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