Posted on 03/17/2015 7:33:03 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Tough day, sport — despite your colleagues’ best efforts:
Tightness of exits in Israel suggests Bibi's shameful 11th hour demagoguery may have swayed enough votes to save him. But at what cost?
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) March 17, 2015
First Twitter response: “You mad bro?” Yup. Keep in mind that this lamenter of demagoguery is the same guy who ran a campaign that accused Mitt Romney of giving a woman cancer, blessing scurrilous charges of tax evasion, and darkly warning Ohio voters that Obama’s opponent wasn’t “one of us.” You’d think he’d respect a ruthless, win-at-all-costs (successful) strategy. Instead, he’s moaning about tactics and civility. Heal thyself, Axe. As for Lefties’ rapidly-congealing narrative that Bibi’s upset victory was the product of last-minute ugliness, read Commentary’s Jon Tabin:
Within moments of the announcement of the exit polls, some of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s critics were claiming his likely win in today’s Knesset election was the result of a crude, racist appeal to voters. The justification for this charge was a speech made by Netanyahu and released only on social media because of restrictions on campaign appeals in the media, telling the country that left-wing groups funded by foreign money were busing Arab voters to the polls in order to elect a left-wing government led by his Zionist Union rival Isaac Herzog. Netanyahu’s opponents interpreted this as an appeal to racism. The statement was unfortunate because it made it seem as if the prime minister viewed Arab voters as somehow illegitimate. But the voters likely saw it in a different light. The prospect of a left-wing government that depended on the Joint Arab List was always unlikely. But a critical mass of voters viewed the prospect with alarm not because they’re racists but because a government that relied on the votes of anti-Zionists that favor Israel’s dissolution was something they considered a danger to the future of their country…Though Western journalists mocked Netanyahu’s comments about wanting to prevent a “Hamasistan” in the West Bank, the voters in Israel largely agreed. That doesn’t make them racist or extreme. It means they are, like most Americans, realists. They may not like Netanyahu but today’s results demonstrates that there is little support for a government that would make the sort of concessions to the Palestinians that President Obama would like. They rightly believe that even if Israel did make more concessions it would only lead to more violence, not peace. Israel’s foreign critics and friends need to understand that in the end, it was those convictions have, for all intents and purposes, re-elected Netanyahu.
Meanwhile, back at the White House:
Comma, punches wall MT @markknoller: On Israeli election, @PressSec says Obama confident he can work closely w whomever Israeli ppl choose
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) March 17, 2015
The good news — through a myopic, parochial American lens, at least — is that Obama’s electoral losing streak continues. The bad news is that he seems to take political drubbings as provocations to double down, not course correct. Tehran’s next set of demands should be epic.
AMEN!!
Axelrod, move to Cuba and stay there, you fascist creep!
Not to sound rasis, but that right there is the pot calling the kettle black...
“Eat a bag of dicks Axelrod...”
Love it!
Sweet, sweet schadenfreude.
[[David Axelrod pretty mad about Netanyahu win ]]
So the extremist liberal anti-Semite is angry the Jew won huh/
Boner should invite him to speak to cognress immediately following his win
My Dear Mr. Axelrod
You sir, may now ingest a bucket of human excrement and expire.
We would suggest that you do this immediately if practicable so as to end your suffering as soon as possible.
Your Obdnt Srvnt.
5th MEB
Hahahahahha. Suck it, Dave.
and obammy’s legacy of defeat continues.
Hey poser punk, up yours.
If David LikestheRod is having a hissy fit, then it must be a good thing.
“...Shameful 11th Hour Demagoguery...”
haha... evidently, it’s only shameful when it works against dems and their proxies...
Why would Axelrod want to move to Cuba? He’s got access to the White House and lives in Chicago. He’s already in Cuba - American style.
I still think Axlegrease is a genius, at least concerning USA elections. 2012 was an INCREDIBLE win for a candidate who had failed in every measurable category.
Yeah, dumb me, I thought lefties moved to Cuba either to flee U.S. law or because they really wanted to live the frugal spartan communist lifestyle.
Like, a monthly slice of pizza after waiting five hours in line. Socialist realism, you know.
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