Posted on 11/30/2016 7:54:12 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee
After taking white working-class voters for granted in November, the Democratic Party seems poised to do the same for Jews – and that could have important implications for the already troubled U.S.-Israeli relationship.
Sens. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, who lead the party's progressive wing, are backing Rep. Keith Ellison, an African-American Muslim with a long history of anti-Semitic leanings and anti-Israeli positions, as the party's next chairman. So too is the incoming Senate Democratic leader, Chuck Schumer, who is considered one of Israel's strongest Democratic backers.
Ellison's bid and high-level backing reflect the party's increasing leftward drift on Israel-related issues, in which one-sided views about the Jewish state – particularly related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – are far more acceptable as mainstream Democratic positions than a decade ago.
That raises two major questions for the U.S.-Israeli relationship:
First, will a future Democratic president and Congress provide the party's traditional support for Israel that dates to President Harry Truman's recognition of the Jewish state just 11 minutes after it was created – support that now includes America's generous military aid, its intelligence sharing and its protection from anti-Israel resolutions at the morally challenged United Nations?
Second, will U.S. support for Israel remain a bipartisan issue, or will it increasingly fall victim to partisan politics – with Republicans aligning themselves forcefully with Jerusalem while Democrats take a balanced approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and broader Arab-Israeli relations?
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So the identity politics stoked by the leftist jews is coming around around to bite them in the @$$? I’m SHOCKED!
The Democrats are becomming the party of color.
Why?
I don’t think there’s a more perfect candidate to lead the DNC than Ellison.
;)
Schumer doesn’t care about Isreal, he cares about the money and votes of people that do.
Keith Ellison is an awesome choice for ‘rat chair. They’ll really warm up to him out in “flyover territory.”
A little history will help you—the magic word is petrodollar.
Once upon a time the US dollar was backed by gold.
Then Richard Nixon happened.
Then the dollar was backed by oil.
Result—American Presidents and Saudi dictators become best buddies.
Life is simple when you follow the money.
Don’t listen to this guy, democrats - Keith al Ellison is the perfect choice to head the DNC...
If you'd like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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Worth noting Keith's beloved Nation of Islam doesn't exactly like the white devils, Jews are simply the worst of them. White devils also an important voter group. And then there's followers of Christianity, the religion of slavery, who also vote. I think Keith X Ellison is an excellent political choice, though elevating this ideology to a prominent place in legitimate politics is not a positive development.
Communist-Muslim-homosexual-anti-religious eco-freaks.
Waaaaaaaaaaaaay past the (not-even-innocent-then) hippy daze of their marijuana-smoking youth in the mid-60’s.
Democrat Jews are troubling.
When Ellison takes over the DNC the Jews will be so angry they will sent their checks in a week late!
hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
KEEP DREAMING Buddy......not gonna happen...lol
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