Posted on 06/17/2005 5:23:41 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON - A handful of people at Democratic National Headquarters distributed material critical of Israel during a public forum questioning the Bush administration's Iraq policy, drawing an angry response and charges of anti-Semitism from party chairman Howard Dean on Friday.
"We disavow the anti-Semitic literature, and the Democratic National Committee stands in absolute disagreement with and condemns the allegations," Dean said in a statement posted on the DNC Web site.
Rep. John Conyers (news, bio, voting record) of Michigan, the senior Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, organized the forum on Thursday at the Capitol to publicize and discuss the so-called Downing Street memo. That document suggests that the Bush administration believed that war with Iraq was inevitable and that the administration was determined to use intelligence about weapons of mass destruction to justify the ouster of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
The Sunday Times of London has reported that the prewar document, which recounts a meeting of Prime Minister Tony Blair's national security team, was leaked from inside the British government. The White House has rejected the memo's assertions.
Conyers' event occurred in a small Capitol meeting room, and an overflow crowd watched witnesses on television in a conference room at DNC headquarters. According to Dean, some material distributed within the DNC conference room implied that Israel was involved in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
One witness, former intelligence analyst Ray McGovern, told Conyers and other House Democrats that the war was part of an effort to allow the United States and Israel to "dominate that part of the world," a statement Dean also condemned.
"As for any inferences that the United States went to war so Israel could 'dominate' the Middle East or that Israel was in any way behind the horrific September 11th attacks on America, let me say unequivocally that such statements are nothing but vile, anti-Semitic rhetoric," Dean said.
"The inferences are destructive and counterproductive, and have taken away from the true purpose of the Judiciary Committee members' meeting," he said. "The entire Democratic Party remains committed to fighting against such bigotry."
Even stupider. Dean should have fired immediately anyone who participated in this or knew of it and allowed it to continue. Think of the difference in the party's response to this and to Trott's far more benign behavior.
I've seen two mentions of that article and no link.
U can find that Nadar screw up on Drudge
Is it posted here on FR somewhere? If it is, I'll go find it...
I don't sign up to read the WaPo online..
How could you mix these two up? Nader isn't 1/2 the man Nadler is!(even now) BWAHAHAA ;-)
You can never set the bar too low for out of power anti-American leftist wackos.
Thank you very much---
This is the same Ralph Nader that has gone around telling us what a bum President Bush is...
BWAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
But, I really didn't like Sharpton's remark about what would happen if Ed Koch had said the same thing...although, at least Sharpton came out and admitted what we all know anyway...
Yeah, he picked a strange time to practice moderation. Maybe the fact that the Democratic party gets almost unquestioning support from the bulk of the Jewish community isn't lost on Dean. Of course, what probably is lost on him is that his vicious lies and smears against the Republicans and Republican party helped create the atmosphere where anti-Semites felt comfortable enough to distribute literature at a Democratic event.
Howie! Howie! Howie!
That is very true---but this is the second time that Barney Franks has come out against another dem lately...
That is curious...
The gift that keeps giving :) Howwie! Little Dickie Turban! Conyers!
I need to sit down I am way too happy.
"Wow, what the Hell is going on with the Dems?"
Maybe they're imploding, creating a black hole in space.
really? hee hee, I knew this moonbat fest would backfire.
if you find the link send it this way.
So now Dean is to the right of Conyers, Hillary and Durbin. ROFL!
Seriously, I don't even want to try to understand them.
If I had to hazard a guess Dean was taken to the woodshed. Now that the dems are in trouble for comparing our troops to Nazi's, stalin and Pol Pot as well as having a hearing with anti-semitism approved Dean is taking advantage to put himself above them by condeming this material while they refuse to do so. ean and the DNC establishment have a civil war going on at the moment.
You are a LIAR howard, don't you recall the "Dean speaks for us" letter writing campaign last week?
And since you speak for them, you support their literature they hand out. After all, they tell you what to say.
Questions from Rep. Jim Moran.
Moran: What was the "real reason" for invading Iraq if it was no threat?
McGovern: Oil. Israel. Logistical bases (OIL). Oil, which is what we need. Israel, seen as an ally of the US in the Middle East. Logistical bases, which is part of the neo-conservative strategic vision in the region.
I don't know what's going on with the dems right now LOL!! but I can't stop laughing! LOL!!
Oh! My sides hurt! LOL!!!
They're losing it!! LOL!!!
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