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."
Translation:
"Dammit, you guys! First you whine cause I'm not bringing in as much money as the Republicans, and then you piss off the only demographic capable of making big money contributions! The Jews have money, and 3/4 of 'em haven't figured out how much we hate them yet! SO SHUT UP BEFORE YOU TIP THEM OFF! I'LL DO THAT WHEN WE DON'T NEED THEM ANYMORE! YEAAAAARGH!"
Qwinn
I just about hit the floor when I read that article - I figured that Milbank would be elbowing people out of the way to be the first to get on his knees in front of Conyers.
You know what the scary part is? It wasn't at all long ago that this kind of cheap, tacky political theater by the Dims would have worked, and instead of having Howard Dean, Barney Frank and Dana Milbank running away as fast they can, we'd be likely looking at the prospect of the second Republican president in 30 years being in real danger of impeachment.
When you see the usual media kneepadders and democrat party leaders running for the tall grass over this, you have to think we have truly exposed the man behind the curtain when it comes to these sick, evil freaks that make up the Left. It's kind of like looking at a photo of yourself taken in the '70's, resplendent in your big hair and your polyester leisure suit. At the time you thought you looked so cool, but you look back and cringe and wonder how in the hell did you think that.
This is the same thing McGovern's friend Joseph Wilson said when they were lecturing together about Iraq in June 2003:
". . .I think there are a number of issues at play; there's a number of competing agendas. One is the remaking of the map of the Middle East for Israeli security, and my fear is that when it becomes increasingly apparent that this was all done to make Sharon's life easier and that American soldiers are dying in order to enable Sharon to impose his terms upon the Palestinians that people will wonder why it is American boys and girls are dying for Israel and that will undercut a strategic relationship and a moral obligation that we've had towards Israel for 55 years."
Does Dean also condemn Wilson's statement? Someone should ask him. . .
Maybe the third time, if you want to count Barney's turning on former CNN boss Eason Jordan for his comments about our troops targeting journalists in Iraq.
I love it when even rabidly anti American filth must accept that there are indeed limits to free speech.
Thanks --I didn't know that...that's thwee for Bawney---
good on him!!!!
Anyone have a copy of these pamphlets???
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let me ping a couple DC FReepers.
kristinn,trueblackman
did anyone local snag a copy of this 'literature'?
Thanks.
RANK REPUDIATES ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS
Congressman Barney Frank today expressed strong disagreement and disappointment with remarks made at an informal Congressional hearing on Thursday which sought to blame the State of Israel for the Bush policy on Iraq. Congressman Frank attended part of the hearing, which was frequently interrupted by a long series of votes that were being conducted on the floor of the House. He was not present when any references to Israel were made.
“The notion that United States foreign policy is somehow being manipulated by Israel is not only gravely mistaken, it is redolent of the sort of conspiracy theories imputing hidden powers to the Jews that have plagued the world for far too long. Congressman Moran’s question which gave prominence to the role of Israel as one of the possible major factors behind the invasion, and the answer by witness Raymond McGovern which not only blamed Israel for the war in substantial part, but objected even to Congressman Moran’s citing Israel as an American ally, are both refuted by the evidence discussed at the hearing itself. It should be emphasized that the hearing was called in major part to discuss the Downing Street minutes that were released, and nothing in those minutes in any way supports the allegation that this was all an Israeli plot.
Excuse me now I have to take a shower.
Send this to Drudge. Don't let them get away with this rabid anti-Jewish nonsense! Let the world see what they truly are.
Maybe Milbank got one - he's the one who brought them up. But he may not have even attended.
However, Conyers himself didn't even deny the existence of anti-Semitic literature in his rebuttal to the Milbank story. His story is "there was lots of literature being passed out - I don't have any control over that."
Wow, how much of a nut do you have to be to have Howard Dean criticize you?
As we found out this past election cycle again, unfortunately it doesn't matter to 40% of the Country what these morons do and say, they will still try to elect a rat.
tee hee hee..
It's probably the same old boilerplate crap they pass out at rallies.
Nice try, Howie. You condemn the allegations. How about the literature?
I'm confused. We watched this group of nitwits on C-SPAN yesterday. Weren't they in a basement room in the Capitol building? What is this about DNC headquarters?
Was there a woman on a broom screaming "F.J.B." ?
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