Posted on 02/14/2008 8:27:55 PM PST by vrwc54
The feature article on Barack Obama fit him to a tee, all fluff and no substance. The sub-heading says that at every stage in his political career, Obama has reached out to the Jewish Community. Yet the only reaching out referred to in the article is that he sought backing from Alan Solow in Obama’s 1996 Illinois Senate run, the backing of Robert Schrayer in his 2004 U.S. Senate run, and named Boston philanthropist Alan Solomont as Obama’s fund-raising chief.
The article goes on to say that Obama has built relationships in the community to avoid murmurings about his divergences from pro-Israel orthodoxies. Obama has promised to use sustained and aggressive diplomacy combined with tough sanctions to prevent Iran from building nuclear weapons. This is exactly the course of action Jimmy Carter used to condemn 52 U.S. citizens to 444 days of being held hostage in Iran until President Reagan took office and got them released.
Obama told AIPAC and NJDC that Palestinian needs must be considered in working out a peace deal and that no one has suffered more than the Palestinians. He also is asking for reparations from the Israelis to be paid to the Palestinians.
By the time I reached the end of your article, I was still looking for the facts to support your headline: “At every stage in his political career, Barak Obama has reached out to the Jewish community”. I turned the page looking for the rest of the article but found nothing.
Here are a few facts that would help your readers make a more informed decision about Barack Obama:
Although his father & step-father are Muslim and Obama attended a Muslim school, he chooses to attend a church headed by Jeremiah Wright, a Black Muslim supporter of Louis Farrakhan and who is a harsh anti-Israel advocate and whose governing body has taken a series of anti-Israel actions.
Obama also gained the support of George Soros, a fierce foe of Israel who has openly proclaimed his desire to break the bonds between America and Israel and has written of his desire to erode political support for Israel. Soros called for concessions to Hamas after which Obama appeared with Soros at a fundraiser.
Another fund raiser for Obama was held at the home of former Knicks player Allan Houston who had publicly proclaimed that Jews had Jesus’ “blood on their hands” and are “stubborn”. The American Jewish Congress noted that Obama would not take any money from someone who had expressed the same sort of remarks about African-Americans. Obama’s spokesman said Obama would not return the money raised by Houston.
Obama has openly advocated outreach towards Iran, a state that makes clear its genocidal intentions towards Israel, funds Hezbollah and terrorism against America, Israel, and Jewish targets throughout the world. He seemingly excuses attacks against Americans by Iranian-supported terror groups because we have provoked Iran by trying to liberate Iraq.
Obama is frequently absent during Senate votes so as not to have to take a stance on difficult issues such as when Congress voted to identify The Iranian Revolutionary Guards as a terror group. This would make The IRG susceptible to sanction. Obama then criticized his opponents for supporting this bill.
Obama has called for withdrawal from Iraq which would destabilize the region and strengthen Iran’s military foothold. He has called for the abolition of nuclear weapons claiming that a nuclear armed America gives countries like Iran and North Korea justification for nukes.
I shudder to think that Obama as president would have access to nuclear arms. He doesn’t have the experience or judgment to utilize our military to safeguard our country or our allies. He has already said that he wants to negotiate with our enemies but is willing to attack Pakistan (our ally in the Afgan war).
I hope your writer and the editor that chose to run this story understand that by a candidate seeking financial backing from Jews, doesn’t mean that he is “reaching out to the Jewish Community”.
It’s a throw-up.
Maybe the Messiah, the Harvard graduate and professional community organizer will convince jerks like the Glucksterns and Soros to help him organize the rubble of the USA into nice neat little piles when his Presidency confronts the certain consequences of his stupidity.
She looks like the African American version of Janet Reno.
Minus the glasses.
I have thought the same thing for a long time. I don't trust Obama. Thanks for the pictures on this thread. Interesting to say the least. If CNN personel (Anderson, Larry K.,Wolfie, ect,) has read this thread, they probable just pooped.
Thanks for the ping; I’ll read the article in the a.m.; that picture is creepy looking (it’s like he’s getting ready to be beamed up or something).
Signing off for tonight.......beam me up, Scotty! : )
who cares en mass?
Barack Obama is a very talented orator. His political life puts him close to losers all the time. Plausible deniability.
What is the point?
I know we have this, but you may catch something with the comments.
Part of the Choom Gang?
Steven and Judy Gluckstern don't seem to get the point either...
note the caption beneath the Obama/Soros image.
McCain MUST be supported folks...I hate it too but we must stop the Barry Bama Bandwagon and the Hitlery Henchmen.....
NO, THEY ARE MUCH MORE AMBITIOUS THAN THAT! THEY WANT CHANGE!
“Why is Soros the only one seated?”
He’s the god of this thing.
Right, he's the DemaGod.
Sort of a cross between that and like a ‘stairway to Heaven’ in reverse.
It’s almost as if he appears to be ‘descending’ down a staircase from on high.
Very eery picture to me. Before I’d even read any comments and just saw the picture it struck me...just...wrong.
A black Muslim minister of a CHURCH?
Isn't there a problem with that statement?
Doesn't he mean the minister supports the Black Muslim Farrakhan?
I don’t think it’s a big deal...probably a typo.
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