Posted on 03/19/2008 7:43:16 AM PDT by Cinnamon Girl
U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) (L) looks on as U.S. Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain (R-AZ) places a note in the cracks of the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City March 19, 2008. McCain came to Israel on Tuesday as part of a fact-finding tour of the Middle East which could also boost his popularity among American Jewish voters. REUTERS/Peter Andrews (JERUSALEM)
My advice was to wear a black suede kippah, but I forgot about possible peer pressure from Lieberman.
U.S. Sen. John McCain, center, and Sen. Joe Lieberman, far left, arrive at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, in Jerusalem's Old City, Wednesday March 19, 2008. McCain received a warm welcome during a brief visit to Israel aimed at burnishing his leadership credentials and courting Jewish voters for this fall's presidential election. With his war hero status and a record of strong support for Israel, the presumptive Republican nominee is widely popular in the Jewish state. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
U.S. Sen. John McCain, center, greets bystanders as he and Sen. Joe Lieberman, left, arrive at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, in Jerusalem's Old City, Wednesday March 19, 2008. McCain received a warm welcome during a brief visit to Israel aimed at burnishing his leadership credentials and courting Jewish voters for this fall's presidential election. With his war hero status and a record of strong support for Israel, the presumptive Republican nominee is widely popular in the Jewish state. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman (left) (I-CT) and U.S. Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain (R-AZ) visit the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City March 19, 2008. McCain came to Israel on Tuesday as part of a fact-finding tour of the Middle East which could also boost his popularity among American Jewish voters. REUTERS/Peter Andrews (JERUSALEM)
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain (center) (R-AZ) and U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman (left) (I-CT) visit the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City March 19, 2008. McCain came to Israel on Tuesday as part of a fact-finding tour of the Middle East which could also boost his popularity among American Jewish voters. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (JERUSALEM)
Israel's Likud Party leader and former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) stands with U.S. Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain (R-AZ) before their meeting in Jerusalem March 19, 2008. McCain came to Israel on Tuesday as part of a fact-finding tour of the Middle East which could also boost his popularity among American Jewish voters. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (JERUSALEM)
U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC), center, John McCain (R-AZ), left, and Joseph I. Lieberman (ID-CT), rekindle the Eternal Flame at the Hall of Remembrance during a visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, Tuesday. Photo: AP
This is from Iraq:
US Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain (R-AZ) stands with Major Gordon Hilbun (R), McCain's vehicle commander in Haditha, Iraq, on March 16, 2008. Picture taken March 16, 2008. REUTERS/Cpl. Erin A. Kirk-US Marines/Handout (IRAQ). FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS.
Looks like McCain is getting a nice vacation out of this fact-finding trip too. Many of us will never see these places.
OK, let’s see candidate Obama pay a visit to our staunch ally Israel.
Can anyone identify the Gush looking guy in the Kotel pics with McCain?
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Isn’t that him in the first pic, with the shades?
What is the meaning of the little skull cap (Sorry, I don’t know its proper name.)? I thought only Jews wore these. Is McCain Jewish or is this allowed/expected when a non-Jew visits a holy site? Educate me please.
Non-Jewish men are expected to wear a kippah when visiting a Jewish holy site as a sign of respect. I wore one when I visited Yad Va Shem and the Kotel when I was in Israel in 1986.
Israel's Defence Minister Ehud Barak (right) greets U.S. Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain (R-AZ) before their meeting in Jerusalem March 19, 2008. McCain told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas he was committed to a peace settlement after President George W. Bush leaves office, a Palestinian official said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Tara Todras-Whitehill/Pool (JERUSALEM)
Uh oh.
This is a border fence the Israelis built in just a few months to keep the terrorist out.
Give you any frickin ideas?
(From L to R) U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT), U.S. Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) visit the Western Wall tunnels in Jerusalem's Old City March 19, 2008. McCain told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas he was committed to a peace settlement after President George W. Bush leaves office, a Palestinian official said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Tara Todras-Whitehill/Pool (JERUSALEM)
This is one of many cool things you can tour in Israel.
John Bolton would be the most solid pick , but you know the D-Rats would have a canary. IMO, Fred Thompson would be the odds on favorite. He disagreed with McCain on quite a few domestic issues but is pretty tight with him on foreign policy. Thompson also has a great working knowledge of China. In addition, announcing Thompson(who has been real quiet since he dropped out)before election day would be one more way for McCain to get out some of the conservative vote.
US Senator and Republican presidential candidate John McCain adjusts his Kippa during a visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum in Jerusalem March 18. McCain has warned that the armed groups that attack Israel threatened not only the Jewish state but everything the West holds dear (AFP/Marco Longari)
Judas used to hang out in Jerusalem as well.
Just sayin’
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