Posted on 03/26/2008 1:18:51 PM PDT by reagandissiple
A week that started with the good news (from this campaign's point of view) coming out of a Gallup poll (see Jewish Democrats: Half pro-Clinton, half pro-Obama) will end on a sour note. Obama's military adviser and national campaign co-chairman, Merrill "Tony" McPeak, is the new celebrity-suspect, having said four years ago that the peace process is not going well because of "New York City and Miami. We have a large vote here in favor of Israel. And no politician wants to run against it."
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First thing first: the credit goes to Robert Goldberg of the American Spectator. He was the one who discovered this long-forgotten interview with The Oregonian in which McPeak made these remarks. Here is part of the text:
McPeak: Obviously part of that long-term strategy would be getting the Israelis and the Palestinians together at . . . something other than a peace process. Process is not a substitute for achievement or settlement. And even so the process has gone off the tracks, but the process isn't enough. . . . We need to get it fixed and only we have the authority with both sides to move them towards that. Everybody knows that.
Q: So where's the problem? State? White House?
A: New York City. Miami. We have a large vote here in favor of Israel. And no politician wants to run against it... I think that everybody understands that a settlement of the Arab-Israeli problem would require the Israelis to stop settling the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, and maybe even withdraw some of the settlements that have already been put there. And nobody wants to take on that problem. It's just too tough politically. You can't develop a Middle East strategy. It's impossible.
(Excerpt) Read more at haaretz.com ...
Stay tuned for another damage-control speech. This man is more dangerous than Wright.
Oh, is he back from the beach?
No doubt Obama will just call him a “typical white person.”
Does he disagree with his buddy and supporter Meeks calling normal blacks “house niggers”?
Hey Senator, this “typical white person” is afraid of you, but it's not because of the color of your skin...
See my tagline!
“why is a man who hates Jews allowed to be in charge of advising a possible president in military matters?”
Probably because the possible president hates Jews, too. Just like his spiritual mentor does.
Spiritual mentor/pastor/crazy uncle...Check
National campaign co-Chairman/political adviser...Check
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“You share the pew, you share the view”
Excellent.
He surrounds himself and takes counsel from anti-Semitic lunatic advisers and then tries to disown them.
Sorry, doesn’t work, Osama Obama
From what I’ve read, a lot of his top advisors are rabidly ant-Israel.
Is he really a retired Air Force general??
If so, what has happened to the Air Force? Geeeez
I’m sure that Rev. Wright (with his outrageous comments blaming US policy for everything wrong in the world) is likely very pro-Israel too. /BSP (biggest sarcasm possible)
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He sure is spending a lot of time disagreeing with people he keeps connected with his campaign.
He was the Air Force Chief of Staff 1990 to 1994, which included Desert Shield and Desert Storm.
Actually, you can make a pretty good argument for that statement.
Obama might want to extend his vacation on St. Kitts or wherever he is. I don’t think he’s got the skills or resolve to deal with “the problem” developing within his campaign. Another speech— to educate us about Italian-Americans and Jews— is probably going to be viewed with a gimlet eye. Plus, he really can’t “air-kiss” Israel without alienating his moveon.org, Muslim, Black Panther and other racist supporters.
Not surprising. I understand too that Farrakan stoolies get jobs/positions through him as well.
Hey Hussein, why don’t you come down with Code Pink, your advisors and anyone else you want and try talking with the Miamians? I’ll meet you at Versailles.
Yeah right. And he disavows that guy’s statements who officiated over his marriage, baptized his kids, and whose church he attended for 20 years. sure.
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