Posted on 10/05/2008 10:42:45 PM PDT by fightinJAG
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Over the years since I first saw Obama speak I met him about half a dozen times, often at Palestinian and Arab-American community events in Chicago including a May 1998 community fundraiser at which Edward Said was the keynote speaker. In 2000, when Obama unsuccessfully ran for Congress I heard him speak at a campaign fundraiser hosted by a University of Chicago professor. On that occasion and others Obama was forthright in his criticism of US policy and his call for an even-handed approach to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
The last time I spoke to Obama was in the winter of 2004 at a gathering in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. He was in the midst of a primary campaign to secure the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate seat he now occupies. But at that time polls showed him trailing.
As he came in from the cold and took off his coat, I went up to greet him. He responded warmly, and volunteered, "Hey, I'm sorry I haven't said more about Palestine right now, but we are in a tough primary race. I'm hoping when things calm down I can be more up front." He referred to my activism, including columns I was contributing to the The Chicago Tribune critical of Israeli and US policy, "Keep up the good work!"
But Obama's gradual shift into the AIPAC camp had begun as early as 2002 as he planned his move from small time Illinois politics to the national scene. In 2003, Forward reported on how he had "been courting the pro-Israel constituency."
(Excerpt) Read more at electronicintifada.net ...
ON MARCH 2, 2007 Obama gave a speech at AIPAC, America’s pro-Israeli government lobby, wherein he disavowed his previous support for the plight of the Palestinians. . .
OBAMA STATED THE FOLLOWING in answer to a question about his statement in Iowa that “nobody is suffering more than the Palestine people”: “Well, keep in mind what the remark actually, if you had the whole thing, said. And what I said is nobody has suffered more than the Palestinian people from the failure of the Palestinian leadership to recognize Israel, to renounce violence, and to get serious about negotiating peace and security for the region.”
Which sounds good until you read an actual account of the incident by Thomas Beaumont of the Des Moines Register. Either Obama is lying or Beaumont did a lousy job of reporting. Based on the past record of Obama and the Des Moines Register, we’re going to trust the paper until a contrary video shows up. Obama appears to have brazenly rewritten the story in a major way.
http://prorev.com/2008/05/obama-moves-hard-right-on-israel.html
I heard him speak at a campaign fundraiser hosted by a University of Chicago professor.Name?
I can’t get past the title.
My response: Pfffft. Riiiight.
“Obama appears to have brazenly rewritten the story in a major way.”
Alinskey’s Rules for Radicals. If he’s elected, get used to commie-speak.
Your reaction was the author’s conclusion!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8QcpdUtxNQ
Israel will be abandoned if Obama wins, he won’t win though, pass this video around to make sure.
I already sent that to my address book, and I e-mailed a bunch of radio talk-show hosts.
Something has to sink this thug.
Well, maybe I’ll give it another shot then.
The title, though... I just couldn’t do it.
The simple fact is that if the palis want an evenhanded approach, they need to give up and condemn their murderous tactics. Once they stop seeking out and murdering innocent women and children, then we can discuss "evenhandedness."
Mark
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