Posted on 10/29/2008 5:06:04 AM PDT by SJackson
What do Iran's ayatollahs, Hamas terrorists, Louis Farrakhan, Jesse Jackson and Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi have in common? They are all pulling for Barack Obama to win the US presidential election.
When Israel's disparate foes manage to rally behind a single candidate, it should set off alarm bells for anyone who cares about the Jewish state.
If you think this is just Republican scaremongering, consider the following.
Last week, Ali Larijani, the hard-line speaker of the Iranian parliament, told a press conference in Bahrain that "we are leaning more in favor of Barack Obama because he is more flexible and rational" (Agence France Presse, October 22).
And then there is the October 19 endorsement that Obama received from Hamas spokesman Ahmed Yousef, who told WABC radio host John Batchelor and World Net Daily's Aaron Klein that "we as Palestinians are thinking that we might have better luck with a new administration, maybe, if Obama wins the election... I do believe he will change the American foreign policy in the way they are handling the Middle East."
There you have it. Two clear expressions of preference for Obama from two of the leading anti-Israel and anti-Western forces in the Middle East. Both the Iranian regime and the Hamas terrorist organization view Obama in a positive light and hope he will be elected.
Their enthusiasm for the senator from Illinois is shared by a number of other long-time enemies of the Jewish state on both sides of the Atlantic.
On June 11, Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi, in a speech broadcast on Al-Jazeera, spoke glowingly of the Democratic nominee. According to a translation provided by MEMRI, Gaddafi said, "His name is Obama. All the people in the Arab and Islamic world and in Africa applauded this man. They welcomed him and prayed for him and for his success, and they may have even been involved in legitimate contribution campaigns to enable him to win the American presidency."
Back in the US, anti-Semitic firebrand Louis Farrakhan earlier this year labeled Obama "the hope of the entire world" and compared him to the founder of the Nation of Islam, the group Farrakhan heads (Associated Press, February 25).
Normally, one would expect that such a motley collection of rogues would be enough to send shivers down the spine of even the most spineless of voters. In the end, who wants to be cheering for the same outcome as Gaddafi and Farrakhan? Nonetheless, if two recent polls are to be believed, Obama seems poised to capture a significant majority of the Jewish vote.
A SURVEY released last week by Quinnipiac University found that Jews in the battleground state of Florida are backing Obama by a margin of 77 percent to 20%, while a Gallup survey revealed that nationwide, Jews favor him over Sen. John McCain by 74% to 22%.
While that is less than the 80% that Democrats Al Gore and Joe Lieberman garnered in the 2000 election, it is similar to the 75% that John Kerry captured four years ago.
One can only shake one's head in bewilderment at such a predilection, particularly in light of Obama's flip-flop on Jerusalem back in June, when he told the annual AIPAC policy conference that he supports the city remaining Israel's united capital, only to back-track from that position the following day.
If Obama can't stand firm on the campaign trail on such a basic issue of fundamental importance to Israel and its supporters, how can he be counted on to do so if given the keys to the White House? Any pro-Israel Jews and Christians still sitting on the fence, wondering how to cast their ballot on November 4, would therefore do well to bear in mind the revealing comments made recently by Jesse Jackson.
Speaking at the World Policy Forum in Evian, France two weeks ago, Jackson promised that the "Zionists who have controlled American policy for decades" will lose influence once Obama is in charge, as he will stop "putting Israel's interests first."
"Obama is about change," Jackson observed, "and the change that Obama promises is not limited to what we do in America itself. It is a change of the way America looks at the world and its place in it" (New York Post, October 14).
The bottom line is that Obama makes Teheran, Tripoli and Gaza convulse with excitement, and that alone should make the rest of us shudder with fear.
For all you Jewish voters - the fate of two countries may literally lie in you hands.
Obama and the rest of the Demo Socialists have been allies of the terrorists for several years. They have put up roadblocks, hoping to stop Bush from going after terrorists around the world. In contrast, Senator McCain called for the trooop surge in Iraq, which has been very successful.
Can there be any doubt that the terrorists and terror sponsoring nations want Obama, not McCain, in the White House? Is there any doubt that enemies of the United States have contributed money to Obama’s campaign?
Those who vote for Obama are voting for the enemy within.
It's a shame this thing is even close and a telling sign for America.
Too many would choose a Marxist/racist/follower of Black Liberation theology over a man who gave his body for his country and his life to serve his country.
I wouldn’t hold out much hope. They always seem to vote against their own best interests. I guess they like the victim thing.
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This could easily to expanded to a very long list of people and groups with horrible philosophies of life.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx2PP4pYGno
What do you call a civilian “police” force that is in place when we already HAVE Police forces, national and local?
And we already HAVE a military
so, WHY do we need a NEW one??
Terrorists for Obama. This would make an excellent McCain ad.
Why do articles like this, from sources like this, always still seem to tiptoe around the issue? Talking about “alarm bells” going off and blah, blah, blah.
This election is important. Tell it like it IS!
“JEWS WILL DIE” should be the headline, because that is the truth! Maybe not in this country...for a time.
You got that right!
I don't have ANY sympathy for someone who won't help themselves.
In the old days when the media showed at least a semblance of fairness this kind of thing would have sunk a Dem like Carter, Mondale, or Dukakis. Not now though. This is the sort of ad McCain should be running but for whatever reason they have chosen not to. The facts in this race are so bizarre I’m not sure most Americans would believe it anyway.
Unbelievable.
So sad to see how many Jews are voting party line.
Pray for our country.
Prayers for McCain/Palin.
nobama bump
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