Posted on 09/27/2011 3:17:22 PM PDT by RobinMasters
Absolutely amazing, 9 days after Ed Koch said in an Op-Ed in the NYDN
"If he [Obama] doesn't read the tea leaves and change his position, you can be certain I will continue to bang my drum. I will campaign against him not only in New York, but in other parts of the country next year."
Well today, Ed Koch endorsed Obama for president in 2012. I'd love to know what went on behind the scenes
It turns out that failed New York congressional candidate David Weprin and former NYC Mayor Ed Koch have more in common than many people thought.
Koch, 86, backed Republican Bob Turner in the special election to fill disgraced Democrat Anthony Weiners old seat. Koch repeatedly said while campaigning with Turner he wanted to send a message to the White House on Israel.
Message received, apparently. Koch endorsed President Barack Obama today.
In an email sent to supporters and obtained by Politico, Koch says he is backing the president for recent moves regarding Israel.
(Excerpt) Read more at hapblog.com ...
Koch is treating Obama in the same way that an adult might train an undisciplined puppy dog - punishing it for leaving a mess on the floor, and rewarding it when it does its thing outside.
It's not all that different from the way that the "Keepers" from the original Star Trek pilot episode tried to keep the wayward Star Fleet captain in line:
"Wrong thinking is punishable. Right thinking will be as quickly rewarded. You will find it an effective combination."
It didn't work on Captain Pike, because Starship captains have to earn their rank based on intelligence and integrity and accomplishment, but it just might be effective on Obama.
Ed still has a lot of pull up there after all these years. I often wonder, when his name is brought up, if he would have “come out” at the end of his term, would he still be as influential as he is now? I think not. That is why he keeps his mouth shut and would prefer it not be made public either.
Bess Myerson was a beard if there ever was one.
LA, you are my kind of Freeper! Well said!
Mayor Koch has an excuse, he is senile. Other Jews do not for voting for the pro-Muslim Obama who had two Muslim fathers and went to Koran school in Indonesia
Koch being 86 years old does not have much time before he meets his Maker! If I were him I would be more interested in getting right with God than getting right with Obama!
Did somebody send him a dead gefilte fish?
-PJ
That’ll save him a fortune on marital pharmaceuticals.
Who’s really pulling the strings and setting policy for 86 year old Koch and New York Uprising, the new foundation that uses Ed Koch’s name:
http://www.nyuprising.org/index.cfm?objectid=E689D721-B6C9-605B-DE1D813E4CDA3339
http://www.downtownexpress.com/de_360/talkingpoint.html
An olf fool whose brains are addled..
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