I don’t get why Malcolm caved on this. What’s his explanation?
Jewish Dems threatened to get the IRS to revoke the tax-exempt status of all the non-profits who were sponsors of this event.
I am looking for the link. He was on radio Friday morning explaining. Essentially 3 of the 5 organizations sponsoring the event announced that they intended to pull out of the Rally if it went ahead with Palin.
Obama had suggested Wexler as the Democrat speaker and when Palin didn't pull out due to the insult, they began pressing for Palin to be disinvited. This pressure was extraordinary including lawyers pressuring the sponsors that their Tax Exempt status would be at risk if they dared to continue to participate in the Rally with Palin speaking.
Malcolm is deeply upset but had to step back and save the rally. He said the truth would come out and the folks responsible for this would have to deal with the consequences of this shameful episode.
He believed allowing this to completely cancel the Rally would be a greater evil so the organization accepted the reality that some Jews love party and power more than Israel.
He is responsible to do what he can to protect our country and Israel by voicing opposition to the evil that Iran is attempting.
Well, the explanation they are putting out is that their tax status, as non-partisan organizations, was being threatened; and that it was more important to focus on Iran and Ahmadinejad than on US politics (which was becoming the focus).
I don't agree with this stance - if you back down from standing up to political and financial intimidation in your own country, then how do you maintain credibility in protesting tyranny in other countries? - but that is their explanation.
Dear Dave,
We received your note and appreciate you telling us of your concerns about the Rally to Stop Iran Now.
Unfortunately, the current focus on the speaker lineup and about the politics surrounding these speakers is diverting us from the overall objective. This was never the intention of the team of organizations planning for the rally, which, by the way, we conducted last year with not one objection expressed about this approach.
This year, in the face of a highly charged national election campaign, we became exposed to concerns about our tax-exempt status, due to what developed as an unequal representation of the parties. In the face of this advice from counsel engaged by two of the sponsoring organizations, we determined that it was not in the best interests of our humanitarian mission to risk our status in this regard.
We are trying very hard now to keep the focus on the main point of the rally, which remains as pressing as ever: to draw the world's attention to the dangers of a nuclear Iran . With Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's appearance at the UN this Monday, it is crucial that our community and others continue to gather to make our voices heard: a nuclear Iran poses a dire threat to the United States and to Israel .
We must act now.Having said that, naturally, we would wish that all of this could have been avoided. Just know that all of the organizers acted in the best interests of the community given the facts at hand.
Shabbat Shalom.
Sincerely,
Howard Rieger
I heard they were a tax-exempt group and democrats via proxy threatened to pull their exempt status if they continued with plans for Palin to show. Can anyone vfy?
20,000 emails in 24 hours according to these Soros slimes
Hoenlein, who is a good guy, was outflanked
Can anyone establish whether this is true?