Posted on 07/29/2012 4:03:10 AM PDT by Libloather
Pelosi: Republicans using Israel policy to distract Jewish voters
By Meghashyam Mali - 07/28/12 04:31 PM ET
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) defended President Obama’s record on Israel, accusing Republicans of using the issue to distract Jewish voters from the party’s economic policies.
“Many of the Republicans are using Israel as an excuse, what they really want are tax cuts for the wealthy. So Israel, that can be one reason they put forth,” said Pelosi on Bloomberg’s “Political Capital,” according to a transcript of her remarks.
“That’s why some of the Republican Jewish supporters are really active,” replied host Al Hunt.
“That’s how they’re being exploited,” said Pelosi. “And they’re smart people. They follow these issues. But they have to know the facts. And the fact is that President Obama has been the strongest person in terms of sanctions on Iran, which is important to Israel. He’s been the strongest person on whether it’s Iron Dome, David’s Sling, any of these weapons systems and initiatives that relate to Israel. He has been there over and over again.”
Pelosi’s comments come amidst GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s three-country foreign tour which takes him to Israel, where he will meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Romney has made Israel a centerpiece of his attacks on Obama’s foreign policy, as both campaigns work to win over Jewish voters.
Republicans have accused the president of being a weak ally and have criticized him for failing to visit the country in his first term.
The administration however as pushed back, pointing to legislation Obama signed Friday which reaffirmed military ties between Israel and the U.S. The United States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act restates U.S. commitments to provide Israel with defensive weapons, oppose anti-Israeli resolutions at the United Nations and moves forward plans to develop the “Iron Dome” missile defense system.
The bill had been passed by Congress 10 days ago, but Obama waited until Friday, just as Romney embarked on his overseas trip.
A campaign official last week also said that Obama would visit Israel if reelected for a second term.
“This president has been a staunch supporter of Israel. Many of the things that he has done, in terms of Israel’s qualitative edge in terms of how we have, have supported Israel in that regard, for them to defend themselves … No president has done more,” said Pelosi in the Bloomberg interview .
Asked if Obama would do as well with Jewish voters in November, she said “I think that he will.”
A Gallup poll released late Friday showed Jewish support for Romney slipping slightly.
The survey found Obama with support from 68 percent of Jewish voters to Romney’s 25 percent. A Gallup survey in June found Obama with a 64-29 edge over his GOP challenger.
The 68 percent tally, however, is a double-digit drop from the 78 percent Obama won in the 2008 election against Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.)
“This president has been a staunch supporter of Israel. Many of the things that he has done, in terms of Israel’s qualitative edge in terms of how we have, have supported Israel in that regard, for them to defend themselves … No president has done more,” said Pelosi in the Bloomberg interview . “
She sounds like one of those beauty pageant contestants that talk gibberish when they’re asked a question to prove their intelligence.
Interesting comment. Jewish voters have been the most loyal voters for the Democrats. It sounds like there's trouble in these waters the Democrats know about.
Pelosi is using Obama’s bad economic policy to distract Jewish voters from Obama’s bad Israel policy.
Never mind that the democrats practice Nazi policies and are building ovens...the Republicans are distracting people!
has been the strongest person in terms of being tough on Iran! Tell them, Tom, didn't we sick that Flame/Stuxnet virus on Iran's nuclear centrifuges? And didn't you... 
recently tell that idiot Netanyahu we'd nuke Iran for them?
I cannot neither confirm nor deny... 
unless you are a reporter from the New York Times--
Democrats using Taqiya.
“That’s how they’re being exploited,” said Pelosi. “And they’re smart people. They follow these issues. But they have to know the facts. And the fact is that President Obama has been the strongest person in terms of sanctions on Iran, which is important to Israel. He’s been the strongest person on whether it’s Iron Dome, David’s Sling, any of these weapons systems and initiatives that relate to Israel. He has been there over and over again.”
She is just plain mental.
Someone please tell that crazy bitch to shut up.
Pathetic; but we do have ‘jokers’ in Congress. And no one reminds us, more often, than Pelosi; and Harry Reid. . .Barney; et al; ad nauseum; they reveal themelves.
Distract them from thier demise at the hands of the rat party they embrace
Strange thing is that I checked the Gallup web site and there was no reference to that poll on the Gallup home page. Then I found that result, mentioned as a sort of footnote to another Gallup poll: polling "Americans" (not necessarily registered voters) on Israel PM Netanyahu. In that poll, Republicans gave Netanyahu a 50% favorability rating, with 16% unfavorable. Democrats, on the other hand, were 25% favorable, 31% unfavorable. This sharp difference by party is not unexpected.
As to the "Jewish support for Romney slipping slightly," even that seems counterintuitive. The latest numbers are based on Gallup's daily tracking national polls, so their Jewish voter results are probably too small numerically to be statistically reliable. Furthermore, Gallup has a long history of oversampling 'Rats, plus more conservative Jewish voters are generally underrepresented in these samples because of social factors. Surely, Obama and the 'Rats have done absolutely nothing in the past two months or so to increase their Jewish support, and condescending remarks like the Pelosi quotes above can only harm their cause.
Madder than a March hare.
"Israel has been denied any support by this Administration. See, what's motivating Republicans about Israel is TAX CUTS..."
Freakin loon.
Really? I hope you don't forget his mouthpiece Jay Carney's inability to answer the question "What is the capital of Israel?" at a White House news conference a few days ago. In that case, silence spoke louder than words.
Madder than a March hare.
Yes, it's a bit difficult for rational people to interpret "Madam Leader." But it seems as if what she is really saying is, "Those selfish, greedy, filthy rich Jewish Republicans really want tax cuts for themselves, but they fool less wealthy Jews when they say that Romney will be better for Israel than Obama."
>>A Gallup poll released late Friday showed Jewish support for Romney slipping slightly
The first question is slipping from what figure to what figure?
If Pelosi was a math teacher, you could expect this question on one of her tests: "If Sally has 10 ice cubes and Timmy has 11 apples, how many pancakes will fit on a 12' x 20' roof? Answer: Purple, because aliens don't wear hats.
Oh, lord, this country is innumerate enough without people like the former House Madam trying to indoctrinate our young with crap like that.
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