How often do presidential candidates write op-eds for Israeli newspaper Yediot Ahronoth? God-o-Meter will look into it. But Barack Obama’s recent appearance in those pages is just another step in a remarkably comprehensive campaign to woo Jews. His weekend interview with The Atlantic was another. The New York Times has some new details about other recent developments in that campaign:
The magazine interview follows recent speeches in which Mr. Obama has affirmed his support for Israel, most notably last week at an event marking the 60th anniversary of the founding of Israel sponsored by the Israeli Embassy in Washington. On Sunday, he contributed an op-ed article to the daily newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, the largest paper in Israel.
But the attacks from the right on Obama’s Israel position keep coming. In a statement yesterday, minority House leader John Boehner jumped what seemed to be Obama’s characterization of the unresolved Isreal/Palestinian issue as a “constant sore” on international relations:
Israel is a critical American ally and a beacon of democracy in the Middle East, not a ‘constant sore’ as Barack Obama claims. Obama’s latest remark, and his commitment to ‘opening a dialogue’ with sponsors of terrorism, echoes past statements by Jimmy Carter who once called Israel an ‘apartheid state.’ It’s another sign that Obama is part of the broken Washington Americans are rejecting.
The Obama campaign quickly responded with a vaguely worded statement about the “sore” reference “clearly referring to the ‘lack of resolution to this problem’,” though it never mentioned that the problem was political stalemate and continuing violence between the Israelis and Palestinians. But The New York Times suggests, indirectly, that Obama could still be vulnerable to attacks like Boehner’s:
In a Gallup poll released last week, 61 percent of Jewish voters surveyed said they would vote for Mr. Obama if he became the Democratic nominee. In several recent elections, nearly 80 percent of Jews voted Democratic…
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posted May 14, 2008 at 7:26 am
Leftists’s hate Israel. Plain and simple.
posted May 17, 2008 at 1:08 pm
I doubt that the statistic of 61% of the Jewish vote for Obama would be cast if Hillary was not running. I am certain some man dreamed that one up and I would like to know who they poled because they didn’t pole any Jews that I know. I believe that Barrack Obama just blown his chance to win women voters as we demand respect and do not allow arrogant chavanist men to call us “Sweetie” in our Professional Life. He called Peggy Agar, a reporter from WXYZ in Detroit, Who asked him, “What will you do for the United Auto Workers Mr. Obama? He replied, “Now wait a minute Sweetie.” Then evaded the question. “Sweetie” never got her answer and he gave her a personal appology but did not publically acknowledge that he had made a grave error in judgement.
In the state of Michigan, calling a Professional Woman, Sweetie, is considered Sexual Harassment.
During Obama’s recent and damaging campaign trip to Michigan, he found that the United Auto Workers are not supporting him, nor are the large Muslim Population in the Greater Detroit area that he has turned his back on will not support the backstabber, nor the Right to Lifers in the Western Part of the State and you know the Uppers are not going to vote for the man. It would have been smarter for him to send Michelle or run her for President. Michigan is a Democratic State, we have a female Governor, we will write in Hillary Clinton on our Ballot if we have to and Obama and the Kennedy’s are putting thier money in the wrong hole this time. Obama, by popular belief, is not like John F. Kennedy as people are saying, he is just being backed by a brother, a politician who will not be around much longer and does want to have a woman as President. It is a sick situation.
OBAMA is an IDIOT! As well as, an ARROGANT MALE CHAVANIST PIG!
Barrack OBAMA called a female Journalist and TV Reporter, “Sweetie” in Public. Then stated, OOPS, “Thats a bad habit of mine, sorry.” He did not acknowledge that he should not have called her such a demeaning name on his part. He has lost the vote from any women who demands respect from men around the world. I would expect him to call his wife or daughter sweetie but not a Journalist/Reporter in Public. The man is loosing it and it is a reflection of his lack of respect that he has for woman and his arrogance as a Muslim Man who pretends to live in a Secular/Christian world. It is time that male reporters started rallying around the candidate who demands respect and stop pussyfooting around this CAT!
posted May 22, 2008 at 11:33 am
It will be hard for Obama to sway the Jewish vote because he isn’ t Kosher and his association with his pastor who preached that the land of Israel is land stolen from the Palestinian with the help of the British Israel and Balfour doctrine. Wright also believe that modern day Israel has no kinship with Abraham nor are they Shemitic.
http://joeland7.wordpress.com/2008/04/14/is-modern-israel-in-bible-prophecy/