Political Insider: NJDC Hits Republicans With Purim Spoof on Jerusalem Embassy
Posted By James BesserPolitical Insider: NJDC Hits Republicans With Purim Spoof on Jerusalem Embassy
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In 2000, Gov. George W. Bush tried to boost his presidential bid with Jewish voters by promising to move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem as soon as he was inaugurated. Well, he was inaugurated - twice, now - and the embassy remains in Tel Aviv.
Ever since Congress passed the Jerusalem Embassy Act in 1995, in the heat of an earlier presidential campaign, promises to move the embassy have rolled off the lips of candidates, but there hasn't been much action.
The National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC), anticipating a new barrage of promises by Sen. John McCain, who was in Israel this week, has responded with a bit of Purim satire.
In a spoof press release, the group conceded defeat in the Jerusalem political wars because of a unique strategy by the presumptive GOP nominee: retroactive foreign policy.
"Today, the National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) officially gave up trying to argue that Democrats are as good as Republicans on Israel," according to the spoof release. "NJDC conceded defeat on this issue when presumptive GOP presidential nominee John McCain pledged that on his first day in office, he will RETROACTIVELY move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem."
McCain, according to the wits at NJDC, announced that "It's past time to move our embassy. I recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, so I am going to make sure that on my first day in office I will ensure that the move is ancient history."
It went on: "We totally give up here," said Ira N. Forman, NJDC Executive Director. "We were going to suggest to Senator Clinton or Obama that they permanently kasher the White House kitchen. But how do you compete with the Republicans when they can actually turn back the hands of time to help Israel?"
It was tongue in check, but it made a point NJDC is hoping to get across to Jewish voters; promises to move the embassy are easily made on the campaign trail but hard to keep in the Oval Office.
Obama & Hamas
03/24/08 @ 02:18 PM | Posted By Nancy Riley suggest that if you have not looked at http://www.savagepolitics.com you should do so when you have some time to read it. Here is just a small part of one of their stories:{JERUSALEM - Sen. Barack Obama’s Chicago church reprinted a manifesto by Hamas that defended terrorism as legitimate resistance, refused to recognize the right of Israel to exist and compared the terror group’s official charter - which calls for the murder of Jews - to America’s Declaration of Independence.
The Hamas piece was published on the “Pastor’s Page” of the Trinity United Church of Christ newsletter reserved for Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., whose anti-American, anti-Israel remarks landed Obama in hot water, prompting the presidential candidate to deliver a major race speech earlier this week.
The revelation follows a recent WND article quoting Israeli security officials who expressed “concern” about Robert Malley, an adviser to Obama who has advocated negotiations with Hamas and providing international assistance to the terrorist group.
In his July 22, 2007, church bulletin, Wright reprinted an article by Mousa Abu Marzook, identified in the newsletter as a “deputy of the political bureau of Hamas.” A photo image of the newsletter was captured and posted today by the business blog BizzyBlog. The Hamas piece was first published by the Los Angeles Times, garnering the newspaper much criticism.
According to senior Israeli security officials, Marzook, who resides in Syria alongside Hamas chieftain Khaled Meshaal, is considered the “brains” behind Hamas, designing much of the terror group’s policies and ideology. Israel possesses what it says is a large volume of specific evidence that Marzook has been directly involved in calling for or planning scores of Hamas terrorist offensives, including deadly suicide bombings. He was also accused of attempting to set up a Hamas network in the U.S.
I’m wondering just what we are getting ourselves into if we elect Obama. The first 100 days might just be our last 100 days.