Posted by
davecatbone on Thursday, July 24, 2008 9:54:28 AM
Ducking and using the Rope-A-Dope, the next Ten Year President has found the Israelis to be somewhat less hospitable than the King of Jordan. Imagine that.
Times Online reports:
The US presidential nominee was heckled as he visited the Western Wall...
Orthodox men interrupted their morning prayers to catch a glimpse of the
Illinois senator,...One yelled out: “Obama, Jerusalem is not
for sale!”
At a news conference in the southern Israeli town of Sderot, Mr
Obama was asked about a pledge he made last year to meet without
preconditions the leaders of Iran during his first year in office, a vow
that has caused deep unease among Israelis and the American Jewish
community.
(gasp!)
Mr Obama, incorrectly, replied that what he actually said last year was that
he would meet leaders of rogue states “at a time and a place of my choosing”
and with “preparations”.
This protester shouted at Obama for the entire time he was at the wall. How's it feel, Democrats?
The shine may be starting to dull as the Enemedia is getting clobbered for being in the tank with Obama, but not enought to stop them. The CBS Evening News featured an analyst who found the Israeli's unfair to Obama. Why, a newspaper mentioned his Muslim schooling in Indonesia, his Muslim stepfather, his willingness to sit down with no preconditions with Iran, and....his
MIDDLE NAME! (quick, call Bill Cunningham) Don't those Zionists know his middle name is off limits? This may hurt him with
American Jewish Voters!
Add to this the Israelis' insecurity about Obama's unknown policy positions.
The Guardian reported:
Gerald Steinberg, head of political science at Israel's Bar-Ilan University,...said he had concerns about some (of Obama's) advisers who were, in his view, as "part of the Israel-bashing gang".
So, Obama strives to calm these Jewish fears about his intentions with Iran. He points out to the Israelis that his Senate Banking Commitee passed the Dodd/Shelby comprehensive Iran sanctions, accountability, and divestment act of 2008. The Obamaphenoma stated:
Now, in terms of knowing my commitments, you don't have to just look at
my words, you can look at my deeds. Just this past week, we passed out
of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, which is my committee, a bill to
call for divestment from Iran, as a way of ratcheting up the pressure
to ensure that they don't obtain a nuclear weapon.
Except........he's not on that committee. WHO IS THIS GUY?
Scott at Powerline sums it up fantastically:
Some day it may begin to dawn on attentive observers that Obama
represents a type that flourishes on many college campuses. The
technical term that applies to Obama is b.s. artist. Obama is an
overaged example of the phenomenon, but his skills in the art have
brought him great success and he's not giving it up now.