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Agorism
11-14-2010, 04:05 PM
Glenn Greenwald updates his latest article: Eric Cantor's Pledge of Allegiance

http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/11/13/israel


UPDATE: Adam Serwer recalls that in 2007, Nancy Pelosi visited Syria -- she didn't pledge to side with them against her own country, just visited them -- and Eric Cantor himself was one of the many Republicans accusing her of likely having committed a crime. Cantor wrote: "Several leading legal authorities have made the case that [Pelosi's] recent diplomatic overtures ran afoul of the Logan Act, which makes it a felony for any American 'without authority of the United States' to communicate with a foreign government to influence that government's behavior on any disputes with the United States."

As Serwer writes: "Based on Cantor's own standard, he's just committed a felony." For Cantor, the operative term distinguishing his conduct from Pelosi's is presumably "foreign government," which -- in Cantor's mind -- applies to those with whom Pelosi met but not to those with whom Cantor met. Steve Benen correctly argues that "this is a legitimate scandal worthy of far more attention"; the fact that it won't receive any real attention tells you all you need to know. Had Cantor done this with any foreign nation other than Israel, this would easily be the leading political controversy of the week.

angelatc
11-14-2010, 04:21 PM
Had Cantor done this with any foreign nation other than Israel, this would easily be the leading political controversy of the week.

Well, Israel isn't exactly a foreign country, now is it? </snark>

erowe1
11-14-2010, 05:15 PM
Cantor can get off on a technicality here.

He didn't go there so that he could influence them. He went there so they could influence him.

HOLLYWOOD
11-14-2010, 06:46 PM
WTF?
Soon-to-be GOP House Majority Leader Eric Cantor met on Wednesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Now who runs this country again?

cindy25
11-14-2010, 07:19 PM
Obama , since he is a 1 term president anyway, should take the offensive, have Cantor indicted and sent to jail.

Cantor has ambitions to be president, and could be a VP choice in 2012 or 2016

RM918
11-14-2010, 07:21 PM
Obama , since he is a 1 term president anyway, should take the offensive, have Cantor indicted and sent to jail.

Cantor has ambitions to be president, and could be a VP choice in 2012 or 2016

Never will happen, unfortunately. Obama would never do anything so blatantly against Israel.

Anti Federalist
11-14-2010, 07:23 PM
WTF?

Now who runs this country again?

No fucking shit.

Every flight to Tel Aviv must be booked with federal "officials", all off to receive their marching orders.

Fucking disgusting. :mad:

cindy25
11-14-2010, 09:10 PM
Obama hates BB
Obama dislikes Israel

if he has nothing to lose he could break with Israel as part of a legacy. Carter is hated in Israel so there is a precedent

Mach
11-14-2010, 10:30 PM
Whoever sucks up to Israel the best is the one that has the greatest chance to become a mainstream candidate in 2012.

Reference (http://www.boilingfrogspost.com/2010/10/19/%E2%80%98kosher%E2%80%99-schakowsky-still-aipac%E2%80%99s-number-one-darling/)

bwlibertyman
11-14-2010, 10:33 PM
Interesting