angelatc
02-20-2012, 04:10 PM
I missed this article - http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/center-for-america-progress-group-tied-to-obama-accused-of-anti-semitic-language/2012/01/17/gIQAcrHXAQ_story.html?hpid=z3
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/center-for-america-progress-group-tied-to-obama-accused-of-anti-semitic-language/2012/01/17/gIQAcrHXAQ_story.html?hpid=z3)
The focus is the Israeli lobby's efforts to force out anybody that isn't sufficiently pro-Israel from the Democratic think-tanks. (I assume the GOP population was successfully cleansed long ago.) From the article,
Among the points of contention are Twitter posts by one CAP writer on his personal account referring to “Israel-firsters.” Some experts say the phrase has roots in the anti-Semitic charge that American Jews are more loyal to a foreign country, Israel, than to the United States. In another case, a staffer described a U.S. senator as showing more fealty to the prime U.S. pro-Israel lobby, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, than to his own constituents. The first writer has since left the staff.
According to this BigGovernment blog, (http://biggovernment.com/jpollak/2012/01/19/washington-post-center-for-american-progress-group-tied-to-obama-accused-of-anti-semitic-language/#idc-cover)which essentially only rehashes the WaPo article and collects a bunch of silly "the lefties hate Israel!" comments, the afore-mentioned Senator is Illinois' own Mark Kirk, who changed his Twitter account to read, "Mark Kirk (R-AIPAC.)
(The best article about it is from Justin Rainmondo, here. (http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2012/01/19/the-return-of-the-smear-bund/) )
Excuse me? The voters aren't allowed to find that offensive? Screw it - maybe all the Senators should start using that to tell us who they're really representing. John McCain (R-Goldman Sachs). Barack Obama (D-Goldman Sachs).
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/center-for-america-progress-group-tied-to-obama-accused-of-anti-semitic-language/2012/01/17/gIQAcrHXAQ_story.html?hpid=z3)
The focus is the Israeli lobby's efforts to force out anybody that isn't sufficiently pro-Israel from the Democratic think-tanks. (I assume the GOP population was successfully cleansed long ago.) From the article,
Among the points of contention are Twitter posts by one CAP writer on his personal account referring to “Israel-firsters.” Some experts say the phrase has roots in the anti-Semitic charge that American Jews are more loyal to a foreign country, Israel, than to the United States. In another case, a staffer described a U.S. senator as showing more fealty to the prime U.S. pro-Israel lobby, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, than to his own constituents. The first writer has since left the staff.
According to this BigGovernment blog, (http://biggovernment.com/jpollak/2012/01/19/washington-post-center-for-american-progress-group-tied-to-obama-accused-of-anti-semitic-language/#idc-cover)which essentially only rehashes the WaPo article and collects a bunch of silly "the lefties hate Israel!" comments, the afore-mentioned Senator is Illinois' own Mark Kirk, who changed his Twitter account to read, "Mark Kirk (R-AIPAC.)
(The best article about it is from Justin Rainmondo, here. (http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2012/01/19/the-return-of-the-smear-bund/) )
Excuse me? The voters aren't allowed to find that offensive? Screw it - maybe all the Senators should start using that to tell us who they're really representing. John McCain (R-Goldman Sachs). Barack Obama (D-Goldman Sachs).