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Mere Rhetoric: Obama’s Israel Deceptions

by Phantom Ace Comments Off on Mere Rhetoric: Obama’s Israel Deceptions
Filed under Barack Obama, Election 2008, Israel at November 3rd, 2008 - 5:01 pm

Omri Ceren makes a last ditch appeal to Democratic Jews to reconsider their support for a man who will be absolutely disastrous for Israel: 70 Percent Of American Jews Ready To Say ‘We Didn’t Know’ When Obama Detonates US-Israel Alliance (Plus: They Most Definitely Know).

You have to admire the obstinate creativity behind the moronic arguments and bald-faced lies that Democratic Jews cling to. This is a candidate who is so close to vulgar appeasement that he and his media sycophants take it personally when people talk about Chamberlain – even in contexts that aren’t about Obama at all. The hysterical way that Democratic Jews latched on to Bob Wexler’s transparent anti-Palin lies was revelatory – they weren’t so much fooled as desperately hoping to convince people that they were fooled. This is how it’s been through the entire campaign – just one unblinking, incoherent argument after another:

* Obama will actively work to undermine the political supporters of the US-Israel alliance? “Well Jesse Jackson doesn’t speak for Obama and AIPAC supports him.“ Except Biden said the exact same thing about taking on pro-Israel forces in DC and AIPAC is actually terrified of him.

* Obama is disastrously weak on Israeli security? “Well he’s willing to accept Israel’s security choices, he’s spoken out against Palestinian violence, and he’s reached out to Israelis.“ Except he totally rejects the Israeli center-right that Israelis are about to entrust with their security, he opposes the security fence that protects Israel from Palestinian violence, and Israelis don’t actually believe that his overtures are genuine.

* Obama has the most anti-Israel foreign policy team ever assembled? “Well he has plenty of pro-Israel advisers and all those anti-Israel advisers don’t advise him on Israel anyway.” Except he doesn’t have pro-Israel advisers and obsessive anti-Israel partisans like Brzezinski obviously advise him on Israel since they blame the Jewish State for the entire breadth and depth of Middle East instability – a view of the Middle East geopolitics that Obama himself explicitly endorses.

* Obama committed to meeting Ahmadinejad without preconditions? “Well he never said that and besides he meant Khamenei.” Except there’s video and photographic proof that he did commit to meeting Ahmadinejad and if he meant Khamenei that’s even worse.

There’s a lot more in this vein.

(hat tip:Nancy)

What Do American Islamists Think About Our Election?

by Phantom Ace ( 3 Comments › )
Filed under Election 2008, Islamic Supremacism at October 28th, 2008 - 10:14 pm

A revealing comment by the leader of the San Diego chapter of the Saudi-funded radical front group calling itself the “Muslim Student Association:” MSA Chapter Official: Don’t Vote; Destroy.

In the final days of the 2008 Presidential election season – with just 6 days now remaining until voters cast their ballots – both campaigns are carefully maneuvering to gain an edge, while still others are singularly focused on just “getting out the vote.” Regardless of the outcome desired by these activists, there seems to be one unified message across the American political spectrum these days: Participate in our democratic system.

However, one college’s Muslim student organization has sought to air a completely different message regarding the election: that of the Islamists.

A student named Farhad Akbari posted an essay on the internal Yahoo! Group of the Muslim Student Association (MSA) at San Diego Mesa College on October 14. In his post, “The Issue of Voting,” Akbari delves into the election, warning his fellow group members of the fate in store for those who cast a ballot for “a person who fights Islam, governs contrary to Islam, and is himself a kafir [infidel or unbeliever] … ” Akbari does not reserve this treatment for any specific candidate. Rather, he holds both major party candidates in equal regard.

Continuing in his reproach of American democracy, Akbari writes:

“Whether you vote for the white kafir or the half-black kafir, they will kill our brothers and sisters. They will subjugate our brothers and sisters. And they will certainly support Israel in killing our brothers and sisters. There is no ”lesser of two evils“ here. They are both greater evils. The lesser evil is avoiding the situation, as both are equally poisonous to the cause of Islam … Brothers and sisters, I have one thing to say: DON”T [sic] VOTE.”

(Hat tip:Chas)

Politico: Yes, We’re Biased. So What?

by Phantom Ace ( 14 Comments › )
Filed under Politics at October 28th, 2008 - 12:24 pm

Politico reporters Jim VandeHei and John F. Harris examine the claim that the media are overwhelmingly biased against the McCain campaign, conclude that it’s true, and then sum up their response in two words: “So what?”

Why McCain is getting hosed in the press.

OK, let’s just get this over with: Yes, in the closing weeks of this election, John McCain and Sarah Palin are getting hosed in the press, and at Politico.

And, yes, based on a combined 35 years in the news business we’d take an educated guess — nothing so scientific as a Pew study — that Obama will win the votes of probably 80 percent or more of journalists covering the 2008 election. Most political journalists we know are centrists — instinctually skeptical of ideological zealotry — but with at least a mild liberal tilt to their thinking, particularly on social issues.

So what?

You see, political journalists are a special breed of human being.

Responsible editors would be foolish not to ask themselves the bias question, especially in the closing days of an election.

But, having asked it, our sincere answer is that of the factors driving coverage of this election — and making it less enjoyable for McCain to read his daily clip file than for Obama — ideological favoritism ranks virtually nil.

The main reason is that for most journalists, professional obligations trump personal preferences. Most political reporters (investigative journalists tend to have a different psychological makeup) are temperamentally inclined to see multiple sides of a story, and being detached from their own opinions comes relatively easy.

So there you have it. Stop complaining about bias, and accept the opinions of your betters, America.

(hat tip:Chuckles)

Obama Lawyer Intimidating Student Journalists

by Phantom Ace ( 10 Comments › )
Filed under Barack Obama, Election 2008 at October 27th, 2008 - 12:18 pm

lawyer for the Barack Obama campaign sent an email containing a thinly veiled threat to student journalists who have exposed voter fraud in Ohio.

From: Rosenberg, Thomas
Date: Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 2:32 PM
Subject: At least in today’s blog you spelled my last name right
To: tiffany

In other words, I am going to read what you write and watch what you say. Hopefully you will be fair and impartial as you told me you would be.

Thomas L. Rosenberg
Roetzel & Andress, LPA

Columbus, OH 43215

UPDATE at 10/27/08 10:28:46 am:

Greta Van Susteren updates her post:

UPDATE: 1:10pm — I was told the lawyer apologized to the Palestra journalist..and said he did not mean it to be an intimidation.

Right.

(hat tip:Charles, our # 1 Contributor)