Yesterday, at a United Jewish Communities debate in D.C., here's what representatives from the McCain and Clinton campaigns had to say:
Lawrence Eagleburger (remember him?) claimed that his candidate "will not talk with the Syrians, will not talk with the Iranians, will not talk with Hamas and Hezbollah. . . . He isn't going to push the Israelis." Fantastic! Another president who doesn't do diplomacy. Bush's third term indeed.
Ann Lewis, from the Clinton campaign, declared that "The role of the president of the United States is to support the decisions that are made by the people of Israel. It is not up to us to pick and choose from among the political parties." Silly me, I thought this was a campaign for the presidency of the U.S.! Apparently the White House should merely act as a rubber stamp for Israel's government.
As race, ethnicity and religion are dragged to the forefront of this campaign, it's going to get really ugly (rather, uglier), really quickly. I find the idea somewhat ridiculous that one must agree one-hundred percent with the political and even religious views of one's pastor. Not much room for free-thinking in U.S. politics. Not anymore.
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Well I've heard plenty of chumpy lumpkins saying that Isreal DOES run all the govornment, and of course Hollywood (so, what, is Scientology a front for... Kabal??), but I dunno about all that. I think there's a lot of undue influence going on there. Maybe it's because we think we can keep one ally in the soup there, so we feel it important to keep them viable?
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