Yesterday, I wrote a blog about the true-life story of the stoning of Soraya M, in Iran, which was first a book and is now a film. I tied it to Amadinejad’s upcoming lecture at the UN–but then, rapidly changing events disappeared Soraya’s important story. I am removing the Soraya material for now but will post it as my Monday blog. I am also updating the dis-invitation story which seems never-ending.
What a foolish and shameful dis-invitation it was. I am talking about the decision made by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations to dis-invite Governor Palin to speak at the rally opposing Amadinejad as he speaks at the UN.
My first NEWSFLASH: The Jewish Telegraphic Agency has just confirmed that Governor Sarah Palin–a strong supporter of Israel–has been disinvited from the rally against President Ahmadinejad. I suggest that my readers call the Conference of Presidents to protest this short-sighted and outrageous decision. Their number is 212-318-6111.
A FURTHER NEWSFLASH: The plot thickens but there is a bottom line; there always is. Obama is the one who decided not to send anyone of rank to stand with the Jews who are opposing Amadinejad’s genocidal and nuclear policies. The Jews in charge did not successfully lean on Obama to come himself, (which would have made sense) but instead, no doubt under some unimaginably heavy pressure, dis-invited Palin. What? Allow Palin to take on the Iranian Monster on prime-time TV and win even more votes? New York Jewish votes? Women’s votes? Anything but that.
To cover themselves, the Conference of Presidents now claim to have dis-invited all politicians; too “partisan,” too distracting from the matter at hand.
I’ll say.
But, where is it written that only one rally opposing Amadinejad’s policies can take place in this fine city of ours? Why not two rallies? There are thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of New York City Jews, women, Democrats, Republicans, Independents, Vegetarians who would be thrilled to see Palin verbally take down Amadinejad live. Let her hold her own rally. If you call it, people will come.
Perhaps it’s not too late for Biden to change his plan to address the National Guard in Maryland on Monday and, for the first time, stand up to Iran. He hasn’t you see. Yes, yes, I know he was very good on the Violence Against Women Act. Perhaps someone can suggest that he read my upcoming blog on Monday which is about the extraordinary violence perpetrated against women in Iran, which includes being stoned to death.
Perhaps even Obama can change his mind and stand with the Jews and with America and even with all his American political competitors against Iran’s demented and dangerous policies. Let McCain consider addressing a rally too. If Obama can stand with McCain at Ground Zero, surely, surely, a great Uniter can stand with McCain and Biden and Palin opposite the UN.
AN EVEN FURTHER NEWSFLASH: I have just been told that the largest rally ever held in Alaska was just held–by Women Against Palin. This is fast becoming a sickness.
But, I have also been told that Women United, right here in NYC, has invited Governor Palin to speak at a rally on Thursday September 25th at 5:30pm at the Grand Hyatt Hotel on 42nd Street. Apparently, unbelievably, a group of Christian clerics and theologians are honoring the Dinner Jacket.
As someone else wrote: “A hard rain is gonna fall.”
I would like to thank all the discussants on LiberalHawks for their generosity and wisdom on this issue.





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1. Debbie:God bless you for the work you do, the books you write, the women you give voice to.
Sep 18, 2008 - 12:09 pm 2. Ester Ben:Thank you for your bravery. You’re doing noble work for us all. This is enough to turn one’s stomach inside out! It’s enraging and frustrating to be so impotent in the face of such inhumane, and seemingly unstoppable cruelty.
Sep 18, 2008 - 3:29 pm 3. Fern Sidman:Firstly, allow me to thank my good friend Debbie Hamilton at the Right Truth blog for her comments and for posting today’s article by Dr. Phyllis Chesler along with her picture on her most informative blog.
Now on to the partisan rancor that is insidiously infecting the campaign to spotlight Islamic extremism; i.e. the upcoming visit of Iranian President Ahmadinejad. The fact that Sen. Clinton has cancelled her appearance at the rally to be held Monday in New York, speaks volumes about the Senator’s ostensible committment to raising a voice against the kind of hatred that can lead to worldwide Jihadist domination. Not to mention, but she also fails her constituency in New York, many of whom are organizers and participants at this rally.
The truth is, it is the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations that needs to be taken to task for acquiescing to the pressure of the National Jewish Democratic Council, whose objectives are quite different from those sponsoring and attending this rally.
The writing is on the walls, if we only choose to read it. The NJDC’s objectives are not to educate the public about the urgency of Iran’s nuclear capabilities and how it effects the free world or it’s very real plan to annihilate Israel, or its continued subjugation of women, homosexuals and politcal dissidents, but rather, they are focused on defeating John McCain at the expense of their own interests.
Poor, stupid Jews. Don’t you folks realize that the only person laughing up his sleeve at all this is the “good” president of Iran himself. Aren’t you cognizant of the fact that your feckless attempts to create discord among those who are united in the fight against all that Ahmadinejad stands for will only come back to bite you in the face, or worse. Haven’t you considered the fact that if G-d forbid, Ahmadinejad conquers Israel and his far reaching tentacles also serve as driving force within the USA and the western world, that you liberal Jews will not escape his wrath.
It’s a horrible shame that the participants at this rally will not be able to hear Gov Sarah Palin’s remarks. It is a shame that this courageous woman who is committed to standing strong against Jihadist domination has been disinvited by those who will need her support. Well, I guess it’s not the first time that Jews have cut their nose despite their face.
Praise and accolades go out to Dr. Chesler for conveying the tragic and heartbreaking story of Soraya M. Perhaps this article should be e-mailed to the NJDC, to Sen. Clinton and the other Jewish functionaries at the Democratic party.
Dr. Chesler is indeed, a lonely voice in the wilderness. Her committment and tenacity in regards to speaking and writing about gender apartheid, honor killings, forced marriages, stonings, and beatings of women around the globe is most admirable considering such “feminists” like Sen. Clinton and others of her ilk can’t even manage to summon up a modicum of courage to do so. Rather, they choose to assume the position of “armchair activists”, sitting back and leveling vitrolic denouncements of Dr. Chesler’s work and her political positions. Thank G-d, Dr. Chesler is not dissuaded by the sheer hypocrisy of her critics and detractors.
Sep 18, 2008 - 4:06 pm 4. Pajamas Media » Palin ‘Disinvited’ from Iran Rally:[...] Read the entire story here… [...]
Sep 18, 2008 - 4:32 pm 5. ic:Sadly, by disinviting Palin, they make themselves look ridiculous. It’s a joke that they can stand up against Iran when they can’t even stand up against the Democrats. They are snubbed by Obama, and don’t even know it. May be James Baker was right after all.
Sep 18, 2008 - 4:56 pm 6. armchairpunter:I don’t suppose there’s any reason why the McCain campaign could not hold their own rally. Palin has made a commitment on principle that she should not let fall by the wayside due to the narrow politics of others. I think she should write back to the organizers and say that she will be at the U.N. one way or another, and if her invitation is not reinstated, she will be holding a separate rally.
Sep 18, 2008 - 5:43 pm 7. Alex W.:Ms. Chesler made this comment in the course of her story:
“He also had the support of one of the many fake, pederast, thieving mullahs who, under Khomeini, enriched themselves personally by jailing and extorting money from their prisoners and by then executing them and confiscating all their wealth—a process very similar to the European Inquisition in which the church amassed great wealth in precisely this way.”
Excuse me!!!!!!!!! Where in the world did this come from? What does this have to do with the issue at hand? Besides being untrue, it reveals nothing less than a hostile and cheap attack upon the Church and her priests!
Shame on you Chester! You should be more professional.
Sep 18, 2008 - 5:49 pm 8. Ditto:If ever there was a need to put aside partisan pandering… what was Hillary thinking. Oh yeah – her own career. Seems to be a lot of that going around. Maybe she and Obama aren’t so different after all.
Sep 18, 2008 - 6:15 pm 9. Yaakov Watkins:I just called the number you published and someone answered the phone and identified it as the Council of Jewish Presidents. He said that they disinvited all politicians because the rally was becoming too politicized.
That is substantially different than the story you published. Shame on you.
Sep 18, 2008 - 6:29 pm 10. Self-hating boomer:The question that we should be asking is What if it was Palin who backed out? Would they have disinvited Clinton?
I wouldn’t bet 10:1 odds on it.
Sep 18, 2008 - 6:29 pm 11. kathyfromkansas:Thank you, Phyllis, for your indefatigable championing of women imprisoned by the culture of Islam. You are one of the most important voices out there.
I also want to personally thank you for your inclusiveness toward women such as myself–and Sarah Palin–who consider ourselves pro-life feminists.
Sep 18, 2008 - 6:46 pm 12. hogtrashhd:I think I will need to reconsider my support of Israel after this. As a Christian and raised as a Christian to not trust Jews in general, I am a fair minded individual and I have in the last few years given the Jews my support. But after this it seems my gut instinct was correct. You can’t trust jews. I am so disappointed and now I need to readjust my life back to my first instincts which have never been wrong and I should have known better and I will also need inform my family and friends who have chastised my thoughts and concede that yes indeed they were correct and I was wrong.
Sep 18, 2008 - 7:18 pm 13. Austin:Did someone disinvite Imdeadinabag, too?
I’d pay big money to see Todd Palin put him in a bag in a cage match.
Sep 18, 2008 - 7:36 pm 14. Burkevitz:I enjoyed the article, and agree with most of it. But please, for your own sake, think of the distinction between Arabs (like Egyptians, Lebanese, Saudis, etc.) and Persians like the Iranians. They speak Farsi (derived from the ancien Persian language), not Arabic.
Sep 18, 2008 - 7:42 pm 15. Marc Boyd:Hence in this particular case, it’s not the work of an Arab islamist imperialism.
It is sad, what has happened in Iran. I went to College with an Iranian fellow who was smart, fairly fluent in English, and here all by himself. His parents scraped together enough money to send him here to avoid him being taken by the government and forced to serve, or killed. I remember that his parents were both killed and he was devastated.
I have thought many times…Glass, a big expanse of radioactive glass…That is what they seem to want. I predict they will get their wish in spades.
We know where their Nuke sites are with fair accuracy. We know where their insane rulers live. Low burst for the ruling nuts, Air bursts over Nuke sites.
They want to live in the 14th Century? I don’t. This seems like the only solution since we don’t have enough brave volunteers to join our armed forces.
Our guys and gals in the current service contingent have done their best and deserve some help. If I wasn’t too old, I would love to serve again. Then again it may take us old farts with our old outdated AR-15s to do the job.
Sep 18, 2008 - 8:21 pm 16. Judy, NYC:just another “little by little”, as the survivors described how it happened in germany that jews became the outsiders in their own beloved country. and as assimilated as we are in america. the jews refused absolutely to believe that a small, ugly, crazy guy could be taken seriously. and many jews refuse to believe it, again. barry obama is a jew hating, muslim supporting pathological nut. the democratic party, from which i ran away once he was a candidate even before barry was nominated, is a leftist driven nutcase machine. hillary clinton is the biggest disappointment. instead of developing a third party alternative, clinton has thrown in with these reprehensible types, the very ones who called her a racist and conspired with the msm to pour filth all over her. sarah palin is looking better every day. i will certainly vote mccain-palin. and i will call that telephone number to make my views on palin’s disinvitation quite clear. the very next thing, i suppose, is that our mayor bloomberg will be greeting that iranian scumbag at the airport. never again, yeah, uh huh.
Sep 18, 2008 - 8:25 pm 17. Xixi:A lot of Christians in America would give their lives to protect Israel.
A lot of Jews in New York City are more interested in kissing Democrat ass than they are protesting that Iranian thug. Why even bother with it?
Shameful.
Sep 18, 2008 - 8:44 pm 18. MamaG:Would the turmoil caused by getting rid of him be all that much worse that it was getting rid of Saddam? We may be spread thin but I really think the “boys” would make the effort to end this for good. Then they could come home and stay.
Sep 18, 2008 - 9:16 pm 19. Upset One:Their story about disinviting all politicans was disingenious, at best. It was purely an excuse to disinvite Gov. Palin after Sen. Clinton backed out of her committment to attend. I sent the following e-mail to the organization:
“President – Conference of Presidents.
Let me see if I understand this correctly:
1. Sen. Clinton is invited to the forthcoming rally, and accepts.
2. Gov. Palin is invited to the forthcoming rally, and accepts.
3. Sen. Clinton withdraws because Gov. Palin was invited and accepted her invitation.
4. Your organization withdraws the invitation to Gov. Palin.
Who sets your agenda? It is obviously Sen. Clinton. As an American Jew – I am thoroughly disgusted by your action in disinviting Gov. Palin.
…. you are obviously taking a pro-Democratic party stand.
….Sen. Clinton could have attended, she agreed to attend, and then withdrew because of Gov. Palin’s attendence.
Why should her decision to withdraw influence the disinvitation of Gov. Palin…”
‘Nuff said
Sep 18, 2008 - 9:24 pm 20. ic:Yaakov Watkins:
Sep 18, 2008 - 9:27 pm 21. jw:Are you that naive? Their answer is a classical “CYA”. I finally understand why so many lemmings follow Obama.
Hillary Clinton shows herself to be more interested in partisan politics than in the welfare of the United States and the danger from Iran. The Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations shows itself to care more for the Democratic Party than for objecting to Iran; Hilary Clinton bowed out for partisan reasons, not Sarah Palin. They should keep her as a speaker who did NOT object to speaking on the same platform with a leading Democrat.
Sep 18, 2008 - 9:41 pm 22. Upset One:To: hogtrashhd:
Sep 18, 2008 - 9:42 pm 23. Jpeditor:Don’t judge all Jews by those idiots that disinvited Gov. Palin.
Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations should rename themselves “kapos of noodnik jinos”.
And the RJC was so busy putting out their latest pat themselves on the back PR they couldn’t be bothered to publicly fight for Palin to speak.
Left wing lox & bagel jinos will vote for the Obamessiah who will talk with Amanutjob without conditions, now that their St. Hillary won’t have a chance to kiss his wife like she did with Mrs. Arafat.
To paraphrase Zell Miller, what are all these lib jews going to fight nuclear Iran with?
MATZAH BALLS?
Sep 18, 2008 - 9:51 pm 24. Jpeditor:Here’s why Biden wouldn’t have been able to show up:
“Biden’s unyielding pursuit of “engagement” with Iran for more than a decade has made it easier for Tehran to pursue its nuclear program, while his partisan obsession with thwarting the Bush administration has led him to oppose tough sanctions against hard-liners in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard….
…the Senate considered a bipartisan amendment to designate the Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization, an important step to aid nonviolent efforts to deny it funds and financing. Biden was one of only 22 senators to vote against it. “I voted against the amendment to designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization because I don’t trust this administration,” he said.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/25/AR2008082502337_pf.html
Keep voting for Dems, jinos; we’ll wave to you as you get your work cards and yellow pointed dhimmie hats.
Sep 18, 2008 - 10:32 pm 25. Michael W. Perry:Perhaps the best answer is for Palin to issue a statement expressing her willingness to appear with any person of good will, whatever their political party–Democrat, Republican, or independent. Stress that a matter this important transcends party allegiances.
She could go on to express a willingness to adjust her schedule, so she appears with all or any of Obama, Biden or Hillary, with or without Senator McCain. They would appear together in any city in the country where their travels overlap.
She could even carry it a step father, suggesting, “On October X, Senator Obama and I will both be in Chicago. Our staffs can work out a joint statement, and I will be happy to meet with him at a place of his choosing so we can jointly issue that statement.”
Need I add that she could add that Obama has expressed a willingness to go to Iran and meet with (that thug’s name). Since he will already be in Chicago, she assumes he will have no problem meeting with her, “after all, you can’t really find me more terrifying than [the thug in Iran].
–Mike Perry, Seattle
Sep 19, 2008 - 12:10 am 26. Ben Florsheim:It is past time that we understood the basic truth about Islam – the misogyny and oppression of women is not an unfortunate side-effect, aberration or vulgar misinterpretation.
Keeping women “in their place” is the very lifeblood raison d’être of Islam itself.
Sep 19, 2008 - 1:47 am 27. syn:Obama’s campaign director is hosting a soiree for Ahmadinejad on Sept 25, 2008.
“Penny Pritzker, Obama’s chief fundraiser — the owner of the hotel hosting Ahmadinejad and heir to the Hyatt billions — is a pioneer in the subprime mortgage industry and a key force in that industry’s subsequent melt-down. The Hyatt businesses run by Penny Pritzker have included Superior Bank, which went bankrupt in 2002 still owing U.S. taxpayers most of the half billion dollar FDIC payout to depositors.”
http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2008/09/not-quite-ready-for-subprime-time.html#readfurther
Simply put, no matter your religion, race, gender or whatever other identity one needs to life their life the fact is:
A vote for Obama is a vote for the destruction of Israel.
Caroline Glick once said, “Jews do not let other Jews vote Obama.”
Sep 19, 2008 - 5:17 am 28. Tina Trent:It is terribly important to keep reminding the world what is happening to these women — for the media can’t be bothered; the Middle-East Experts sneer at the notion of talking women’s human rights; the feminists are divided (though the half who keep this cause alive are routinely maligned and misrepresented, on PM and elsewhere); conservatives and Republicans react with knee-jerk ignorance at the notion of supporting a women’s cause, and the human rights organizations are so deeply invested in notions of “cultural sensitivity” that they long ago threw that half of the human race under the proverbial bus.
Sep 19, 2008 - 5:28 am 29. BL:“Why is this man not dead?” People love dread, confusion, chaos, and conflict! Some, like you and me, gag with disgust at the mere mention of his name, others would “honor” his horrors! What a mess! Shame on Hillary, Sarah, and the disinviting Jews! How can there be “Change that we believe in” when there is no United Front to confront a truly devil incarnate! People, until we get it together, and put aside partisanism, there is little hope for America and the world! Women, Jews, Christians, moderate Muslims and Men need to stand together to overthrow those who will imprison us and trample on our rights to be free. Let us not forget the “Change that occurred back in the day” 1776, today all people should be granted inalienable rights! Such a simple truth, WE take for granted, which was truly “Change we should still believe in!” Is Obama really going to sit down and talk to this man (with Jimmy Carter patting him on the back) whose record reeks of injustice? Until we invite all Democrats, Republicans and Indepedents to the party to condemn this scoundrel and all the others, we are truly lost and lacking of leadership in our journey towards creating a truly free and democratic world!
Sep 19, 2008 - 5:31 am 30. BL:I just called and left a message. I think both McCain and Obama should speak at the protest and go on record condemning this evil regime. Brilliant update, maybe you should add some more phone numbers, the RNCs and the DNCs, the libertarians, the conservatives, the veggies, etc. Way to go, Dr. Chesler!
Sep 19, 2008 - 5:37 am 31. misanthropicus:“Sandra Bernhard: Palin Would Be Gang-Raped By Blacks in Manhattan!”
By Tim Graham/NewsBusters/Drudge Report
September 19, 2008 – 07:59 ET
The Washington Post isn’t the only daily D.C. newspaper to rave about Sandra Bernhard’s anti-Palin ranting. Wednesday’s Washington Examiner joined in, with the headline “Comedienne delivers enraged optimism.” Barbara Mackay claimed “in the end, oddly and subtly, Bernhard’s message is positive.”
Sep 19, 2008 - 7:27 am 32. jw:That’s not the impression you’d get from the blog of Theater J, where Bernhard is appearing. It has video of Bernhard calling Palin “Uncle Women,” a “turncoat b*h” and a “whore.” One complaint on the blog that Bernhard crosses a line of political incorrectness draws a defense from Ari Roth of Theater J that really drops the curtain on how coarse this show is:
In fact, the play wears its politically VERY correct heart on its sleeve with its indictment of America as “A Man’s World, It’s a White Man’s World, It’s a F*ked Up White Man’s Racist World” and can only be suggested to be racist in its content if one is hell-bent on protecting White Folk for Sandra’s blistering indictment.When Sandra warns Sarah Palin not to come into Manhattan lest she get gang-raped by some of Sandra’s big black brothers, she’s being provocative, combative, humorous, and yes, let’s allow, disgusting.
The fact that the show has a few riffs like this does not – to my mind – make it a “disgusting show.” there’s too much beauty, variety, vitality, and intelligence to label the entire show as “disgusting.” I’ll agree with you that we produced this show because we did find it to be edgy – because we wanted to give right wing conservative Jews a good run for their money by being on the receiving end of some blistering indictments from Sandra.Does it go over the edge sometimes? On the gang-rape joke, yes. Sure. Not much else. It goes over the edge and then comes right back to the cutting edge. [Profanity editing is mine.]
Forgive me if gang-rape jokes don’t greet my ears as oddly and subtly positive, as the Examiner suggests, and forgive me if gang-rape jokes aren’t “a rotating sprinkler that a spectator washes in most happily,” like the Washington Post insists.
Roth insisted to the complainer that the D.C. Jewish Community Center is loving their Bernhard show, and partied with Bernhard on opening night. They’re in tune with her right-bashing rage:
We’re proud of our producing — proud of Sandra’s sense of timing — taking the fight out to the house and to the street beyond, channeling so much of our rage and frustration at the bizarre recent twists of fortune since Karl Rove trotted out Sarah Palin for John McCain to briefly meet and then get in bed with.Sandra’s face is hanging 10 feet tall in a banner over the DCJCC steps and we’re proud that she’s a new emblem and ambassador for our theater and our center. She’s not the only one who represents us. But her large heart, her generous talent, and her big mouth are all a big part of who we are.
“Who we are” at this theater clearly isn’t someone who’s interesting in presenting anything other than rage. The video itself, presented like a commercial for the show, explains who the show is intended to please. The average person probably wouldn’t find it the least bit funny. But if you really, really hate Sarah Palin or Christian conservatives, this show is for you. Here’s some of what she says in the promo:
Now you got Uncle Women, like Sarah Palin, who jumps on the s–t and points her fingers at other women. Turncoat b—h! Don’t you f–kin’ reference Old Testament, bitch! You stay with your new Goyish crappy shiksa funky bulls–t! Don’t you touch my Old Testament, you b—h! Because we have left it open for interpre-ta-tion! It is no longer taken literally! You whore in your f–kin’ cheap New Vision cheap-ass plastic glasses and your [sneering voice] hair up. A Tina Fey-Megan Mullally brokedown bulls–t moment.
Is it too broad an interpretation to suggest that when Bernhard attacks Palin’s “new Goyish crappy shiksa funky bulls–t,” she means the New Testament? It sounds like she’s telling the Christian to stay away from “her” Old Testament, as if Christians don’t have an Old Testament in their Bible. It’s quite clear that the D.C. Jewish Community Center is not attempting an interfaith dialogue with this rantfest.
to register complaint about the Palin disinvite,email info@conferenceofpresidents.org
Sep 19, 2008 - 8:13 am 33. Jbl:calling is futile since some young girl is assigned to answer the phone w/ little recourse.
I called and told them they were STUPID to disinvite Palin. If she has the balls to stand with them, she should be invited. If Hillary doesn’t have balls, that’s her problem.
Sep 19, 2008 - 8:48 am 34. Webloggin » Jewish Democrats Sabotage Their Own Message By Disinviting Palin Out of Allegiance to Obama:[...] What Sen. Hillary Clinton and the National Jewish Democrat Council have done is MAKE this even political. Dr. Phyllis Chesler reports: [...]
Sep 19, 2008 - 11:09 am 35. Polly:I just emailed this to the organization.
“It is such a sickening statement your organization just made by “dis-inviting Sarah Palin”. “Too political” is your reasoning? Yeah, right. Anyone who actually pays attention to the world understands what you meant by it. You meant the “incorrect political party”. Sad…just sad.
You have someone (Sarah Palin, in case you couldn’t guess who) who was willing to stand up and fight alongside Democrats. Since Hillary decided she wasn’t big enough to stand beside Palin as joined forces, Obama just wasn’t all that interested in the first place & Biden had no intention of ever supporting your rally, who are looking to in support? I truly think your organization needs to look deep into what you just did and ask yourself some tough questions.
You want people to back you but you don’t have the decency to return the favor.”
I think more people need to let them know that we are out here paying attention to these “little” details even the MSM will never focus on them.
Sep 19, 2008 - 11:36 am 36. Gianni:This news is just in. I copy/paste for you to discuss.
Congratulations to Tzipi Livni! As a feminist I am thrilled!
Joe Biden spoke with the AIPAC leadership to clear up any misunderstandings.
The Democratic vice-presidential candidate had a friendly 20-minute conference call Thursday afternoon with the board of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, AIPAC spokesman Josh Block said.
Biden, a longtime U.S. senator from Delaware, had lashed out at AIPAC earlier this month in a conference call with Jewish media, sparked by Republican Jewish Coalition ads attacking Biden for not always voting the AIPAC line.
AIPAC has praised Biden during the election campaign, and in the earlier call Biden made it clear that his differences with the group are tactical and not on substance, and that he remains a strong Israel supporter. Thursday’s call was expansive and replete with declarations of mutual admiration.
“We had a very warm conversation with Senator Biden today, as we have many times throughout the years, about the importance of the U.S-Israel relationship, and we look forward to continuing to work with him in the future,” Block said. “We had an opportunity to express our appreciation for his strong leadership in support of the U.S.-Israel relationship, and we were pleased to hear Senator Biden reaffirm his desire to maintain his close relationship with AIPAC as we work together to strengthen the special friendship between the two democracies over many years to come.”
An adviser to the presidential campaign of Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) agreed that the conversation was a success.
“Sen. Biden expressed his appreciation for AIPAC’s important work supporting Israel’s security and the U.S.-Israel relationship, and that he looks forward to continuing to work with them as partners on these issues in the future as he has in the past,” said the adviser.
Sep 19, 2008 - 1:05 pm 37. Chuck Pelto:TO: Gianni
RE: None Of This….
….which you posted addresses why the AIPAC refused to let any political candidate for the highest positions in the federal government participate in this event after Hillary was too scared to be seen with Palin.
It’s all so my eye-candy.
Regards,
Chuck(le)
Sep 19, 2008 - 1:10 pm 38. Gianni:This article is VERY interesting and explains a lot of things.
http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/2008091920080919iransanctionsrally.html
Then there si this one:
http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080918iranrally0918.html
Rabbi Eric Yoffe, whose opinion, reflects mine is:
“I do think that’s unfortunate,” said Rabbi Eric Yoffie, the president of the Union for Reform Judaism. “The point here obviously is to show broad bipartisan support for the need to stop a nuclear Iran. We don’t want the message to be diverted by internal political considerations.”
Sep 19, 2008 - 1:23 pm 39. Gianni:Yes, AIPAC and Livni are a bit off topic.
Sep 19, 2008 - 1:32 pm 40. exDemocrat:That said I just wanted to point out that AIPAC and nothing less than AIPAC has very good relations with Biden.
Then everyone thinks what he/she wants.
American Jews will have to learn the dangers of appeasement the hard way I suppose.
If I’m achmadinnerjacket I LAUGH at American Jewry, who run from Barack Obama’s political machine. How would they ever stand up to a nuclear Iran? Answer: they won’t. JINOs indeed.
Sep 19, 2008 - 3:39 pm 41. McCain Letter Sarah Palin ‘dis-invite’ Partisan Politics Much? « The Sassy Tn’T PoLITicallY InCorrect:[...] an interesting story here… I highly recommend that you read this in it’s [...]
Sep 19, 2008 - 3:56 pm 42. Anna:Poor Sarah! The big girl doesn’t want to play with you.
Hey! Hillary sent me :^)
Sep 19, 2008 - 4:10 pm 43. Tcobb:I will pose the question here, as I’ve done elsewhere. If you think the gang-rape joke about Palin was funny, how about one where Sandra Bernhard is taken to the Gaza strip where she can be gang-raped by Arabs when they don’t think her jokes are funny. Isn’t that hilarious?
If you think that one is funny and the other isn’t then you have a great ability. You can see a monster just by going to the nearest mirror. Isn’t that special?
Sep 19, 2008 - 11:27 pm 44. Peaceful world:Let Mrs. Palin take down the terrorist.
Sep 20, 2008 - 12:21 am 45. Deus:Put the video on YouTube and everywhere on the net.
The jews and the arabs will destroy themselves if the don’t change their religious intolerance.
Problem is, the jews are using the US are their puppet. Well, there’s money to be made with all that weaponry . . .
Sep 20, 2008 - 3:52 am 46. Chuck Pelto:TO: Gianni, et al.
RE: In with Biden
And this is supposed to be a GOOD thing?
I noticed that down the hall from here, someone commented that the only time the media pays any attention to Biden is when he opens his mouth to change feet.
Looks like your comment could be construed as an affirmation of that thought.
Regards,
Chuck(le)
Sep 20, 2008 - 10:00 am 47. Chuck Pelto:P.S. Thanks for sharing…..
TO: All
RE: Deus the Dupe
Why do you think the cost of a barrel of oil has skyrocketed this year?
Then…
….tell me how much oil Israel is producing.
Go on….I DARE you….
Regards,
Chuck(le)
Sep 20, 2008 - 10:03 am 48. Bill Bradley:Why did JOE LIEBERMAN turn down an appearance at this event?
Why would Hillary Clinton decide not to play into an obvious right-wing media trope of a CAT FIGHT between she and Palin?
Sep 20, 2008 - 10:08 am 49. david levavi:How many Jews can name three presidents of major Jewish organizations? How many Jews can name three major Jewish Organizations? How many Jews would recognize Malcolm I. Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman who for twenty years has headed this Conference of presidents of Major Jewish Organizations that purports to represent American Jewry? Precious few.
Who exactly elected these presidents of major Jewish organizations? Who decides which Jewish organizations are major and which are not? Add up all those who voted for one or another president of a Major Jewish organization. Do they add up to a minyan?
Self-promoting schnorrers and parasites handwashing and backscratching with other preening parasites and schnorrers–That’s the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations.
Blaming Hillary or Biden, though neither is blameless, is avoiding the real issue as it effects American Jewry. People get the leadership they deserve. Malcolm Hoenlin is a worthless jerk but he’s nobody’sworthless jerk but our own. Time to clean the stables.
Sep 20, 2008 - 5:18 pm 50. Tolerance « MaggieLomas:[...] month? I don’t believe I have ever seen anything as vile, hypocritical, and blinded by partisanship as I have in the last month. It is [...]
Sep 20, 2008 - 6:44 pm 51. Deus:Pelto:
I don’t see your point.
I said, the jews are using the US as their puppet. The US government sides with Israel because the lobbyists line their pockets and give them jobs. Don’t bite the hand that feeds you . . . Problem is, taxpayers pay for the nonsense.
Sep 20, 2008 - 10:39 pm 52. Pam:Dr. Chesler, I found an interesting post at a blog called Yid With Lid. I had never heard of it before this evening, but I thought you might be interested in reading what is posted concerning the dis-invite of Sarah Palin. It actually makes a kind of sense. I have no idea whether or not it is so.
http://yidwithlid.blogspot.com/2008/09/why-you-should-not-attend-mondays-anti.html
Dis-inviting Sarah Palin was appalling. She is a very strong supporter of Israel and is someone Ahmadinejad would just as soon never have to deal with. She’s scary to him with her hunting rifle. Imagine how frightening she’d be if she were ever to be C-in-C of the United States Armed Forces. A beautiful woman with the power to wipe him off the map. There aren’t enough tranquilizers and antidepressants on this planet to suppress his terror.
Sep 20, 2008 - 11:14 pm 53. 3days:I am getting less and less interested in caring about Israel or Jews.
Anna’s comment leads me further down that path…
Perhaps a pox on the whole MidEast and its peoples is appropriate.
You can still change my view. A good start would be ditching the slime who dis-invited (Okay.. told her to take a flying..)
Sep 20, 2008 - 11:35 pm 54. Richard Fagin:Palin… Are US Jews capable of doing that?
I’m with David Levavi, but my fellow Jews are really an embarassment. No country on the face of this earth has ever allowed Jews to prosper like the United States, not even closely, yet most of us vote for idiots who’d let the barbarians take over. Israel has never in its existence had a more reliable friend in the White House than George Bush, yet my fellow religionists in New York treat him like Hitler. Heck, they CALL him Hitler.
It’s insane.
Sep 21, 2008 - 7:05 am 55. Norman Simms:Dear Phyllis
You are so right, so sadly right as always. What it seems like, as I read and see the news, sitting down here at the bottom of the world, are all the makings for some great disaster–if not the outbreak of the long-delayed but expected world war, then a chain reaction of terrorist attacks such as we have never seen.
All the self-haters and the west-haters are in collusion, and reinforce one another’s violent rhetoric to the point of explosion.
Norman
Sep 21, 2008 - 4:50 pm 56. Quick Links « Jeremy’s Conservative Blog:[...] Palin ‘Disinvited’ To Iran Rally [...]
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