The Jerusalem Post reports:
U.S. President Barack Obama’s efforts to reach out to the people of Israel last week – when he hosted Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu for a positive meeting at the White House and gave his first interview as president to an Israeli television station – were not very successful, according to a Smith Research poll. … After Obama’s earlier meetings with Netanyahu were portrayed as adversarial, Obama made a point of treating the prime minister with the utmost respect last week, accompanying him to his car and constantly commending him in particular and Israelis in general during his press conference with Netanyahu on Tuesday, and his interview with Channel 2 anchor Yonit Levy two days later. …
There was only a 1 percentage point rise in Israelis who consider the US administration headed by Obama to be more pro-Israel than pro-Palestinian since the last such poll was taken in March.
When asked whether they saw Obama’s administration as more pro-Israel, more pro-Palestinian or neutral, just 10 percent of Israeli Jews said more pro-Israel, 46% said more pro-Palestinian, 34% said neutral and 10% did not express an opinion.
If only American Jews could be as hard-headed and realistic. It’s not a smile or a handshake that makes for a pro-Israel president — it is what he does that matters. So far, nothing much has changed in Obama’s approach to the Middle East – so why should the Israelis’ opinion of Obama? And while we are debating what it means to be “pro-Israel,” it seems as though we should at least take into account what Israelis think.
What about the time out “with my husband”?
“If you want to know what it’s like to live in Putin’s Russia, the Republican party is giving you a good taste.” this is from mr. sullivan himself-there is no mistaking his style.
this is the response I sent to him:
by comparing mccain’s media addresses to putin’s, you’ve shown your true reactionary nature. There is no comparison. Putin has people killed who point out his abuses. There is nothing in american law that states the candidate must avail themselves to the press. it’s a far cry from mccain to putin. you should be ashamed of turning your website into a left wing hippie screed against the ‘man’. why don’t you join Kos’ ranting left wing blowhards and start calling any republican in power ‘hitler’? You know you’re going to, just get it over with and go about your business of self destructing.
He is a single-issue blogger. He is a clown. If President Bush said tomorrow that he supported gay marriage, that guy would say that Bush was better than five Abraham Lincolns put together.
Andrew is bright but goofy. Increasingly so.
JPod: off topic — if I subscribe again, may I be assured of not seeing that sick grotesquerie of a pop-up for another year? Pls advise. AA
He’s gone off his onion. He is stark raving mad. It’s been kind of scary to witness this, actually. Is there a betting pool on when the Atlantic drops him?
Give him a break, maybe there’s trouble with the boy-toy “husband.” Marriage is hard!!
Sullivan is an idiot, a liar, and a coward.
The most generous explanation for his behavior is mental illness.
Sullivan’s blog is like a terrible auto accident … you slow down and watch in horrified fascination even though you know you shouldn’t.
Of course, if you DO slow down and look, you are confronted by the cyberspace equivalent of the crazy cat lady from The Simpsons shouting incoherently and throwing cats at everyone.
john, great visual
Interesting that the Beagle usually links to Paglia’s stuff and has praised her before, but he seems to be silent on her recent takes on Palin. I guess her brand of “muscular feminism” just doesn’t jive with his increasingly obvious misogyny.
Oakeshott
Is there some sort of contractual obligation with the Atlantic to report and comment on whatever it is that Thully is crying about? I can think of no other reason for continually giving import to such a foolish and egomaniacal blowhard.