Comments on: Nader Raises Obama’s Israel Issue

By: Yoda

Yoda — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:56:05 +0000

It shows how insane Clinton haters like Jacobite are that they would claim that Ralph Nader would help the Clintons.

By: YbA

YbA — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:59:21 +0000

Well at least Nader will get one vote - from NDM.

By: Jacobite

Jacobite — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:26:43 +0000

It shows how desperate the Clinton campaign is that they should pull Nader out of retirement for this.

By: lester

lester — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:51:18 +0000

what’s wrong with him being pro palestinian? if he is

By: Yoda

Yoda — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:39:48 +0000

My question about Obama being pro-Palestinian in the State Senate wasn’t rhetorical. I’m genuinely interested in learning whether there is any evidence of this or is Nader just making it up?

By: lester

lester — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:22:36 +0000

i’m guessing “the lobby” will throw their weight behind mcain and sink with that ship.

there is no appetite for more wars in the middle east or blind submission to beltway lobbying entities. in fact, both are incredibly unpopular

By: Yehudit

Yehudit — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:15:22 +0000

This is rich, because when Nader ran in 2000, he ran as the candidate of the anti-Israel Green Party, and when he ran in 2004, he consorted with well-known anti-Israel pundits and pushed the party line about Israeli undue influence in US affairs, etc.

Pot. Kettle. Black.

By: Yoda

Yoda — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:07:34 +0000

Mr. Thomson, for one of the few times I agree with you - with friends like Peretz, nobody needs an enemy.

By: David Thomson

David Thomson — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:07:57 +0000

This is a very weird quote by an admittedly “enthusiastic supporter” of Barack Obama:

“The weaknesses of the Obama foreign policy advisory team are a result of a contagion in the Democratic party itself,” he said. “It is not just a failure of understanding about Israel’s predicament, but a failure of understanding about the career of freedom in the world.”

—Marty Peretz

http://tinyurl.com/2cgzz5

Is Karl Rove starting to write Marty Peretz’s posts at the Spine? With friends like him—Barack “Barry” Obama doesn’t need any enemies.

By: Yoda

Yoda — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:41:18 +0000

Nader’s comments are the first time I’ve heard “he was pro-Palestinian when he was in Illinois before he ran for the state Senate” and I’ve received plant of ant-Obama e-mails. Is this any evidence of this or is the just Nader being Nader?

By: John Rich

John Rich — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:24:56 +0000

With Obama you’ve got to do two things to believe what he says about Israel.

First, ignore his history of antipathy to the Jewish state. Second, ignore his associations (most especially his anti-Semitic pastor) and his foreign policy advisors (”Yes, Senator, drink the Palestinian Kool-Aid; it’s tasty and refreshing…”).

Then there’s this very telling bit from his statement: “…the Israelis will have to figure out how do we work with a legitimate Palestinian government to create a Palestinian state that is sustainable.”

Obama is hardly alone in this nonsense: the burden of working with the Palestinians falls on Israel’s shoulders. Instead of where it belongs, with the Palestinians and the rest of the Arab world.

Will no one step up and state the obvious: the Palestinians have chosen death by choosing Hamas; they continue to choose death by backing the “moderate” Fatah. Both Hamas and Fatah want Israel dead and gone; they differ only on means and how honest they are about doing so.