Comments on: Obama, Jackson, Israel and Bad Habits http://themoderatevoice.com/23498/obama-jackson-israel-and-bad-habits/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:08:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: superdestroyer http://themoderatevoice.com/23498/obama-jackson-israel-and-bad-habits/comment-page-1/#comment-158934 superdestroyer Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:14:20 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/places/asia/middle-east/lebanon/hezbollah/23498/obama-jackson-israel-and-bad-habits/#comment-158934 Doesn't Isreal demonstrated one of the problems with the Democratic party. My guess is that large parts of the Democratic party, like the CBC, would love to end the U.S.'s support of Isreal but that the Senators from New York, California, Conn, etc have to be very supportive of Isreal. <br><br>Does anyone really believe that who ever takes over the Senate Foreign Relations committee from Joe Biden will tolerate a weaking of the U.S.'s relationship with Isreal. Doesn't Isreal demonstrated one of the problems with the Democratic party. My guess is that large parts of the Democratic party, like the CBC, would love to end the U.S.'s support of Isreal but that the Senators from New York, California, Conn, etc have to be very supportive of Isreal.

Does anyone really believe that who ever takes over the Senate Foreign Relations committee from Joe Biden will tolerate a weaking of the U.S.'s relationship with Isreal.

]]> By: DLS http://themoderatevoice.com/23498/obama-jackson-israel-and-bad-habits/comment-page-1/#comment-158928 DLS Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:55:46 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/places/asia/middle-east/lebanon/hezbollah/23498/obama-jackson-israel-and-bad-habits/#comment-158928 Jackson is an idiot again. The USA (exemplified numerous times in the past years by the Bush administration) has often sold Israel out to other interests, namely oil interests in the Middle East, which are considered more important than Israel. Jackson is an idiot again. The USA (exemplified numerous times in the past years by the Bush administration) has often sold Israel out to other interests, namely oil interests in the Middle East, which are considered more important than Israel.

]]> By: Jackson, Obama and Israel - The Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.com http://themoderatevoice.com/23498/obama-jackson-israel-and-bad-habits/comment-page-1/#comment-158940 Jackson, Obama and Israel - The Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.com Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:45:32 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/places/asia/middle-east/lebanon/hezbollah/23498/obama-jackson-israel-and-bad-habits/#comment-158940 [...] Jazz Shaw at the Moderate Voice, however, thinks we should all just cool off and listen: [...] [...] Jazz Shaw at the Moderate Voice, however, thinks we should all just cool off and listen: [...]

]]> By: elrod http://themoderatevoice.com/23498/obama-jackson-israel-and-bad-habits/comment-page-1/#comment-158921 elrod Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:47:19 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/places/asia/middle-east/lebanon/hezbollah/23498/obama-jackson-israel-and-bad-habits/#comment-158921 Good analysis, Jazz. I'm Jewish and a supporter of Israel in the general sense. But I'd like to see more of an engagement with the peace process. Yes, many Palestinians act in bad faith. But so do many Israelis - especially the settlers. Sometimes you have to cut off both extremes. Hamas has ruled in Gaza for a few years now and life has gotten worse for Palestinians. My guess is that people there just want common sense improvements to their lives and not ideological extremism at this point.<br><br>As for Jesse Jackson, his "tear his nuts off" comment on Fox News was one of the best self-Sistah Soldjah moments I've ever seen. Can anybody honestly think Jackson (who has criticized Israel for decades) speaks for Obama? Is it not obvious that Obama directly threatens Jackson's shakedown politics? <br><br>And would a white Presidential candidate be asked about a comment by Jesse Jackson? Bill Clinton had a far closer relationship with Jackson than Obama. I wonder if even Clinton would be asked about a Jackson criticism of Israel. Good analysis, Jazz. I'm Jewish and a supporter of Israel in the general sense. But I'd like to see more of an engagement with the peace process. Yes, many Palestinians act in bad faith. But so do many Israelis – especially the settlers. Sometimes you have to cut off both extremes. Hamas has ruled in Gaza for a few years now and life has gotten worse for Palestinians. My guess is that people there just want common sense improvements to their lives and not ideological extremism at this point.

As for Jesse Jackson, his “tear his nuts off” comment on Fox News was one of the best self-Sistah Soldjah moments I've ever seen. Can anybody honestly think Jackson (who has criticized Israel for decades) speaks for Obama? Is it not obvious that Obama directly threatens Jackson's shakedown politics?

And would a white Presidential candidate be asked about a comment by Jesse Jackson? Bill Clinton had a far closer relationship with Jackson than Obama. I wonder if even Clinton would be asked about a Jackson criticism of Israel.

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