NoBama

Why Can't I Just Eat My Waffle?

"ON April 21, Barack Obama found himself at a diner in Scranton, Pa. The Illinois senator hadn't been available to the press in ten days, so a reporter approached him..Perhaps Obama was in a bad mood because he foresaw a drubbing--the next day, Pennsylvanian primary voters went for Hillary. Or maybe he just didn't like the reporter's question: "Senator, did you hear about Jimmy Carter's trip? He said he could get Hamas to negotiate."..Looking down at his breakfast, the senator snapped back, "Why can't I just eat my waffle?"

"The week before, two important things had happened. One, Obama had declined to condemn Carter's meeting with Hamas, though Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had opposed the trip. Two, the Palestinian terrorist group took the unusual step of endorsing him...." (Mark Hemingway, National Review, "Jews Against Obama, May 19, 2008)

As An American Jew Can You Really Trust Obama?

It makes sense that the only mixed race candidate for the U.S. presidency would be extraordinarily charismatic and "charming" and as Isi Leibler in the Jerusalem Post puts it ("Will Obama be good for the Jews, Jun 18, 2008), also "passionate and extremely bright" and "young" which obviously has appeal for the youth vote (who, if they do come out for the general election will be a first). What better mix than this if an Islamic group had as it's intention to infiltrate the American political system - than to put up their own mystery man with what seemed to be all the right attributes and all of them just too good to be true?

Isa Leibler writes:

"Sen. Barack Obama is possibly the most charismatic US presidential candidate since John Kennedy."

I don't get it, but others obviously do. Sure, he can give a speech but I have heard better. Besides, someone else writes most of them for him. All he does is deliver them. And for that all he really needs is to be is loud. I think he sounds too much like a preacher. From what I see from the polling I am not alone in this. Young people and a lot of "liberal" professional Yuppie types LOVE the way he talks, but seniors, like me, have heard it all before and we're not buying it.

Hillary spoke for women and she seems to have it all together on other issues. She offered real health care reform; not a puffed up weak version from Barack Obama. She was strong on defense and he claimed to be against the war but couldn't prove it since he wasn't in the Senate for that infamous vote against it and he always voted to fund it.

Obama is offering up hope but these are just words. When he isn't doing so well on an issue, he blames it on racial bias. And he isn't secure enough to accept McCain's offer of town meetings just as he refused to debate with Hillary because he knows he can't beat them on facts.

He has been going after the influential Jewish vote because he knows, in spite of the numbers, Jewish votes matter. And to some extent courting the Jews in America is working. But Jews shouldn't feel so bad because in Europe he is even more popular and they consider him a rock star. Only 15% of Europeans approve of John McCain; there is not much capital for being a war hero among liberal and social democracies anymore. The only place it is considered a virtue seems to be Russia where they're proud to wear their war ribbons. Over 70% of Europeans, if they could vote in the American election, would vote for Obama.

Europe isn't the Europe it once was. It is becoming Eurabia and so is America becoming Amerabia. Given enough time the Islamist jihad will be won by walking in and taking over - without ever firing a bullet. We will be defeated from the inside.

Isa Leibler also writes in Israel in the Jerusalem Post:

"Under normal circumstances, Jews would hardly support a candidate known to have been associated with a racist like the Rev. Jeremiah Wright of the Trinity United Church of Christ, who was until recently Obama's family pastor and spiritual adviser. Over the years, Wright, a proponent of "black power," promoted hatred and xenophobia. He blamed Israel for 9/11, which he described as a "wake-up call for white America;" he had close ties with Louis Farrakhan, the notorious anti-Semite and head of the Nation of Islam, with whom he traveled to Libya to meet Muammar Gaddafi; he promoted Hamas propaganda in his church; he continually raved about whites and cursed America." (Isi Leibler in the Jerusalem Post - "Will Obama be good for the Jews, Jun 18, 2008)

"Had Obama been a conservative, American Jews would unquestionably be at the forefront of initiatives to disqualify him for having been associated with such a bigot." (Leibler)

"HOWEVER, even more disconcerting than Obama's relationship with the racist pastor is the political stance of his friends and advisers in relation to the Arab-Israeli conflict." (Leibler)

"Robert Malley, until very recently one of Obama's advisers, was closely associated with the anti-Israeli billionaire George Soros, notorious for his bitter hostility against Israel. Samantha Power, another policy adviser who also recently "resigned," previously called on the US to defend Palestinians from Israeli "genocide." Tony McPeak, Obama's campaign co-chair, complained about foreign policy being unduly influenced from "Miami and New York." Zbigniew Brzezinski, Jimmy Carter's former national security adviser, who recently praised the Mearsheimer-Walt book demonizing the pro-Israel lobby, was also linked to Obama." (Leibler)

"Another problematic relationship is Obama's long-standing personal friendship with PLO academic and activist Columbia professor Rashid Khalidi and his wife, who were active fundraisers for Obama when he ran for Congress. Obama told the Los Angeles Times that the fond memories of the time spent with the Khalidi family serve `as constant reminders to me of my own blind spots.'" (Leibler)

"MORE RECENTLY, Obama appointed former US ambassador to Israel, Daniel Kurtzer, as a key political adviser for the Middle East. Kurtzer's dovish views and belief that the US should pressure Israel to make further concessions are public knowledge. He recently lauded former secretary of state James Baker and former president George H.W. Bush for having threatened to suspend loan agreements in order to bring the Israelis into line. Kurtzer criticized both presidents Clinton and G.W. Bush for not having been tough enough with the Israelis. He accused Dennis Ross, the Clinton-appointed Middle East envoy, of displaying partiality in favor of the Israelis. He even blamed Clinton for `acceding to Barak's request to blame Arafat publicly for the failure of the Camp David summit.'" (Leibler)

Mark Hemingway in the National Review wrote: "Obama has been battling the perception that he is insufficiently supportive of Israel since last year, when he told the Des Moines Register, `Nobody is suffering more than the Palestinian people.' An Iowa Democrat and member of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), David Adelman, called Obama's comments "deeply troubling." Obama claimed the remark was taken out of context, but the Politico noted that talk of Obama's comment was one of many reasons that a "real, if kind of inchoate, skepticism" dominated discussions of Obama at AIPAC's annual policy conference in March of last year." (Mark Hemingway in the National Review - May 19, 2008)

If you think Obama's words were taken out of context it is just one of the ways, lawyers learn how to lie. However, that said, Obama's words are not taken out of context. You can only say what is, so many ways. What he means was what he said. What he intended was what he said, - that the Palestinians are suffering because Israel created the conditions which causes their suffering and the only way Obama sees this as solvable is to penalize Israel, not those "suffering Palestinians."

He is full of jive and his rhetoric is always nuanced to cover over what he really means. He is a politician and his association with terrorists and friends of terrorists speak more to his intentions than his lying and attempts at covering up what it is he means. The context is very clear. Obama is not a friend of Israel and Jews who support him are being scammed with his word games.

Mark Hemingway in Human Review reported, "Last year, he announced he would vote against an amendment in the Senate declaring Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps--which has long supported Hezbollah terrorists and otherwise abetted the murder of Israelis--a terrorist group. The resolution passed 76-22, with the support of Hillary Clinton, Illinois senator Dick Durbin, and a host of other reliable liberals. Obama missed the vote while campaigning in New Hampshire, but he attacked Clinton on the issue, saying the non-binding amendment might exacerbate tensions with Iran...What's more, his life is marked by ties to anti-Israeli causes." (Hemingway)

"A recent report in the Los Angeles Times detailed Obama's close relationship with Rashid Khalidi, a professor of Arab studies at Columbia University. In the late 1970s Khalidi worked with WAFA, the official news agency of the Palestinian Liberation Organization; during this period, the PLO and its factions engaged in acts of terrorism. In 2005 Khalidi gained national attention when he argued that, under international law, Palestinians have a right to violently resist Israeli occupation. (Hemingway)

"While teaching at the University of Chicago, Khalidi co-founded the Arab American Action Network (AAAN), an organization with a history of churning out anti-Israeli propaganda. AAAN's current projects include "The Arab American Oral History Project." The group's website asks, "Do you have photos, letters or other memories you could share about Al-Nakba-1948?" "Al Nakba" translates as "the catastrophe," and 1948 is the year in which Israel became a state." (Hemingway)

"Khalidi held a fundraiser for Obama's failed congressional bid in 2000, while Obama was a state senator representing the liberal Hyde Park area of Chicago. In 2003, Obama attended a tribute dinner for Khalidi where, according to the Los Angeles Times, a speaker likened "Zionist settlers on the West Bank" to Osama bin Laden." (Hemingway)

"The largess flowed in both directions. From 1999 to 2002 Obama served on the board of directors of the Woods Fund, a grant-making foundation with assets of $68 million whose nominal goal is "to increase opportunities for less advantaged people and communities in the [Chicago] metropolitan area." According to tax forms and annual reports, in 2001 and 2002 the Woods Fund gave AAAN a total of $75,000 in grants. Bill Ayers, a former (and unrepentant) member of the left-wing terrorist group the Weather Underground, sat on the board with Obama." (Hemingway)

"There have also been flaps over campaign advisers. Zbigniew Brzezinski, Jimmy Carter's national security adviser, has recently endorsed and campaigned with Obama. Brzezinski was singled out recently for defending The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, a book arguing that `the United States has been willing to set aside its own security in order to advance the interests of another state [Israel].' After a campaign press release described Robert Malley, an adviser to the Clinton administration on the Arab-Israeli conflict, as an Obama adviser, the campaign sought to distance itself from Malley--whom New Republic editor-in-chief Marty Peretz has called `a rabid hater of Israel.'" (Hemingway)

"When it comes to Israel, perhaps the most controversial member of Obama's campaign is his chief military adviser and national-campaign co-chairman, Gen. Merrill McPeak. In 1976, McPeak wrote an article for Foreign Affairs criticizing Israel for not returning to its 1967 borders and handing the Golan Heights back to Syria. McPeak accused Jewish and evangelical voters of placing their interest in Israel above U.S. interests in a 2003 interview with the Oregonian. When asked what was holding back world peace, McPeak responded, "New York City. Miami. We have a large vote ... here in favor of Israel. And no politician wants to run against it." Obama disavowed McPeak's stance on Israel, but stands behind the campaigns relationship with the general." (Hemingway)

Obama's pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright said:

"The Israelis have illegally occupied Palestinian territories for over 40 years now.... [We need to] wake Americans up concerning the injustice and the racism under which the Palestinians have lived because of Zionism." Last year, the bulletin at Wright's church reprinted an article by a Hamas official." (Hemingway)

"Given Obama's past and current relationships, the Jewish community is taking his rhetoric with hefty portions of sodium chloride. One well-known Jewish Democratic strategist says that with Obama running, McCain could equal or even surpass the 39 percent of the Jewish vote that Ronald Reagan captured against Jimmy Carter in 1980. This could be a major factor in swing states with significant Jewish populations, notably Florida and Pennsylvania. According to Pennsylvania-primary exit polls, Jews went for Hillary, 62 to 38 percent." (Hemingway)

I'm not so optimistic that Jews for McCain will surpass the vote of Jews for Reagan. I have talked to a lot of Jews and they don't seem to get it. Obama, a racially charged Black man groomed for the presidency by people who hate "God-Damn" America and he is not good for Israel nor the Jews. And Obama is not good for America.

Now, taking all of this into consideration (and this is just a small part of it) you could assume that ALL Jews would be very reluctant if not outright antagonistic toward the idea of supporting Obama. BUT all that aside, the facts indicate otherwise. 50% of Jewish Democrats supported Obama vis-a-vis Hillary Clinton and now with Hillary out of the race, more than that support Obama - even with a huge number of former Clinton supporters switching their support to McCain.

How incredible is it that any American Jews could support Barack Obama over John McCain who has been a staunch supporter of Israel for more than 22 years in the Senate?

Barack Obama's background is suspect. His well known association with terrorists, with pro-Palestinians, with the Nation of Islam, with Rev Wright, with Ayers and with Rezko and his friends who were all major contributors to Obama's political campaigns and dozens of others who have been convicted of crimes and have relationships with those who are anti-Zionist and anti-American. His association with energy companies and and the influence which accompanies contributions from major corporations are enough to for Jews to burn their Democratic Party membership cards. Jews are being "mugged by reality" AGAIN.

Even Jews in Israel can't understand how American Jews can support Barack Obama, who is someone who knowingly associates with antisemites and has friends who would like to see Israel eliminated. It is inexplicable, that Jews should be so self-destructive. Many Jews have a short memory for the Holocaust and do not think historic persecution of the Jews has any connection to them.

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Pro-Palestinian blog Electronic Intifada co-founder Ali Abunimah has been has been reported as saying that Obama has expressed unequivocal pro-Palestinian views. Ali Abunimah is an anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian activist in Chicago's Palestinian community. He is on the board of AAAN. Obama has also been involved with Khalidi as per above and with AAAN,

Louis "Farrakhan has repeatedly made hate-filled statements targeting whites and Jews. He has called whites "blue-eyed devils" and the "anti-Christ" and he has described Jews as "Satanic" and "bloodsuckers" controlling many aspects of American society. But not everyone seems to think Farrakhan is that bad. Obama's minister and friend, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. and his Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, honored Farrakhan with a Lifetime Achievement Trumpeter award..." (Caresse Spencer in The Daily Campus, Feb 29, 2009)

"The Nation of Islam preaches complete separation from white society, believing that black people must develop independence in economics, religion and nationhood. Although Wright has not been labeled a racist like Farrakhan, his teachings have been deemed black theology. The churches Web site states that Trinity United Church's congregation is "Unashamedly black and unapologetically Christian ... we constantly affirm our trust in God through cultural expression of a black worship service and ministries which address the black community." Race has been used as a means of separation in every area of society, but if there is one place where a racial agenda to isolate another race does not belong, it is the church. But where is the outrage?" (Caresse Spencer in The Daily Campus, Feb 29, 2009)

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Think about it for a moment or two. What if John McCain had the kind of association with the Klu Klux Klan that Barack Obama has with the Nation of Islam or some of the other associates mentioned herein above, Would you vote for him? Would he even be the nominee of either party?

NoBama

Why Can't I Just Eat My Waffle?

As An American Jew Can You Really Trust Obama?

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Hank Roth