Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Oops! Which Political Party Has An Israel Problem?

There has been an ongoing debate as to what extent the mainstream Democratic party should be held responsible for the Israel derangement of the loony far left exhibited at places such as Daily Kos. People who think the answer is 'a lot' tend to use that to justify support for the Republican party.

But lookie lookie what happened today!

Whatever people say about President Obama, there is only one explicitly anti-Zionist candidate in the 2012 presidential race, and it is Ron Paul. Paul has said that Israel's creation was, quote, "a mistake". He promises to zero out aid to Israel. His campaign even bragged about this hostility to Israel on a flyer targeted at Arab American voters.

Well today Ron Paul the anti-Zionist pulled 41% of the vote in the Virginia primary. His tallies were helped by the absence of the two other non-Romney candidates from the ballot in that state, but the fact remains that 41% of Virginia Republican voters are okay voting for an explicit anti-Zionist.

I'm going to go ahead state that fact again, because it flies in the face of so much rhetoric we've been subjected to about the Democrats' supposed Israel problem:

41% of Virginia Republican voters are okay voting for an explicit anti-Zionist

Ron Paul the explicity anti-Zionist candidate also pulled 35% of the Republican vote in Maine, and 25% or more of the Republican vote in Vermont, Washington, and Minnesota.

Meanwhile it looks like the least pro-Israel Democratic member in the entire House of Representatives (and he's not even that anti-Israel) lost his primary.

So which political party's base has an Israel problem?

10 comments:

  1. Bush called for a settlement freeze.

    Bush called on Israel to 'dismantle unathorized outposts'.

    Bush called on Israel to 'end the daily humiliation of the Palestinian people'.

    Bush called for "mutually agreed adjustments to the armistice lines of 1949 to reflect current realities and to ensure that the Palestinian state is viable and contiguous."

    And for eight years, I was told that George W. Bush was Israel's bestest friend in the whole wide world, by the same people who now tell me that Barack Obama is virulently anti-Israel and hates the Jewish people.

    I will not wholeheartedly approve either man's record, but what the HECK?

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  2. No offense, but when spin is used to make points it loses effectiveness, at least in my opinion.

    Do you really believe that Paul garners most of his votes because he is anti-Zionist?

    Do you really believe that Kucinich is losing tonight because he is anti-Israel?

    I think that there is more of an Israel problem in the Democratic Party, and I am not happy about it. For example, there is the Gaza 54, or the Hoyer-Cantor letter. It is far from pervasive, but it exists, and it should not be denied by examples that do not really hold.

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    1. I do not claim that and I did not claim that.

      What I said was that "41% of Virginia Republican voters are okay voting for an explicit anti-Zionist." Most of them probably didn't vote for Paul because he is an anti-Zionist, but they still voted for him in spite of the fact. Meaning that they are comfortable with an anti-Zionist president. That's pretty bad.

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    2. But that assumes they even know about this position he holds, which I suggest the great majority do not. Ignorance abounds.

      It does not take away from the main point, which concerns overstating issues.

      I do think, however, that the Gaza 54 and the 91 Democrats that did not sign the Hoyer-Cantor letter is not insignificant, and shows that there needs to be vigilance.

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    3. It was discussed prominently by the other candidates at a Republican debate.

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  3. You have to update to reflect the fact that Dennis Kucinich lost his primary. The House Democratic Caucus will be a better place for it.

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    1. yup.

      And I'm sorry to say that I used to really like Kucinich. But he turned out to be a dictator-loving deranger.

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