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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 12:19 PM Apr 2015

Lindsey Graham: My Pro-Israel Funding May Produce 'All-Jewish Cabinet'

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told the Wall Street Journal on Monday that if he chooses to run for President, "pro-Israel funding" may cause him to assemble "the first all-Jewish cabinet" in America.

"If I put together a finance team that will make me financially competitive enough to stay in this thing…I may have the first all-Jewish cabinet in America because of the pro-Israel funding," Graham reportedly said, chuckling.

"Bottom line is, I’ve got a lot of support from the pro-Israel funding," he added.

The New York Times reported earlier this month on a recent surge of pro-Israel donations within the GOP, while in January Gallup reported on evidence that Jewish voters are turning toward the Republican Party.

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/lindsey-graham-all-jewish-cabinet-israel

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Kber

(5,043 posts)
7. Yeah - tone deaf at best
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 12:37 PM
Apr 2015

and shame on the people who are contributing to him and think, for one second, that their interests are actually aligned.

 

Kelvin Mace

(17,469 posts)
4. Does the Klan know how their money is being spent?
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 12:32 PM
Apr 2015

because if he ever got any money from South Carolinians, there would certainly be Klan money in there.

Kber

(5,043 posts)
5. Dude is waaay overestimating Jewish cohesiveness
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 12:33 PM
Apr 2015

As my mother liked to say after a Sisterhood event or Temple Board meeting, "Jewish Organization is an oxymoron!"

And anyone simple minded enough to mistake support for the concept of Israel with support for the current administration or their policies is in for a rude awakening.

Behind the Aegis

(53,957 posts)
9. All kinds of bullshit.
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 01:15 PM
Apr 2015

Graham is mistaken if he thinks he would ever get away with having all Jews on a cabinet. The anti-Semitism that courses though the right would never allow it any more than it would be allowed on the left for the same reason. He is also mistaken to conflate pro-Israel support with garnering votes from the Jewish community, but like his finance comment, it is another example of the "soft anti-Semitism" oh so popular among way too many; much like the inclusion of the Gallup poll. It is articles like this that perpetuate anti-Semitic myths.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
11. "Graham Cash" is far more threatening than 'Clinton Cash'. And eerily exactly the same allegation.
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 02:10 PM
Apr 2015

Except Graham's corruption is true, he just admitted he is a fan of foreign campaign contributions...even secret and unlimited ones, if they are from Israel.

Bad Thoughts

(2,524 posts)
14. Paul Krugman, Treasury; Robert Reich, Commerce, ...
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 03:51 PM
Apr 2015

There are some good choices, but I'll bet few Graham would accept.

Blumenthal, Attorney General
Boxer, State

tanyev

(42,558 posts)
15. Lindsey's heard about the Missouri GOPer who killed himself because of rumors he was a Jew, right?
Tue Apr 21, 2015, 04:18 PM
Apr 2015

I'm just not understanding how he thinks this comment helps him in Rill 'Murka.

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