Ron Paul’s Convention Tribute Could Bring Israel Problems For GOP
Source: TPM
Mitt Romney’s campaign announced Friday that Ron Paul would receive a video tribute at the convention — part of an effort to appease Paul supporters and to highlight Romney’s supposedly warm relationship with the Texas congressman. But Paul’s opposition to aid to Israel, his dismissal of Iran’s nuclear program and his newsletters’ shout-outs to antisemitic conspiracy theories could complicate the GOP’s outreach to Jewish voters.
Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch, an Obama supporter and one the most prominent pro-Israel voices in the Democratic Party, said Paul’s convention role drags down the Republican brand among Jewish voters.
“This will make it easier for me when I go to Florida and talk about not only the fact that the Republicans want to destroy Medicare and Social Security and Medicaid and the right of abortion — they also allow someone who I see as an old David Duke to join their ranks,” Koch said. “I’ll be there talking primarily to the Jewish community, and I think they will understand what that means.”
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They are slowly pissing off every demographic.... this is a joy to behold
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God I hope this thing is shaping up to be the fiasco it has the potential to be. 
...you'll fall for anything. ''Fall'' being the operative word here. And since the GOP respects only money -- first, last and always -- everything else they do is simply a means toward that end.
- K&R
