Oh Boy, Things Are Getting Nasty - Elected Official (Hillary Supporter) Claims Obama 'Anti-Semite'

The presidential primary turned nasty last week as two top Huntington Democratic officials clashed over allegations of anti-Semitism. Suffolk Legis. Jon Cooper (D-Lloyd Harbor), a supporter of Barack Obama, said Huntington town board member Susan Berland heckled him while he spoke on behalf of the Illinois senator, and approached him later, asking, "How can you support Obama? He is an anti-Semite."

Cooper, who like Berland is Jewish, said her claims about Obama were untrue and she should apologize. The exchange occurred Tuesday night at a Huntington Democratic Committee meeting attended by more than 100 at the American Legion Hall in Halesite. When first contacted, Berland, a supporter of Hillary Rodham Clinton, declined to comment and charged that Cooper cursed at her husband, baited her and bashed Clinton - which Cooper denied. Later, she acknowledged making the anti-Semitism charge - and apologized to Cooper and Obama for her "inappropriate remark."

Berland explained she'd read a published report earlier Tuesday that a magazine from Obama's Chicago church gave an award last year to Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. Obama later condemned Farrakhan's anti-Semitic statements and disagreed with the award.

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/politics/ny-lisoci215546473jan21,0,5758088.story

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This is going to be the Humpty-Dumpty primary. I can feel it.

"Homophobe" louder than Obama supporters can scream "They accused Obama of Anti-semitism".

and good on her.

and move on.

I guess it can happen in the real world too.

Go figure.

I like your posts. You support Obama and you do your candidate proud.

would be embarrassed of DU. Not all of Obama's supporters are as angelic as yourself. Obama supporters have never called Hillary a racist, homophobic, a Bitch, Skank...etc.

So don't fucking go there. You'll lose.

Of course it is a plan. That's precisely his MO

she is not related to the Clinton campaign and this is news...why? Some citizen said he is an anti-semite. She is entitled to her opinion.

Hillary look bad.

and later questioned why he would support an "anti-semite"

and she is an elected official who is supporting the Clinton campaign, which means when Clinton campaigns in New York, she will no doubt be showing up at events.

It's news because it speaks to what tactics Clinton people will go to in order to smear Obama. Whatever works. Long Island has a heavy Jewish population, I have no doubt that little meme will be making the rounds soon, if they haven't already.

but there's different degrees. The slurs I've seen at Clinton are of a much different variety than the one's directed at Obama.

I'd prefer not to see either, but I'd much prefer my candidate being hit over things like positions on the war, rather than charges of being an anti-semite or homophobe.

Which is sexist. Saying that she wouldn't be anywhere without Bill as if a smart woman can't accend to the Presidency without a man's name or help.

They have been insulting her looks, calling her fat...

And you are saying that doesn't equate to the bullshit said about Obama? COME ON.

You have to see that the shit is fucked up equally on both sides for each. Don't let your 'love' for Obama cloud your objectivity. They are both breaking ground and they are both getting beat the fuck up for it.

They have both been shit on by their opponents supporters and the MSM something fierce. Though the MSM has been fucking with Hillary a lot longer and a lot stronger. Think about what Chris Matthews said about her ON AIR and didn't think he was wrong and didn't think he needed to apologise.

For god sakes, there are billboards put up by republicans saying STOP HILLARY all over the fucking country.

Are you still thinking she's getting it in a lesser fashion than Obama?

Come on. Be objective.

I ignore the stuff like racist charges because it's absurd. And the fat jokes - well, I mean come on, that's just silly. I don't think the people making those charges even believe them.

The whole topic of whether she would get there without help from her husband, though, I think is fair game. We've never had a situation like this in American history before, and I think it's foolish to just dismiss the idea that Bill helped her get where she is just because it doesn't seem very feminist. We've never had a woman get to this point in politics before - but we've also never had a former first lady run for president before either.

So it's impossible to tell how much is based off of her own skill and intellect and hard work - and how much is based off her husband.

THAT, itself, is fair game for discussion, IMO.

Other things, though, I agree, are bullshit.

But I was only speaking of attacks on DU, not in the mainstream media or by republicans.

all of the attacks on Barack are coming from Team Hillary.
NONE of the attacks on Hillary are coming from Barack. Instead, the GOP is attacking her, which I readily admit.

Bit of a double standard, no?

Didn't he ask his over zealous supporters to cut it out?

Which I applauded him for.

Come on. COME THE FUCK ON.

Here is part of what he said

Obama said he wants to send "a strong signal to my own supporters that let’s try to focus on the work that needs to get done. If I hear my own supporters engaging in talk that I think is ungenerous or misleading or unfair, I will speak out forcefully against it....

Link...
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0108/Obama_putting_out_the_fire.html

does she need bill's lies. hilary brought up her "35 years experience" and is shoving in the nation's face..hilary's surrogates would love it if Obama's supporters would just roll over and play dead but that ain't gonna happen.

You got all mad for fucking nothing.

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know what you're talking about.

They claim Hillary is out to win at any cost, but fail to see their own reflections in the mirror. The hypocrisy is stunning.

wants her surrogates to smear and jeer and not get called on it..then life would be so rosy. Why can't they just leave her alone.

What a joke of a post - c'mon, use your head for just a microsecond!

Get back to us when Obama apologizes for his "ex-gay" supporters.

is HE connected to his pastor, like Clinton is connected to EVERY PERSON WHO EVER SUGGESTED THEY MAY SUPPORT HER?

The connection has thrown a spotlight on some of Wright's more controversial remarks in a church that advertises itself as "unashamedly Black and unapologetically Christian" - at times espousing a black liberation theology that can sound as exclusionary as Obama's message is inclusionary. He has also equated Zionism with racism.

http://nalert.blogspot.com/2008/01/barack-obamas-preacher-says-bill.html

This post smacks of desperation...

This is the worse primary dirt fest that I have ever seen and I have been involved since '72. Someone come up with a Democratic primary contest from the last thirty years as bad as this...

but that's not 30 years ago. In 1950 you had Harry Truman walk out of the convention because he thought the Kennedy campaign was playing dirty.

I had never heard this and it likely is an interesting story.

I'll find the youtube video of his statement.

I would love to see it. It's hard to believe that year could have been worse than this. It might be that with the internet and sites like this, you see so much more that would never have been seen in its entirety in earlier years.

When the whole Iowa student nonsense started, followed by Shaheen's and Kerrey's comments, it officially got worse than 2004 and the worst I've ever seen too. The Democratic Party will not survive another Clinton Presidency.

last night that 2004 was a reasoned love fest compared to now. I've never had anyone on ignore before a couple of days ago, either, but, this is different.

Let's just hope it doesn't spread.

The Clintons played the race card and now are going to play a false anti-semite charge against Obama.

There will be more and all timed for Florida.

Florida doesn't have delegates.

proof of why my thoughts of hilary in 2002 were correcto.

Hi David, I took MLK Day off this year cause I could and I want to wish you a very wonderful day in memory of Dr King..thank you for all the writing of the issues you do on DU, too. :)

I love Dr. King. We had a very emotionally uplifting and inspiring day at a local church. Children choirs, music, testimonials and more. And a very mixed and packed house, too. What a joy.

Thanks for sharing!

which isn't the case. Second, she is just another f'ing idiot who believes emails she gets from her wingnut friends.

this whole approach is stupid.

He's a sharp guy. He knows his shit about Obama.

I've met him many times. Solid guy. I have a photo I took of him with Clinton when she was campaigning in Northport in 2000. He used to be a big supporter of hers.

that on Jon Cooper weeks ago but I forgot until this refreshed me..thanks so much. Jon Cooper has the same thoughts on hilary that I've had.

Bless his heart..set those New Yorkers straight, Jon Cooper!

I went to the link and had to search for "Hillary" to even find the blog entry.

This kind of posting of remote blog entries makes you look kinda desperate.

that one of her supporters is slurring Obama with anti-semite charges.

Are you trying to be daft or?

it was in my Newsday today when I read the paper. It was a full column down the side of the page. It wasn't just a small blog posting nobody could read.

This is deplorable, but this was personal. I am long past any illusion that all people who get elected to political positions are somehow free of personal prejudices. I remember when Wes Clark was getting attacked for being an anti-semite when he made a comment to Huffington about New York money being raised to support a right wing position in Israel about the need for war with Iran. That happened openly, nationally, and intentionally in print. That was not just a heated exchange between two individuals that revealed the misinformation or prejudice of one of them. In this case Berland later apologized for her words.

If this board ever descends into globalizing the comments of every individual who supports one or another candidate into something that always represents the official position or intent of that candidate's campaign we might as well hand out the machetes now.

much as possible so if the clintons start the "Obama is anti-semite" in Florida then we'll know we got a preview right here in New York..

"Jon Cooper (D-Lloyd Harbor), a supporter of Barack Obama, said Huntington town board member Susan Berland heckled him while he spoke on behalf of the Illinois senator, and approached him later, asking, "How can you support Obama? He is an anti-Semite."

What other wonderful things can the Hillbots teach us?

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