The Republican Jewish Coalition didn't like Obama's speech

They put out a statement saying Obama's speech was even and balanced on both sides of the Israeli/Palestinian issue, and that was the WRONG tone to take. He should NOT have put the Palestinians on the same level as the Israelis because they don't believe in peace like the Israelis do. I wish I had the exact words, but that was the idea. I say, "Mission accomplished!" :rofl:

ETA link to official statement thanks to babylonsister: RJC: Speech too balanced

http://blogs.jta.org/politics/article/2009/06/04/1005636/rjc-speech-too-balanced

You mean Eric Cantor found a friend to hang with?

"moral equivalency" between the Israelis and Palestinians "very troubling." ANOTHER Mission Accomplished!

whining to Hillary about something right before she cleaned his clock.

I forget..so many whines so little time..but it was something about the way President Obama did things and she said the old way didn't work and we were going to try it his way this time.

I see he's back in full whining mode.

and I'm sure he will be AGAIN. These guys have nothing real to complain about.

Geez.

:eyes:

Israelis that don't get that need to climb down their high horse. As someone whose Mom is half-Jewish I shake my head in shame at some of these RWingers.

and so do my parents-BOTH of whom are Jewish. They love Obama and his message.

:rofl:

http://blogs.jta.org/politics/article/2009/06/04/1005636/rjc-speech-too-balanced


RJC: Speech too balanced

By Eric Fingerhut · June 4, 2009

The Republican Jewish Coalition said President Obama's speech in Cairo was too balanced and "appear to mark the beginning of a worrisome shift in U.S. policy."

"President Barack Obama, in his major speech in Cairo this morning, struck a balanced tone with regard to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and that's what was wrong with this speech," said RJC executive director Matt Brooks. "American policy should not be balanced -- it should side with those who fight terror, not those who either engage in it or are too weak to prevent it."

"We urge President Obama to return to the policy of holding the security of Israel as a key American priority and requiring significant, concrete, and verifiable moves toward peace from the Palestinian side," the Brooks statement said.

The full RJC statement is after the jump:

but you forgot the link. If you have it can I put it in my OP?

I got so excited when I saw that! :rofl: Edited my post, and here:

http://blogs.jta.org/politics/article/2009/06/04/1005636/rjc-speech-too-balanced

:D I understand. And I added it to my OP.

So, they are saying there is equivalency between terrorists and the victims of terrorism?

Wouldn't supporting those who are 'too weak to prevent it' strengthen them to the point that they COULD stand up to terrorism?

Actually, I think they are saying that - it is the same attitude whereby the police abandon some urban areas to the drug gangs, and declare that EVERYONE in the area is the enemy, even though the majority of the residents are themselves victims of the gangs.

And that is what has happened in Palestine - the majority of the population want to live in peace, but are held hostage to the policies and actions of the violent minority, and Israel's reaction is to blame them ALL (even though the majority population in Israel ALSO want to just live in peace).

Today they are hosting John Zeigler and his movie. I mean even the far right in CA has given this nut job the boot.



http://www.rjchq.org/Events/eventdetail.aspx?id=d430a02d-0cab-472c-b4e8-a5007b77ca2c

"We urge President Obama to return to the policy of holding the security of Israel as a key American priority and requiring significant, concrete, and verifiable moves toward peace from the Palestinian side," the Brooks statement said.


return to kissing up to Israel he means.

we urge the President???? urge??? this is kind of dominating isn't it?

as reported by a reporter in Jerusalem. But the "settlers" did NOT like it after hearing him say he wants the settlements stopped. They said, "The speech was more 'Hussein' than 'Obama.'" (That's part of a statement from a "settlers' organization." :rofl:

:rofl:

you can't please all of the people all of the time. Especially if they're Repubs./RWers. :D

The majority in Israel are in favor of closing the settlements.

the statement, though, was from a group of those settlers. Of course THEY are AGAINST shutting down the settlements.

because everything I've seen indicates the vast majority of them are recent immigrants, mostly from the US and former Soviet states. The settlers did not live through the wars of '48, or '56, or '67, or '72. They MUST have a different mind set from those who created the state.

I wonder why.

and whoever they are, they have no right to stay on that land.

THAT says it ALL! :rofl:

He is so crazy that even the far right in CA won't talk to him.


http://www.rjchq.org/Events/eventdetail.aspx?id=d430a02d-0cab-472c-b4e8-a5007b77ca2c

New England Chapter
Date 6/4/2009
Screening of "Media Malpractice: How Obama got elected and Palin was targeted"
Event Summary Please join us!

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The past few years have been a great success in the Middle East {sarcasm}.

He's a Repub., afterall.

Ari was there, so was Josh Bolten, wasn't he guy who took pictures of hands???? had a fetish for them?

He's freaky.

right tone with Israel and the Palestinians and kind of accused Boehner of playing politics with his comment sounding like the RJC's statement.

They're the people who are paying Normie's bills while he's busy not being a senator.


http://minnesotaindependent.com/24111/norm-coleman-takes-republican-jewish-coalition-job

Coleman takes Republican Jewish Coalition job
By Chris Steller 1/22/09 11:50 AM
Ready for a steak ... and a job.

Norm Coleman went out for a steak dinner in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 5 after the State Canvassing Board declared that his challenger, Al Franken, had received 225 more votes in the recount of Minnesota’s Senate election. But it turns out he wasn’t just crying in his steak. Coleman’s companions that night were Matt Brooks, executive director of the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC), and Republican lobbyist (and RJC board member) Wayne Berman. Now comes news that Coleman has taken a paid consulting position with the RJC.

“The senator needs to earn a living while the contest is going on,” said Coleman spokesman Mark Drake. “I think our supporters recognize that Sen. Coleman is not a millionaire.” Drake insisted the move doesn’t mean Coleman is downhearted about his chances for success in a potentially expensive election contest he filed that begins in earnest before a three-judge panel on Monday.

Minnesota’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party was quick off the mark to point out that the RJC has cut checks for Coleman before: specifically, chipping in to cover travel costs on seven trips, including Coleman’s first as a U.S. senator in 2003.

it not only makes it even CLEARER as to why this group is again Obama (not just his speech today) but it tells me more about Coleman than I knew before. :hi:

Ben Waldman -- who was a buddy of Jack Abramoff's from their College Republican Days and then was partners with Abramoff and Adam Kidan in the SunCruz deal -- was the director back when it was still called the National Jewish Coalition. Waldman had also been Pat Robertson's top aide during his presidential bid in 1988.

Abramoff himself tried to become a major player in the RJC in the early 90's but was rebuffed by Matt Brooks, who allegedly saw him as competition. (In fact, mainstream Jewish Republicans never much liked or trusted Abramoff in general.)

A bunch of Bush Pioneers were also RJC figures -- Fred Zeidman, Sam Fox, Ned Siegal. Not household names, but all both wealthy and very influential in AIPAC-type circles.

Clifford May was the vice chairman for a while.

In short, this is very high-level, insider Republican politics -- its not just a bunch of Republicans who happen to be Jewish. The fact that they're paying Coleman's living expenses during this endless legal challenges seems typical. These are powerful people who take it on themselves to make things happen.

Very interesting. :hi:

AIPAC dollars at work.

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