Barack Obama used the description of Israel as a "constant sore" in an interview with the Atlantic Monthly:
... within days of (his friend and fundraiser) Columbia University Professor Rashid Khalidi using a similar expression in an article in The Nation.JG: Do you think that Israel is a drag on America’s reputation overseas?
BO: No, no, no. But what I think is that this constant wound, that this constant sore, does infect all of our foreign policy.
(Obama later tried to excuse his remarks, which is becoming a pattern.)
This is yet another indication of the radical ideals which
influence Barack Obama's present thinking. He is an apologist for terrorists. And in the Atlantic interview, it's pretty sickening that he chooses to illustrate what a nice guy he is by pointing out some of his current political allies on the South Side of Chicago don't like his coziness with the Jews. He doesn't mention his pastor, the Rev. Wright. No, no, no!
Americans still have much to learn about Obama, and this is bound to be a sore point. Already some Americans understand the danger of his worldview.
UPDATE: Karl Rove, WSJ:
Mr. Obama's problem is a campaign that's personality-driven rather than idea-driven. Thus incidents calling into question his persona and character can have especially devastating consequences.--crossposted at BackyardConservative
UPDATE: Obama's campaign guru David Axelrod whines to Huffpo even as another racist video surfaces from another of Obama's spiritual mentors. Via HotAir, Obama is "deeply disappointed". He's not even "shocked, shocked", because that would be even less credible. And the Rev. Pfleger's not really sorry, he's just sorry if he offended anyone, a typical meaningless liberal apology. What a slime, exploiting race, using the most offensive language--these are Democrats perpetuating hate.ABC7Chicago report. More from the Chicago Tribune's The Swamp:
In a Tribune story a year ago, Obama defended special earmarks for his district in state budgets while he was a state legislator, including one that went to programs associated with Pfleger's church.More comment at Michelle Malkin."It happens that there were major supporters in my district who had been supporters before they got member initiatives," Obama said then, noting that some of his contributors had been his allies for years.
Pfleger gave Obama's campaign $1,500 between 1995 and 2001, including $200 in April 2001, about three months after Obama announced $225,000 in grants to St. Sabina programs.
In that story, Pfleger said he made those donations personally, not on behalf of the church or to win grants. "At a time when less people vote than ever, I don't think pastors should be silent on politics," he said.
Posted by Anne Leary on May 29, 2008 4:45 PM
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