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> The Audacity of Chutzpah
> Dana Milbank - The Washington Post
> http://www.washingtonpost.com:80/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/17/AR2008031702440_pf.html
>
> ... Jews, a small but influential group in Democratic politics, had
> been worried about Obama even before last week's preacher problem ...
> Obama's assertion that he needn't have a "Likud view" -- that of
> Israel's right-wing party -- to be pro-Israel. Kurtzer explained that
> Obama wanted to see a "plurality of views." Silence in the room. To
> that, Lewis retorted: "The role of the president of the United States
> is to support the decisions that are made by the people of Israel. It
> is not up to us to pick and choose from among the political parties."
> The audience members applauded.


So you'll be voting for Obama then?

That's kind of ironic...


Incidentally, what Kurtzer said was merely that if our
President wants to deal with Israel, then our president
should deal with the government elected by the Israeli
people, and not pick and choose among factions within
that government. I don't find that too remarkable
a statement.



-- cary