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JackNewtown Donating Member (703 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-22-06 12:35 PM
Response to Reply #19
22. 98%?
Funny how 98% of pols. don't back Israel anywhere else...too bad AIPAC is only in one nation...
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  -Feingold, Clark, Reid, Pelosi Statements oberliner  Jul-22-06 11:29 AM   #0 
  - Dem leaders are spouting the AIPAC talking points.  katinmn   Jul-22-06 11:35 AM   #1 
  - you don't think they represent their constiuents?  still_one   Jul-22-06 11:45 AM   #2 
     - Obviously they don't represent the people on this  JackNewtown   Jul-22-06 12:22 PM   #14 
     - They shouldn't govern according to polls.  cigsandcoffee   Jul-22-06 12:25 PM   #15 
        - Their (Congress) opinions on Israel are always in line with Tel Aviv  JackNewtown   Jul-22-06 12:33 PM   #20 
           - Then why did Russ Feingold VOTE AGAINST THE IWR?  still_one   Jul-22-06 12:42 PM   #23 
              - AIPAC wasn't alone in those fights  JackNewtown   Jul-22-06 08:42 PM   #40 
     - One sided policy statements based on one sided stories  rucky   Jul-23-06 04:47 AM   #65 
  - It's tantamount to blowing up a city block in the US  Mythsaje   Jul-22-06 11:45 AM   #3 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Jul-22-06 11:51 AM   #5 
     - It got lost in the passages  Mythsaje   Jul-22-06 11:52 AM   #6 
  - Dem leaders understand the importance of Israel to US foreign policy  cigsandcoffee   Jul-22-06 11:48 AM   #4 
  - actually both political parties do  still_one   Jul-22-06 11:56 AM   #8 
  - There is an offer for peace between Arab countries and Israel:  Douglas Carpenter   Jul-23-06 01:03 AM   #60 
  - Why is that part of the world unfriendly to the US in the first place?  JackNewtown   Jul-22-06 08:45 PM   #41 
     - geez, this is sickening, they are in support of expanding the  alyce douglas   Jul-22-06 08:50 PM   #42 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Jul-22-06 11:54 AM   #7 
  - Clark has said the same thing. In addition, he said there should be  still_one   Jul-22-06 11:57 AM   #9 
  - Pelosi refused to sign on to that resolution-  Rose Siding   Jul-22-06 12:03 PM   #10 
  - AIPAC AIPAC AIPAC  BayCityProgressive   Jul-22-06 12:16 PM   #11 
     - Also  BayCityProgressive   Jul-22-06 12:19 PM   #12 
     - I don't understand how your comment relates to my post.  Rose Siding   Jul-22-06 12:21 PM   #13 
     - I was just responding  BayCityProgressive   Jul-22-06 12:28 PM   #16 
        - Also Rose,  BayCityProgressive   Jul-22-06 12:29 PM   #17 
     - WHo opposes AIPAC?  JackNewtown   Jul-22-06 12:34 PM   #21 
     - Arab American Leadership PAC  oberliner   Jul-22-06 01:48 PM   #38 
        - $109,000 vs. AIPAC's $6 million. That says it all  JackNewtown   Jul-22-06 08:53 PM   #44 
     - Both parties take from AIPAC. It is naive to think they have no influence  katinmn   Jul-22-06 12:49 PM   #24 
     - I don't believe  BayCityProgressive   Jul-22-06 12:51 PM   #26 
     - I agree, except on I/P  JackNewtown   Jul-22-06 08:57 PM   #46 
     - somebody claimed the other day that posting lists like this  jonnyblitz   Jul-22-06 12:54 PM   #28 
     - I agree  BayCityProgressive   Jul-22-06 01:00 PM   #29 
     - it wasn't you i was referring to, btw. It was somebody that was a  jonnyblitz   Jul-22-06 01:10 PM   #34 
     - McKinney and AIPAC  JackNewtown   Jul-22-06 08:59 PM   #47 
     - Exactly. It is our duty to watch where our reps get their funding  katinmn   Jul-22-06 01:01 PM   #30 
        - I agree, AIPAC should not be exempt from scrutiny  JackNewtown   Jul-22-06 09:01 PM   #49 
     - Those weren't the final 04' figures, believe it or not  JackNewtown   Jul-22-06 08:54 PM   #45 
     - When my rep DARED to question the withdrawal of humanitarian  katinmn   Jul-22-06 12:54 PM   #27 
        - well then  BayCityProgressive   Jul-22-06 01:02 PM   #31 
           - Right! It is fine for lobbyists of foreign governments to work to  katinmn   Jul-22-06 01:07 PM   #32 
           - that was a strawman argument  BayCityProgressive   Jul-22-06 01:10 PM   #33 
              - Nice sugarcoating: "supports a strong US/Israeli relationship"  katinmn   Jul-22-06 01:22 PM   #35 
              - okay  BayCityProgressive   Jul-22-06 01:24 PM   #36 
              - Pro-foreign government lobbies  JackNewtown   Jul-22-06 09:07 PM   #52 
           - AIPAC toppled McKinney--in a primary in 2002  JackNewtown   Jul-22-06 09:03 PM   #50 
  - Politicians' first allegience is to themselves.  Tierra_y_Libertad   Jul-22-06 12:30 PM   #18 
  - or maybe many of them  BayCityProgressive   Jul-22-06 12:32 PM   #19 
     - 98%?  JackNewtown   Jul-22-06 12:35 PM   #22 
        - You are correct  BayCityProgressive   Jul-22-06 12:50 PM   #25 
           - The issue is not supporting Israel. I support Israel  JackNewtown   Jul-22-06 09:11 PM   #53 
  - I find it discouraging to see that Democratic leading politicians  ladjf   Jul-22-06 01:24 PM   #37 
  - No surprise here  fujiyama   Jul-22-06 02:51 PM   #39 
  - A few thoughts  DanCa   Jul-22-06 08:51 PM   #43 
  - Democrats have and will always support Israel...  k_jerome   Jul-22-06 09:00 PM   #48 
  - define "support"  JackNewtown   Jul-22-06 09:20 PM   #55 
     - The Peaking Of US Domestic Petroleum Production In The Early 70's  loindelrio   Jul-22-06 10:13 PM   #56 
        - How does Israel help secure the oil supply?  JackNewtown   Jul-22-06 10:37 PM   #57 
           - Friendly Country From Which To Stage Operations If TSHTF  loindelrio   Jul-22-06 11:31 PM   #58 
  - Ah well...you see we in the Dem party believe in Freedom of Speech.  Rex   Jul-22-06 09:05 PM   #51 
  - "A wide tent with a variety of people with different ideas and notions."  JackNewtown   Jul-22-06 09:17 PM   #54 
     - Israel is not the only issue Dems stick with, there are a few more.  Rex   Jul-22-06 11:34 PM   #59 
  - Is anyone else disturbed by the AIPAC replies?  oberliner   Jul-23-06 01:27 AM   #61 
  - could you please present a factually based argument  Douglas Carpenter   Jul-23-06 04:29 AM   #62 
  - My Argument  oberliner   Jul-23-06 11:15 AM   #66 
     - I suppose one of the things that confounds me is that in Israel itself  Douglas Carpenter   Jul-23-06 12:37 PM   #68 
        - your points  oberliner   Jul-23-06 01:31 PM   #71 
  - yes. see the Anti Defamation League website. nt.  k_jerome   Jul-23-06 04:34 AM   #63 
  - Yes I'm disturbed by them, but not surprised unfortunately.  Dutch   Jul-23-06 04:34 AM   #64 
  - Israel keeps making the situation worse -- That's my beef  Armstead   Jul-23-06 11:46 AM   #67 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Jul-23-06 12:49 PM   #69 
  - This is all I have to say on the Israeli-Lebanese war so far  derby378   Jul-23-06 12:56 PM   #70 
 

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