Obama At AIPAC: Blame It On Hillary Clinton (Updated)
by Jacob Freeze, Fri Jun 13, 2008 at 11:15:58 AM EDT
All us good little Democrats are working night and day to restore party unity, but some prominent progressive websites apparently haven't gotten the message.
Paul Woodward at War in Context was already a progressive way back when Markos Moulitsas was still running around in a Ronald Reagan beanie, but now Woodward has turned against the "presumptive" or "very likely based on non-binding expressions of preference by super-delegates" nominee of the Democratic Party for President of the United States:
Yesterday was the day the "change" bubble burst. Obama's performance at AIPAC shows that his grasp of Middle East politics has yet to rise to the level of George Bush's! That's an incredible thing to have to say (especially for someone who still intends to vote Democrat) but what Obama demonstrated was the myopia of a candidate who has thrown principle to the wind and decided he will say anything to secure votes and donations. His was a polished performance in the politics of business-as-usual, burnished with a genuflection to Zionism that was utterly uncalled for.How did it happen?
I can only suppose that having become so deeply enmeshed in Hillary Clinton's psyche, Obama decided he'd couldn't hold back in parroting her down to a T if he was to win over her rightwing Jewish supporters. Having made that choice, he then thought, what the hell? I'll see if I can pull in the whole Likudnik crowd as well.
Barack Obama is "enmeshed in Hillary Clinton's psyche!" She can probably make him quack like a duck! "Yes quack quack We Can!"
This is an unintentionally hilarious new low in the game of "Blame it on Hillary Clinton."
...but the Palestinians aren't laughing.
Commenters who wonder why I don't reply to their comments may be interested to know that I actually replied to "hornplayer's" reasonable question on this thread, and my comment was immediately disappeared by Obama's little thugs. Here it is again:
Woodward says Obama only pandered to AIPAC because he is "enmeshed in Hillary Clinton's psyche." It sounds like eerie mind-control to me!
Al Jazeera sums up Arab reaction to Obama's speech:
Arab leaders have reacted with anger and disbelief to an intensely pro-Israeli speech delivered by Barack Obama, the US Democratic presumptive presidential nominee.
Obama told the influential annual policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Council (Aipac): "Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel and it must remain undivided."
His comments appalled Palestinians who see occupied East Jerusalem as part of a future Palestinian state.
Saeb Erekat, the chief Palestinian negotiator, told Al Jazeera on Thursday: "This is the worst thing to happen to us since 1967 ... he has given ammunition to extremists across the region."
It's a real pleasure to see Paul Woodward commenting on my post. He used to run one of the best progressive sites on the internet until he turned into just another cheerleader for Obama, and now he wants to have everything both ways, just like hero Barack Obama!
Woodward says...
"There's a difference between "turning against" someone -- Jacob Freeze claims I turned against Obama -- and making pointed criticism.
I support Barak Obama and believe that he is truly a once-in-a-generation candidate.
Why would I think Paul Woodward has turned against a candidate "who has thrown principle to the wind and decided he will say anything to secure votes and donations."
That's Paul Woodward talking in those quotes, not only on his own site, but already quoted above in my diary!
Why would Paul Woodward turn against a candidate he characterizes as nothing but a money-grubbing media whore with no principles whatsoever?
Paul Woodward's criticism of Obama even makes me sound like a raving Obamabot!
And yet he still supports Obama!
Before Paul Woodward drank the cool-aid, was he looking for a candidate "who has thrown principle to the wind and decided he will say anything to secure votes and donations?"
How did the Paul Woodward, who used to have as much integrity as any progressive on the internet, end up supporting someone that he himself characterizes as a money-grubbing media whore with no principles whatsoever?
It's worth repeating, just because it's so weird!
Paul Woodward's criticism of Obama even makes me sound like a raving Obamabot!
Tags: AIPAC, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, War in Context (all tags)
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