We can be petty on this issue too.

What about when HRC had listened politely in the West Bank city of Ramallah as Suha Arafat unleashed a torrent of accusations against Israel?

"It is important to point out here the severe damage caused by the intensive daily use of poison gas by Israeli forces in the past years that has led to an increase in cancer cases against Palestinian women and children," Mrs Arafat said.  She added that 80% of water resources were contaminated, and that the ground was full of chemicals banned internationally.

HRC did nothing at the time of the comments.  Then the next day she still didn't "denounce" the comments:

Mrs Clinton was responding to accusations by Suha Arafat that Israel had contaminated Palestinian areas with poison gas.  "Everyone who supports this (peace) effort should refrain from inflammatory rhetoric and from baseless accusations... that could in any way adversely affect what the parties are attempting to achieve,"

Now more than eight years later I demand that HRC must unequivocally and specifically denounce and reject Mrs. Arafat, or else we'll have proof that she hates Israel.

Is it really?  To my mind repudiating them for a narrow political calculation would indeed be a lapse of judgement, and integrity:

To Obama's credit, he hasn't repudiated anyone from his past. His campaign strategist, David Axelrod, admits that Obama and Ayers are "friendly." And Obama denounced Wright's comments without rejecting the man himself. How can he? Wright played an important role in shaping him as a politician. Ayers and Khalidi nudged him along the way. To apologize for knowing them would be to apologize for who he is: an African-American, a Christian, a city dweller, an academic, a liberal. Most of those would be exotic qualities in a president. And maybe that's the real problem.

Edward McClelland - The crazy uncles in Obama's attic Salon 18 Mar 08

Is the problem who Obama associates with or who he is?

I'm with you.  Criticism of Israel does not equal anti-semitism per se.

OK, touche.  Let's say "blue collar workers."  I think Hillary has a good chance to hold on to a lot of the lunchpail crowd, but Obama will lose them to McCain.

I voted for Reagan twice.  Haven't voted for another Republican for president since.  So, I'm an original Reagan Democrat.  Plenty of us are still around and voting Democrat.  Good chance that I won't this year if Obama gets the nomination so the prior poster's point with regard to me is correct.

Yea, there might be some parallels, but the one massive parallel that isn't present is massive, antagonistic protests, radical ideology and the whole "free love" hippy movement.

The Obama campaign doesn't come close to being so confrontational.

(Unless you're a Hillary supporter on MyDD.  Then, he eats babies and kicks puppies.)

Yes, sprinkle some magic dust on those Jews and they will perk up, right?

You've never met a Jewish person, have you?

you are unintentionally hilarious.

"I know Jews are extremely knowledgable on politics, and they generally make the decision based on all sorts of deep research."

Just to let you know I sent this diary to two Jewish friends of mine and they were more offended by yoru comment then the clip.

Who the hell told you Jewish people are some sort of monoliths who follow politics and vote a certain way.

It's not just because of differences between Obama and Clinton, several believe Obama has anti-Semitic and anti-Israel views due to the company he's kept in the past.

Did you read my comment?

Did you read my comment? It should explain how I feel unless you are only seeing in it what you want to see.

Please share Obama's stances and actions that have turned you off as someone who is Jewish.

No you should vote for Hillary Clinton and support her candidacy with something other than smear tactics. Do you honestly believe....honestly...that Barack Obama is of the same mind as Wright?

If not, delete your diary.

By the way...what happens in Hillary's church. I heard they speak in tongues.

Who and what specifically?

(And guess what?!?!?  When 50% of the Democratic electorate supports Hillary and the other 50% supports Barack, they BOTH are going to have kooks and bigots and criminals and general bastards in their list of supporters.  Everyone needs to grow up.)

Last I knew, African Americans weren't so up in arms about criticism over the US approach to ethnic conflicts in Darfur Kenya, etc.

I wear it like a badge... although hopefully not the kind of badge President Obama would make me wear.