Obama is a wholly owned entity of the Israel lobby, it seems.
He has plenty to say about the economy and what will be done to repair the damage, but when it comes to the slaughter in Gaza, well, there is only one president at a time. A major disappointment.

Shortly after five banana Republicans in black robes installed Bush in the White House, he issued a statement (and I'm paraphrasing here), that his administration wouldn't be as involved in the Middle East peace process as previous administrations.

Guess he was telling the truth.

We had our accountability moment.

The Dims won...

Now it ALL belongs to them/'us'.

So it does not matter who 'started it.'

What matters is that now the Dims will be able to collect all the blame for all the failures that will ensue (and they will)--ably abetted by the obstructionism and recalcitrance of the GOPuke minority which knows its ONLY chance to return to power is to ascribe blame for the fails and defeats on Obama & the Dims.

i'd've been quite happy if this had not been covered here, but i understand the need to know what the idjits are up to...

still, leaving that photo to elsewhere would be a better choice...
just sayin'...

Dear John Amato:

The right-wing blogger you cite is missing the point, but Crooks and Liars doesn't have to.

Why would demonstrators in Jakarta, Indonesia be linking Obama with Egypt's Mubarak and Israel's Olmert right now as Israel is violently crushing Gaza, a giant refugee camp?

Could it be because they understand that Obama's silence constitutes complicity with Olmert and Mubarak?

Why is this point so difficult for Obama's liberal US supporters to understand?

All my best wishes...

It must be very strange to be President Bush. A man of extraordinary vision and brilliance approaching to genius, he can’t get anyone to notice. He is like a great painter or musician who is ahead of his time, and who unveils one masterpiece after another to a reception that, when not bored, is hostile.

colbert couldn't have mocked it better.

"It must be very strange to be President Bush. A man of extraordinary vision and brilliance approaching to genius, he can’t get anyone to notice. He is like a great painter or musician who is ahead of his time, and who unveils one masterpiece after another to a reception that, when not bored, is hostile."

You will be greatly impressed by Mr. Hinderaker's art collection. The numbered prints of poker-playing dogs are but an appetizer, for you are not to be served your artistic 'entree' until Mr. Hinderaker flicks the custom lights that illuminate his collection of vintage, glow-in-the-dark black velvet posters. 'Young Elvis', 'Vegas Elvis', 'Triple, Bearded, Elvii as The Three Magi' and not only the four 'original lineup' black velvet KISS posters but also the super rare Vinnie Vincent, 'Egyptian Warrior' poster. Surely a collection worthy of the Met, or the Getty - if those institutions truly appreciated great art and were not bastions of the philistine liberal elites.
Perhaps you would like to hear some music. Mr. Hinderaker is the owner of on extensive collection of the works of Mr. Micheal Bolton, including rare Japanese and European import-only EPs and even some of Mr. Bolton's legendary 'lost' 1980s cassingles. Certainly, all the songs were done 1st by lesser artists, but no-one can argue that it is Mr. Bolton's versions that are the definitive ones.
End the evening as Mr. Hinderaker uncaps an effervescent product of the Andre Estates and talks about his favorite Ayn Rand books.

I think it's all distraction aimed solely at Obamas' incoming Administration. I think they (NeoCons and the like) are hoping that Obama will become completely overwhelmed by the monstrous actions of the Israeli Government diverting all his focus on the Middle East. As bad as the situation is there, the economy here at home is job one. The Jews and the Palestinians have been trying to annihilate each other for a longer than some of us have been alive and unfortunately it isn't going to stop anytime soon. Short of Second Coming. That problem will always be there for later consideration. Hopefully he is formulating a way to cut some of the apron strings with the Zionist Elite Government of Israel. I know he promised to stand by Israel during his campaign, but let's face it, some campaign promises are made to and inevitably will be broken.

Dubya is still the Pres and he's been shootin' off his mouth sayin' it's all the fault of those darn Hamas guys - Israel and Us are just tryin' to help them see the error of their ways, by bombing the shit out of Gaza.

Obama will have plenty of time to create his own messes - but right now he is correct for not saying anything about this crisis - as Georgie has already put his support firmly behind the Israelis. If Obama speaks out now, even if only to express sympathy for the Palestinians, could that not give the Israelis the impetus to step up the bombing/invasion and crush Gaza and it's people now, before a "Palestinian sympathizer" is sworn in as US President??

Since America essentially created Israel, is it little wonder we don't want our experiment to fail?

nit pick New
Tue, 01/06/2009 - 09:45 — Samson-
no, in that analogy america would be frankenstein and israel would be 'the creation/monster'
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I was wondering if anyone would pick that up.

I usually refer to the scientist as Frankenstein, since that was his name and not the monster's, however the reverse is true in comman usage.

I also thought someone would pick up on the deliberate misspelling of the name.

IS OBAMA FAILING ALREADY?
HIS SILENCE ON GAZA IS DEAFENING

Barack Obama says that there is only one President at a time and he will not comment on policy issues until he takes office on January 20, 2009.

However, he can't stop talking about the economy and he was even on Capitol Hill yesterday pushing his economic package. But he has not said a word about the Gaza tragedy. People are dying by the hour and he refuses to comment. At least the economy is not killing people, Gaza war is and he should stand up and make his views known.

He says he talks to Condi Rice on Gaza situation every day and that is not a good thing. Rice is a straight faced liar probably telling Obama how hard she is working to bring peace, while at the same time encouraging Israel not to stop despite World pressure.

I hope the reason for Obama's silence is that he is trying not to be confrontational because he is diametrically opposed to Bush Administration's Middle East policy and intends to change course of events immediately upon taking office. If this is not the case, his silence on Gaza is immoral.

Let us hope this is the case.

Namely, the Israeli government.

Think about it. How often has this kind of thing been happening? How often has this been going on? At least since 1970. Attack, counterattack, back and forth, again and again and again. But through every US Administration, Israel has endured.

(Though I think ol' Tricky Dick wanted Israel to lose the Yom Kippur War; he withheld vital conventional weapons and other supplies stockpiled in Europe against the Soviet threat, and only relented after Tel Aviv's alleged threat to use Israel's nukes on Arab capitol cities.)

But Israel only endures because of American sponsorship. A sponsorship that has cost Americans billions (and who knows how many American lives in various terrorist incidents overseas these past 30 years). AIPAC exists to maintain that sponsorship. If you don't 'kiss the ring' of AIPAC, you won't get the big brass one stamped with the Presidential seal. It's that simple. And no aspirant to the office of the President can avoid this fact. Hence Mr. Obama's presence at various AIPAC gatherings. And, as a result, we now anticipate his impending 'coronation'. Which signals that very same 'business as usual'. "Plus ca change..." and all that.