The Israeli government was so disgusted by Carter’s terrorist-bolstering tour of the Middle East that they refused to meet with him. President Peres, a fellow Noble Prize winner, called him out for being a terrorist-enabling tool. The IDF even withheld security coordination from him, treating him like they would any other foreign national who wants to try his luck in Palestinian-majority areas. So you’d think that the three candidates’ relative stances on Carter’s lovefest would somehow matter to Jewish voters:
When it comes to former President Jimmy Carter and his recent controversial meetings with Hamas leaders in the Middle East, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama seem to be on pretty much the same page. They say they didn’t like the meetings and they, themselves, wouldn’t meet with leaders of a group the U.S. government brands as a terrorist organization. Still, they are clearly uncomfortable in criticizing the former President. Obama and Clinton do suggest that they would have a dialogue with the leaders of North Korea, Syria, Iran and Venezuela, but only under the right circumstances and with the appropriate advance preparation. They differentiate between meetings with these kinds of state leaders as opposed to leaders of Hamas. John McCain says Barack Obama should have gone further in condemning Carter’s meetings with Hamas. “He should repudiate President Carter, reprimand him, and specifically tell him he should not have that meeting,” McCain said.
Then again, we’ve written about liberal Jewish Obama voters before:
We were at a talk given by the ultra-left editor of a far-left but very prominent New York Jewish publication a few weeks ago. A woman raised her hand and hesitantly begged “I’m already voting for Obama so this doesn’t matter, but I’d feel better if he had any answer to these accusations – please tell me he does.” Then the speaker rattled off some nonsense about how most Israelis want to give away land and that was that. Really.
Try making an argument to that person. Because that’s clearly how she’s making her political decisions.
References:
* Peres Notifies Carter: Actually You’re Kind Of A Vicious Tool [MR]
* Blitzer: Democratic candidates careful on Carter [CNN]
* Anti-Israel Activists To Anti-Israel Voters: Don’t Worry, We Pretty Much Own Obama [MR]
Previously:
* Obama’s Circle Of Openly Anti-Semitic Spiritual Advisers Widens, Now Kind Of A Trend (Plus: Wes "NY Money People" Clark For Obama VP?) (UPDATE: More On Obama Spiritual Adviser Eric Lee’s Anti-Semitism)
* Ohio Jewish Democrats: "Hey, How About We Make The Most Anti-Israel Candidate Evuh The Next US President?"
* Mel Levine’s Defense Of Obama: He’ll Make Obsessed Anti-Israel Lunatics Love The US. Presumably By Magic.
