* His advisers include Dennis Ross, Jim Steinberg and Richard Clarke - Well first of all, Dennis Ross is not an Obama adviser. That is a pathetic lie. Jim Steinberg similarly does not appear to be anything more than a speech consultant. But I'm glad that Obama's past and present advisers are back on the menu. Until now the campaign's been saying that having 300+ advisers means that no particular individual matters. So: Obama adviser Tony McPeak thinks American Jews tricked Bush into invading Iraq. Obama adviser Robert Malley thinks that Palestinian intransigence is Israel's fault. Obama surrogate David Bonior is "the biggest supporter of the anti-Israel Arab lobby in Congress". Obama adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski is an anti-Israel nutjob. Obama adviser Daniel Kurtzer thinks that Middle East instability is Israel's fault, a problem which Obama adviser and SecState candidate Samantha Power thinks can be solved be solved by invading Israel. Seriously: here's the video. But hey, apparently Richard Clarke seems to be having a great influence on the team. Go team!

* He himself is close to AIPAC - No, actually the organized Jewish community is terrified of Obama. But wouldn't it be super if this was actually true? Then all us paranoid supporters of the US-Israeli alliance could just ignore this whole thing.

* He is the protege of Sen. Dick Durbin, whose election was aided immeasurably by AIPAC - Technically he's only Durbin's political protege. But fair enough: he is the protege of Sen. Durbin, who thinks that anti-Semitic nutroots hysterics should be setting Democratic foreign policy. It goes without mentioning that, given his autobiography's title and content, he's the spiritual protege of Rev. Wright, who thinks that Israel should have been invaded instead of Iraq. As for the asinine phrase "whose election was aided immeasurably by AIPAC" - it can be helpfully juxtaposed with the relevant point that Obama's own election is being aided immeasurably by illegal donations from Iran and North Korea.

* He is the darling of Chicago Jewry - That might prove a lot of things, but one thing it does not prove is that Obama favors strong US-Israeli ties.

* He is a stalwart enemy of Hamas and Hezbollah - No, he is at best a lukewarm opponent of Hamas who wants to personally meet with their Iranian sponsors and couldn't bring himself to issue more than a pro forma condemnation of Carter's Gaza visit. So much does Hamas not think that he's a stalwart enemy that they're phone banking to get him elected. Which is about the minimum they can do since - Biden's unblinkingly denial aside - Obama supported the 2006 Hamas election.

* He wants to stop Iran from getting the bomb - Awww. That's adorable. Really it is. It would be more adorable if the centerpiece of his foreign policy wasn't a guaranteed failure, if he didn't talk as if the problem with Iranian nuclearization was that Israel will overreact, if he wasn't being advised by people who think that we need to fully engage genocidal lunatics, if he himself hadn't expressed a desire to reconcile with said genocidal lunatics, and if hadn't picked as his VP a guy who thinks Israel should just roll with Iranian nukes. But really - adorable.

* Barack Obama has called Israel America's strongest ally in the Middle East - I admit I was surprised when he said that during the debate, because when he was debating during the primaries he expressed a very different opinion.

There are only two ways that a journalist could seriously write about "overwhelming evidence" that Obama is a "great friend of Israel": either that person is sadly delusional or that person is intentionally lying. Which would be bad enough, except these tools are also oscillating between sullen petulance and aggressive mendacity.

References:
* Mere Rhetoric: New Palin Smear: She Supports Hamas (Plus: Obama's ... [MR]
* Obama Surrogates Now Openly And Demonstrably Lying About Biden's Anti-Israel Policies [MR]
* Dear Jews: Stop the Obama Paranoia [Jeffrey Goldberg]
* Obama's "Pro-Israel Advisers" Don't Actually Exist. As Such. [MR]
* The War Over the Wonks [MR]
* A cast of hundreds: Who isn’t an Obama foreign policy adviser?! [Michelle Malkin]
* Top Obama Adviser Explains Iraq War: Turns Out, It's The Jews' Fault. Again. (Plus: Ha'aretz Political Correspondent’s Pro-Obama Apologism Getting Increasingly Desperate) [MR]
* Barack Obama sacks adviser over talks with Hamas [Times Online]
* Bonior Joins Obama Team as Latest Anti-Israel Campaign Official [Israel Insider]
* Obama Defenders: What Brzezinski Guy? (Plus: That's Not Even Their Worst Argument) [MR]
* Obama's Foreign Policy Advisers Not Exactly Fans Of The Jewish State (Plus: Brzezinski Snubs Israel After Tete-A-Tete With Assad) [MR]
* Top Obama Foreign Policy Adviser: No Seriously, We Are Totally Going To Screw Israel When We Get Into Power [MR]
* Obama Draws Line In The Sand: Invading Israel OK But Calling Hillary A Mean Name Is A Firing Offense [MR]
* Video: Former Obama adviser on invading Israel [Hot Air]
* Internal Memo Takes on Obama’s Approach to Middle East [Forward]
* MR Has A Question For Democratic Jews: Are You Fucking Retarded? [MR]
* Rev. Wright's 'War on Iraq IQ Test' [LGF]
* Secret, Foreign Money Floods Into Obama Campaign [Newsmax]
* Terrorist Apologist James Zogby: It's Totally Awesome How Democratic Jews Boost Arab-American Political Platforms [MR]
* Obama's Anti-Hamas Stance Short On Change And Hope, Long On Rank Hypocrisy [MR]
* CNN: Obama, Clinton "Clearly Uncomfortable" Criticizing Carter's Hamas Visit [MR]
* Summer Camp Funtime For Palestinian Kids - Getting Brainwashed, Learning How To Launch Qassams (Plus: New Anti-Rocket Lasers) [MR]
* Of Course: Obama Supported The 2006 Hamas Election, Biden Lied [MR]
* Mathematical Proof That Negotiating With Iran Is Stupid. Not Wrong. Stupid. [MR]
* Obama Figures Out The Real Problem With Iranian Nuclearization (Plus: Obama's Foreign Policy Kneejerks Provide Excellent Illustration Of Exactly How He'd Screw Israel) [MR]
* Iran Producing Its Own Nuclear Fuel (Plus: Obama Would Meet With Iran, Give Them Security Guarantees, Etc) [MR]
* Obama: We Need To Start Sucking Up To Iran Right Now So We Can Get Out Of Iraq (Plus: Liberal American Jews Torn Between Old Anti-Israel Democrat And New Anti-Israel Democrat) [MR]
* Obama camp denies report Biden said Israel will have to reconcile to nuclear Iran [Ha'aretz]
* Obama May Or May Not Think That Israel Is An Important US Ally [MR]
* New Leftist Meme: Palin "Solved Jewish Problem" That Obama Never Really Had (Plus: Anti-Palin "Buchanan Endorsement" Meme Also A Lie) [MR]

Previously:
* Guy Who Smeared "Pro-Likud Approach To Israel": "US-Israeli Relationship Transcends Parties"
* New Coulter Column: "If Obama Wanted A Historically Delusional Vice President, Why Not Lyndon LaRouche?"
* He Misspoke: Biden's Obnoxiously Smug Assertion About Hezbollah Was Actually An Aggressively Stupid Policy About Syria (Plus: They Just Don't Know Stuff)