The Republican Jewish Coalition will host the entire Republican presidential field – minus one – at a forum on Wednesday.
The coalition decided not to invite Texas Representative Ron Paul because the group disagrees with his views on Israel, a decision that has angered Paul’s supporters…
The day-long $500-a-head event will give the Republican candidates a chance to make their case to 800 influential Jewish voters and donors from around the country. The group does not endorse in GOP primaries.
Paul opposes sanctions and the use of force to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon – an issue important to Israel, which would be the nation most threatened by a nuclear Iran. Paul has advocated eliminating foreign aid to all countries, including Israel. He has said he believes Israel is hurt by its dependence on money from the United States, and the United States should not interfere with Israel’s domestic affairs, including its peace treaties. He has compared Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza to a concentration camp.
“Why do we have this automatic commitment that we’re going to send our kids and send our money endlessly to Israel?” Paul said in a Nov. 22 Republican presidential debate, sponsored by CNN. “I think they’re quite capable of taking care of themselves.”
Paul’s stance is diametrically opposed to the positions of virtually all the other Republican candidates, who have strongly emphasized the need to stand with Israel and continue sending foreign aid. Israel has long been seen as America’s strongest democratic ally in the Middle East, and as a strategic ally in areas from trade to fighting terrorism. Aid to Israel is an important issue for many Jewish voters of both parties…
Anyone think Republicans should have the same right as anyone else to differ with the government on policies in the Middle East?
Your one more moron who try’s to slander and mislead people about the one person who has fought for every Americans bill of rights more than anyone , he’s the only one speaking against the middle east bombing,torturing and detaining of brown people aka true fascism !!that article even states he didn’t write it!! You are one more moronwho doesn’t realize the rest are trying to steal your every right, they are trying to pass more laws to take brown people to Guantanamo, I mean how stupid could anyone be to think the one person who actually cares about the people would be rascist? Look at everyone else especially barrack Obama they are all willing to detain brown people without trial , and bomb children as well as destroy families and lives for what?
So it’s always Ok for the Jews to discriminate. Just don’t dare discriminate them from anything. Or all hell will break loose in the press. Speaking of which, said press didn’t say anything about this snub. I guess they dare not. So politics isn’t a rigged game, eh?
The Jewish groups have now decided to put Democratic party politics ahead of Israeli security. They are insisting that all Jews vote for Obama, and in now way consider that Obama has been anything other than an absolute friend of Israel. They did not give the same courtesy to George Bush Sr. in 1992. Bush’s Secretary of State said ‘F the Jews’, and they were chummy with Saudi Arabia, and encouraged secret peace deals with the PLO, but they did nothing like what Obama is doing now.
Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another?
Thomas Jefferson
Who ended up winning the Jewish ass kissing contest?