My results at my North American Bridge Championship have been less than stellar - to say the least! Still, my love affair with bridge is not ended. It's still the finest mind game ever created.
What can we say about the love affair between the Democrats and Jews? Is it on its way out?
The Obama administration has taken the admonition to “Keep your friends close but your enemies closer” to a new level. They want to make love with their enemies while taking their friends to the woodshed and beating the living daylights out of them. And take them they did, time after time. First Biden, then Hillary, then some semi anonymous character at the State Department dressing down Ambassador Oren (talk about disrespecting your betters!), then on to the talk show circuit with the droning Gibbs and Obama’s “best Jew” David Axlerod. His other “best Jew” Rahm Emanuel was nowhere in evidence, as far as I know. (Interesting, that).
But back to my lede. Is the Jewish love affair with the Democratic Party about to end? I know many will be skeptical. And they should be. But I suspect something is brewing. This kind of excessive and weirdly paternalistic attitude to the state of Israel, directed so clearly from the top, seems to come out of a kind of unexamined personal animus. The long record that Obama has of friendship with virulent enemies of Israel has not gone unnoticed.
As the old saying goes; only time will tell. Let's hope that the rest of the time this week is kinder to my bridge performance, too!
"Is the Jewish love affair with the Democratic Party about to end?"
It would seem so. Why else would Netanyahu add fuel to fire by announcing an increase in settlements during Biden's visit?
Posted by: jammen | Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 08:00 AM
The President's job is to do what is right for the USA. If that works for Israel, fine. If it doesn't work for Israel, fine too.
When Netanyahu slaps up in the face, the President must stand up the country he serves.
Why would any American accept anything less?
Posted by: twitter.com/chairman | Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 03:12 AM
Obviously the president should do what is in the best interest of our nation.
The issue is whether or not what he is doing is.
Posted by: Peg | Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 11:52 AM