The latest Israeli attack on a neighboring state finds Republicans and Democrats engaged in a grovelling game of leapfrog, trying to see who can jump farther and crouch lower in obeisance to the Light Of The Nations (LOTN). Bush and company are shipping 'em high explosives in quantities the Condor Legion could only dream of. The Democrats, like the Pope, have no legions to send, but also like some of the nastier Popes of old, they yield to none in their devotion to the policing of thought. So the Democrats are trying to outflank the Bushies by attacking their pet Iraqi, prime minister Maliki, who has apparently been so tactless as to suggest that maybe the Israelis shouldn't be bombing Lebanon into the Stone Age.
Twenty-odd Congressional Democrats, led by the sometime Israeli auxiliary soldier Rep. Rahm Emanuel, have written a frothing letter to Denny Hastert. Some excerpts:
In the wake of comments made by Mr. Maliki and other members of the Iraqi leadership denouncing Israel, it is clear that their foreign policy goals are at odds with those of the United States. The Speaker's podium reflects our nation's values. We the Members of the House, under your leadership, decide who receives that honor, and the list should not include anyone whose interests conflict with the United States.Note the taken-for-granted identification of Israel's megalomaniac ambitions with American interests.
It's hard to find words to describe the comical craziness of all this. I guess the 2006 election is going to be all about who's a bigger toady to Israel.
Oh, among the other signatories to Rahm's oath of supremacy: Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), Jan Schakowsky (D-Il.), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Steven Rothman (D-NJ), Michael McNulty (D-NY), John Lewis (D-Ga.), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), William Delahunt (D-Mass.), C.B. Maloney (D-NY), Barney Frank (D-Mass.), John Olver (D-Mass.), Sander Levin (D-Mich.), George Miller (D-Calif.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Tim Bishop (D-NY), Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.) and Artur Davis (D-Ala.). Barney Frank, that pwog hero, is a particularly juicy item on the platter.
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And today, Senators Schumer and Reid gave a news conference in which they added their indignation that Prime Minister al-Maliki might address the august body of the US Congress without first clarifying his comments on Israel and his "views on terrorism." The self-righteousness and fawning attempt to sound tougher on terrorism than Bush were truly despicable. How much deeper can the Democrats sink into the slime of hypocrisy?
Posted by bobw | July 25, 2006 10:58 PM
Posted on July 25, 2006 22:58
I sure hope the democrats get AIPAC's "Unctuous Toady of the Month Award" for this. They're trying so very hard.
Posted by AlanSmithee | July 25, 2006 11:14 PM
Posted on July 25, 2006 23:14
In today's blog, Juan Cole calls them AIPAC Democrats. Pretty funny. He also explains what the Dawa party, from which Maliki hails, is. It turns out that the Dawa helped to form the Lebanese Hizbullah back in the early 1980s - and much more.
Posted by Jesus Reyes | July 26, 2006 10:37 AM
Posted on July 26, 2006 10:37
I've been trying to get the whole text of the letter and list of signatories since I read about it yesterday--do you have it?
I was utterly disgusted by this. Some of the names are surprising. Or not. I guess when it comes to Israel there is no such thing as a "progressive" American pol.
Posted by Jean | July 26, 2006 10:52 AM
Posted on July 26, 2006 10:52
...in fact, this Dawa connection may be why AIPAC is squealing so hysterically.
Posted by Jesus Reyes | July 26, 2006 11:07 AM
Posted on July 26, 2006 11:07
jr watch for
clever zionic disinfo
re: the iraq Dawa diddy
of course
under present circs
this cuts its own hand don't it now
the Dawa diddy quisling
morphs into
a zionic vodoo doll
is he ours or the turbins
zombie ???
complex eyewash eh ???
Posted by js paine | July 26, 2006 12:34 PM
Posted on July 26, 2006 12:34