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SWPaul1/03/2009 2:16:56 pm PST

Here’s another anti-Israel piece: Not as shrill, but just as short-sighted and idiotic:
Dem leaders out of step with voters on Israel’s attack on Gaza

Is there any other significant issue in American political life, besides Israel, where citizens split almost evenly in their views, yet the leaders of both parties adopt identical positions which leave half of the citizenry with no real voice?


Yeah, the bailout, jackass.

Not only does Rasmussen find that Americans generally “are closely divided over whether the Jewish state should be taking military action against militants in the Gaza Strip” (44 percent to 41 percent, with 15 percent undecided), but Democratic voters overwhelmingly oppose the Israeli offensive — by a 24-point margin


Well, seems to still be a majority of people supporting this so….. shut the hell up? What this idiot doesn’t understand is that the 41% are fully represented- by their own leaders. Commies, Nazis, eco-nuts, anti-war extremists all have their own leaders who will tell them what to support and what to oppose. What those leaders need is validation from a major political party, but even with the Democrats moving more and more to the left, it’s not going to happen. Most Democrats still know that the far-far left are morons and should not be supported. Then there are those that don’t like war, don’t know what’s really going on over there and how brutal Hamas is, and how awesome Israel is because a certain mass American media keeps them in the dark.

By stark contrast, Republicans, as one would expect (in light of their history of supporting virtually any proposed attack on Arabs and Muslims), overwhelmingly support the Israeli bombing campaign (62 percent to 27 percent)


For lack of better words, fuck you. I don’t support any attack on Arabs or Muslims, I support attacks on terrorists. If the IRA had bombed us on 9/11, by God I’d support destroying the IRA, doesn’t mean I hate the Irish. I don’t care if a terrorist is a white guy with blond hair blue eyes, he’s a freaking terrorist and deserves justice. I’m not a Republican and that author’s statement really makes me angry. Republicans aren’t racists, they aren’t fascists, they just realize that a country that has been under attack every year since its creation has the right to defend itself once in awhile. And if it also means taking out a major terrorist group, all the better.