Israeli Media Skeptical of Obama Trip
(CBS)
(JERSUALEM) Barack Obama spent the morning reaffirming his support for Israel at the first of a long list of meetings with high level leaders. Wearing a blue and white striped tie, Israel’s colors, Obama posed for pictures with Defense Minister Ehud Barak and later with Likud Party leader - and Former Prime Minister - Benjamin Netanyahu.
He later visited Yad Vashem, a Holocaust memorial museum, where he laid a wreath at the Hall of Remembrance. Obama wore a white yarmulke and looked somberly at a stone slab covering the ashes of Holocaust victims, as photographers snapped pictures.
However, despite these attempts to show that he is a friend of Israel, some local news reports this morning questioned the sincerity of Obama’s overall visit. The headline on the front page of the widely read newspaper “Haaretz” read: “Obama Visiting Israel to Impress Jewish voters, Not Israelis.”
“Barack Hussein Obama - with his Muslim stepfather and his childhood in Indonesia, his suggestion to meet with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the leftist image that adheres to his advisors - has raised deep anxieties among the Jewish establishment,” reporter Aluf Benn wrote adding that both of John McCain’s previous visits to Israel and Obama’s visit are aimed solely at courting Jewish voters in the U.S.
The conservative newspaper, “Jerusalem Post” described Obama’s experience in the Middle East as “limited,” but argued that he could still be a friend of Israel.
“Many of the best friends Israel ever had in the White House had even less experience than Obama before being elected to that office,” the newspaper argued noting that both Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton had little foreign affairs experience but proved to be strong supporters of Israel.
“There’s a lot of interest in Obama,” a senior aide said in response to the both editorials, “It’s pretty standard.” Despite the fact that a noticeably large number of Israeli reporters and photographers have been on Obama’s trail since he arrived last night, the campaign maintains that they are not specifically targeting the local media.
Obama is scary, risky and should step down, regardless if the media thinks he''s the messiah.
This man is an embarrassment.
Americans are beginning to notice his coverage and they don''t like it.
If you look at the daily numbers the past two weeks, you''ll notice Obama''s six-point edge has disappeared.
How is this happening with all the slavish attention for Obama''s world tour?
The American people are not as crazy and don''t make money from his speeches as the media does.
Well, it could be people are so turned off by the fawning coverage of Obama, which has gotten so ridiculous in recent days to the point where even the leftist media is noticing how out of control it is.
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16. They don%u2019t%u2019 want a candidate that won%u2019t debate
17. They don%u2019t%u2019 want a candidate that misleads the youth with an %u2018Obama girl and her behind in their face%u201D
18. They don%u2019t want a candidate that says he%u2019s an African American and missed the MLK Remembrance Day and the Louisiana Black Caucus meeting
19. They don%u2019t want a candidate that enjoys laughing at sexism
20. They don''t want a candidate that switches his position on gun control, FISA, the war in Iraq, religion and government....
21. They don''t want a candidate that showcases his daughters on TV shows.
22. They don%u2019t%u2019 want a candidate that has poor judgment.
23. They don%u2019t'' want a candidate named; Barack Hussein Obama
24. He is embarrassing.
25. He scares them to death.
13. They don''t want a candidate that is inexperienced, especially dealing with military issues.
14. They don%u2019t want a candidate that considers it a loss to not to be able to attend his anti American, racist Church.
15. They don%u2019t want a candidate that has a %u201Cnon practicing%u201D Muslim father, but avoids the entire discussion of his father.
1. They don''t want a candidate that has been in a twenty year relationship with Reverend Wright and the Trinity United Church of Christ.
2. They don%u2019t%u2019 want a candidate that has a twenty year relationship with Father Pflaeger as his compass in life
3. They don%u2019t want a candidate that went to a church that supports Louis Farrakhan, an anti Semitic racist.
4. They don''t want to defend Black Liberation theology.
5. They don%u2019t want a candidate that lies about his relationship with Tony Rezko, the Syrian Criminal that sold his property to Obama and supported his campaign.
6. They don''t want a candidate that could work with a domestic terrorist, William Ayers.
7. They don%u2019t want a candidate that Hamas supports.
8. They don%u2019t want a candidate that Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam support
9. They don%u2019t want a candidate that has a wife that has just now realized she was proud of our country.
10. They don%u2019t want a candidate that denies Florida and Michigan their voices
11. They don%u2019t want a candidate that mentions 57 states in his speeches. 50 states in the USA and 57 states in the Nation of Islam (IOC website)
The commander-in-chief wannabe showed up in Iraq for a few photo opportunities and should have stopped there. As soon as he opened his mouth he quickly reminded everyone how little he knows about foreign affairs or the military. This fraud would not even pass an FBI security clearance to get into the service as a private because of his association with the bomber, Bill Ayers.
Obama is unqualified and unfit to lead the best military in the world.
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Wow, racism with a morning cup of coffee, eh?
Alicerea1
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Recently Hamas has changed their support and endorsed McCain. I guess you will vote for McHamas.
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READ carefully people, the Israeli media is skeptical of McCain visits as well (and they should be).
That''s because they got the word that Ubama was the ''Messiah''....and we all know how they greeted that news 2000 years ago.
Obama is not saying "shoot or nuke them first, ask questions later".
Very UN-Israel-like!
remedial spelling 101 is my suggestion to you - it would make your rants SLIGHTLY more palatable.
But he''s got a long way to go to regain my trust after his "Jerusalem is the undivided captital of Israel" rant.
Obama may say one thing, but you know he will do another...
What gets me is just what did he have to do to get audience with all these heads of state? The guy is not even a nominee yet. Maybe he is going to skip that step and go straight to being President. From what we hear from the press he is already acting that way and has to be reminded he isn''t.
What we have now, thanks to Obama, is foreign countries playing with our election, and Obama is encouraging it. Trust that all these leaders did not devote time to Obama without getting something in return. Do we think they are helping him politically here without some expectation for the future?
Obama''s campaign is trying to sell us that this IS NOT a political trip. And it seems Germany''s Chancellor is the only one who has a view that his trip is nothing but that. She went on record as "reminding everyone that this was principally a political, not a diplomatic, visit by a man who is not yet president. Newsweek, July 18, 2008
Our media has yet to pick up on that one. Shows you how aware they are, or maybe it is just because they are in love...feel those tingles!
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It is quite obvious from your posts that Obama scares YOU to death.
Obama is very new to most Americans so the only thing we have to base our opinions on is what he professes to stand for and what little record he has accrued in his political career.
He didn%u2019t win his, presumed, candidate position solely on his record, rather on the promise of change from what we have had for the past 8 years.
What America does know is that almost anything has to be better than that.
The options, as I see them are; More of the same with McCain, or hope for change with Obama.
Obama and McCain each have prejudices to contend with.
Obama has two serious hurdles to get past; The normal prejudice of republican voters against any democratic nominee and the much more serious, and possibly even insurmountable, racial prejudice.
McCain has three hurdles:
One, Like Obama, he has the normal prejudice of democratic voters against any republican candidate.
Two, the fact that, at 72 years old, he would be the oldest person ever elected president.
Three, and the biggest hurdle of all for him, the disastrous record of the Bush administration, which he has supported 95% of the time, especially the Iraq fiasco.
Enough of Israel.
Yes, I know Bush sucks and McCain is a mummy, but having supported Hillary (at least she was born and raised American), I will have to abstain. This fake will not get my vote and I know several folks who feel the same way.
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by fairfield31
July 24, 2008 8:20 PM PDT
- No matter what Obama does, it is categorized as wrong. Obama has been analyzed, criticized, rejected/rebuffed all of his life. Black people in America live with this indifference every day of their lives. With that being said, the man is intelligent, and at the end of the day, he will be intelligent, and people can ridcule him as much as they like, but it takes NOTHING from the Man.
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See all 34 CommentsThe comment by the "Haarerz" that Obama''s visit to Israel was to impress the Jewish voters is as ludicrous as many of the remarks that I have read here tonight. Human beings honestly feel the exploitation endured by Jewish people, and when they stare and sometimes cry for Jewish people, it''s real. Sure, the presidency is important to Obama, but it isn''t THAT important. No one has to pretend sadness in Israel to impress anyone. We know where the prejudice is, but where is the compassion? Where is the mercy? Where is the common sense?