Wednesday
Aug092006
Win some, lose some
Issandr El Amrani
Thrilled to see that Joe Lieberman lost the democratic nomination, but sad to see Cynthia McKinney lose.
The first race shows that the establishment, pro-Israel candidate, even with tons of cash, doesn't necessarily always win (and should be taken on aggressively) while the second shows, once again, the nefarious impact of out-of-state donors to pro-Israel candidates. See Billmon on this for more.
Update: Read this Billmon post.
The first race shows that the establishment, pro-Israel candidate, even with tons of cash, doesn't necessarily always win (and should be taken on aggressively) while the second shows, once again, the nefarious impact of out-of-state donors to pro-Israel candidates. See Billmon on this for more.
Update: Read this Billmon post.
Reader Comments (4)
Why Connecticut is Happy that Joe Lieberman Lost!...
In full support of those who were smart enough to not support Joe Lieberman......
From what I can tell the islamic lobby from out of state started donating to Mckinney in great numbers first. So these denors to Mckinney must be even more nefarious...
Hani Y. Awadallah – president, Arab American Civic Organization, New Jersey.
Jesse Aweida – co-founder, American Task Force on Palestine.
Belal Dalati – a vice president of Arab-American Broadcasting Co. (Orange County Register, February 19, 2002) associated with the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
Hasan Elkhatib –member, board of directors, American Islamic Educational Foundation (MetroWest Jewish News, October 10, 1996)
Yaser Elmenshawy - chairman, Islamic Council of New Jersey.
Rafeeq Jaber – president, Islamic Association for Palestine, a Hamas offshoot.
Oussama Jammal – president, Bridgeview Mosque.
Samer Khalaf – chairman, American-Arab Anti Discrimination Committee's Political Outreach Committee in New Jersey.
Faroque Khan – president, Islamic Center of Long Island, also connected to the American Muslim Alliance and Islamic Society of North America.
Mahmoud A Nimer - member, board of directors, Islamic Academy of Florida, Tampa (an Islamic school established by Sami al-Arian; al-Arian's indictment indicates the school was used as a base of support for the Palestinian Islamic Jihad).
Ayman Osman - member, board of directors, Islamic Academy of Florida, Tampa; employer of Hatem Fariz, arrested on terrorism charges and charged with being a member of Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Talat Othman - former chairman of the Islamic Free Market Institute; secretary/treasurer of the American Task Force on Palestine.
Khalid Qazi – former president, American Muslim Council of western New York State.
Hareth Raddawi - member, board of directors, American-Arab Anti Discrimination Committee, Chicago.
Allam Reheem - former member, board of directors, Islamic Academy of Florida, Tampa.
Talal Sunbulli – former chairman, Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago.
James Zogby – president, Arab American Institute.
In addition, the American-Arab Anti Discrimination Committee gave $1,000
ajaiiburns-
First "dhimmitude"
Now "Islamic lobbies"?
What an imagination.
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Next up: Protocols of the Elders of Mecca
Look, as an american I appreciate anyone that was willing to discuss a more even-handed US policy towards Israel. However that was the least of her problems. She was known on Capitol hill as just plain crazy. She was a lazy congresswoman, played the racism card whenever attacked for any reason (not unlike the anti-semitism card) and was generally an embarassment to the party.