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**MannoFr** · 06-03-2007, 07:51 PM

I don't know why he even bothers. He's already been branded a Wahhabbi by the Right wing and nothing will undo that. The fact that it isn't true is as unimportant as the fact that John Kerry earned his medals. The big lie sticks.

He is compelled and has to "bother". Sen. Barack Obama's position on Israel/Palestine is no different from the Democratic mainstream, that in fact he abandoned a once held more "progressive view"—which you might expect given his multicultural/international backstory—to get there.

A very disapointed Ali Abunimah, the co-founder of The Electronic Intifada writes:From news article:
If disappointing, given his historically close relations to Palestinian-Americans, Obama's about-face is not surprising.

He is merely doing what he thinks is necessary to get elected and he will continue doing it as long as it keeps him in power.

Palestinian-Americans are in the same position as civil libertarians who watched with dismay as Obama voted to reauthorize the USA Patriot Act, or immigrant rights advocates who were horrified as he voted in favor of a Republican bill to authorize the construction of a 700-mile fence on the border with Mexico.

06-03-2007, 07:51 PM	#7
MannoFr Join Date Mar 2007 Posts 4,451 Senior Member	I don't know why he even bothers. He's already been branded a Wahhabbi by the Right wing and nothing will undo that. The fact that it isn't true is as unimportant as the fact that John Kerry earned his medals. The big lie sticks. He is compelled and has to "bother". Sen. Barack Obama's position on Israel/Palestine is no different from the Democratic mainstream, that in fact he abandoned a once held more "progressive view"—which you might expect given his multicultural/international backstory—to get there. A very disapointed Ali Abunimah, the co-founder of The Electronic Intifada writes:From news article: If disappointing, given his historically close relations to Palestinian-Americans, Obama's about-face is not surprising. He is merely doing what he thinks is necessary to get elected and he will continue doing it as long as it keeps him in power. Palestinian-Americans are in the same position as civil libertarians who watched with dismay as Obama voted to reauthorize the USA Patriot Act, or immigrant rights advocates who were horrified as he voted in favor of a Republican bill to authorize the construction of a 700-mile fence on the border with Mexico.
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