The Washington State Democrats (Dhimmicrats) had a bit of a floor fight at their convention this weekend:
The most heated debate came over a proposal to add a statement to the platform that "no U.S. military, material or financial support shall go to Israel or any other country while it is in violation of international law."What was adopted, I believe (but haven't confirmed yet) isThe anti-Israel statement, similar to one approved last month by the King County Democratic Party, was soundly defeated after a lengthy and sometimes acrimonious debate.
"Why don't we change the name Israel to 'Pariah,' " said delegate Harvey Rosenbloom. "What we're really saying here is 4 million Jews should be at the mercy of 300 million Muslims."
Charlie Bendock, a delegate from Seattle, said he felt it was an important issue for the party to take up in the quest for a "peaceful and just world."
"I don't want this to be a statement against Jews," said Bendock. But, he said, "we can't address the threat of terrorism unless we address our role in the Middle East."
"The United States should commit to vigorous, serious, persistent and evenhanded engagement towards resolution of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, promoting negotiations that lead to a viable two-state solution and a good quality of life for the Israeli and Palestinian peoples.""evenhanded" as in not wanting to stand up for the small Jewish minority surrounded by 300 million hostile Muslims who keep trying to exterminate the Jewish state.
At least the outrageous Jew-scapegoating amendment was defeated, but it doesn't say much for the quality of the audience at the Dhimmicrat convention that there would have to be a long and acrimonious debate about it. I think it's also telling that the one speaker the Times quoted was named Rosenbloom. Are there any gentile Democrats who still genuinely support Israel these days, or is support for Israel merely a bone they throw to their Jewish contributors? The Republicans, on the other hand, have far fewer Jewish activists, but the state Republicans support Israel vigorously, sincerely and without controversy.
Does anybody who was at the state Democratic convention care to defend their party? E-mail me or post a comment.
Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at June 07, 2004 09:16 AMSpeaking of anti-semitic Democrats, keep an eye to Virginia, where tomorrow there is hope that Jim Moron, uh, I mean Moran hopefully will get defeated in his primary.
Posted by: Mike Silverman on June 7, 2004 09:33 AMSo why have we Democrats dominated the Governor's mansion and the congressional delegation. Why don't you move to a nice stupid red state like Texas because you sure as hell are not welcome in this nice solid blue state of Washington.
Posted by: Jake of 8bitjoystick.com on June 7, 2004 06:04 PMI want to shoot you twice. You don't want me to shoot you at all. It would be even-handed for me to shoot you just once, then.
Golda Meir once spoke of the "evenhandedness of a one-handed man." I doubt these jerks would favor evenhandedness between, say, advocates and opponents of abortion or gay rights.
Posted by: Alex Bensky on June 8, 2004 05:27 AMHey Jake, you've been reading too much Paul Berendt:
"There's no doubt he played a role in shifting the Republican Party to the far right and that changed the politics in this country. In many ways, I think that the Reagan style of politics turned this state more to the left because people here did not like that brand of conservatism."
You, like Berendt, fail to realize that this is a SWING STATE (check your 1980s history)
Posted by: Mark Griswold on June 10, 2004 01:25 PMThe Left is wrong, but not anti-Semitic. Today it regards Israel the same as it once regarded South Africa, South Vietnam, South Korea and El Salvador. I suspect that leftist Jews charge "anti-Semitism" because they don't want to admit that they are guilty of the same sins as the fools now opposing Israel.
Posted by: John Doe on June 13, 2004 12:33 AM