How Obama 'beat' Romney to Israel ... with a White House signing ceremony

[Scurrilous]

The Romney and Obama campaigns both say their guy is the better friend of Israel, which may explain the White House signing of a security cooperation act just before Romney visits.

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"In what might be called a preemptive strike, President Obama chose to hold a White House ceremony signing into law the US-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act on Friday – two days before Republican challenger Mitt Romney visits the Jewish state.

Governor Romney will sit down with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders on Sunday, as part of his efforts to juxtapose his own high regard for Israel with what he says has been Mr. Obama’s “shabby treatment” of America’s closest Middle East ally.

Romney’s objective: to cut into the whopping 78 percent of the Jewish vote that Mr. Obama won in 2008, while firming up his own luke-warm support among some evangelical Christians who have questioned his passion for Israel.

But by highlighting his administration’s commitment to Israel’s security only hours before Romney arrives in Jerusalem, Obama is signaling that he plans to cede no ground when it comes to Israel and the debate over how his administration has treated it."

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[King_David]

1. Well done Mr. President,

LeChaim.

[King_David]

2. +1

Thank you for posting this.

[Violet_Crumble]

3. Yuck. It's a race to see who can show more blind and unquestioning 'support'...

I mean, when you get people questioning someone's 'passion' for another country, things are really getting creepy-weird...

[King_David]

4. So you disagree with the President's unshakable support for the Jewish state? nt

[Violet_Crumble]

5. I have a problem with blind and unquestioning 'passion' for any country...

You don't? That wouldn't surprise me...

[holdencaufield]

6. You don't think America...

... should support her allies?

Or is it only CERTAIN allies you don't think America should support?

[Violet_Crumble]

7. No, where did I say that?

And what do you mean by CERTAIN? Oh, it's yet another lame attempt to make out that people single out Israel, and this one's even lamer than normal standards. Try reading what I said really slowly, placing a particular emphasis on the word 'any'. If yr still struggling, go ask someone to explain to you what 'any' in the context of that sentence means! Here's what I said 'I have a problem with blind and unquestioning 'passion' for any country...'. 'Any' and 'certain' are so different in so many different ways that it's hard to believe you missed spotting a difference.

btw, you still refusing to answer questions you've been asked? because if so, it's really lame to pop up in other threads firing off weird 'questions'. Just sayin'...

Here's a link to the thread where you made the comment about culture that I asked which culture you were talking about in response to a post about extremist Muslims...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1134&pid=14487

[oberliner]

8. Obama has been a great friend to Israel

I wish more people would realize just how supportive he has been.