When both houses of Congress voted to show support of Israel last week who was missing?
Congress voted overwhelmingly last week to affirm the Bush revolution in Middle East policy. On Wednesday, by a 407-9 vote, the House “strongly endorsed” two promises made by the President to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in a letter of April 14: 1) The U.S. agrees that it is “unrealistic” for Israel to pull back to the pre-1967 lines and dismantle its major West Bank settlements, and 2) the U.S. does not expect Israel to resettle Palestinian refugees.
The next day, the Senate passed a similar nonbinding resolution. The vote was 95 to 3.
The Bush doctrine, now ratified by both houses of Congress, radically alters more than 30 years of American Middle Eastern diplomacy. It puts the U.S., for the first time, flatly on the Israeli side of the post-Six-Day War dispute. Not surprisingly, Sharon hailed this as “a great day in the history of Israel.”
Only three senators voted against the pro-Israel resolution: ex-Klansman Robert Byrd of West Virginia, John Sununu of New Hampshire and independent James Jeffords of Vermont. Richard Lugar of Indiana, the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, skipped the ballot. So did only one other senator: John Kerry.
OK, where was Waldo Kerry this time?
He was in California, campaigning – - which included a Hollywood party and a meeting with Lee Iacocca.
His being absent for this vote should be screaming volumes at Jewish Americans and is inexcusable.
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Considering the number of Jewish Americans in Hollywood, you’d think this would give them pause as well, wouldn’t you?
Are you kidding me AG? That would be common sense! And lets face it, hollywood and common sense do not go hand in hand!
To support Israel in private and not speak out against your fellow actor is just as bad in my book as the anti-semetics!
“Sheets” Byrd voted against a pro-Israel resoulution!? What a surprise! Not..
Not only was Kerry absent from the vote, but apparently he and his campaign people really ticked off the mayor of Boston.
http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=33881
Menino lets loose: Mayor slams ‘incompetent’ Kerry camp
Mayor Thomas M. Menino unloaded a searing attack on fellow Democrat John F. Kerry [related, bio] yesterday, calling his presidential campaign “small-minded” and “incompetent” – laying bare a years-old rift weeks before the city plays host to Kerry’s FleetCenter coronation. ……………..
Yikes!