Obama, Jews, and Pandering

This was a given after Republican Bob Turner defeated Democrat David Weprin in the special election to fill the seat of the disgraced Anthony Weiner.

Let Obama's pandering to Jewish voters begin!

From the New York Times:

Not since Jimmy Carter in 1980 has a Democrat running for president failed to win a lopsided majority of the Jewish vote. This has been true during times of peace or war, and even when there has been deep acrimony between the White House and the Israeli government.

Republicans see a chance to change that in 2012, with President Obama locked in a tense relationship with Israel’s leaders and criticized by many American Jews as being too tough on a close and favored ally. Tuesday’s Republican upset in New York’s Congressional election, they say, is a sign of bad things to come for Mr. Obama.

Sensing trouble, the Obama campaign and Democratic Party leaders have mobilized to solidify the president’s standing with Jewish voters. The Democratic National Committee has established a Jewish outreach program. The campaign is singling out Jewish groups, donors and other supporters with calls and e-mails to counter the Republican narrative that Mr. Obama is hostile to Israel.

Among those efforts is a multi-page set of talking points circulated last Friday with the title, “President Obama’s Stance on Israel: Myths vs. Facts.” David Axelrod, a close Obama adviser, has sent e-mails to Jewish voters, pointing them to a speech by the Israeli defense minister, Ehud Barak, praising Mr. Obama and saying he had deepened the military cooperation between the United States and Israel.

And the White House is drawing attention to recent expressions of gratitude from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israelis after Mr. Obama intervened last Friday to help prevent violence after a mob attacked the Israeli Embassy in Cairo, threatening the Israeli diplomats inside.

It was a rare thaw in the relationship between the men. At times since the midterm elections, Mr. Netanyahu has appeared to put more energy into cultivating the new Republican majority in the House than into his relations with the president.

“We just have a lot of people lying about the president’s record, and we have to push back on it,” said Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida, who is chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee. “The president has a rock-solid record on Israel, and because we’re going to convey that in a detailed way, we’re going to get an overwhelming majority again.”

People don't need to lie about Obama's record with Israel.

It sucks.

The fact is Obama is not a friend of Israel.

Again and again, Obama has slighted our Middle East ally.

Some examples:

Ahmadinejad, Israel, and Obama

Obama's Cairo Speech: Apologies and Moral Equivalence

Barack Hussein Obama: Israelis Suspicious

Obama, Israel, and 1967 Borders

Obama has shown how he feels about Israel.

He doesn't give the country the respect and support it deserves.

Obama doesn't defend Israel, unless he's trying to win back Jewish voters dissatisfied with Obama's job performance.

The Democrats take Jewish voters for granted, but everyone has a breaking point and it appears Obama has pushed those voters to abandon the party.

If Turner hadn't defeated Weprin, Obama and his Democrat comrades would be continuing to diss Israel.

What a difference the results of one election in one congressional district makes!