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Did Palin Zone Out on Obama and Israel? Nope.
commentary magazine ^ | 03.24.2011 | Jonathan S. Tobin

Posted on 03/25/2011 6:43:04 PM PDT by curth

Sarah Palin is a magnet for criticism and sometimes deserves it. But not always. Palin’s trip to Israel this week was, like everything else she does, interpreted as part of a pre-presidential candidacy tour. Thus, it was no surprise that her statements while in Israel and about it afterward generated the usual scorn that anything she says produces. An on-line discussion at Politico about her comments was headlined on its homepage as concerning “Palin’s idiotic comments about Israel.” So how “idiotic” were they? The correct answer is not very.

During an interview on FOX News’s Greta Van Susteren show Wednesday night, Palin criticized President Obama for not being sufficiently supportive of Israel: “I think there are many in Israel who would feel even more comfortable knowing that there is an even greater commitment from those who presently occupy the White House that they are there on Israel’s side, and that our most valuable ally in that region can count on us. Why is it in that the past, too often, the U.S. government has told Israel that they’re the ones, the Jewish community, that they need to back up, they need to back off or there will never be peace. Why aren’t we putting our foot down with the other side and telling the Palestinians, If you’re serious about peace, quit the shellacking and the shelling. Quit the bombing of innocent Israelis.” Far from stupid, these remarks are actually very much to the point about the willingness of this administration, and some of its predecessors to pressure Israel to make concessions when the real obstacle to peace is what it always has been: the Palestinians unwillingness to make peace or to give up terrorism.

But to supposedly smart Americans, the really “stupid” thing she said was her criticism of Obama’s

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TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: bama; israel; palin
Apparently a liberal backing Palin over Øbama.
1 posted on 03/25/2011 6:43:09 PM PDT by curth
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To: curth

Palin is obviously far more coherent about Israel and the Middle East than Obobo, a lost soul on foreign policy if ever there was one.


2 posted on 03/25/2011 7:11:12 PM PDT by PaleoBob
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To: curth

From one of his other articles:

You betcha. You see, Palin has proved by example that a woman politician need not spout the pro-big government, pro-abortion, pro-welfare-state line. “Ms. Palin has spent much of 2010 burnishing her political bona fides and extending her influence by way of the Mama Grizzlies, a gang of Sarah- approved, maverick-y female politicians looking to ‘take back’ America with ‘common-sense’ solutions.” She sure did, and she proved herself to be the most effective female politician in the country. Sorry, Hillary — while you have been playing errand girl for the Obama foreign-policy train wreck, Palin has ascended to the throne. (Nancy Pelosi’s days are numbered.) The left is waving the white flag of surrender:
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“It’s easy of course, for liberals to laugh off Ms. Palin’s “you go, girl!” ethos and increasingly aggressive co-optation of feminist symbols. We progressives discount her references to the women’s movement — not to mention her validity as a candidate — by looking down on her as a dim, opportunistic, mean-girl prom queen, all spunk and no policy muscle. …”

“If Sarah Palin and her acolytes successfully redefine what it means to be a groundbreaking political woman, it will be because progressives let it happen — and in doing so, ensured that when it comes to making history, there will be no one but Mama Grizzlies to do the job.”
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Wow.
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Looks like we have a convert.


3 posted on 03/25/2011 7:15:45 PM PDT by MestaMachine (Note: I do NOT capitalize anything I don't respect...like obama and/or islam...but I repeat myself.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; Delacon; ...

Writing in Dysentery magazine, Jonathan S. Tobin — “Sarah Palin is a magnet for criticism and sometimes deserves it. But not always.”

Thanks curth.


4 posted on 03/26/2011 6:00:46 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
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To: curth; ml/nj; ExTexasRedhead; Sarah; Sarah Barracuda; Netz; rightwingjew; GladesGuru; LucyT; ...
One more interesting thing about Palin's brief visit to Israel that got little attention:

By sharp contrast to another leading American female politician a decade ago, Palin was photographed kissing the wife of the prime minister of Israel, not the wife of the head of the Palestinian Liberation Organization!

BTW, I too saw Palin on Greta Van Susteren and thought her performance there was excellent, especially considering that she must had to overcome jet lag so soon after her return to the US.

5 posted on 03/26/2011 5:44:31 PM PDT by justiceseeker93
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To: justiceseeker93

Thanks for the ping!


6 posted on 03/26/2011 10:21:00 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: onyx; Josh Painter; Virginia Ridgerunner; kristinn; Lakeshark

Ping!


7 posted on 03/31/2011 11:41:59 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet ("You cannot invade the US There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass." Yamamoto)
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To: curth; 2ndDivisionVet; RedMDer; 1_Rain_Drop; 4woodenboats; 6323cd; Abbeville Conservative; ...
Photo by RedMDer


SARAH PALIN'S PING LIST

8 posted on 03/31/2011 4:26:51 PM PDT by onyx (If you truly support Sarah Palin and want to be on her busy ping list, let me know!)
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To: curth
http://mit.zenfs.com/100/2011/03/palins-netanyahu.jpg

http://falfn.com/CrusaderRabbit/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Palin-Israel-Pin3.jpg

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/03/20/article-0-0B43014A00000578-388_634x463.jpg

Sarah is the Real Deal, I have my doubts if she is even goy or not, I mean Sarah is Hebrew for Princess.

As for Ubama, he is nothing but a Putz, all true supports of Israel will be glad when his ass in the unemployment line.

9 posted on 03/31/2011 4:45:39 PM PDT by KC_Lion (America is on the Brink of War with itself, and no one seems to notice or care.)
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To: KC_Lion
Sarah is the Real Deal, I have my doubts if she is even goy or not

When it comes to Christians, it shouldn't matter whether we are Jewish or not, we still support Jews, because a) our Savior Jesus is of your father Abraham, and b) Jews are God's chosen people. Of course Christians are going to be Israel's best supporters.

10 posted on 03/31/2011 4:54:05 PM PDT by backwoods-engineer (Any politician who holds that the state accords rights is an oathbreaker and an "enemy... domestic.")
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To: backwoods-engineer
http://yehudafm.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/christian_zionism.jpg

I only wish more Christians would explore their own Jewish roots, Sarah seams to have embraced that Idea.

Sadly (unlike you) there are many Christians and Too many Jews who would rather support the Soros, Mrs Case Sunstine, and Barak Ubama Antisemitic league for whatever reason.

11 posted on 03/31/2011 5:08:43 PM PDT by KC_Lion (America is on the Brink of War with itself, and no one seems to notice or care.)
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To: onyx
Sarah gets it!

The Place for Conservatives
WooHoo!!


12 posted on 03/31/2011 5:31:29 PM PDT by RedMDer (restoration of our honor, dignity, and freedoms will save America. - Sarah Palin)
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To: curth
Apparently a liberal backing Palin over Øbama

Tobin is the Editor of Commentary. Where did you get the idea that he is a liberal?
13 posted on 03/31/2011 5:56:55 PM PDT by campaignPete R-CT (Palin '12 begins in '11. In western New Hampshire pour moi.)
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To: curth

>> “Apparently a liberal backing Palin over Øbama.” <<

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Not so:

“But to supposedly smart Americans, the really “stupid” thing she said was her criticism of Obama’s stands about Israel settlement building. ‘President Obama was inappropriate to intervene in a zoning issue in Israel. Let Israel decide their zoning issues themselves.’

“Her reference to settlement building as a mere “zoning issue” is considered by some to be more evidence that Palin doesn’t know what she’s talking about.”

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Palin was correct to use the term “zoning.” They have the right to build whatsoever they choose in the lands that they have re-conquered, and that word underscored it.

Tobin is just another air headed socilaist/globalist attacking the only candidate that makes any sense.


14 posted on 03/31/2011 6:05:31 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Going 'EGYPT' - 2012!)
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To: campaignPete R-CT

He’s a globalist; its clear from his comments.


15 posted on 03/31/2011 6:07:18 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Going 'EGYPT' - 2012!)
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To: MestaMachine

-—Sorry, Hillary — while you have been playing errand girl...-—

If HRC reads this she’ll blow a gasket for sure!


16 posted on 04/04/2011 11:01:12 AM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Sarah Palin is America's Margaret Thatcher)
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