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Former New York Mayor Ed Koch: Obama is willing to 'throw Israel under a bus to please Muslims'
Telegraph UK ^ | April 3rd, 2010 | Stephanie Gutmann

Posted on 04/03/2010 1:51:47 PM PDT by opentalk

One of New York City’s most famous and influential Jews, former mayor Ed Koch, longtime Democrat — and longtime mayor (he governed New York for eleven years) — is showing distinct signs of buyer’s remorse. And anecdotal evidence gathered by him — and me in my sojourns around New York and New Jersey — suggest that Hiz Honor’s emotional trajectory is fairly representative of a growing disenchantment among Jews who voted for Obama.

The “falling out of love,” the term Mayor Koch used in an August commentary where he began expressing doubts, has been gradual. First there was the handling of the health care bill. Then the President’s failure to extract quid pro quos from Russia and China, then the “underwear bomber” affair. But it was Obama’s recent treatment of Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House (refusing to allow photographs, sequestering the world leader in a room and then leaving him there while he went to have dinner with his family with the instruction “call me if anything changes”) that seems to have pushed the rambunctious former mayor over a kind of edge.

Several days ago Koch, who is still a practising lawyer, caused a media stir by publishing a commentary titled “Never Again Should We Be Silent”. The essay, which declares that “President Obama’s abysmal attitude toward the state of Israel and his humiliating treatment of Prime Minister Netanyahu is shocking” was widely reproduced in other media. He received about 500 emails (overwhelmingly supportive of his point), and then there was the kicker, on April 1, (and, no it wasn’t an April Fool’s joke). He went on the Fox Business News network where he told host Neil Cavuto, “I believe the Obama administration is willing to throw Israel under the bus in order to please the Muslim nations.”

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhofascism; bhoislamism; crushislam; democrats; dhimmicrats; enemywithin; iran; islam; israel; koch; muslims; nuclear; obama; puppet; saudi; underthebus
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To: nuvista
No sarcasm. You may be right, just not in the way he thinks he is.
41 posted on 04/03/2010 4:40:01 PM PDT by Tribune7 (Only stupid, racists people support Obama.)
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To: Theodore R.

Fraid so...


42 posted on 04/03/2010 5:05:22 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Be still & kneel before the all knowing/seeing Omnipotent One, Il Douche' Jr. blessings be upon him.)
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To: opentalk

A bit late. I bet he thought Hitler was a great guy till they discovered the camps.


43 posted on 04/03/2010 5:11:02 PM PDT by Cacique (quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
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To: samtheman

That does seem to be the take of some people.


44 posted on 04/03/2010 5:13:17 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Be still & kneel before the all knowing/seeing Omnipotent One, Il Douche' Jr. blessings be upon him.)
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To: rmlew; Yehuda

ping


45 posted on 04/03/2010 5:16:05 PM PDT by Cacique (quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
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To: HereInTheHeartland
We tried to warn everyone. They wouldn’t listen; they had fogged minds and glazed eyes.

And veiled hearts.

46 posted on 04/03/2010 5:19:31 PM PDT by Oratam
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To: nuvista

Thanks for posting that, nuvista. I am an evangelical Christian who loves Israel and the Jewish people and it perplexes me to no end that American Jews (and I suppose Israeli ones, too) will vote against their own best interests in such overwhelming numbers. I get so disgusted with them that I just want to say “to hell with them” at times. But then I read things like you just wrote above and it gives me hope.
I’m afraid things are going to have to get fearfully worse before many will change their voting habits. I’d like to think Ed Koch is a smart man but he sure could use some wising up and it may be too late.


47 posted on 04/03/2010 5:48:20 PM PDT by Past Your Eyes (You don't have to be ignorant to be a Democrat...but if you are...so what?)
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"Again, I can’t explain it. I - and my philosophical brethren - do realize that the only force keeping Israel safe is the strong support given her by (primarily evangelical) Christian community in this country."


And when that fails...

26 There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.

27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.

28 Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.

29 Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.

Deut 33:26-29 (KJV)












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48 posted on 04/03/2010 5:55:13 PM PDT by Salem (What can men do against such reckless hate? ... Ride out with me. Ride out and meet them!)
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49 posted on 04/03/2010 5:57:12 PM PDT by SJackson (Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel and it must remain undivided, Barack Hussein Obama)
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To: Tribune7

Too true! Unity coalescing on the opposition side...


50 posted on 04/03/2010 6:15:45 PM PDT by nuvista (Obama-care - you think that arrogant Marxist "cares" about you?)
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By late summer Barry should have the minarets finished at the White House.


51 posted on 04/03/2010 6:27:23 PM PDT by rdl6989 (January 20, 2013- The end of an error.)
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To: DoughtyOne

Jews should vote at least 80% Republican. Cue Jackie Mason.

The rest, set Beeber to self-stune!


52 posted on 04/03/2010 7:12:34 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (Support our troops....and vote out the RINOS!)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

Agreed...


53 posted on 04/03/2010 7:13:42 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Be still & kneel before the all knowing/seeing Omnipotent One, Il Douche' Jr. blessings be upon him.)
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To: hennie pennie; AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; ...
Thanks hennie pennie!
One of New York City's most famous and influential Jews, former mayor Ed Koch, longtime Democrat -- and longtime mayor (he governed New York for eleven years) -- is showing distinct signs of buyer's remorse. And anecdotal evidence gathered by him -- and me in my sojourns around New York and New Jersey -- suggest that Hiz Honor's emotional trajectory is fairly representative of a growing disenchantment among Jews who voted for Obama. The "falling out of love," the term Mayor Koch used... has been gradual. First there was the handling of the health care bill. Then the President's failure to extract quid pro quos from Russia and China, then the "underwear bomber" affair. But it was Obama's recent treatment of Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House (refusing to allow photographs, sequestering the world leader in a room and then leaving him there while he went to have dinner with his family with the instruction "call me if anything changes") that seems to have pushed the rambunctious former mayor over a kind of edge.

54 posted on 04/03/2010 8:36:58 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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To: nuvista
Koch is gay. Beyond that you must remember Grievence Politics.
55 posted on 04/03/2010 10:10:16 PM PDT by rmlew (There is no such thing as a Blue Dog Democrat; just liberals who lie.)
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