Posted on 05/23/2011 3:53:37 PM PDT by onyx
Monday, May 23, 2011 - 10:00am
While Washington, D.C., is increasingly consumed with bickering between Democrats and Republicans, the U.S.-Israel relationship remains the one issue that transcends the partisan divide. In a display of this bipartisan spirit, more than half of Congress will attend tonight's Gala Banquet, which will fill a room large enough to fit the Washington Monument on its side.
This year, however, for the first time ever, Hall D/E, as massive as it is, cannot fit all delegates and guests for a sit-down dinner. As a result, all student delegates will be seated in the Ballroom Banquet in Ballrooms A, B and C. Each banquet will feature live and simulcast appearances as well as unique programming. The major speakers tonight—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, House Majority Leader John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid—will appear personally in both banquet halls.
Representatives from more than 65 countries—including ambassadors from China, South Africa, Mexico, Turkey and the Netherlands—will be seated at tonight's dinner.
Senators, members of Congress, administration officials, foreign diplomats and other VIPs at the banquets will have their names read during the Roll Call, a lively Policy Conference tradition that has been a crowd favorite for many years. AIPAC National Board members Amy Friedkin and Michael Tuchin will join AIPAC Executive Director Howard Kohr for the Roll Call.
The Gala Banquet will be the end of a full day of Monday programming. The morning kicks off with an address by Reverend Dr. Tony Crisp. After the morning plenary, delegates will head to lobbying workshops, where they will learn from AIPAC's top experts how to make the case for Israel on Capitol Hill tomorrow.
Obama’s Marxist Amerika?
Thanks for the heads-up!
There's the story of Churchill being invited to speak at a school where he had applied for admittance when a youth, only to be turned down.
There was great excitement at the prospect of the now famous statesman's oratory.
At the appointed time, after the introductions, he took the podium, and said,
"Never give up. Never give up. Never, never, ever give up."
And sat down.
What if Bibi gets up and says
"I'd like to give a shout out to the President, that is, the next President of the United States -- SARAH PALIN."
And sits down.
Cheers!
We should keep checking back. Bibi probably won’t speak until the dinner actually starts.There will be ‘warm up’ acts first.
Hopefully the cable news stations will pick it up when he starts.
Now besides what appears to be a third (?) time change, they're saying that Netanyahu isn't speaking at all? If David Victor introduces him at 10:01 and Netanyahu departs the stage at 10:04, he can't be speaking, can he? How confusing!!
I guess I'll just keep it tuned to CSPAN-2 and see what happens.
From AIPAC Tweeter feed:
AIPAC AIPAC
To the folks at home: The live feed on http://www.aipac.org/pc will begin as soon as the plenary session begins. #AIPAC2011
9 minutes ago
They just aren’t going to start the live feed until BIBI is up at bat. Hang in there. You have the right link.
Churchill, huh?
I recently took an interest in Churchill. I’m not sure why. I downloaded an e-book of some of his speeches. It’s titled “Liberalism and the Social Problem.” I anticipated it to address liberal/leftist/progressive ideology and how to deal with those problems.
Unfortunately, the introduction written by the editor of the book bothers me greatly. It describes Churchill as a raging liberal. It makes him sound like he’d be a major player in the progressive war on reality we find ourselves in today. At least, that’s how the intro read to me.
I’m still going to read the whole thing. I figure I can let Churchill speak for himself.
What a great man. A leader of the free world. He makes O’Bama look so nothing.
I wonder if AIPAC will give Bibi the same level of applause they did for Obama?
It’s full of crazy libs....so don’t be surprised if he gets some boos. They consider him ‘right wing’ and just love that Livni marxist chick running in opposition to Bibi.
It was a bit surprisinsg to see this heading on the AIPAC page:
‘Obama Praises Historic U.S.-Israel Relationship’
Was wondering if they truly heard Obamas speech a few days ago?
In reading what Jennifer Rubin wrote, a lot are still drinking the Obama Kool Aid.
He’d better get standing ovations and I’m serious about this!
Onyx...
Ooo-rah!
I knew I could count on you to let us know ahead of time!while I go on with my mundane life..ha.
Thanks so much!
Its on 8:45 here in Fla...
I’m calling everyone!
I can’t wait.How sad it is we don’t have a POTUS that we are sooo excited to hear from.
Sounds like they’re trying to push him out of prime time. That’s an outrage.
UGH.....LOL. I have time to bathe the dog and myself!
Thanks for posting...may God bless and keep you, always :)
They’re going to push him out of prime time so fewer Americans will see him...
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