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Video: Keith Ellison explains his vote against Iron Dome
Hot Air ^ | 8/3/14 | Jazz Shaw

Posted on 08/03/2014 4:32:45 PM PDT by Nachum

You may recall that on Friday, in what would have been a Christmas Miracle were it not several months early, Congress actually got something done. It was the passage of a bill approving $225M in funding for Israel’s Iron Dome defensive missile system. It was quite the bipartisan effort in retrospect, garnering an overwhelming 395 votes in the House with only eight in opposition. One of those eight was Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison, and as The Corner reports, he went out on the weekend gab circuit to explain why he didn’t support the measure.

“Because a cease-fire is what we should prioritize now,” he said when asked to explain his vote on Meet the Press. “A cease-fire protects civilians on both sides — it doesn’t just say, ‘We’re only concerned about people on one side.’”

He pointed to the devastation he witnessed during his trips to Gaza.

Let’s go to the brief video, and then we’ll carry on below that.

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To: robertwalker62
Why again are US taxpayers paying for this? The IDF can afford something like this.

Beta testing technology.

61 posted on 08/03/2014 8:20:53 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Elian Gonzalez sought asylum and was sent back to Cuba, send these kids back to THEIR parents.)
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To: Baynative

Mark Sanford should take a hike.

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Lolol....along the Appalachian Trail?


62 posted on 08/03/2014 8:28:33 PM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: ought-six
Iron Dome is home grown, by Israeli Rafael Systems. Raytheon has bought into it but as a subcontractor.
63 posted on 08/03/2014 8:37:16 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: Alas Babylon!

Like Hamas terrorists CARE about children, even their own. They’re just pawns and cannon fodder, something to send forth toward Israel laden with suicide vests. Now maybe people will GET it about Hamas and other Muzzie terrorists. They could care LESS about those kids-—until they use them for a photo op against Israel.


64 posted on 08/03/2014 8:53:51 PM PDT by EinNYC
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To: Nachum

He’s an anti-Semite and hates Israel, no more explanation is needed!


65 posted on 08/03/2014 9:10:07 PM PDT by Steelers6
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To: F15Eagle
Another brilliant job in Minnesota. Just like Jesse Ventura.

And Al Franken.

66 posted on 08/04/2014 1:23:51 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: Nachum

Basically, ‘cause, you know, we need to kill more Jews.


68 posted on 08/04/2014 3:51:17 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (This is known as "bad luck". - Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: SunkenCiv
I am not in D-bag Jim Moran district, but I sent him this e-mai: Israel is the only Democracy in the middle east. It is our only Ally in the middle east. I don't care what the political affiliation is of your next opponent I will b e financially supporting them.

I had to use an Alexandria mailing address since the D-bag only takes e-mails from people in his district.

69 posted on 08/04/2014 4:05:22 AM PDT by verga (Conservative, leaning libertarian)
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To: paguch
Jessie Ventura, Keith Ellison and Al Frankin, the most notable people from Minnesota. What a loser State!!

How does the same state that gave us a statesman like Hubert Humphrey end up growing these three arseholes?

And no I didn't like everything HHH did but he was highly intelligent thoughtful man.

70 posted on 08/04/2014 4:11:41 AM PDT by verga (Conservative, leaning libertarian)
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To: af_vet_1981

I disagree totally with helping Israel pay to defend itself. Israel can afford to do so themselves.


71 posted on 08/04/2014 5:34:59 AM PDT by grania
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To: grania
I disagree totally with helping Israel pay to defend itself. Israel can afford to do so themselves.

this sounds like Jeremiah wright, Keith Ellison, et al. This is what I expect Obama wishes he could say publicly. This was the view of isolationist Americans regarding Great Britain when she stood alone against the Nazis. Israel is standing almost alone against all the Islamic terrorist states and groups who daily call for the destruction if Israel. There is no rational path for Israel to survive as a nation in the face if these overwhelming satanic verses.

What future is in store for those who did not lift a finger to help the least of Jesus' brethren, and labored to prevent others from helping through government action or inaction ?

72 posted on 08/04/2014 6:06:30 AM PDT by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began)
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To: af_vet_1981
We're not lifting a finger to defend Christians. In fact, the US armed, financed, and trained rebels to overthrow leaders who protected Christians. If the US does anything overseas, we should undo that damage.

We have to defend the US, if it isn't too late, against the global threats bringing the US into the chaos. Besides that, I'm not comfortable with Israel's killing of civilians. It's creating decades more of people who hate them.

73 posted on 08/04/2014 6:18:09 AM PDT by grania
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To: Nachum

I don’t know why they put Sheldon in the first line ...

Communist,

What do Keith, President Obama, and Sheldon Adelson have in common besides their love for this adorable puppy??

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74 posted on 08/04/2014 6:34:08 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: grania
if it isn't too late,

do you think this nation can kill 56 million unborn babies and it is not too late for judgment ? God would have to apologize to sodom and Gomorrah.

Besides that, I'm not comfortable with Israel's killing of civilians. It's creating decades more of people who hate them.

Dresden, Berlin, Hiroshima, Nagasaki; how can Israel defend herself without killing civilians as collateral damage ? It seems the angst written above could have its roots protesting against America and Great Britain for defeating Germany and Japan.

75 posted on 08/04/2014 7:53:14 AM PDT by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began)
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To: Nachum

The ideologies are different but the same reason why the pro-Soviet sympathizers in Congress were against SDI. Ellison is a Muslim. Pretty simple really.


76 posted on 08/04/2014 7:56:26 AM PDT by Wyatt's Torch
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To: Nachum

This scumbag is soo transparent! He wants a hudna (phony Islamist “truce”) They call hudnas when they are getting Shiite kicked out of them. It has worked before as in Fallujah but it won’t work this time. Bibi knows what their trick is and he’s not biting. Of course the mouth breathing Palestinian swine are falling right into Netanyahu’s trap by making insane demands that give him “cover.” Go Israel!!!


77 posted on 08/04/2014 2:04:14 PM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: hinckley buzzard

I knew a U.S. defense contractor was involved.


78 posted on 08/04/2014 4:50:08 PM PDT by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: ought-six

Do you own stock in Iron Dome?


79 posted on 08/04/2014 6:02:11 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: Nachum
“Because a cease-fire is what we should prioritize now,” he said when asked to explain his vote on Meet the Press. “A cease-fire protects civilians on both sides — it doesn’t just say, ‘We’re only concerned about people on one side.’”

He has a point. You know how distracted government gets. If they're looking at Iron Dome, then they can't do cease fire and vice versa. Plus, look at all the damage Iron Dome has done to Gaza.

80 posted on 08/04/2014 6:05:09 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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