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Ian_rd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-26-07 11:18 AM
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Thanks again, Connecticut "Independents": More unreal Lieberman anctics
Delay: US and Israel must enjoy second coming
Will Menaker

After attending the College Republican convention, Nation journalist Max Blumenthal took his camera to the Christians United for Israel's annual Washington-Israel Summit in D.C. Founded by right-wing mega-church pastor John Hagee, the group has "added the grassroots muscle of the Christian right to the already potent Israel lobby," "forging close ties with the Bush White House and members of Congress."

That evangelical support for Israel is largely based on "End Times" theology is largely irrelevant to the Israeli politicians who share the goal of expanding settlements into the West Banks and a military strike on Iran, but it is anything but irrelevant to the rank-and-file members and even one former House Majority Leader.

Blumenthal opens the video by interviewing Tom Delay, who when asked how much the "Second Coming" plays into his support for Israel, says, "obviously, it's what I live for, I hope it comes tomorrow."

Delay closed by saying, "we have to be connected to Israel to enjoy the second coming."


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Hagee stressed the need for a preemptive military attack on Iran to "prevent a nuclear holocaust" as he introduced Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) to thunderous applause from the crowd. Lieberman compared Hagee to Moses and pointed out a visiting Rick Santorum as a "worker for what is good in our society."

http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Delay_US_and_Israel_to_enjoy_0726.html">More at Raw Story


Remind me again why you idiotic mouth-breathers voted for this Bush-Republican.
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wakeme2008 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-26-07 11:27 AM
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1. The Sad part is a lot of Dems in Conn voted for him.
And Hillary and Bill campaigned for him and not Ned. :shrug:
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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-26-07 11:28 AM
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2. I pointed that out several times. One week before the primary Bill came into CT for Liebernut
and never did an event after the primary for Ned. It was disgraceful, imo.
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wakeme2008 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-26-07 11:55 AM
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5. IMHO only if Bill had come into Conn and did an event for
Ned AFTER the primary, Ned would have gotten a lot more Dem votes. Do not know if he would have won but..
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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-26-07 11:34 AM
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3. Yeah, Santorum is such a good example of the good in our society.
Yeah, it's always a great idea to privatize weather forecasts to a pay-per-view method.


Ayup. Sure is. Esp. when the beneficiary on the other end is a campaign donor.

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TwilightGardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-26-07 11:40 AM
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4. Forget Lieberman--look at DELAY'S comments about the Second Coming!
This is the mind-set of our GOPer leaders--holy shit. I knew it, but to hear one of them admit it out loud...holy shit.
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ljm2002 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-26-07 12:49 PM
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6. Good to have the light shined on it...
...and of course, the DeLay / Lieberman / Santorum unholy trinity just proves the old adage once again: Politics makes strange bedfellows.
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