America’s Fake Presidential Election.
America’s 2008 Presidential Election to chose a Likudnik to fight new Wars in the Middle East.
America’s democracy, fortified by a centuries old written constitution, is still commonly believed by many around the world to be the world’s greatest political system. However, such has been the rapid rise of america’s likunik elite, which now forms the country’s ruling elite, that the 2008 presidential election is well on the way to becoming a contest between likudniks whose primary allegiance lies with the likudnik party in the jews-only state in palestine (jos). It is still possible that a genuine anti-war candidate from one of the country’s two main likudnik parties or a third party candidate such as ralph nader might stand to rescue the credibility of the election. But the prospects are not good. In effect, americans will be presented with a choice as to which likudnik would be the best president to lead the country into further wars in the middle east: in the first instance most likely iran then, quite probably, syria and lebanon and, eventually, egypt, jordan, saudi arabia, and ultimately, pakistan.
The bush regime’s invasions of afghanistan and iraq were carried out under the rubric of the war against terrorism. In reality, they were part of a likudnik strategy: the zionofascist invasion of the middle east in order to consolidate the jewish occupation of palestine. These invasions have gone disastrously and are teetering on the edge of catastrophe. They have imposed a huge financial burden on the american economy and caused tens of thousands of american casualties – putting aside for the moment the far more important consideration: the near one million iraqi fatalities. If americans elect a new likudnik president to continue the zionofascist conquest of the middle east then america will eventually suffer a catastrophe which will threaten the survival of the country’s economic and political systems.
This article cursorily highlights the jewish lobby’s financing of america’s leading candidates in the 2008 presidential election. It is a remarkable feature of this election campaign that virtually all of the main candidates are being financed by the jewish lobby; their campaigns are being organized by significant numbers of likudniks; and their policies are almost uniformly in favour of zionofascism and the consolidation of jewish supremacism in the middle east. These likudnik candidates believe it is necessary for america to fight the jos’s enemies even though they pose no threat to america and even though further wars will have an increasingly catastrophic impact on america.
Sums of Money Raised in the Election Campaign so far.
"During the first three months of 2007, Obama's campaign raised $25 million, compared with $26 million raised by the Clinton campaign." (Claude R. Marx ‘A top Jewish fund-raiser shifts his support to Obama’ http://www.jta.org/cgi%2Dbin/iowa/news/article/20070522solomontobama.html May 22, 2007).
Hillary Clinton's 2008 Presidential Election Campaign.
The Zionists in and around Clinton's Election Campaign.
Hikind, Dov.
"Except that Hillary Clinton still stands by her vote for funding the invasion. And now she constantly makes the rounds of New York's sex-segregated Orthodox synagogues, seeking support from rabbis and male congregants who begin every day with a prayer to God: "Thank you for making me a man, not a woman." The 1/11/06 Village Voice described her ties to Brooklyn State Assemblyman Dov Hikind, Zionism's David Duke. The Klansman mainstreamed into the Republicans. Hikind went from Meir Kahane's Jewish Defense League, listed by the US and Israel as terrorists, to the Democrats. He is against giving even an inch of the West Bank back to the Palestinians. He opposed her 2000 campaign until she went to him. Now he's in and out of her office. "'Are you going to endorse Hillary Clinton?'.... Hikind said yes, stressing how great a friend she is."" The Democrats are more crucially dependent on Zionist campaign contributions than the Republicans." (Lenni Brenner ‘The Lobby and the Great Protestant Crusader’ http://www.counterpunch.org/brenner05172006.html May 17, 2006).
General Level of Jewish Financial Support.
"As one of the top Democratic recipients of pro-Israel funds for the 2006 election cycle, pocketing over $83,000, Clinton now has Iran in her cross hairs." (Joshua Frank ‘Hillary Clinton and the Israel Lobby’ http://www.antiwar.com/frank/?articleid=10372 January 23, 2007).
"New York’s junior senator, Hillary Rodham Clinton, is expected to snare the lion’s share of the Jewish community’s substantial political donations in the race for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. Democratic activists and operatives said Clinton will pull in large quantities of cash among Jewish donors not only because of what they described as her strong positions on Israel and domestic matters of interest to Jews, but also because of longtime ties with these activists dating back to her husband’s administration. The haul is important: Strategists say that serious candidates will need to raise at least $50 million - and probably more like $100 million - by the end of the year. They say that money from Jewish donors constitutes about half the donations given to national Democratic candidates (an extremely large pot of gelt long coveted by the GOP)." (E.J. Kessler ‘Hillary the Favorite in Race for Jewish Donations’
http://www.forward.com/articles/hillary-the-favorite-in-race-for-jewish-donations/ January 26, 2007).
Jewish Financial Supporters.
Lionel Kaplan, Steve Grossman.
"Among the top Jewish fundraisers who political hands expect to line up with Clinton’s campaign is New Jersey lawyer Lionel Kaplan, a former president of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee who raised money for the former first lady’s 2006 Senate race. Also expected to turn up in Clinton’s camp is Massachusetts businessman Steve Grossman, another former Aipac president who chaired the Democratic National Committee in the late 1990s. Grossman told the Forward that he’s "not formally committed," but he added that "everyone knows I’m close to the Clintons."" (E.J. Kessler ‘Hillary the Favorite in Race for Jewish Donations’ http://www.forward.com/articles/hillary-the-favorite-in-race-for-jewish-donations/ January 26, 2007).
Jewish Fundraising Dinner.
"Calling Iran a danger to the U.S. and one of Israel's greatest threats, U.S. senator and presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton said "no option can be taken off the table" when dealing with that nation. "U.S. policy must be clear and unequivocal: We cannot, we should not, we must not permit Iran to build or acquire nuclear weapons," the Democrat told a crowd of Israel supporters. "In dealing with this threat ... no option can be taken off the table." Clinton spoke at a Manhattan dinner held by the largest pro-Israel lobbying group in the U.S., the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. Some 1,700 supporters applauded as she cited her efforts on behalf of the Jewish state and spoke scathingly of Iran's decision to hold a conference last month that questioned whether the Holocaust took place." (‘Hillary Clinton calls Iran a threat to U.S., Israel’ http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/02/america/NA-GEN-US-Clinton-Iran.php February 1, 2007).
Trying to win Support from the Jewish Lobby/Electorate.
"During a Hanukkah dinner speech delivered in December 2005, hosted by Yeshiva University, Clinton prattled, "I held a series of meetings with Israeli officials [last summer], including the prime minister and the foreign minister and the head of the [Israel Defense Forces], to discuss such challenges we confront. In each of these meetings, we talked at length about the dire threat posed by the potential of a nuclear-armed Iran, not only to Israel, but also to Europe and Russia. Just this week, the new president of Iran made further outrageous comments that attacked Israel's right to exist that are simply beyond the pale of international discourse and acceptability. During my meeting with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, I was reminded vividly of the threats that Israel faces every hour of every day. … It became even more clear how important it is for the United States to stand with Israel…." Hillary and her husband paid a visit to Israel in the fall of 2005. The former president was a featured speaker at a mass rally that marked the 10th anniversary of the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. It was Hillary's second visit to Israel since she was elected to office in 2000." (Joshua Frank ‘Hillary Clinton and the Israel Lobby’ http://www.antiwar.com/frank/?articleid=10372 January 23, 2007).
John McCain's 2008 Presidential Election Campaign.
Support for the Apartheid Jews-only State.
"Two days later, the senator (McCain) traveled to Israel as part of weeklong trip to the region that also included stops in Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. While in the Jewish state, McCain’s delegation - which also included Senators Susan Collins, Lindsey Graham, John Thune, Mark Kirk and Joseph Lieberman - met with a number of political leaders, including Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas." (Jennifer Siegel ‘McCain Lines Up N.Y. Money Men, Raising Pressure on Rudy Giuliani’ http://www.forward.com/articles/mccain-lines-up-ny-money-men-raising-pressure-on/ January 05, 2007).
The Zionists in and around McCain's Election Campaign.
Goldman, Craig.
McCain's "exploratory committee spokesman Craig Goldman .." (Jennifer Siegel ‘McCain Lines Up N.Y. Money Men, Raising Pressure on Rudy Giuliani’ http://www.forward.com/articles/mccain-lines-up-ny-money-men-raising-pressure-on/ January 05, 2007).
Zeidman, Jay.
"On the staffing front, the Arizona senator has recruited Jay Zeidman - former White House liaison to the Jewish community - to help with finance and fundraising operations as well as with Jewish outreach. Zeidman’s father is Houston Republican Fred Zeidman, who is chairman of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council and one of Bush’s closest donors. According to two Republican sources, the senior Zeidman has not ruled out throwing his weight behind Romney." (Jennifer Siegel ‘McCain Lines Up N.Y. Money Men, Raising Pressure on Rudy Giuliani’
http://www.forward.com/articles/mccain-lines-up-ny-money-men-raising-pressure-on/ January 05, 2007).
Jewish Financial Supporters.
Lewis Eisenberg.
"Arizona Senator John McCain has scored an early victory in the battle between GOP presidential frontrunners by locking up support from several New York-area Republican moneymen also coveted by his northeastern rival, former Big Apple mayor Rudy Giuliani. McCain’s stable of national finance co-chairs includes Lewis Eisenberg, a multimillionaire financier from Rumson, N.J. who previously served as finance chairman for the Republican National Committee and was a key fundraiser for former New Jersey governor Christine Todd Whitman. According to a 140-page memo leaked to the New York Daily News and published earlier this week, Eisenberg’s name - along with that of fellow Jewish financier and McCain supporter Henry Kravis - was originally included on a "prospective leadership" list drafted by the Giuliani campaign. The disclosure of the former mayor’s campaign plan - which acknowledges the concern that Giuliani might "drop out of [the] race" due to potentially "insurmountable" personal and political vulnerabilities - has underscored his scramble for some of the same deep-pocketed donors recruited by McCain. The New York-area Republicans are "moderate in their approach to things - they are not big radical ideologues [so] who are these guys going to go to? Either they go to Giuliani or they go to McCain," said David Twersky, director of international affairs for the American Jewish Congress. Twersky, a longtime observer of Garden State affairs and former editor of the New Jersey Jewish News, added, "This is a very good sign for McCain, that he is getting Republican establishment moderates." While insisting that the heavy representation of Jews among McCain boosters is not based on a "religious thing," exploratory committee spokesman Craig Goldman embraced the suggestion that the list reflects well on the senator’s campaign. "We are honored and thrilled" to have their support, Goldman said, adding that McCain "is by far [the] frontrunner for the president of the United States. They believe in his message, they believe in what he says and what he believes in, and it doesn’t hurt that he’s a strong supporter of Israel, as well."" (Jennifer Siegel ‘McCain Lines Up N.Y. Money Men, Raising Pressure on Rudy Giuliani’
http://www.forward.com/articles/mccain-lines-up-ny-money-men-raising-pressure-on/ January 05, 2007).
Fred Zeidman.
"The leadership of the Republican Jewish Coalition - a key group of fundraisers who have raised millions for GOP causes - is splitting its support in the 2008 presidential race. RJC board member Fred Zeidman, a Houston venture capitalist and lobbyist who’s close to Bush, will be raising money for Senator John McCain. "I think [McCain’s] an outstanding patriot and American and will make an excellent president," Zeidman told the Forward on Sunday. "He has a 20-year demonstrated record of support for Israel. Our community couldn’t be in better hands." Also helping McCain is RJC board member Ned Siegel, who was tapped to head McCain’s finance team in Florida." (E.J. Kessler ‘Hillary the Favorite in Race for Jewish Donations’ http://www.forward.com/articles/hillary-the-favorite-in-race-for-jewish-donations/ January 26, 2007).
McCain's Finance Committee.
"McCain’s heavily Jewish finance committee includes Kravis; Mark Broxmeyer, a Long Island real estate magnate; Dr. Ben Chouake, president of the New Jersey-based pro-Israel political action committee Norpac, and Barbara Sobel, whose husband, entrepreneur Clifford Sobel, is a major GOP fundraiser who was appointed by President Bush as ambassador to the Netherlands and later Brazil. According to Chouake, members of the New York-area finance committee have pledged to raise a minimum of $50,000 each. He said that he personally had approached the campaign with an offer of support, based on his concern about the situation in the Middle East. "The 800-pound gorilla in the room right now is Iran," Chouake told the Forward. "You have the president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who represents the first country in the world to openly state, ‘We intend to get nuclear weapons, and we intend to commit genocide.’ This is an immense threat to the United States, and this is an immense threat to Israel. So who are you going to support?… For me, the person that is the most capable, most experienced, most courageous to defend our country, would be John McCain." For years, McCain, who has been calling for more American troops to be sent to Iraq, has developed strong ties with neoconservatives in Washington, sharing their hawkish voices on several key fronts. In recent weeks, McCain has been signaling that an attention to Jewish issues will remain on his agenda as his campaign moves forward." (Jennifer Siegel ‘McCain Lines Up N.Y. Money Men, Raising Pressure on Rudy Giuliani’ http://www.forward.com/articles/mccain-lines-up-ny-money-men-raising-pressure-on/ January 05, 2007).
Joe Biden's 2008 Presidential Election Campaign.
Jewish Financial Supporters.
Michael Adler.
"The chairman of the National Jewish Democratic Council, Michael Adler, is raising money for Biden’s bid. "The biggest concern the American electorate has is security," Adler said, citing the fact that Biden has chaired the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and that he has done "tremendous work on the crime bill." Adler said that since Biden hasn’t pursued the presidency since 1988, "he’s not caught fire" with the public as have some other contenders. But he maintained that Biden has shown on the campaign trail that he "understands the American public" and his public performances "create a lot of loyalty and passion."" (E.J. Kessler ‘Hillary the Favorite in Race for Jewish Donations’
http://www.forward.com/articles/hillary-the-favorite-in-race-for-jewish-donations/ January 26, 2007).
Barack Obama's 2008 Presidential Election Campaign.
Jewish Financial Supporters.
Geffen, David.
"another Jewish tycoon, the movie and record producer David Geffen, one of the founders of Dreamworks with Steven Spielberg. Geffen is much more of a political figure than Zell, having been an early supporter of Bill Clinton. More recently, he raised $1.3 million (£650,000) for Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama at a star-studded Hollywood fundraiser." (Alex Brummer ‘A yiddishe revolution in America's media’ http://www.fpp.co.uk/online/07/04/JChron_200407.html April 20, 2007).
Sher, Linda.
"Linda Sher, a Chicago-area Democratic activist who founded the Joint Action Committee for Political Affairs, a pro-Israel and pro-choice body, is raising money for Obama. Several Democratic hands said Obama would attract money from the more liberal precincts of the Jewish community. That proved true during his 2004 Senate bid, when he grabbed the support of the heavily Jewish "Lakefront liberals" in his state’s hotly contested primary. "I’m getting a good response," Sher said of her efforts. "The people I’m calling seem enthusiastic. They want to do more than give money. They want to be part of it."" http://www.forward.com/articles/hillary-the-favorite-in-race-for-jewish-donations/ January 26, 2007).
Solomont, Alan.
"Alan Solomont, a longtime leader in Jewish philanthropic and national Democratic political circles, is one of the go-to men when big money is needed. Now, despite his longstanding ties to Bill and Hillary Clinton, he is applying his skills on behalf of the presidential campaign of U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.). "He respects people, including the Jewish community, too much to tell them what they want to hear," said Solomont, Obama's Northeast finance chairman. Solomont, who has worked on five previous presidential campaigns and was nationalfinance chairman for the Democratic National Committee, once organized an event that raised $4 million for Sen. John Kerry's presidential campaign." (Claude R. Marx ‘A top Jewish fund-raiser shifts his support to Obama’
http://www.jta.org/cgi%2Dbin/iowa/news/article/20070522solomontobama.html May 22, 2007).
Sam Brownback's 2008 Presidential Election Campaign.
Jewish Fundraiser.
"Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas, who announced his bid for the GOP presidential nomination Saturday, is staking a claim to the most conservative element of the Jewish community - the Orthodox. Jeff Ballabon, an Orthodox activist and GOP fundraiser from Long Island, N.Y., who signed on to Brownback’s exploratory committee, said that Brownback is well known to the Washington representatives of the Orthodox community "because he’s been one of the top go-to guys on a range of issues," including Israel, Jerusalem, religious liberties and faith-based initiatives. Ballabon dismissed the notion that Brownback’s opposition to Bush’s Iraq troop surge might hurt Brownback among this most hawkish element of American Jewry. When Brownback explains his opposition in context, "the pro-Israel community will be pleased," Ballabon said. There is an element of the Jewish community "that believed Oslo was a fool’s errand all along," Ballabon said. When Brownback was on the Near East subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, he was one of the "leaders who pointed out the weakness of that approach. Many agreed with him then, and many more agreed with him now. His instincts are outstanding." (E.J. Kessler ‘Hillary the Favorite in Race for Jewish Donations’ http://www.forward.com/articles/hillary-the-favorite-in-race-for-jewish-donations/ January 26, 2007).
Rudy Giuliani's 2008 Presidential Election Campaign.
The Likudnik Candidate.
"Republican front-runner Rudy Giuliani announced his foreign-policy advisory team Tuesday, and it looks from the membership as if he’s bidding for the Likud vote (for which he will no doubt receive tough competition from John McCain, Fred Thompson, and, eventually perhaps, Newt Gingrich)." (Jim Lobe ‘Giuliani, the Likud Candidate?’ http://www.ips.org/blog/jimlobe/?p=45 July 10th, 2007).
Giuliani's Foreign Policy Advisory Team.
The Views of Philip Giraldi.
"The naming of leading neoconservative Norman Podhoretz as one of Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani’s senior foreign policy advisers is disconcerting to those Americans who have hoped that the current disagreements with Iran might be resolved short of war. Giuliani, together with Mitt Romney and John McCain, has publicly advocated a military strike against Iran to keep it from acquiring nuclear weapons. He has also not ruled out the use of America’s own nuclear weapons if that should prove necessary to deter Tehran. The acquisition of Podhoretz as an adviser confirms that Giuliani’s statements should be taken seriously and are not just political rhetoric designed to obtain the support of the influential Israeli lobby. Podhoretz has recently called on the United States to bomb Iran and he describes the current situation, pitting Washington against what he describes as "the Islamofascist threat", as World War IV. Podhoretz basically advocates a world-wide conflict not unlike World War II to defeat Islamists everywhere they are to be found. Giuliani is already the U.S. presidential hopeful who is perceived most favorably in Israel because of his uncompromising stance on issues like the Iranian threat and terrorism, and the addition of Podhoretz will certainly be viewed favorably by many influential neoconservatives. Podhoretz is himself an uncompromising advocate of what he sees as Israeli national security imperatives very much in the mold of the right-wing Likud party. He continues to be a leading supporter of the Iraq War and is one of the few remaining apologists for the WMD claim, insisting that they were spirited away to Syria prior to the start of the fighting. In addition to Iran, Podhoretz advocates regime change policies for Syria and renewing warfare in the south of Lebanon to eliminate Hizballah. He has also supported regime change for Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the Palestinians. His advocacy of foreign policy positions for the United States will be decidedly Israel-centric. Even in Israeli terms, he is from the far right, advocating simplistic military solutions to solve what are complex and multifaceted international problems." (Philip Giraldi ‘Inside Track: Rudy’s New Foreign Policy Posse’ http://www.nationalinterest.org/Article.aspx?id=14960 July 12, 2007).
The Views of Jim Lobe.
"Heading the team is Charles Hill, a retired career foreign service officer who worked as former Secretary of State George Shultz’s executive officer during the Reagan administration and is currently a research fellow at the Hoover Institution. Of the seven other members of Giuliani’s "Senior Foreign Policy Advisory Board," several have also been associated with PNAC and the CPD, most spectacularly, the legendary former editor of Commentary magazine, Norman "World War IV" Podhoretz, whose most recent contribution to Western-Islamic understanding was his article, "The Case for Bombing Iran" (an eight-minute "must-see" video version of which is available on YouTube. A founding father of neo-conservatism, Podhoretz is also, of course, the father-in-law of Deputy National Security Advisor Elliott Abrams whose own work in frustrating serious peace efforts between Israel and its Arab neighbors has been second only to Dick Cheney’s. Apparently relying on inside information, Podhoretz still believes that Saddam Hussein secreted his weapons of mass destruction to Syria for safe-keeping. Also noteworthy on the advisory board is Martin Kramer, a long-time Lewis disciple, who is also closely associated with Daniel Pipes and particularly his Campus Watch program which many in the Middle East studies field have denounced as McCarthyite. Kramer, a frequent contributor to The National Review Online, is a senior fellow at the Jerusalem-based Shalem Center, which in turn is closely linked to former Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. Rounding out the group are former Wisconsin Sen. Bob Kasten, who, along with his fellow-Wisconsonian, Rudy Boschwitz, was among the most pro-Likud members of the Senate during his service there between 1981 and 1993; Enders Wimbush, a senior fellow at the neo-conservative Hudson Institute, protege of the late Albert Wohlstetter and long-standing disciple of the Pentagon’s Net Assessment guru, Andrew Marshall; Steve Rosen, a Harvard professor who contributed to PNAC’s 2000 report, "Rebuilding America’s Defenses;" and Kim Holmes, a fixture at the Heritage Foundation’s foreign policy unit since 1985, who served during Bush’s first term as assistant secretary of state for international organization affairs." (Jim Lobe ‘Giuliani, the Likud Candidate?’ http://www.ips.org/blog/jimlobe/?p=45 July 10th, 2007).
Newt Gingrich's Prospective 2008 Presidential Election Campaign.
Political Views
The Views of Paul Craig Roberts.
"On January 23, former Republican Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich, a leading neoconservative, told a conference in Herzliya, Israel, that the United States and Israel were in danger of nuclear attack from Iran. The crazed Gingrich, who is considering a run for the US presidency in 2008, said: "Our enemies are fully as determined as Nazi Germany, and more determined than the Soviets. Our enemies will kill us the first chance they get. There is no rational ability to deny that fact." Gingrich says: "We don't have the right language, goals, structure, or operating speed, to defeat our enemies. My hope is that being this candid and direct, I could open a dialogue that will force people to come to grips with how serious this is, how real it is, how much we are threatened."" (Paul Craig Roberts ‘The Evils of Escalation. Bush's State of Deception’ http://www.counterpunch.org/roberts01252007.html January 25, 2007).
Mitt Romney's Prospective 2008 Presidential Election Campaign.
Political Views
The Views of Paul Craig Roberts.
"Another American presidential hopeful, Mitt Romney, told the Israeli audience that Islamic jihadism was "the nightmare of this century." Israel, Romney declared, "is facing a jihadist threat that runs through Tehran, to Damascus, to Gaza." Hezbollah, he declared, is not fighting for a Palestinian state but for the destruction of Israel. The world has not experienced this level of warmongering since Hitler." (Paul Craig Roberts ‘The Evils of Escalation. Bush's State of Deception’ http://www.counterpunch.org/roberts01252007.html January 25, 2007).
The Views of Gary Leupp.
"Bizarre though it sounds, more and more public figures in the U.S., echoing Israeli officials, are accusing Iran of genocide. More accurately, of planning genocide, although past and future get all confused in the increasingly reckless rhetoric. Former Massachusetts governor and presidential aspirant Mitt Romney is the latest important politician to level the accusation. In an interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos February 17, he characterized Iran as "a genocidal nation, a suicidal nation, in some respects."" (Gary Leupp ‘Mitt Romney Joins Iran's Hysterical Accusers’ http://www.counterpunch.org/leupp02192007.html February 19, 2007).
The Political Views of America’s Main Candidates in the 2008 Presidential Elections.
"And Democrats are not going to let Bush get to their right. At the Herzliya Conference, John Edwards said that keeping Iran from nuclear weapons "is the greatest challenge of our generation." "To ensure that Iran never gets nuclear weapons, we need to keep all options on the table. Let me reiterate - all options." At AIPAC, Hillary echoed Edwards: "In dealing with this threat … no option can be taken off the table. … We need to use every tool about our disposal including … the threat and use of military force." To Mitt Romney, this was wimpish. For Hillary had said she favors "engagement" with Iran. Roared Romney to Hill Republicans, "[W]e don’t need a listening tour about Iran. … Someone who wants to engage Iran displays a troubling timidity toward a terrible threat of a nuclear Iran." Anybody think that Giuliani and McCain will let Edwards, Hillary, or Mitt be more menacing toward Tehran than they?" (Patrick J. Buchanan ‘Who Will Stop The Next War?’ http://amconmag.com/2007/2007_02_26/buchanan.html February 26, 2007).
Conclusion: Likudnik Hedge Funding
The Secondary Danger of Electoral Bribery.
The political danger exposed by the above analysis is not merely that the jewish lobby is bribing america’s leading presidential candidates to promote likudnik policies. When lobbyists donate money to a candidate’s electoral campaign in the hope of receiving legislative favours after the candidate has been elected they are taking a major gamble. Firstly, that the candidate has not also taken money from a rival lobbying organization with different objectives. And, secondly, that the elected candidate will later avoid living up to his/her promise to support the lobbying organization’s policies. There are all sorts of ways for politicians to evade promises they have made to lobbying organizations just as much as they can escape promises made to their voters. If bribery was the sole issue of concern it would not be that serious a matter since bribery does not always achieve the desired objective.
Likudniks hedging their Presidential Bets.
The primary political danger is the jewish lobby’s funding of all america’s main presidential candidates. This danger is far greater than bribery alone. At first glance, it might not seem to be of any great significance. Why should anyone bother that the jewish lobby is wasting money on donations to candidates who are unlikely to get elected? Indeed, it might be argued, the more money the jewish lobby wastes on electoral losers the better, since this might mean the winner is likely to be less beholden to the lobby.
In reality, however, the jewish lobby doesn’t waste any money, not even that spent on electoral losers. Its hedge funding transforms the electoral contest into a competition between candidates to promote policies that will garner the most funding from the jewish lobby.
This phenomenon can be appreciated more easily through a contrast with what happens in britain where trades unions fund the labour party whilst rich individuals/companies fund the tory party. In other words, one group of lobbying organizations fund one lot of candidates who contest seats against candidates funded by a different set of lobbying organizations. What is happening in american politics is not competition between various lobbying organizations to get their respective candidates elected but one enormously wealthy lobbying organization financing all candidates thereby forcing them into competition with each other to promote the lobby’s policies. The jewish lobby’s introduction of competition between presidential candidates for jewish funding is a highly successful tactic for the jewish lobby but is highly destructive as far as america’s democracy is concerned. It forces each candidate to do their utmost to show that they are more committed to the zionist cause than any other candidate. This competition becomes even more intense as the election campaign draws to its denouement. As a consequence, candidates not merely have to focus on promoting policies which will win the widest number of votes, they also have to focus on promoting policies to maximize their funding from the jewish lobby so they have the wherewithal for their campaign. After all, there’s no point in candidates having the most populist policies if they have no money to publicize these policies and stimulate electors to go to the polling booths to vote for those policies.
For presidential hopefuls, winning the support of the jewish lobby has become far more important than winning the support of the american electorate because the jewish lobby’s financial support will ensure they are able to fund the mobilization of their electoral supporters. The converse is not the case: no presidential candidate stands any chance of winning the presidency in the face of opposition from the jewish lobby no matter how popular that politician might seem to be at the start of the presidential contest. In effect, the jewish lobby, with the aid of the considerable influence of the zionist dominated media, tells the american electorate who it should vote for.
Wealthy jews, some of whom are "new york money men" i.e. jewish financiers making billions from hedge fund investments, provide campaign contributions to specific candidates. From one perspective, it almost seems as if they might be treating america’s presidential election as a Horse race. Some donors might simply enjoy taking a flutter on the biggest Horse race in the country. Some gamble cautiously on the most favoured candidate whilst others take bigger risks on rank outsiders in the hope of a massive upset at the finishing line. The more knowledgeable donors might want to show that by picking the right Horse they’re the most politically astute. Others might aim to bask in the presidential spotlight when their Horse wins the race. Professional donors might seek fame for funding the best campaign tactic or the best election slogan that decisively turns an election in their candidate’s favour.
But the presidential election is not a mere Horse race. Whatever the motives that drive wealthy jews to make campaign donations these become secondary because the jewish lobby co-ordinates their donations. This transforms individual donations into collective support for the likudnik cause. In any case, the bulk of the wealthy donors are likudniks who want american presidents to promote likudnik policies to boost jewish supremacism in the middle east.
Whilst the lobby’s hedge funding might seem unnecessary and wasteful, in reality by forcing all the candidates into direct competition with each other, the lobby reaps enormous additional political dividends. Each candidate is compelled to show ever greater support for the global likudnik cause in order to win the most funds which will virtually guarantee them victory in the presidential election.
It might be countered that the jewish lobby is merely hedging its bets by funding all the major presidential candidates because it doesn’t want to take any risk over who wins the election. But this is much too superficial. If the jewish lobby didn’t fund all candidates, there would be no competition between them to promote the likudnik cause, and the jewish lobby’s political rewards wouldn’t be anything like as significant as those gleaned as a result of such competition.
The Consequences of Likudnik Hedge Funding.
The jewish lobby’s hedge funding has created a situation in which the american people’s only choice in the next presidential election is between likudnik candidates. Even worse is that the next likudnik president will implement policies for the benefit of the jos even at the expense of the interests of the american people themselves.
Democratic elections are supposed to allow electors to choose a candidate who seems best able to protect and promote voters’ interests and yet, in america's presidential elections, the jewish lobby has succeeded in turning this principle upside down. If no anti-war candidate emerges then america’s 2008 presidential election will be the world's only election in which electors are faced by a choice between likudnik traitors who will do their best to ruin their country’s national interests. The 2008 presidential election will then be a fake election to elect a fake president in a fake democratic system.
Americans still have a choice before these fraudulent elections take place. They could liberate themselves from their likudnik leaders before these hardline likudnik fundamentalists unleash a catastrophe upon the country from which it is unlikely to recover. Americans need to align themselves with hamas to overthrow the jewish occupation of palestine, and with hezbollah to overthrow the judaeo-american occupation of lebanon, if they are to stand any chance of liberating themselves from their likudnik masters.
Commentators’ Views on Likudnik Hedge Funding
Jeff Blankfort.
"Those who wonder which candidate the Jewish Zionist Lobby will support in the 2008 presidential elections should stop wondering. They will support all of the major candidates in order to assure that whoever wins will represent Israel's policies as the lobby determines them. It is very much like sports bookmaking which, coincidentally, is a predominantly Jewish business, both the legal and the illegal, in which the bookie tries to set the odds so whatever the result of the match or the game, the bookie ends up a winner. The cynical manner in which presidential candidates are supported by the lobby with Israel's interests placed ahead of those their fellow Americans certainly lends credence to the charge that the lobby is, in fact, a fifth column within the American political scene." (Jeff Blankfort ‘Forward: McCain Lines Up N.Y. [Jewish] Money Men’ jablankfort@earthlink.net January 18 2007).
James Petras.
"Major Democratic Party Presidential hopefuls have made an extraordinary effort to secure the Lobby’s approval: All back Bush’s ‘military option’ toward Iran; all support the annual $2.4 billion dollar foreign aid package to Israel, despite Israel’s $25,000 per capita income and booming high tech industry. Speaking before the National Jewish Democratic Council, New York Senator Hillary Clinton called on the US to confront Iran militarily (Jerusalem Post, April 26, 2007). Taking advantage of the fawning behavior of all the candidates, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz promoted a panel of Israeli ‘experts’ to evaluate US Presidential candidates on the basis of their servility to Israeli interests. This, in turn, led Senator Obama to send his latest, most crass and bellicose pronouncements regarding Iran to the Israeli panel (see Robert Kagan, ‘Obama the Interventionist’, Washington Post, April 29, 2007). Nonetheless, it is Hillary Clinton who leads the pack in securing Jewish campaign financing. The Lobby’s high regard for Clinton is not merely because of her total and complete identification with Israel, as stated as the March 2007 AIPAC Convention, but by the family’s notorious track record." (James Petras ‘The Pro-Israel Lobby and US Middle East Policy: The Score Card for 2007’ http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/05/the-pro-israel-lobby-and-us-middle-east-policy/ May 14, 2007).
Jim Lobe.
"Republican front-runner Rudy Giuliani announced his foreign-policy advisory team Tuesday, and it looks from the membership as if he’s bidding for the Likud vote (for which he will no doubt receive tough competition from John McCain, Fred Thompson, and, eventually perhaps, Newt Gingrich)." (Jim Lobe ‘Giuliani, the Likud Candidate?’ http://www.ips.org/blog/jimlobe/?p=45 July 10th, 2007).
America’s democracy, fortified by a centuries old written constitution, is still commonly believed by many around the world to be the world’s greatest political system. However, such has been the rapid rise of america’s likunik elite, which now forms the country’s ruling elite, that the 2008 presidential election is well on the way to becoming a contest between likudniks whose primary allegiance lies with the likudnik party in the jews-only state in palestine (jos). It is still possible that a genuine anti-war candidate from one of the country’s two main likudnik parties or a third party candidate such as ralph nader might stand to rescue the credibility of the election. But the prospects are not good. In effect, americans will be presented with a choice as to which likudnik would be the best president to lead the country into further wars in the middle east: in the first instance most likely iran then, quite probably, syria and lebanon and, eventually, egypt, jordan, saudi arabia, and ultimately, pakistan.
The bush regime’s invasions of afghanistan and iraq were carried out under the rubric of the war against terrorism. In reality, they were part of a likudnik strategy: the zionofascist invasion of the middle east in order to consolidate the jewish occupation of palestine. These invasions have gone disastrously and are teetering on the edge of catastrophe. They have imposed a huge financial burden on the american economy and caused tens of thousands of american casualties – putting aside for the moment the far more important consideration: the near one million iraqi fatalities. If americans elect a new likudnik president to continue the zionofascist conquest of the middle east then america will eventually suffer a catastrophe which will threaten the survival of the country’s economic and political systems.
This article cursorily highlights the jewish lobby’s financing of america’s leading candidates in the 2008 presidential election. It is a remarkable feature of this election campaign that virtually all of the main candidates are being financed by the jewish lobby; their campaigns are being organized by significant numbers of likudniks; and their policies are almost uniformly in favour of zionofascism and the consolidation of jewish supremacism in the middle east. These likudnik candidates believe it is necessary for america to fight the jos’s enemies even though they pose no threat to america and even though further wars will have an increasingly catastrophic impact on america.
Sums of Money Raised in the Election Campaign so far.
"During the first three months of 2007, Obama's campaign raised $25 million, compared with $26 million raised by the Clinton campaign." (Claude R. Marx ‘A top Jewish fund-raiser shifts his support to Obama’ http://www.jta.org/cgi%2Dbin/iowa/news/article/20070522solomontobama.html May 22, 2007).
Hillary Clinton's 2008 Presidential Election Campaign.
The Zionists in and around Clinton's Election Campaign.
Hikind, Dov.
"Except that Hillary Clinton still stands by her vote for funding the invasion. And now she constantly makes the rounds of New York's sex-segregated Orthodox synagogues, seeking support from rabbis and male congregants who begin every day with a prayer to God: "Thank you for making me a man, not a woman." The 1/11/06 Village Voice described her ties to Brooklyn State Assemblyman Dov Hikind, Zionism's David Duke. The Klansman mainstreamed into the Republicans. Hikind went from Meir Kahane's Jewish Defense League, listed by the US and Israel as terrorists, to the Democrats. He is against giving even an inch of the West Bank back to the Palestinians. He opposed her 2000 campaign until she went to him. Now he's in and out of her office. "'Are you going to endorse Hillary Clinton?'.... Hikind said yes, stressing how great a friend she is."" The Democrats are more crucially dependent on Zionist campaign contributions than the Republicans." (Lenni Brenner ‘The Lobby and the Great Protestant Crusader’ http://www.counterpunch.org/brenner05172006.html May 17, 2006).
General Level of Jewish Financial Support.
"As one of the top Democratic recipients of pro-Israel funds for the 2006 election cycle, pocketing over $83,000, Clinton now has Iran in her cross hairs." (Joshua Frank ‘Hillary Clinton and the Israel Lobby’ http://www.antiwar.com/frank/?articleid=10372 January 23, 2007).
"New York’s junior senator, Hillary Rodham Clinton, is expected to snare the lion’s share of the Jewish community’s substantial political donations in the race for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. Democratic activists and operatives said Clinton will pull in large quantities of cash among Jewish donors not only because of what they described as her strong positions on Israel and domestic matters of interest to Jews, but also because of longtime ties with these activists dating back to her husband’s administration. The haul is important: Strategists say that serious candidates will need to raise at least $50 million - and probably more like $100 million - by the end of the year. They say that money from Jewish donors constitutes about half the donations given to national Democratic candidates (an extremely large pot of gelt long coveted by the GOP)." (E.J. Kessler ‘Hillary the Favorite in Race for Jewish Donations’
http://www.forward.com/articles/hillary-the-favorite-in-race-for-jewish-donations/ January 26, 2007).
Jewish Financial Supporters.
Lionel Kaplan, Steve Grossman.
"Among the top Jewish fundraisers who political hands expect to line up with Clinton’s campaign is New Jersey lawyer Lionel Kaplan, a former president of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee who raised money for the former first lady’s 2006 Senate race. Also expected to turn up in Clinton’s camp is Massachusetts businessman Steve Grossman, another former Aipac president who chaired the Democratic National Committee in the late 1990s. Grossman told the Forward that he’s "not formally committed," but he added that "everyone knows I’m close to the Clintons."" (E.J. Kessler ‘Hillary the Favorite in Race for Jewish Donations’ http://www.forward.com/articles/hillary-the-favorite-in-race-for-jewish-donations/ January 26, 2007).
Jewish Fundraising Dinner.
"Calling Iran a danger to the U.S. and one of Israel's greatest threats, U.S. senator and presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton said "no option can be taken off the table" when dealing with that nation. "U.S. policy must be clear and unequivocal: We cannot, we should not, we must not permit Iran to build or acquire nuclear weapons," the Democrat told a crowd of Israel supporters. "In dealing with this threat ... no option can be taken off the table." Clinton spoke at a Manhattan dinner held by the largest pro-Israel lobbying group in the U.S., the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. Some 1,700 supporters applauded as she cited her efforts on behalf of the Jewish state and spoke scathingly of Iran's decision to hold a conference last month that questioned whether the Holocaust took place." (‘Hillary Clinton calls Iran a threat to U.S., Israel’ http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/02/america/NA-GEN-US-Clinton-Iran.php February 1, 2007).
Trying to win Support from the Jewish Lobby/Electorate.
"During a Hanukkah dinner speech delivered in December 2005, hosted by Yeshiva University, Clinton prattled, "I held a series of meetings with Israeli officials [last summer], including the prime minister and the foreign minister and the head of the [Israel Defense Forces], to discuss such challenges we confront. In each of these meetings, we talked at length about the dire threat posed by the potential of a nuclear-armed Iran, not only to Israel, but also to Europe and Russia. Just this week, the new president of Iran made further outrageous comments that attacked Israel's right to exist that are simply beyond the pale of international discourse and acceptability. During my meeting with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, I was reminded vividly of the threats that Israel faces every hour of every day. … It became even more clear how important it is for the United States to stand with Israel…." Hillary and her husband paid a visit to Israel in the fall of 2005. The former president was a featured speaker at a mass rally that marked the 10th anniversary of the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. It was Hillary's second visit to Israel since she was elected to office in 2000." (Joshua Frank ‘Hillary Clinton and the Israel Lobby’ http://www.antiwar.com/frank/?articleid=10372 January 23, 2007).
John McCain's 2008 Presidential Election Campaign.
Support for the Apartheid Jews-only State.
"Two days later, the senator (McCain) traveled to Israel as part of weeklong trip to the region that also included stops in Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. While in the Jewish state, McCain’s delegation - which also included Senators Susan Collins, Lindsey Graham, John Thune, Mark Kirk and Joseph Lieberman - met with a number of political leaders, including Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas." (Jennifer Siegel ‘McCain Lines Up N.Y. Money Men, Raising Pressure on Rudy Giuliani’ http://www.forward.com/articles/mccain-lines-up-ny-money-men-raising-pressure-on/ January 05, 2007).
The Zionists in and around McCain's Election Campaign.
Goldman, Craig.
McCain's "exploratory committee spokesman Craig Goldman .." (Jennifer Siegel ‘McCain Lines Up N.Y. Money Men, Raising Pressure on Rudy Giuliani’ http://www.forward.com/articles/mccain-lines-up-ny-money-men-raising-pressure-on/ January 05, 2007).
Zeidman, Jay.
"On the staffing front, the Arizona senator has recruited Jay Zeidman - former White House liaison to the Jewish community - to help with finance and fundraising operations as well as with Jewish outreach. Zeidman’s father is Houston Republican Fred Zeidman, who is chairman of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council and one of Bush’s closest donors. According to two Republican sources, the senior Zeidman has not ruled out throwing his weight behind Romney." (Jennifer Siegel ‘McCain Lines Up N.Y. Money Men, Raising Pressure on Rudy Giuliani’
http://www.forward.com/articles/mccain-lines-up-ny-money-men-raising-pressure-on/ January 05, 2007).
Jewish Financial Supporters.
Lewis Eisenberg.
"Arizona Senator John McCain has scored an early victory in the battle between GOP presidential frontrunners by locking up support from several New York-area Republican moneymen also coveted by his northeastern rival, former Big Apple mayor Rudy Giuliani. McCain’s stable of national finance co-chairs includes Lewis Eisenberg, a multimillionaire financier from Rumson, N.J. who previously served as finance chairman for the Republican National Committee and was a key fundraiser for former New Jersey governor Christine Todd Whitman. According to a 140-page memo leaked to the New York Daily News and published earlier this week, Eisenberg’s name - along with that of fellow Jewish financier and McCain supporter Henry Kravis - was originally included on a "prospective leadership" list drafted by the Giuliani campaign. The disclosure of the former mayor’s campaign plan - which acknowledges the concern that Giuliani might "drop out of [the] race" due to potentially "insurmountable" personal and political vulnerabilities - has underscored his scramble for some of the same deep-pocketed donors recruited by McCain. The New York-area Republicans are "moderate in their approach to things - they are not big radical ideologues [so] who are these guys going to go to? Either they go to Giuliani or they go to McCain," said David Twersky, director of international affairs for the American Jewish Congress. Twersky, a longtime observer of Garden State affairs and former editor of the New Jersey Jewish News, added, "This is a very good sign for McCain, that he is getting Republican establishment moderates." While insisting that the heavy representation of Jews among McCain boosters is not based on a "religious thing," exploratory committee spokesman Craig Goldman embraced the suggestion that the list reflects well on the senator’s campaign. "We are honored and thrilled" to have their support, Goldman said, adding that McCain "is by far [the] frontrunner for the president of the United States. They believe in his message, they believe in what he says and what he believes in, and it doesn’t hurt that he’s a strong supporter of Israel, as well."" (Jennifer Siegel ‘McCain Lines Up N.Y. Money Men, Raising Pressure on Rudy Giuliani’
http://www.forward.com/articles/mccain-lines-up-ny-money-men-raising-pressure-on/ January 05, 2007).
Fred Zeidman.
"The leadership of the Republican Jewish Coalition - a key group of fundraisers who have raised millions for GOP causes - is splitting its support in the 2008 presidential race. RJC board member Fred Zeidman, a Houston venture capitalist and lobbyist who’s close to Bush, will be raising money for Senator John McCain. "I think [McCain’s] an outstanding patriot and American and will make an excellent president," Zeidman told the Forward on Sunday. "He has a 20-year demonstrated record of support for Israel. Our community couldn’t be in better hands." Also helping McCain is RJC board member Ned Siegel, who was tapped to head McCain’s finance team in Florida." (E.J. Kessler ‘Hillary the Favorite in Race for Jewish Donations’ http://www.forward.com/articles/hillary-the-favorite-in-race-for-jewish-donations/ January 26, 2007).
McCain's Finance Committee.
"McCain’s heavily Jewish finance committee includes Kravis; Mark Broxmeyer, a Long Island real estate magnate; Dr. Ben Chouake, president of the New Jersey-based pro-Israel political action committee Norpac, and Barbara Sobel, whose husband, entrepreneur Clifford Sobel, is a major GOP fundraiser who was appointed by President Bush as ambassador to the Netherlands and later Brazil. According to Chouake, members of the New York-area finance committee have pledged to raise a minimum of $50,000 each. He said that he personally had approached the campaign with an offer of support, based on his concern about the situation in the Middle East. "The 800-pound gorilla in the room right now is Iran," Chouake told the Forward. "You have the president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who represents the first country in the world to openly state, ‘We intend to get nuclear weapons, and we intend to commit genocide.’ This is an immense threat to the United States, and this is an immense threat to Israel. So who are you going to support?… For me, the person that is the most capable, most experienced, most courageous to defend our country, would be John McCain." For years, McCain, who has been calling for more American troops to be sent to Iraq, has developed strong ties with neoconservatives in Washington, sharing their hawkish voices on several key fronts. In recent weeks, McCain has been signaling that an attention to Jewish issues will remain on his agenda as his campaign moves forward." (Jennifer Siegel ‘McCain Lines Up N.Y. Money Men, Raising Pressure on Rudy Giuliani’ http://www.forward.com/articles/mccain-lines-up-ny-money-men-raising-pressure-on/ January 05, 2007).
Joe Biden's 2008 Presidential Election Campaign.
Jewish Financial Supporters.
Michael Adler.
"The chairman of the National Jewish Democratic Council, Michael Adler, is raising money for Biden’s bid. "The biggest concern the American electorate has is security," Adler said, citing the fact that Biden has chaired the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and that he has done "tremendous work on the crime bill." Adler said that since Biden hasn’t pursued the presidency since 1988, "he’s not caught fire" with the public as have some other contenders. But he maintained that Biden has shown on the campaign trail that he "understands the American public" and his public performances "create a lot of loyalty and passion."" (E.J. Kessler ‘Hillary the Favorite in Race for Jewish Donations’
http://www.forward.com/articles/hillary-the-favorite-in-race-for-jewish-donations/ January 26, 2007).
Barack Obama's 2008 Presidential Election Campaign.
Jewish Financial Supporters.
Geffen, David.
"another Jewish tycoon, the movie and record producer David Geffen, one of the founders of Dreamworks with Steven Spielberg. Geffen is much more of a political figure than Zell, having been an early supporter of Bill Clinton. More recently, he raised $1.3 million (£650,000) for Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama at a star-studded Hollywood fundraiser." (Alex Brummer ‘A yiddishe revolution in America's media’ http://www.fpp.co.uk/online/07/04/JChron_200407.html April 20, 2007).
Sher, Linda.
"Linda Sher, a Chicago-area Democratic activist who founded the Joint Action Committee for Political Affairs, a pro-Israel and pro-choice body, is raising money for Obama. Several Democratic hands said Obama would attract money from the more liberal precincts of the Jewish community. That proved true during his 2004 Senate bid, when he grabbed the support of the heavily Jewish "Lakefront liberals" in his state’s hotly contested primary. "I’m getting a good response," Sher said of her efforts. "The people I’m calling seem enthusiastic. They want to do more than give money. They want to be part of it."" http://www.forward.com/articles/hillary-the-favorite-in-race-for-jewish-donations/ January 26, 2007).
Solomont, Alan.
"Alan Solomont, a longtime leader in Jewish philanthropic and national Democratic political circles, is one of the go-to men when big money is needed. Now, despite his longstanding ties to Bill and Hillary Clinton, he is applying his skills on behalf of the presidential campaign of U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.). "He respects people, including the Jewish community, too much to tell them what they want to hear," said Solomont, Obama's Northeast finance chairman. Solomont, who has worked on five previous presidential campaigns and was nationalfinance chairman for the Democratic National Committee, once organized an event that raised $4 million for Sen. John Kerry's presidential campaign." (Claude R. Marx ‘A top Jewish fund-raiser shifts his support to Obama’
http://www.jta.org/cgi%2Dbin/iowa/news/article/20070522solomontobama.html May 22, 2007).
Sam Brownback's 2008 Presidential Election Campaign.
Jewish Fundraiser.
"Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas, who announced his bid for the GOP presidential nomination Saturday, is staking a claim to the most conservative element of the Jewish community - the Orthodox. Jeff Ballabon, an Orthodox activist and GOP fundraiser from Long Island, N.Y., who signed on to Brownback’s exploratory committee, said that Brownback is well known to the Washington representatives of the Orthodox community "because he’s been one of the top go-to guys on a range of issues," including Israel, Jerusalem, religious liberties and faith-based initiatives. Ballabon dismissed the notion that Brownback’s opposition to Bush’s Iraq troop surge might hurt Brownback among this most hawkish element of American Jewry. When Brownback explains his opposition in context, "the pro-Israel community will be pleased," Ballabon said. There is an element of the Jewish community "that believed Oslo was a fool’s errand all along," Ballabon said. When Brownback was on the Near East subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, he was one of the "leaders who pointed out the weakness of that approach. Many agreed with him then, and many more agreed with him now. His instincts are outstanding." (E.J. Kessler ‘Hillary the Favorite in Race for Jewish Donations’ http://www.forward.com/articles/hillary-the-favorite-in-race-for-jewish-donations/ January 26, 2007).
Rudy Giuliani's 2008 Presidential Election Campaign.
The Likudnik Candidate.
"Republican front-runner Rudy Giuliani announced his foreign-policy advisory team Tuesday, and it looks from the membership as if he’s bidding for the Likud vote (for which he will no doubt receive tough competition from John McCain, Fred Thompson, and, eventually perhaps, Newt Gingrich)." (Jim Lobe ‘Giuliani, the Likud Candidate?’ http://www.ips.org/blog/jimlobe/?p=45 July 10th, 2007).
Giuliani's Foreign Policy Advisory Team.
The Views of Philip Giraldi.
"The naming of leading neoconservative Norman Podhoretz as one of Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani’s senior foreign policy advisers is disconcerting to those Americans who have hoped that the current disagreements with Iran might be resolved short of war. Giuliani, together with Mitt Romney and John McCain, has publicly advocated a military strike against Iran to keep it from acquiring nuclear weapons. He has also not ruled out the use of America’s own nuclear weapons if that should prove necessary to deter Tehran. The acquisition of Podhoretz as an adviser confirms that Giuliani’s statements should be taken seriously and are not just political rhetoric designed to obtain the support of the influential Israeli lobby. Podhoretz has recently called on the United States to bomb Iran and he describes the current situation, pitting Washington against what he describes as "the Islamofascist threat", as World War IV. Podhoretz basically advocates a world-wide conflict not unlike World War II to defeat Islamists everywhere they are to be found. Giuliani is already the U.S. presidential hopeful who is perceived most favorably in Israel because of his uncompromising stance on issues like the Iranian threat and terrorism, and the addition of Podhoretz will certainly be viewed favorably by many influential neoconservatives. Podhoretz is himself an uncompromising advocate of what he sees as Israeli national security imperatives very much in the mold of the right-wing Likud party. He continues to be a leading supporter of the Iraq War and is one of the few remaining apologists for the WMD claim, insisting that they were spirited away to Syria prior to the start of the fighting. In addition to Iran, Podhoretz advocates regime change policies for Syria and renewing warfare in the south of Lebanon to eliminate Hizballah. He has also supported regime change for Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the Palestinians. His advocacy of foreign policy positions for the United States will be decidedly Israel-centric. Even in Israeli terms, he is from the far right, advocating simplistic military solutions to solve what are complex and multifaceted international problems." (Philip Giraldi ‘Inside Track: Rudy’s New Foreign Policy Posse’ http://www.nationalinterest.org/Article.aspx?id=14960 July 12, 2007).
The Views of Jim Lobe.
"Heading the team is Charles Hill, a retired career foreign service officer who worked as former Secretary of State George Shultz’s executive officer during the Reagan administration and is currently a research fellow at the Hoover Institution. Of the seven other members of Giuliani’s "Senior Foreign Policy Advisory Board," several have also been associated with PNAC and the CPD, most spectacularly, the legendary former editor of Commentary magazine, Norman "World War IV" Podhoretz, whose most recent contribution to Western-Islamic understanding was his article, "The Case for Bombing Iran" (an eight-minute "must-see" video version of which is available on YouTube. A founding father of neo-conservatism, Podhoretz is also, of course, the father-in-law of Deputy National Security Advisor Elliott Abrams whose own work in frustrating serious peace efforts between Israel and its Arab neighbors has been second only to Dick Cheney’s. Apparently relying on inside information, Podhoretz still believes that Saddam Hussein secreted his weapons of mass destruction to Syria for safe-keeping. Also noteworthy on the advisory board is Martin Kramer, a long-time Lewis disciple, who is also closely associated with Daniel Pipes and particularly his Campus Watch program which many in the Middle East studies field have denounced as McCarthyite. Kramer, a frequent contributor to The National Review Online, is a senior fellow at the Jerusalem-based Shalem Center, which in turn is closely linked to former Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. Rounding out the group are former Wisconsin Sen. Bob Kasten, who, along with his fellow-Wisconsonian, Rudy Boschwitz, was among the most pro-Likud members of the Senate during his service there between 1981 and 1993; Enders Wimbush, a senior fellow at the neo-conservative Hudson Institute, protege of the late Albert Wohlstetter and long-standing disciple of the Pentagon’s Net Assessment guru, Andrew Marshall; Steve Rosen, a Harvard professor who contributed to PNAC’s 2000 report, "Rebuilding America’s Defenses;" and Kim Holmes, a fixture at the Heritage Foundation’s foreign policy unit since 1985, who served during Bush’s first term as assistant secretary of state for international organization affairs." (Jim Lobe ‘Giuliani, the Likud Candidate?’ http://www.ips.org/blog/jimlobe/?p=45 July 10th, 2007).
Newt Gingrich's Prospective 2008 Presidential Election Campaign.
Political Views
The Views of Paul Craig Roberts.
"On January 23, former Republican Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich, a leading neoconservative, told a conference in Herzliya, Israel, that the United States and Israel were in danger of nuclear attack from Iran. The crazed Gingrich, who is considering a run for the US presidency in 2008, said: "Our enemies are fully as determined as Nazi Germany, and more determined than the Soviets. Our enemies will kill us the first chance they get. There is no rational ability to deny that fact." Gingrich says: "We don't have the right language, goals, structure, or operating speed, to defeat our enemies. My hope is that being this candid and direct, I could open a dialogue that will force people to come to grips with how serious this is, how real it is, how much we are threatened."" (Paul Craig Roberts ‘The Evils of Escalation. Bush's State of Deception’ http://www.counterpunch.org/roberts01252007.html January 25, 2007).
Mitt Romney's Prospective 2008 Presidential Election Campaign.
Political Views
The Views of Paul Craig Roberts.
"Another American presidential hopeful, Mitt Romney, told the Israeli audience that Islamic jihadism was "the nightmare of this century." Israel, Romney declared, "is facing a jihadist threat that runs through Tehran, to Damascus, to Gaza." Hezbollah, he declared, is not fighting for a Palestinian state but for the destruction of Israel. The world has not experienced this level of warmongering since Hitler." (Paul Craig Roberts ‘The Evils of Escalation. Bush's State of Deception’ http://www.counterpunch.org/roberts01252007.html January 25, 2007).
The Views of Gary Leupp.
"Bizarre though it sounds, more and more public figures in the U.S., echoing Israeli officials, are accusing Iran of genocide. More accurately, of planning genocide, although past and future get all confused in the increasingly reckless rhetoric. Former Massachusetts governor and presidential aspirant Mitt Romney is the latest important politician to level the accusation. In an interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos February 17, he characterized Iran as "a genocidal nation, a suicidal nation, in some respects."" (Gary Leupp ‘Mitt Romney Joins Iran's Hysterical Accusers’ http://www.counterpunch.org/leupp02192007.html February 19, 2007).
The Political Views of America’s Main Candidates in the 2008 Presidential Elections.
"And Democrats are not going to let Bush get to their right. At the Herzliya Conference, John Edwards said that keeping Iran from nuclear weapons "is the greatest challenge of our generation." "To ensure that Iran never gets nuclear weapons, we need to keep all options on the table. Let me reiterate - all options." At AIPAC, Hillary echoed Edwards: "In dealing with this threat … no option can be taken off the table. … We need to use every tool about our disposal including … the threat and use of military force." To Mitt Romney, this was wimpish. For Hillary had said she favors "engagement" with Iran. Roared Romney to Hill Republicans, "[W]e don’t need a listening tour about Iran. … Someone who wants to engage Iran displays a troubling timidity toward a terrible threat of a nuclear Iran." Anybody think that Giuliani and McCain will let Edwards, Hillary, or Mitt be more menacing toward Tehran than they?" (Patrick J. Buchanan ‘Who Will Stop The Next War?’ http://amconmag.com/2007/2007_02_26/buchanan.html February 26, 2007).
Conclusion: Likudnik Hedge Funding
The Secondary Danger of Electoral Bribery.
The political danger exposed by the above analysis is not merely that the jewish lobby is bribing america’s leading presidential candidates to promote likudnik policies. When lobbyists donate money to a candidate’s electoral campaign in the hope of receiving legislative favours after the candidate has been elected they are taking a major gamble. Firstly, that the candidate has not also taken money from a rival lobbying organization with different objectives. And, secondly, that the elected candidate will later avoid living up to his/her promise to support the lobbying organization’s policies. There are all sorts of ways for politicians to evade promises they have made to lobbying organizations just as much as they can escape promises made to their voters. If bribery was the sole issue of concern it would not be that serious a matter since bribery does not always achieve the desired objective.
Likudniks hedging their Presidential Bets.
The primary political danger is the jewish lobby’s funding of all america’s main presidential candidates. This danger is far greater than bribery alone. At first glance, it might not seem to be of any great significance. Why should anyone bother that the jewish lobby is wasting money on donations to candidates who are unlikely to get elected? Indeed, it might be argued, the more money the jewish lobby wastes on electoral losers the better, since this might mean the winner is likely to be less beholden to the lobby.
In reality, however, the jewish lobby doesn’t waste any money, not even that spent on electoral losers. Its hedge funding transforms the electoral contest into a competition between candidates to promote policies that will garner the most funding from the jewish lobby.
This phenomenon can be appreciated more easily through a contrast with what happens in britain where trades unions fund the labour party whilst rich individuals/companies fund the tory party. In other words, one group of lobbying organizations fund one lot of candidates who contest seats against candidates funded by a different set of lobbying organizations. What is happening in american politics is not competition between various lobbying organizations to get their respective candidates elected but one enormously wealthy lobbying organization financing all candidates thereby forcing them into competition with each other to promote the lobby’s policies. The jewish lobby’s introduction of competition between presidential candidates for jewish funding is a highly successful tactic for the jewish lobby but is highly destructive as far as america’s democracy is concerned. It forces each candidate to do their utmost to show that they are more committed to the zionist cause than any other candidate. This competition becomes even more intense as the election campaign draws to its denouement. As a consequence, candidates not merely have to focus on promoting policies which will win the widest number of votes, they also have to focus on promoting policies to maximize their funding from the jewish lobby so they have the wherewithal for their campaign. After all, there’s no point in candidates having the most populist policies if they have no money to publicize these policies and stimulate electors to go to the polling booths to vote for those policies.
For presidential hopefuls, winning the support of the jewish lobby has become far more important than winning the support of the american electorate because the jewish lobby’s financial support will ensure they are able to fund the mobilization of their electoral supporters. The converse is not the case: no presidential candidate stands any chance of winning the presidency in the face of opposition from the jewish lobby no matter how popular that politician might seem to be at the start of the presidential contest. In effect, the jewish lobby, with the aid of the considerable influence of the zionist dominated media, tells the american electorate who it should vote for.
Wealthy jews, some of whom are "new york money men" i.e. jewish financiers making billions from hedge fund investments, provide campaign contributions to specific candidates. From one perspective, it almost seems as if they might be treating america’s presidential election as a Horse race. Some donors might simply enjoy taking a flutter on the biggest Horse race in the country. Some gamble cautiously on the most favoured candidate whilst others take bigger risks on rank outsiders in the hope of a massive upset at the finishing line. The more knowledgeable donors might want to show that by picking the right Horse they’re the most politically astute. Others might aim to bask in the presidential spotlight when their Horse wins the race. Professional donors might seek fame for funding the best campaign tactic or the best election slogan that decisively turns an election in their candidate’s favour.
But the presidential election is not a mere Horse race. Whatever the motives that drive wealthy jews to make campaign donations these become secondary because the jewish lobby co-ordinates their donations. This transforms individual donations into collective support for the likudnik cause. In any case, the bulk of the wealthy donors are likudniks who want american presidents to promote likudnik policies to boost jewish supremacism in the middle east.
Whilst the lobby’s hedge funding might seem unnecessary and wasteful, in reality by forcing all the candidates into direct competition with each other, the lobby reaps enormous additional political dividends. Each candidate is compelled to show ever greater support for the global likudnik cause in order to win the most funds which will virtually guarantee them victory in the presidential election.
It might be countered that the jewish lobby is merely hedging its bets by funding all the major presidential candidates because it doesn’t want to take any risk over who wins the election. But this is much too superficial. If the jewish lobby didn’t fund all candidates, there would be no competition between them to promote the likudnik cause, and the jewish lobby’s political rewards wouldn’t be anything like as significant as those gleaned as a result of such competition.
The Consequences of Likudnik Hedge Funding.
The jewish lobby’s hedge funding has created a situation in which the american people’s only choice in the next presidential election is between likudnik candidates. Even worse is that the next likudnik president will implement policies for the benefit of the jos even at the expense of the interests of the american people themselves.
Democratic elections are supposed to allow electors to choose a candidate who seems best able to protect and promote voters’ interests and yet, in america's presidential elections, the jewish lobby has succeeded in turning this principle upside down. If no anti-war candidate emerges then america’s 2008 presidential election will be the world's only election in which electors are faced by a choice between likudnik traitors who will do their best to ruin their country’s national interests. The 2008 presidential election will then be a fake election to elect a fake president in a fake democratic system.
Americans still have a choice before these fraudulent elections take place. They could liberate themselves from their likudnik leaders before these hardline likudnik fundamentalists unleash a catastrophe upon the country from which it is unlikely to recover. Americans need to align themselves with hamas to overthrow the jewish occupation of palestine, and with hezbollah to overthrow the judaeo-american occupation of lebanon, if they are to stand any chance of liberating themselves from their likudnik masters.
Commentators’ Views on Likudnik Hedge Funding
Jeff Blankfort.
"Those who wonder which candidate the Jewish Zionist Lobby will support in the 2008 presidential elections should stop wondering. They will support all of the major candidates in order to assure that whoever wins will represent Israel's policies as the lobby determines them. It is very much like sports bookmaking which, coincidentally, is a predominantly Jewish business, both the legal and the illegal, in which the bookie tries to set the odds so whatever the result of the match or the game, the bookie ends up a winner. The cynical manner in which presidential candidates are supported by the lobby with Israel's interests placed ahead of those their fellow Americans certainly lends credence to the charge that the lobby is, in fact, a fifth column within the American political scene." (Jeff Blankfort ‘Forward: McCain Lines Up N.Y. [Jewish] Money Men’ jablankfort@earthlink.net January 18 2007).
James Petras.
"Major Democratic Party Presidential hopefuls have made an extraordinary effort to secure the Lobby’s approval: All back Bush’s ‘military option’ toward Iran; all support the annual $2.4 billion dollar foreign aid package to Israel, despite Israel’s $25,000 per capita income and booming high tech industry. Speaking before the National Jewish Democratic Council, New York Senator Hillary Clinton called on the US to confront Iran militarily (Jerusalem Post, April 26, 2007). Taking advantage of the fawning behavior of all the candidates, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz promoted a panel of Israeli ‘experts’ to evaluate US Presidential candidates on the basis of their servility to Israeli interests. This, in turn, led Senator Obama to send his latest, most crass and bellicose pronouncements regarding Iran to the Israeli panel (see Robert Kagan, ‘Obama the Interventionist’, Washington Post, April 29, 2007). Nonetheless, it is Hillary Clinton who leads the pack in securing Jewish campaign financing. The Lobby’s high regard for Clinton is not merely because of her total and complete identification with Israel, as stated as the March 2007 AIPAC Convention, but by the family’s notorious track record." (James Petras ‘The Pro-Israel Lobby and US Middle East Policy: The Score Card for 2007’ http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/05/the-pro-israel-lobby-and-us-middle-east-policy/ May 14, 2007).
Jim Lobe.
"Republican front-runner Rudy Giuliani announced his foreign-policy advisory team Tuesday, and it looks from the membership as if he’s bidding for the Likud vote (for which he will no doubt receive tough competition from John McCain, Fred Thompson, and, eventually perhaps, Newt Gingrich)." (Jim Lobe ‘Giuliani, the Likud Candidate?’ http://www.ips.org/blog/jimlobe/?p=45 July 10th, 2007).
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