Check out what I found in my email box today:
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Dear NJDC Supporter,
Jewish Republicans and Jewish Democrats disagree about so much, but there’s one thing on which we see eye-to-eye: Ron Paul is bad news when it comes to Israel.
The New York Times reported Sunday about some of Paul’s fringe following, which also includes white supremacists and anti-Zionists — and how Paul would “not disavow their support.” The Ron Paul newsletters that traffic in racism and conspiracy theories are now legendary. If you have any doubts, watch him in the video slam U.S. support for Israel on Iranian government television ( click here or the image at right to watch the video).
But now comes another discovery surrounding Ron Paul: As JTA reports today, a former Paul staffer, who is Jewish, explains that his boss was “most certainly Anti-Israel, and Anti-Israeli in general.” To top it off, he notes that Paul “strenuously does not believe the United States had any business getting involved in fighting Hitler in WWII.”
Ron Paul has every reason to be taken seriously given the ” rock-solid” campaign he’s waging. I wrote in the Huffington Post about how serious a threat Paul is, what NJDC has done surrounding Democratic outliers in the past, and how Jewish Republicans should do more than pay lip service.
With the Iowa Caucus one week away, the time to act is TODAY. Please take these three steps right now to encourage the GOP to take this threat seriously!
* Send an email to Mitt Romney (click to send) telling him that you find Ron Paul’s views to be abhorrent — and that as someone who claims to be a leader, the time has come for Romney to break the silence and condemn these dangerous views regarding Israel and so much more.
* Send a message to Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus (click to send) indicating that as leader of the Republican Party, you demand that he break the silence and condemn the abhorrent positions of Republican Rep. Ron Paul — the current GOP leader in the polls in the Iowa Caucus.
* Forward this critical effort to your friends and family — help make sure they take action surrounding this presidential frontrunner today.
Both former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and RNC Chairman Priebus have not hesitated to level false criticism at Democrats over Israel; but when it comes to Ron Paul, where Jewish Democrats and Republicans alike agree that he’s no friend, Romney and Priebus have been silent.
Please help encourage them to “find their voice” by taking action today.
Sincerely,
David A. Harris
President and CEO
David A. Harris
President and CEO
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Note: I hesitated whether to calls this post “Check out how Jewish Democrats meddle in the *Republican* race” or “Check out how Zionist Democrats meddle in the *Republican* race” but then I simply decided to call these folks what they call themselves. I personally dislike the conflation of Jewish=Zionist, but then neither do I like to use cute euphemisms. Lastly, not being a Jew myself, it really is not my problem whether these folks give all Jews a bad name or not. Their problem, let them deal with it.
As for the substance of this email, it really shows to what degree tribalism supercedes largely irrelevant differences between the “Republicrats” and the “Demolicans“. What matters to them is Israel, as for the USA, its just a tool.
The Saker
This just confirms the immense respect I have for Ron Paul. If only there were more like him.
@Robert: ditto. As I have mentioned several times, Ron Paul is the only politician that I ever sent (a little) money to. I only wish two things: a) that he would not run from within the Republican Party and b) that he would not believe in “libertarian free market, ‘Austrian’ economics” which, IMHO, is as utopian and misguided as Marxism simply because there is not such thing as a “free market”. As Michael Hudson, probably my favorite economist, once wrote: Every economy is planned. This traditionally has been the function of government. Relinquishing this role under the slogan of “free markets” leaves it in the hands of banks.
But on foreign policy Ron Paul is, without any doubt, the best man in US politics.
While I also do not agree with many of Ron Paul’s ideas, it seems that this guy is bringing serious problem to the long stablished pro-Israel elite. For a long time I have been wondering what would happen in the US if a person really willing to change things had a chance of becoming president: as we all know, it is pretty much the same if the election is won by Gore, Bush, Kerry, McCain or Obama. But if Paul gets nominated as Republican candidate and an important number of people shows willingness to vote for him, than things will get interesting and dangerous.
@Carlo: For a long time I have been wondering what would happen in the US if a person really willing to change things had a chance of becoming president
They would kill him. No doubt in my mind at all. There is way too much at stake and they done so in the past. Ron Paul is a direct and mortal danger to the 3 most powerful lobbies in the country: Israel, bankers and the military-industrial complex. I don’t believe that these would ever let him be elected, but if he is, he is a dead man. His only chance of survival would be to betray all his stands for, and I don’t think that he would do that, though you never know, of course.
The folks who did 9/11 will not simply and gracefully relinquish power…
This, or they would openly declare the elections invalid. But yes, I think the “solution” you imagined is easier, and raises less suspicions.
By the way, and just out of curiosity to know your opinion, do you think there is any truth on the claims by Oliver Stone (and others) that JFK was assassinated also because he wanted to end (or at least soften) the Cold War and reduce drastically the military expenditure? I don’t, but would like to know what you think.
@Carlo: Oliver Stone was spot on! Of course JFK was assassinated. And, as Michael Parenti always says, the point is not to say that *we* think that Kennedy was such a peacenik or “humanitarian dove”, the point is that this is how those who killed him saw him as such.
And they also killed Malcolm X and Martin Luther King as soon as they became really dangerous (the former because he spoke of HUMAN rights rather then civil right and because he wanted to go to the UN, and the latter because we spoke against the war in Vietnam and general poverty and not just Black poverty.)
There is a long ‘tradition’ of killing those who dare threaten the US “deep state” here.
Saker,
Agree with your comments about the Deep State…
What puzzles me most about R. Paul is that when his son wanted to run for office, he started kowtowing to Israel and AIPAC….
How do you explain that?
Best,
Joe
@Joe: you are correct, all I can say is that there are many examples in history of great men having mediocre, if not outright repulsive, children. I could engage in all sorts of pseudo-psychoanalytical speculations, but what is the point? As long as Ron Paul himself holds his course, I will have respect for him; as for the son, I rather not think about this sorry character…
“They would kill him. No doubt in my mind at all.”
Saker,
That’s the one reason I almost hope he does not win. I’m sure he understands the danger to himself. But even if he is prepared to make that sacrifice, what if they threaten his family?
The only hope is that there are so many people watching, and so many more people aware of what is going on now than ever before, that they may hesitate. Perhaps fearing that a martyred Ron Paul is more dangerous than a living one.
I know it’s not likely but it’s man’s nature to hope.
P.S. while I know it is anathema, did you by chance register as a republican to vote for Paul in the Florida primaries?
Rand Paul is not his father, but he is still head and shoulders above the rest of the senate. He did openly advocate cutting all foreign aid, including Israel when promoted by Wolf Blitzer. He did vote against the monstrous NDAA which will allow indefinite military detentions of any US citizen or resident.
OTOH, he did vote along with every other senator (100-0) to sanction Iran’s central bank. With Ron Paul, you know it would have been at least 99-1.
Si I’m prepared to give him some time to prove himself. There is such a core of supporters behind Ron Paul and if Rand chooses AIPAC, that core will not be available to him.
@Lysander:did you by chance register as a republican to vote for Paul in the Florida primaries?
LOL! No I did not. First, because as my little blurb on the top left of the blog (next to the photo of the *European* saker) says, I am a ‘legal alien’ in the Imperial Homeland i.e., I am not a US citizen and I live with a Green Card. I could easily get the citizenship, but I refuse to do so since I will never pledge allegiance to the USA, its flag or its constitution.
Besides, I believe that voting legitimizes the system and even if I was a US citizen I would not vote anyway since I do not believe that this system is legitimate or that my vote can make a difference. In fact, I would never vote in a 2 party system to begin with, as this is a mockery of choice.
As Arundhati Roy has said many times, I believe that we have to act outside the system, be it in the blogosphere, by participating in occupy Wall Street type of movements, or in any other manner which does not seek to reform the system, but to bring it down. In this sense, I am not an ‘dissident’ but an *opponent*. I wish the people of the USA well, and I love this country. But I am a categorical opponent of the US Empire which I want to bring down and completely eliminate. What the US Department of State calls “regime change” is what I hope for in this country, not only for the sake of the planet, but for the sake of the people of the USA who are gradually becoming the primary victims of this plutocracy.
Lysander, please check out what I wrote in 2008 about that:
http://vineyardsaker.blogspot.com/2007/05/ussr-1974-usa-2007-back-to-future.html
http://vineyardsaker.blogspot.com/2008/03/only-two-choices-for-2008-presidential.html
And let me know what you think, ok?
Cheers!
I think all these foreign agents should be rounded up and deported. I would love to see the police state apparatus turned around on them (whether you call them Jews, Zionists, they are all the same to me). 2% of the population? We don’t need them. Bar them from positions in law, medicine, and government. Round them up, put them in work camps until they can be deported. Any of them involved in treason should be executed (like selling our missle technology to China- Those patriots in Ukraine).
If THEY have the balls to kill Ron Paul, then all his supporters are going to get a huge heads up. And that heads up is that playing politics this late in the game is a lost cause. I don’t think what has been done, can be un-done with the ballot box, just because the enemies control the whole apparatus. That being said, I would figure that some of these highly motivated, idealist young folks would go underground and continue their cause through other means. And the system wants that.
-AAA
@AAA:call them Jews, Zionists, they are all the same to me. 2% of the population? We don’t need them. Bar them from positions in law, medicine, and government. Round them up, put them in work camps until they can be deported
Noam Chomsky? Amy Goodman? David Rovics? Norman Finkelstein? Glenn Greewald? Richard Stallman? Stephen Lendman?
Over *my* dead body, pal, only over my dead body…
Have you ever considered that by NOT seeing the difference between “Jews” “Zionists” “Judaics” and even the very big differences *within* these groups (a Liberal Judaic is hardly a Lubavitcher) you are giving them no other choice then to unite into a common front and fight for survival?
No, re-introducing Nuremberg Laws in the USA would be morally repugnant, intellectually stupid, politically disastrous and practically impossible.
My 2cts
Noam Chomsky? Really?
Mr. 9/11 doesn’t matter? Another leftist jew covering up for the system….
Get rid of him and his buddies…. they are just here to brainwash young Americans into the leftist ideology and prevent them from taking their country back. It is funny, because a lot of my leftist friends all have degrees in english, or philosophy- where they get a heavy dose of leftist propaganda. (but alot of them are starting to see through it and disregard their BS).
And you mention the different groups within Judaism… and I am aware of them. There are those sub groups opposed to the treatment of the Palestinians, the creation of Israel, and all the war crimes they commit. BUT…. they are very few in numbers, and the mainstream jews hate them and push them to the side (so they don’t run shit, and what they do effectively doesn’t matter).
I am sorry, but have you taken a look at the Talmud? And you want those rabbis and their supporters around? No thanks… and if we have to alienate a few people to do it, so be it.
But no, you will get your wish, and this won’t happen. I have been taking note of last names, and their gentile lackeys. And so have others. I am sure they will have their come comeuppance in due time.
-AAA
@AAA:
Noam Chomsky? Really?
Really. I have immense respect for this wonderful gentleman whom I met only once but whose writings I have been reading since many years. He is one of my “American heroes” for sure.
Mr. 9/11 doesn’t matter?
Oh, but he is completely wrong on the topic of 911, no doubt here. As he is wrong about who controls whom, Israel the USA or USA Israel. But see, in order to respect somebody I do not need to find that person flawless or, even much less so, infallible. I am not a Papist and Chomsky is not my Pope :-)
they are just here to brainwash young Americans into the leftist ideology
If so, they should be given the Congressional Medal of Honor as there is nothing this country needs as much as what you refer to “leftist ideology” and which is called “civilization” on the rest of our planet.
And you mention the different groups within Judaism… and I am aware of them.
Indeed. That is very much your loss.
but have you taken a look at the Talmud
Yes, very much so in fact. I even carefully studied every single of the 1000 pages Hoffman wrote on this topic in his magnum opus “Judaism Discovered”. In fact, I can say with some degree of confidence that I have read the vast majority of books considered as “anti-Jewish” or “anti-Semitic” by, say, the ADL.
And you want those rabbis and their supporters around?
Around what? Me? Florida? The USA? The planet? I will reply to you in the worlds of Saint Paul, a Pharisee who studied under the great Gamaliel by the way: For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places
Hatred and anger are very bad advisors, AAA, with all due respect, you need to calm down, take a deep breath, and begin educating yourself on the nature of the enemy. If you fail to do that, you will greatly assist him.
Democracy Now and Amy Goodman are little sell outs too… I use to like her, but I have watched them a little too closely and now realize they are just wolfs in sheep’s clothing. Selling you mostly truth with some globalist propaganda thrown in.
As far as the others you listed, I am unfamiliar with them.
I just saw Noam Chomsky and it blew my lid…. so I went with him first.
-AAA
@AAA: one more thing I would ask you to carefully ponder. This is something which I have been saying for years, my personal contribution to humanity’s immense pool of aphorisms of various quality:
Behind every single unjustly accused and innocent Jew, there is a grinning goy SOB who is getting away with his evil deed.
I have seen that so many times that I have stopped counting.
My 2cts
Leftists ideology today consists of carbon taxes, empowering the government even more (the govt messed up, they just need more power to fix it!), and generally running your life.
Hell, I had one liberal friend of mine come out and say it: ‘I don’t trust people to make the right decisions about what’s good for the whole’. At least he is honest… other liberals like to hide their totalitarian mindset.
Hardly the liberalism of Jefferson’s days.
Anyway, I am done for the day… I just hate seeing all these jews destroying and attacking anyone who won’t lick their boots.
-Another Anonymous Asshole
@VINEYARDSAKER
Well they represent themselves as Jewish not Zionist which is a cop out most people use when discussing Jewish subversion, government, banking and media control and general group monopolisation of any influential industry who would like us to merely believe that everybody else is irrationally anti-Semetic towards Jews for no reason.
Frankly historically anti-Semitism more times than not occurs from Jewish group behaviour as rather famous people throughout history have commented on from Cicero to Voltaire, H G Wells, Mark Twain and of course Jesus Christ.
Whether is be Jewish usury which we are know seeing with the collapse of the international banking system, organised crime, group subversion and hostility to there host countries, radical social and political movements, lobbying for foreign wars, genocides (Communism, Armenia, slave trade, etc) all of which occurred long before the creation of the Zionist state in 1948.
As for Chomsky he writes some interesting things but dismisses the Israeli lobby as directing US foreign policy in the region in a pro-Israel stance and that merely an outpost and creation of US imperial policy in the region.
Personally I prefer Michel Chossudovsky at GlobalResearch.