If you want to see Va. Rep. Eric Cantor, who's in the outside lane on the McCain veepstakes, here he is on youtube, in Jerusalem. Speaking last November, as "a longtime friend of [the rightwing group] One Jerusalem." He left the U.S. during Thanksgiving to give this speech. Why was this so important? Fear of Annapolis, Cantor says.
Some impressions:
Young. A little scary/gleaming looking. Speaks Hebrew. Has come to Jerusalem since he was a teenager, "to pray." Its centrality to the "Judeo-Christian tradition." Note the Christian Zionism. Deathly opposed to Annapolis. Fears that this city "god forbid will be divided. We cannot let that happen. We cannot let a black cloud hang over this city of gold."
Sorry, I can't watch any more of this ethnocentric piggitude or I'll vomit. Just ate dinner. But you wonder why Cantor has a "talent for fundraising," as JTA says? Isn't this the Sheldon Adelson play? God save the USA from these zealots....
I came across the One Jerusalem group some time ago.
They are scary folks. Reading their plans on their web site for "transfering" the Palestines is truely sickening and doubly so because of the way they "rationalize" the population tranfer.
There are some US politicans beside Cantor involved, Brownback was one I remember.
Another scary plan that shows how idioticly delusional this group is, is their plan for the US to break away from the UN and for the US and Israel to jointly form a World Governing UN-like body in Jerusalem. How they think they would govern the world with Israel and the US as the only two members of a new UN is beyond me.
I have read some of Cantor's statements and etc…he is a true fanatic and nutcase.
It's hard to imagine anything worse for the US than McCain and Cantor together. And for the Israeli centrics I can guarentee them that this pair would destroy Israel as well.
to repeat:
cantor is in congress to use usa to serve the interests of israel
Cantor is pure vaudeville. Nice to know he's on the short list for American VP. Shouldn't there be a cable TV special about this?