The headline of this story in today's Virginian-Pilot is "Big money arrives in Virginia politics" and mentions two Hollywood guys:
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe is employing his
professional skills to bankroll his campaign. He has imported more than
$525,000 from two Hollywood executives unfamiliar to the Old Dominion
but well known at his old haunt, the Democratic National Committee.
Indeed, Haim Saban and Stephen Bing gave a combined $12 million to
build the DNC's new headquarters, stroking seven-figure checks in 2002
just months before a new federal law capped so-called soft money
donations at $25,000 per election cycle.
Saban of course we now all know about. He's an ardent Zionist, by his own description. As for Stephen Bing, a friend of Ron Burkle and a Hollywood producer, the Jerusalem Post says he's Jewish. And I have no idea what Bing's politics on the Middle East are. But I'd like to know. Jews play an outsized role in political giving, as the Virginia newspaper shows; and many Jews accept Alan Dershowitz's view that it's Jews "secular religion" to support Israel, thick or thin. I guess the press will only cover this when the lobby truly divides, when it's J Street versus the Likudnik lobby, and the press can argue there's diversity. (Thanks to Jeff Blankfort.)
Is this AIPAC going after Jim Moran? Stand up guy and a critic of Israel, who got a sit-down-and-talking-to by members of The Lobby a few years ago for daring to criticize Zionism to Tikkun Magazine.
It's Jim Moran's younger brother — interesting thought.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_moran
It would be interesting to see what some of those fundraising letters say —
secular religion
like NASCAR freaks, only its not cars going around in circles but the Americans who think AIPAC is a new soft drink.
We must accept the obvious fact that 3% of USA population controls all of the Middle East policies, chaining 97% of the population to a pro-war mindset.
This is quite astounding and a sad testament to the power of guilt. The Jews have used their holocaust as a brickbat to beat up anyone who dares criticize them. The Result? America is bankrupt, mired in wars against imaginary enemies, and the Jews have made off like bandits.
I would be saying the same thing if any other 3% (or 10% or 25%) of the US population controlled the country the way the Jews do.
You don't need to cite the Protocols in order to come to the above conclusions!
Hang on a minute … That 2% isn't in Congress, nor resides in the State Dept or Pentagon etc — so you are off-base there.
Also, you are forgeting the Pat Robertson's and John Hagee's of this world that did/are putting a boatload into the political system — just not on the democratic side.
It would be interesting to see how many fierce Christian zionist Israel-Firsters there are in Congress? With most of them being republican it would probably be difficult to reveal their true motivations. There's the one's that obviously want the money and prestiage that wear religion on their sleeves, there's the one's that just hate Arabs in general because they have a different skin color, and then there's the really batshit crazy one's that want to bring on Armageddon… Interestingly enough, those last crazies are the one's our Lieberman wants to partner with… go figure….
It's a crazy world we live in.