Hey, Rep Kirk’s got to hide his Israel love away

Here is a what appears to be a very strange situation, but is not so strange after all. This link is to Illinois Rep. Mark Kirk’s page for Jewish voters, replete with Hebrew, which makes it appear that he is running for the Israeli Knesset and not the US Congress. Now this link is to his Senate campaign home page, where I was unable to find any link to his pro-Israel page (oh, wait, you can find it when you click on National Security issues).

I have found over the years that despite what we are told about how Americans are so enamored of Israel there is not a single politician who advertises his or her love for Israel in their general mailing pieces to all constituents or on their websites. Perhaps, Jewish members of Congress in predominantly Jewish districts may do so, but they are the exception. In any case, if most believed that their constituents are as supportive of Israel as they are, I would think they would not try to hide it. Unless polling data told them otherwise.
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