Mortimer Zuckerman
Mort Zuckerman was angry and dismissive of Barack Obama on MSNBC last week. He applauded that controversial Romney ad that misquoted Obama. His eyes flashed as he said that the country should hold Obama responsible for failing on the economy, which is "much worse than when [he] was elected." Zuckerman said he's a Democrat, but he described Obama as a political failure.
This is not a new story. The Wall Street Journal did a big piece last month on Zuckerman turning on Obama. And here's Zuckerman's last summer in US News, saying the country's Standard and Poor's demotion had done it for him and Obama.
I have no doubt that Zuckerman disapproves of Obama's economic policies. But his rage seems way over the top. As I wrote last month, I believe Zuckerman's real agenda here is Israel. The record is clear that Zuckerman turned on Obama over Israel. He declared Obama's Israel policy a "betrayal" last spring. And a year and a half ago, he said Obama was wrong on settlements and America needs Israel (like a fish needs a bicycle!) and he accused the president of "hostility" against Israel from the start of his administration.
If you look up Zuckerman on the Federal Election Commission site, you see that he gives most money to Joe Lieberman, a Joe Lieberman PAC, Shelley Berkley, the late Tom Lantos, Lantos's daughter Katrina Swett, and tons to Republican Eric Cantor. The Israel lobby, across party lines.
But on his too-hot MSNBC appearance, Zuckerman said not a word about Israel. What's it all about, Mort?
Israel,of course.The NY Daily News is as hydrophobic as the NY Post.
Zuckerman’s a coward. At least Haim Saban openly says that he’s all about a foreign country when he buys America’s politicians.
Why is Mort Zuckerman so hot about Obama?
Because he is old. In thinking. He comes from that generation who think that if you have all the money in the world, you live in the best city, or you are the head of your business or are acknowledged as a senior politician, you are entitled to indulge your intellectual passions and points of view to the exclusion of others, or societal change. No one calls them on it, by that I mean no one of note.
Look at Gingrich. Same type. So is Eric Cantor ( in waiting). Barney Frank isn’t, but his sister Ann Lewis is. The Adbusters editor isn’t.
I wish we had the Asian respect for aging in this culture because it would force these mandarins to age by growing (and mocked or dismissed if they failed in that becauses it would be apparent), instead of fossilizing because they have the money and power to get away with it.
RE: “If you look up Zuckerman on the Federal Election Commission site, you see that he gives most money to Joe Lieberman, a Joe Lieberman PAC, Shelley Berkley…” ~ Weiss
MY COMMENT: Shelley Berkley (D-NV) of Las Vegas is one of Sheldon Adelson’s lapdogs.
FROM WIKIPEDIA:
SOURCE – link to en.wikipedia.org
P.S. A BIT MORE INTRIGUE REGARDING SHELLEY BERKLEY’S LAS VEGAS DISTRICT: Funded by Israel lobby, insider Werritty seems to have pushed Brits to allow Israeli arms sales ~ By Philip Weiss, 10/25/11
SOURCE – link to mondoweiss.net
* P.P.S. Silly me, but I can’t help but wonder whether the largest landowner in Las Vegas [Tamares Real Estate, which belongs to Finnish billionaire Poju Zabludowicz, the chairman of BICOM, a pro-Israel lobbying group in the U.K.] has any influence with Las Vegas’ congresswoman, Shelley Berkley.
“the real figure, including loan guarantees, tax breaks for charities and defence deals, could be as high as $10,000m annually..” …”
Of course, it’s 10 billion. Actually heard its higher than 40 billion annually. Vegas is the place to be if the war hits. No one is going to bomb it.
Shelley Berkley who could be our next uber Zionist in the Senate.
If war breaks out with Iran, move to las vegas.