Ashley Parker reports in the New York Times on the race to replace Anthony Weiner in Congress from Brooklyn. The piece is all about Israel, with Sheldon Silver, the N.Y. assembly speaker, saying that Israel is the “number one concern of Jewish voters.” But lest you think that the issue has become politicized, the two leading Dem candidates are outdoing one another in their support of Israel. Still, I thought Parker’s flag reference if not subversive, certainly cheeky. Writes a friend, “Reading today’s NY Times: I’m confused–in what country is this election taking place?” (h/t Zaid Jilani) Parker:
On Monday, former Mayor Edward I. Koch, a Democrat, endorsed the Republican candidate in the race, Bob Turner, a retired cable television executive, at a press conference at which he stood next to an Israeli flag. Mr. Koch has acknowledged that Mr. Weprin is a strong supporter of Israel, but argued that the election of Mr. Turner would serve as a rebuke to Mr. Obama for saying that Israel’s pre-1967 border should be the basis for a peace agreement.
