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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (5153)	9/15/2006 1:07:04 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224729

Wave bye to this Dim:Mighty Democrat Has Struck Out By Jeffrey Lord, 9/15/2006 $168,591. By any standard that's a good sized campaign contribution. It may also be turning out to be one more hurdle in an increasing series of self-created stumbling blocks in Pennsylvania State Treasurer Robert Casey, Jr.'s campaign to oust Republican Senator Rick Santorum. Records on file with the Federal Election Commission reveal that MoveOn.org, the far-left interest group, has "bundled" $168,591 for Casey's Senate campaign. The problem? MoveOn is increasingly being accused of pushing an anti-Semitic agenda, as the folks over at Israpundit have documented in great detail here here. The language from participants in MoveOn's "Action Forum" has been so raw ("jew Lieberman," "media-owning Jewish pigs" and much more -- and worse) that it drew the ire of Abraham Foxman, the head of the Anti-Defamation League. While MoveOn's Eli Pariser eventually apologized and removed the offending posts, articles (as opposed to reader comments) that charged Jews in the Bush administration with "dual loyalties" to America and Israel have also appeared. The thrust of these pieces is that Jewish Americans in government cannot be trusted to put America's interests first. Were Casey elected he would be working side-by-side with Pennsylvania's senior Senator, Republican Arlen Specter. Specter, of course, is Jewish. As is Pennsylvania Governor and Casey's fellow Democrat Ed Rendell. Having been around Pennsylvania politics myself I must emphasize that no one seriously believes Casey, Jr. is an anti-Semite. The problem here is that the acceptance of MoveOn's bundled money displays poor judgment. The refusal to quickly return it or even refuse to do so adds to a growing portrait of an uncertain candidate. Coming on the heels of what was a poor debate performance against the seasoned-Santorum, the deer-in-the-headlights refusal to quickly stand up and condemn MoveOn and give back the money exacerbates a sharpening image of a candidate not-ready-for-prime-time in Washington. Contrast this, for example, with the post-9/11 presentation of a check for $10 million to then-New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani by Saudi Prince Al-Walid bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz. Giuliani accepted the check, giving the Prince a personal tour of the rubble of the World Trade Center. Hours afterward the Prince said elsewhere that the cause for the attack was in part American support for Israel, excusing the perpetrators. Giuliani, infuriated at the idea the Prince was providing justification for the 9/11 attackers, instantly -- and very publicly -- returned the check, issuing a stinging rebuke to Aziz. It is precisely this kind of decisive leadership that has launched Giuliani as a potential presidential nominee.