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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (13489)	10/27/2006 4:57:38 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 71588

Republicans never learned to play fair, did they? Kirk rips aide for threat to foe's backer October 26, 2006 BY LYNN SWEET Sun-Times Washington Bureau Chief WASHINGTON -- A staffer for Rep. Mark Steven Kirk (R-Ill.), in a threatening e-mail, tried to get the president of Tel Aviv University to pressure a prominent supporter of Democrat Dan Seals to back down. The target of a July e-mail by Kirk district representative Caryn Garber was insurance magnate Robert M. Schrayer, who is the national chairman of the Tel Aviv University American Council and on the board of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago. Kirk said Wednesday he reprimanded Garber and warned her that she would be fired if it happened again. Her action "does not reflect my view. When I heard about it I was upset," Kirk said. Kirk, in his third term, is facing a stronger-than-expected challenge from Seals, who, like Kirk, is a strong backer of Israel. The north suburban 10th Congressional District has a substantial Jewish population. Garber sent the e-mail from her personal account to Sam Witkin, who is the president of TAU's U.S. operation. Witkin declined her suggestion that he get TAU President Itamar Rabinovich, a former Israeli ambassador to the United States, to intervene. 'DIfficult position' In the e-mail, Garber wrote "that Itamar should call Bob and tell him his actions can have a very bad effect on the university." Kirk is a member of the House Appropriations Committee's Foreign Operations subcommittee, which handles grants to entities in Israel and other countries. Garber added, "Revenge is a dish best served cold." Schrayer said he took the note "as a threat in two ways," to pressure Rabinovich to get him to resign his position with the university -- which involves fund-raising for the school -- "and kind of a blind threat that because he is on the appropriations committee, that Tel Aviv University could be hurt.'' Schrayer had supported Kirk in previous contests. Kirk said, "I am in a difficult position" because Schrayer "is now a passionate supporter of my opponent." suntimes.com

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (13489)	10/27/2006 5:08:05 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

If you cannot take the time be educated before you write, why do you expect anyone to respect your opinions? Nagrin was the one who left hundreds of busses to be destroyed by flood. Just that act not only stranded thousands of residents, but it destroyed over a million dollars worth of busses. You know what.....you're right. They should never have left those buses out so that if the worst happened, they would be vulnerable to flooding. In disaster planning, the people in charge are supposed to prepare for the absolute worst case scenario. Clearly NO did not..........of course it had been many years, if ever, that the seawalls had been breeched. However, having said that, given what happened in N.O., those buses the right takes out and whips every time the issue of NO comes up were hardly the worst of the faux pas done during that disaster. The worst of the faux pas sit directly on the lap of the feds under Mr. Bush. Never in my entire life have I seen a more incompentent job performed by the feds in response to a disaster. And I went through the earthquake in LA. So stop with the complaining about Nagin. He was part of the problem and not the cause of the problem. Your man Bush was..........while NO burned, I mean flooded......Mr. Bush was in San Diego entertaining GOP contributers with his fiddle, I mean guitar. I think that pretty much says it all.