Obama is the same spineless genuflecting prostitute as the rest of them.
Judge for yourself and click here to read his AIPAC speech.
Ralph Nader is, along with abstention, the only possible choice for anyone with a conscience.
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I couldn’t agree more Saker.
I watched Obama speak last night in Minnesota and I was actually thinking to consider voting for him, but than when I watched his speech at AIPAC this morning, which absolutely disgusted me, I changed my mind.
I have always considered voting for Ralph Nader, which would be voting my conscience.
nothing wrong with abstaining either. in particular since its not so much the individuals which are the cause of the problem, but the system and the kind of individuals in puts at the top.
But Nader is a honorable option. I happen to have some friends who know him and his family personally and they are adamant that he is totally sincere and honest. I trust their judgment of him.
But voting Obama is sinply morally wrong (besides being plain naive and stupid).
Apologists for Obama will say “Oh but he has to cozy up to AIPAC to get elected, once he’s in power we’ll see a different policy”.
No way – he will always find excuses to toe the AIPAC line, not that he needs any. It reminds me of Assad Abu Khalil’s point about US academics who say they need to pretend to be pro-Israel in order to get tenure, then once they have tenure they find another excuse for being slavishly pro-AIPAC. No, in this one situation at least, what you see is what you get with Obama.
“Let me be clear. Israel’s security is sacrosanct. It is non-negotiable. The Palestinians need a state that is contiguous and cohesive, and that allows them to prosper – but any agreement with the Palestinian people must preserve Israel’s identity as a Jewish state, with secure, recognized and defensible borders. Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided.“
AS Philip Weiss points out, this is a HUGE disappointment. And it came on the same day that Dubya refused to move the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Al Quds.
-AA