the lobby has no power...

[frank scott]

while we argue about whether a left wing group is too left or not left
enough to organize a demo, and whether one or another famous semi-left
personality should speak at the rally, we may miss items like this...

from the AIPAC web site:

                                  " U.S. House Commends Israeli
Democracy, Reaffirms Support

                                   The House of Representatives late
Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to “commend the people of Israel for
reaffirming their dedication to democratic ideals” following the January
28 re-election of Israeli Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon. The resolution, which passed 411-2,  also
reaffirms the “close bonds of friendship” that have “bound the people of
the United States and the people of Israel together through turbulent
times for more than half a century,” and urges the Palestinian
leadership to act on President Bush’s June 24, 2002, call to elect new
leaders, dismantle the terrorist infrastructure, end incitement and
embrace democracy. The bill, introduced byRep. Eric Cantor (R-VA), was
cosponsored by Reps.

                                   Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Tom DeLay
(R-TX), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), John Lewis (D-GA), Henry
Hyde (R-IL), Tom
Lantos (D-CA), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) and Gary Ackerman (D-NY)."

makes you feel warm all over, doesn't it? but of course, the israeli
lobby doesn't have any power over our congress... the two who voted
against must be holocaust deniers and protocol fans ...right?

fs