[lbo-talk] Obama, Carter, Israel

[Shane Mage]

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> www.votenader.org
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> Obama is such a man of principle.
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> Take Israel/Palestine as an example.
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> Tradition has it that former presidents get a speaking slot at the  
> national conventions.
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> Not at Obama's convention.
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> Not in Denver.
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> President Jimmy Carter was scheduled to speak at the DNC in Denver.
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> And then, at the last minute, his speech was cancelled.
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> Why?
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> Because Carter has spoken out about the plight of the Palestinian  
> people?
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> Because Carter has written a book with the descriptive title:  
> Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid?
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> Because Obama didn't want to offend the militarist American Israel  
> Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)?
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> Apparently yes, according to this article from the Jewish Daily  
> Forward.
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> Denying Carter a speaking slot at the DNC "shows the party gets it  
> and Barack Obama's campaign gets it," according to one Democratic  
> party activist.
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> Well, we get it too.
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> While Obama and McCain take the hardline AIPAC militarist line.
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> Nader/Gonzalez will stand with the millions of Americans, Israelis  
> and Palestinians who want peace, with justice for all.
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> Stand with us now.
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> Stand with a candidacy that will be on 45 ballots, that is bumping  
> up against ten percent in key swing state polls, and that will push  
> hard over the next two months to make it a viable three way race.
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> Onward to November...
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> The Nader Team
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> Nader for President 2008 P.O. Box 34103 Washington, D.C. 20043 (202)  
> 471 5833

Shane Mage

"Thunderbolt steers all things...it consents and does not consent to  
be called Zeus."

Herakleitos of Ephesos