One of my concerns about the “alliance of convenience” is that it will prove to be convenient for Obama and absolutely useless for us. (I know, I know, as compared to what?) It’s the same problem that we keep encountering whenever we talk about a Left-Right alliance against the War Party: on account of their superior numbers, if for no other reason, the leftist side of such an alliance will eventually predominate. If we find the GOP too compromised and bankrupt, what can really lead us to strike up an alliance with Obama?

Dan, a while back you linked to an article by Fred Siegel complaining about pro-Obama liberals succumbing to the kind of “Clinton Derangement Syndrome” that used to be a monopoly of the Right. (Siegel, who I assume is either a Clinton or McCain supporter, is a self-described “neoliberal on domestic policy and neoconservative on foreign policy.”)

Well, it would appear that the pro-Clinton forces are playing footsie with the Right themselves. Indeed, I would go so far as to argue that whatever game Clinton is playing with the American Spectator is more cynical and unsavory than any alliance of convenience between Obama and some libertarian/paleocons.

I don’t know if I can say this here but the shit just keep s on comin’. Jewish Telegraphic Agency is foaming at the mouth that Jeremiah Wright’s church newsletter reprinted an L.A. Times op ed written by a Hamas represenatitve arguing that Hamas should not have to recognize Israel before negotiating with it. And Obama has felt compelled to bown on bended knee & admit that this was a TERRIBLE thing for Wright to have done. Hell, even a former Mossad director has written publicly in an Israeli newspaper that this condition is simply stupid & counter productive.

I tell you it’s getting uglier & uglier. Anyway, it’s the least I can do to at my blog to post about what I hope will become my own political neologism: Obamaphobia. The Jewish variety is partiuclarly virulent unfortunately. Someone’s got to watch out for this ugliness & call it for what it is & that’s what I’m doing.

Critics are calling out zionists/neocons by name for a reason – because Jews are all over the spectrum on this issue.

However, when it suits the zionists they want to smear the word zionist/neocon into all jews, because then they can say the point is invalid, which it is.

Problem is, that is not what anyone said.

Can a photoshopped image of Sen. Obama in bed with a boy be far behind?

Dead on accurate. If Obama (correctly) feels that there is a strong political headwind against any change in American policy during the primaries, he must surely know that that same headwind will be there if he wins in November. The mere fact of him being President doesn’t change that there is a real and deep anti-Palestinian animus in this country, and not just in NY and Miami. It’s a moot point what he believes in his heart of hearts now; if he is truly wanting to change direction in this area he is going to have to invest a significant amount of political capital and time actually speaking to the American people on why the over-emphasis on Israeli military solutions is, in the long term, bad for us and them. Food for thought for those considering an Obama vote.

“McPeak also noted: “The secret of the neoconservative movement is that it’s not conservative, it’s radical. Guys like me, who are conservatives, are upset about these neocons calling themselves conservative when they’re so radical.”

Guys like McPeak are upset because they think Jews have too much influence.”

Is it even in dispute that “democracy promotion through superior firepower” wins the gold medal for “least conservative idea ever”? Goldberg is simply despicable.