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[QUOTE]A brand new conservative group calling itself Americans for a Strong Defense and financed by anonymous donors is running advertisements urging Democratic senators in five states to vote against Chuck Hagel, President Obama’s nominee to be secretary of defense, saying he would make the United States “a weaker country.”[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]Another freshly minted and anonymously backed organization, Use Your Mandate, [B]which presents itself as a liberal gay rights group but purchases its television time through a prominent Republican firm[/B], is attacking Mr. Hagel as “anti-Gay,” “anti-woman” and “anti-Israel” in ads and mailers.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]Groups like his would have been able to operate freely against Mr. Hagel even before [B]Citizens United. But the ruling has served to erase what had been traditional fears among donors that their involvement in the fight of the day would lead to legal trouble[/B] or, for those who prefer to stay anonymous, unwanted public exposure. That confidence, in turn, has helped spur the increase in the number of political organizations that pop up to engage in the big political entanglement of the moment.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/27/us/politics/secret-donors-finance-fight-against-hagel.html?hp&_r=1&[/url]
Nice bullsit Citizens United
GOP 2.0 it seems
How is being "anti-Israel" a bad thing?
If we are to begin to walk away from plutocracy, we MUST get rid of Citizens United.
[QUOTE=A B.A. Survivor;39382157]How is being "anti-Israel" a bad thing?[/QUOTE]
There's a difference between the state of israel and what the state of israel does
[QUOTE=A B.A. Survivor;39382157]How is being "anti-Israel" a bad thing?[/QUOTE]
Because apparently it makes you anti-semitic, which is somewhat like saying that if you're against the Republic of China because of it's human rights abuses you are racist against Asians.
[QUOTE=scout1;39382206]There's a difference between the state of israel and what the state of israel does[/QUOTE]
Explain it to me.
[quote]calling itself Americans for a Strong Defense and financed by [b]anonymous donors[/b][/quote]
In other words Israel
[QUOTE=A B.A. Survivor;39382157]How is being "anti-Israel" a bad thing?[/QUOTE]
He isn't even anti-Israel. Saying "Hey some of the things that country does is a little suspect maybe we should look into it" isn't that.
[QUOTE=Stopper;39382234]Explain it to me.[/QUOTE]
You can support the idea of a state of israel whilst still acknowledging israel's resettlement policies as deplorable.
[QUOTE=scout1;39382499]You can support the idea of a state of israel whilst still acknowledging israel's resettlement policies as deplorable.[/QUOTE]
And literally nobody ever says "anti-Israel" to challenge the country's status.
[QUOTE=scout1;39382499]You can support the idea of a state of israel whilst still acknowledging israel's resettlement policies as deplorable.[/QUOTE]
Which he does. You're reading to much into the "anti-Israel" buzzword, it was deceitfully used in this context and was manufactured to brand critics of Israeli policies as anti-Semitic.
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