John Stewart calls out Obama for pandering and mocks AIPAC

http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=171492&title=indecision-5768

What's with Pander Bama wearing a lapel pin now? And with the Israeli/American flags crossed? Where are the Obamaphiles to explain their previous defense of not wearing the lapel pin, and now Pander Bama wearing one for AIPAC?

Btw, before anyone accuses John Stewart of being an antisemite (as is normal to call anyone who criticizes Israel or AIPAC), remember he's Jewish.

Great job by Stewart for exposing young minds to the hypocrisy of AIPAC, like the CFR picking American Presidents, not the American people.

 

You gotta give it to AIPAC. It seems no one can be president in the US without having their approval. Every single presidential candidate goes to them and gives a speech in front of their members. Now that's a lot of power!

 

All candidates (who have a chance in hell of winning) pander to some extent. It's a sad truth of politics.

McCain has pandered to the neocons this entire election cycle. He pandered to the religious nuts with Hagee and that other nut. So on and so forth.

 

Oh boy. Just ask yourselves why????

 

Yeah, but it sure makes all of the people who defended the flag lapel pin before look pretty effin stupid.

Thanks Pander Bama. You ruined Christmas again.

Any comment on AIPAC Zibblu? Should the Jewish lobby, CFR and media hold so much more control than you and your family do over who will be your President?

 

lol, That won't stop the Zionsits calling him an anti-semite, these type of people they call "self hating Jews". (I know..LOL)

 

obama never said he is against israel or jews. Why would you think that? Wearing the flag pin was a sign of assurance, the neocons have tried to make him look anti israel. they try to make any one not agreeing with their stupid policy of not talking to this or that country anti american or anti israel.
they want to scare the north east retirees in florida to vote against their intrest.

 

Obama never said he would never wear a flag pin. He is just deflecting all of the BS the GOP is trying to throw at him. He knows they will try to get him on all sorts of trivial nonsense (flag pins, what church he goes to, etc) and he's doing his best to deflect this BS and keep the election about the real issues. He knows that if this is an issue based election he wins in a landslide.

 

I could smoke his @ss in an issues based election.

Didn't you see the Pander Bama sucking up to AIPAC? First you say pandering is necessary, then you say it's issues based.

 

I don't see how the two things are related really. By issues I mean the actual issues, not politics. Politics is politics, issues are issues. I already know that I want Obama to win because I agree with him far more than McCain on the issues. Politics is just a game that they play. And it's obviously not a 100% honest game. There is a lot of pandering and half truths to be expected from politicians. Big lies I care about. Lying to get us into a WAR, I care about that.

 

Obama knows that he has to impress AIPAC to become president, Ron paul didn't know that. It's not about being honest, it's about who can impress AIPAC the most because if you don't, you don't become president.

 

Why ......?

 

Oh, I see. So when he discusses issues in front of AIPAC, he's just pandering and playing politics. When he's discussing issues in front of America, he's being sincere.

Lapel pin. No lapel pin. He doesn't need to be overtly patriotic when speaking to the American people, but in front of the Israeli lobby, he's more than happy to be overtly Zionist.

Sad.

 

Lapel pins have nothing to do with being patriotic. The least patriotic people in America (the Bush admin & Fox News) wear lapel pins all the time.

He never said he'd never wear one. It's a non-issue. He's wearing a lapel pin and he's quit his church because they are DISTRACTIONS. He knows that folks who don't want to talk about the issues (and by issues I mean WAR, ECONOMY, HEALTH CARE, CIVIL LIBERTIES) want to bring up BS like whether he wears a pin or what church he goes to (or doesn't go to.) He's doing his best to squash all of that nonsense - and good for him. He's actively playing the game - he saw what happened to Kerry when you try to ignore the BS. You can't do that. You have to fight it.

 

I love watching a certain group of people here 'suffer' because their choice for what is 'best' for America is consistently and throughly rejected by the American people. You know what time that makes it . . . time to blame someone else.

It is the same thing over and over again. Oh well, at least you guys have endurance.

 

I agree. I can't wait until America as a mass movement, rejects AIPAC and it's dominance over domestic leaders.

 

Yeah, that Pander Bama. He's a real tough competitor. He's really kicking butt by deciding to cave into AIPAC pressure and wear a lapel pin. Sure showed them who decides who he panders to.

 

Well if you know a way to become president without impressing AIPAC i'd love to know

 

It's not about that. It's about playing the game. Pro-actively dealing with "problems" rather than waiting for the inevitable attacks. Obama is a tough competitor - Gore & Kerry were not.

 

Desmond Tutu about AIPAC :
People are scared in the US, to say 'wrong is wrong,' because the pro-Israeli lobby is powerful.
Well, so what? For goodness sake, this is God's world! We live in a moral universe. The apartheid govt. was very powerful, but today it no longer exists.-
Desmond Tutu, Nobel
Peace Prize Winner

Obama is not exception, maybe he is scared or not brave enaugh to say wrong is wrong