Stanley: “Obama’s Right Wing Critics: Take a Chill Pill”

Aaron Keyak — April 2, 2009 – 4:07 pm | Democrats | Foreign Policy | Israel | Obama | Republicans | Stop the Smears Comments (0) Add a comment

Today, Marc R. Stanley, NJDC Chairman, has a piece in The Huffington Post, “Obama’s Right Wing Critics: Take a Chill Pill.” Stanley addresses the hysterical right wing attacks from Jewish Republicans and their obsession that former President Jimmy Carter is an Obama Middle East Advisor. They continue in their relentless in their endless efforts to prove that President Barack Obama is somehow anti-Israel.

Here’s an excerpt:

President Barack Obama’s right wing critics in the Jewish community need to take a chill pill. Jewish Republicans continue to look for any sign that the President is somehow anti-Israel. This week is no exception, as Matt Brooks of the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) called on Obama “to disclose the role that Jimmy Carter has in his administration as an advisor on Middle East policy.” Rumor has it that the President is busy in Europe, so I’ll take this opportunity to answer RJC’s question: Carter is not an advisor on Middle East policy to this administration.

This shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone, including Matt Brooks. In fact, last August Carter’s views on Israel kept him from addressing the DNC convention in Denver. The Forward reported, “Former president Jimmy Carter’s controversial views on Israel cost him a place on the podium at the Democratic Party convention in late August, senior Democratic operatives acknowledged to the Forward.” Furthermore, Obama’s steadfast support for Israel throughout the campaign and during the first months of his presidency shows that our nation’s Middle East policy differs greatly from what Carter advocates.

The continually hysterical critics of the president from within the Jewish community are out of touch with the views of the vast majority of American Jews. Brooks’s statement, “The Jewish community is rightly concerned about how the Obama administration will relate to Israel,” is clearly not true. According to the latest poll of the Jewish community, 76% “believe that the President supports Israel.”

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