Leon Wieseltier writing the “Washington Diarist” in the January 30 issue of The New Republic:
When Al Gore chose Joe Lieberman as his running mate, a shul-mate remarked that it was a great day for the Jews in
I told him that, while I was tribally exhilarated by what Gore had done, he would not have picked Lieberman if the polling had ruled against it. It was a great day for the Jews in
I hear a lot about Obama as a "post-racial" candidate, and I am not sure what this means. . . . "When an African American man is leading a juggernaut to the White House," a vibrating David Brooks asked, "do you want to be the one to stand up and say No?"
Well, yes, if "no" needs to be said, and if we are in a place beyond race.
Obama is an intelligent, articulate, attractive candidate, exuding youth and optimism, with cadences that echo Martin Luther King, Jr. and JFK. His minimal experience and record make him a blank slate on which people can project their most audacious hopes.
Almost alone among the national media, Ed Lasky of American Thinker has noted that, with respect to Israel, Obama has a record worth examining, and associates and advisers that are a cause for concern. In his latest article, “Barak Obama and Israel,” Lasky ably catalogues the accumulating concern about Obama on that issue.
In an earlier important article, Lasky caught Obama’s missed moral moment with respect to
Writing in this morning’s New York Sun, Hillel Halkin says that “Obama Gets Israel Wrong.” In his last three paragraphs, he echoes Lasky’s concern.
UPDATE: Ed Lasky has another article in the January 23 American Thinker entitled “Barack Obama’s Middle East Adviser” — Robert Malley. There is a pattern emerging.
Former Israeli U.N. Ambassador Danny Ayalon has his own qualms: “Who Are You, Barak Obama?” (Hat tip: Ed Lasky).