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September 18, 2008

Jewish People Who Need People (But Not Republican People)

That must have been some swift kick from the leather boots of the Democratic Party to the flabby tuchuses of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, which invited and then uninvited Sarah Palin to its protest next week at the UN. JTA provides the sordid details here.

I guess the good graces of the Democratic Party matter more to the Conference than support from the most intriguing and controversial politician -- dare I say, Madame Statesman? -- in the country. The Conference wants people at its event, but the right kind of people, not those icky Republicans whose views and fashions differ by an iota or two from the Style section of the New York Times. By blowing off Gov. Palin, the Conference removed a huge draw for its event. I was going to go, but now -- eh, why bother? If some fellow KTers want to give it a whirl, let's attend in those "I Am Sarah Palin" shirts, waving our lipstick.

Funny, but I don't recall agonies over partisanship two years ago when the Conference held a pro-Israel demonstration at the UN in July 2006. Senator Clinton appeared, and Democratic primary opponents Mark Green and Andrew Cuomo took the stage together (see the picture in my 2006 post for proof). Maybe rivals can appear if they're both Democrats. The Conference is made up, I suppose, of people -- people who need people, just not Republican peeeooople.

I've got an idea: why don't the Sarah Palin fans, with our t-shirts and lipsticks (or, failing that, some other cylindrical objects), hook up with the Neturei Karta folks, who you know will be protesting. Make it a joint protest -- while we wouldn't be sharing any philosophy, we'd be showing the Conference that it's policies are not winning friends among some groups of Jews.

Van | 09/18/08 at 11:18 PM | Categories: - Useful idiots

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