Brett Lieberman
By Brett Lieberman
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News RJC Warns ‘You Should Be’ Worried About Barack Obama
In what’s sure to draw fire from Democrats and Barack Obama’s campaign, the Republican Jewish Coalition unveiled two tough new ads sure to evoke strong emotions, not to mention controversy. Under the headline, “Concerned about Barack Obama? You should be,” the ads shown below feature a series of pictures of Iranian President Ahmadinejad, other Muslim…
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News Report: Lieberman Not Welcome to Break Bread With Democrats
Retribution was swift for U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman after the Connecticut Indepedent/Democrat’s speech supporting John McCain and criticizing Barack Obama at last week’s Republican National Convention. Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call [Registration required] reports that he’s no longer welcome at the Democrats’ weekly lunches and biweekly lunches of committee chairman. Speculation remains on what will…
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News Israel a Non-Issue That Might Haunt U.S. Election
Israel has”ceased to exist as a campaign issue” at the moment in this year’s presidential contest, but that doesn’t mean it’s irrelevant. In fact, writing in Haaretz, Bradley Burston notes Israel’s influence on the election could be one military strike, one peace deal or one terrorist strike away. He outlines a half dozen ways, most…
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News Ed Koch: U.S. ‘Safer’ With Obama
Former New York Mayor Ed Koch, who bucked the Democratic Party and endorsed President Bush over Democrat John Kerry in 2004, has no regrets about that decision. Kerry did not fully understood the need to support Israel at the time, he says. “That is not an issue in this election,” Koch writes in a statement…
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News Too Much or Too Little Faith in Politics?
From Muslim imams to conservative rabbis and practically every faith in between, religion and religious leaders were front and center at the recent Republican and Democratic political conventions. Expect more of the same in the coming two months as Barack Obama and John McCain and their political parties court the religious vote. But is this…
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News Hawaii’s GOP Governor Stands Out
St. Paul — She’s a former journalist, mayor and female Republican governor who gets rave reviews for trying to shake up a state that’s not part of the contiguous United States and has long been dominated by one-party rule. But instead of being John McCain’s running mate, Linda Lingle has been speaking out as one…
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News Jewish GOPers Look for New Recruits
Minneapolis – Long considered an oxymoron, Jewish Republicans, who represent 15% to 25% of Jewish voters, are suddenly feeling a little less lonely. More than 400 Republican Jews and their supporters packed a reception that the Republican Jewish Coalition hosted to salute governors at the Republican National Convention. The event also drew Sallai Meridor, Israel’s…
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News The Buchanan-Palin Connection
Was Sarah Palin, Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s running mate, a Buchananite? There’s been a lot of speculation that the former mayor of Wasilla supported Patrick Buchanan after The Nation dug up an old Associated Press story that reported she welcomed the controversial conservative to a reception in Wasilla and wore a Buchanan button. The…
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