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Democratic Rep.: Palin pick is 'direct affront to all Jewish Americans'
By Haaretz Staff
Tags: Sarah Palin, Jewish Democrats 

Democratic Congressman Robert Wexler of Florida lashed out Saturday at John McCain's choice of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate, accusing her of supporting "Nazi sympathizer" Pat Buchanan, and branding the move an "affront to all Jewish Americans."

"John McCain's decision to select a vice presidential running mate that endorsed Pat Buchanan for president in 2000 is a direct affront to all Jewish Americans," said a statement by Wexler.

"Pat Buchanan is a Nazi sympathizer with a uniquely atrocious record on Israel, even going as far as to denounce bringing former Nazi soldiers to justice and praising Adolf Hitler for his 'great courage'".
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Wexler went on to accuse McCain of having "failed his first test of leadership."

"At a time when standing up for Israel's right to self-defense has never been more critical, John McCain has failed his first test of leadership and judgment by selecting a running mate who has aligned herself with a leading anti-Israel voice in American politics. It is frightening that John McCain would select someone one heartbeat away from the presidency who supported a man who embodies vitriolic anti-Israel sentiments."

The National Jewish Democratic Council also issued a statement Saturday saying that McCain's judgment appears "lacking" in choosing Palin.

"Prior to today's selection, Palin apparently has never spoken publicly about Israel," said a statement by the group's Executive Director Ira N. Forman. "Moreover, on a broad range of issues - most strikingly on the issue of women's reproductive freedom - she is totally out of step with Jewish public opinion.

The Republican Jewish Coalition, however, welcomed Palin's nomination.

"As governor of Alaska, Palin has enjoyed a strong working relationship with Alaska's Jewish community. She has demonstrated sensitivity to the concerns of the community and has been accessible and responsive," said coalition Executive Director Matt Brooks.

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      1.   A CHECK MATE FOR A SUPPORTER "NAZI SYMPATHIZER"? 11:51  |  indrajaya 31/08/08
      2.   WOW, MCCAIN, A BUCHANANITE? 11:56  |  indrajaya 31/08/08
      3.   Statement is Stupid 12:38  |  guy 31/08/08
      4.   Wexler is a dye in the wool partisan democrat. 12:44  |  Bartley Kulp 31/08/08
      5.   Palin Pick 12:46  |  CAM 31/08/08
      6.   Get real! 12:51  |  American 31/08/08
      7.   Sarah Palin 13:21  |  AJ Weberman 31/08/08
      8.   Wexler and other Democratic Jews 13:34  |  Ehud 31/08/08
      9.   Jews and Israel form the centre of the known universe 13:46  |  Clickfool 31/08/08
      10.   wexler 13:52  |  ed sacks 31/08/08
      11.   Democratic Rep.: Palin pick is `direct affront to all Jewish Amer 13:56  |  Jas 31/08/08
      12.   Pat Buchanan 13:58  |  David B. 31/08/08
      13.   Palin is poor candidate 13:58  |  Rabbi Jonathan 31/08/08
      14.   Robert Wexler is an affront to all Jewish-Americans 14:03  |  Jimmy Dhimmi 31/08/08
      15.   On the Contrary 14:05  |  Avi 31/08/08
      16.   Pat Buchanan`s History with Jews 14:09  |  Rabbi Jonathan 31/08/08
      17.   Pat Buchanan 14:12  |  Brod 31/08/08
      18.   We congratulate Palin , as a proper pick, the way 14:17  |  Sal 31/08/08
      19.   oh dear! 14:23  |  ron 31/08/08
      20.   # 16, RABBI JONATHAN 14:41  |  indrajaya 31/08/08
      21.   Is the #1 Criteria In US Politics.... 14:41  |  Joseph L. 31/08/08
      22.   Wexler is not a bad guy, he can retract this statement 14:56  |  NoToBadLeadership 31/08/08
      23.   Weird, Some Orthodox Rabbies Join ProLife Pope Ideology 15:04  |  NoToSlavery 31/08/08
      24.   Robert Wexler is a danger to Jews 15:21  |  mike 31/08/08
      25.   # 8 Ehud - ! 15:42  |  17 31/08/08
      26.   The fear and smear campaign has begun 16:00  |  Anonymous 31/08/08
      27.   Change we`ve been waiting for 16:05  |  Nathaniel 31/08/08
      28.   Shame on Wexler 16:29  |  Another American Jew 31/08/08
      29.   Worst VP pick ever 16:33  |  Natallie Durson 31/08/08
      30.   # 20 16:49  |  John 31/08/08
      31.   # 28, ANOTHER AMERICAN JEW 16:51  |  indrajaya 31/08/08
      32.   AS USUAL WEXLER JUST RUNNING HIS MOUTH 16:59  |  THE WARRIOR 31/08/08
      33.   To David B. 17:10  |  American 31/08/08
      34.   Bad News/Good News 17:20  |  ATLAS 31/08/08
      35.   Get your facts straight 17:27  |  Elizabeth 31/08/08
      36.   Pat Buchanan 17:38  |  Anthony 31/08/08
      37.   Rep. Wexler 17:43  |  Garry 31/08/08
      38.   Wexlers ultra left wing bias. 17:46  |  Sarah 31/08/08
      39.   # 36, ANTHONY 17:47  |  indrajaya 31/08/08
      40.   Palon Supported Forbes, not Buchanan 17:48  |  Brian 31/08/08
      41.   If Pat Buchanan is an american 17:57  |  Bruce 31/08/08
      42.   Buchanan, Move On.org bad, McCain/Palin good 18:13  |  Repulican Jew 31/08/08
      43.   Anchorage Chabad Rabbi Yoseff Greenberg supports Palin 100% 18:14  |  Sarah 31/08/08
      44.   sarah hits it out of the pard 18:30  |  natan 31/08/08
      45.   President Obama. Get used to the name guys... 18:42  |  Janet K. 31/08/08
      46.   Buchanan-Obama Connection 18:55  |  Gil J. Yashar 31/08/08
      47.   Their final gambit 18:58  |  US Observer 31/08/08
      48.   What a bully this Mr Wexler! (revised) 19:01  |  S 31/08/08
      49.   Palin was chosen because 19:12  |  Chris Linthwaite 31/08/08
      50.   # 31 Indy......do you have dual citizenship? 19:13  |  Lynn 31/08/08
      51.   Wexler wants to spread more Antisemitism? 19:18  |  Semsem 31/08/08
      52.   2 days ago, John McCain turned 72 years of age 19:39  |  PL 31/08/08
      53.   Sarah Palin 19:45  |  Woody 31/08/08
      54.   Palin and women 19:47  |  dovvod 31/08/08
      55.   Clickfool, just consult the Jew named Einstein 19:53  |  Israeli citizen 31/08/08
      56.   354 dowood of Tokyo....it`s more like 20:03  |  Lynn 31/08/08
      57.   hizbollah endorses barak hussein oBama! is it reciprocal? 20:14  |  Avram 31/08/08
      58.   I am watching gleefully how the Democrats are self-destructing 20:24  |  S 31/08/08
      59.   # 13 Rabbi Jonathan 20:24  |  Charles Ronen 31/08/08
      60.   The SMEAR drips down the wall 20:29  |  FOX 31/08/08
      61.   Judged by her enemies 20:45  |  Gregor 31/08/08
      62.   Wexler is Right 20:57  |  American Jew 31/08/08
      63.   This is first I`ve heard of Wexler & he doesn`t speak for me 20:58  |  PK 31/08/08
      64.   Israeli Kibbitz sit on fence only 21:08  |  H.H.M. 31/08/08
      65.   #14-Rabbi religious male Jews need to get used to women in.. 21:09  |  PK 31/08/08
      66.   Clicky sometimes I worry Jews and Israel are in the news too much 21:13  |  Freethinker 31/08/08
      67.   #62 American Jew....I doubt that very much 21:14  |  Lynn 31/08/08
      68.   Wexler`s challenger 21:31  |  Ben Graber 31/08/08
      69.   SEE THE ISRAELI FLAG IN THIS INTERVIEW WITH GOV. PALIN 21:34  |  Jew 31/08/08
      70.   Neither McCain or Obama need to get circumsized 21:42  |  Ilan 31/08/08
      71.   For Israeli Citizen # 55 21:43  |  Clickfool 31/08/08
      72.   Natallie Durson 21:53  |  Jane 31/08/08
      73.   Wexler is vicious and reckless 22:00  |  B (The other one) 31/08/08
      74.   clickfool 22:03  |  Connie 31/08/08
      75.   Haaretz does all it can to help Obama 22:08  |  Avi 31/08/08
      76.   Mc Cain trying to prove he is dumber than Dumbya. 22:10  |  Labhras 31/08/08
      77.   Rabbi Jonathan 22:13  |  Connie 31/08/08
      78.   PK - Has your memory failed you 22:23  |  DocD 31/08/08
      79.   #58, S 22:30  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 31/08/08
      80.   Rubbish 22:45  |  Small town rabbi 31/08/08
      81.   PALIN : PRO CREATIONISM, PRO-LIFER, (NRA) GUN SUPPORTER OY! 23:00  |  JEWISH doctor 31/08/08
      82.   Palin, a Nazi Sypathizer??????? 23:06  |  Benjamin 31/08/08
      83.   Palin, a Nazi Sypathizer??????? 23:12  |  Benjamin 31/08/08
      84.   Wexler 23:13  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 31/08/08
      85.   clickfool - "jews at the center of the universe" 23:18  |  einstein 31/08/08
      86.   Connie on Rabbi Jonathan 23:22  |  small town rabbi 31/08/08
      87.   To the JEW on #69 23:24  |  Shmuelshachor 31/08/08
      88.   # 58 S....I see one more pic of Obama with a 23:33  |  Lynn 31/08/08
      89.   david b 12 23:40  |  potobac 31/08/08
      90.   # 72 Jane....if she is a true reformer, 23:42  |  Lynn 31/08/08
      91.   rabbi jonathan 16 23:49  |  potobac 31/08/08
      92.   Rovian Politics 00:09  |  Mark of Lewiston 01/09/08
      93.   `Rabbi Jonathan` does not represent American Jews 00:11  |  RN Elie 01/09/08
      94.   Jewish doctor, wimp #81 00:14  |  FOX 01/09/08
      95.   For Freethinker # 66 00:28  |  Clickfool 01/09/08
      96.   For Einstein # 85 00:33  |  Clickfool 01/09/08
      97.   is mr. wexler REALLY an american congressman? 00:45  |  eric 01/09/08
      98.   palin is no more a nazi sympathizer than wexler is... 00:46  |  eric 01/09/08
      99.   small town rabbi 00:54  |  Connie 01/09/08
      100.   Without doubt Buchanan is better than Obama. Palin better than bo 01:01  |  e.m Jordan is Palse 01/09/08
      101.   Without doubt Buchanan is better than Obama. Palin better than bo 01:01  |  e.m Jordan is Palse 01/09/08
      102.   Liberman 01:21  |  Realist 01/09/08
      103.   Palin does raise questions that need to be answered 01:34  |  MichaelF 01/09/08
      104.   Gaza youth support Obama`s presidential bid 01:38  |  e.m Jordan is Palse 01/09/08
      105.   Mrs. Palin, VP of the US of A. 01:47  |  John Allen 01/09/08
      106.   #81 Jewish doctor 01:55  |  John Allen 01/09/08
      107.   McCain Doesn`t Care About America 02:10  |  Doubleclick 01/09/08
      108.   Politics and hurricanes. Where were Bush and McCain... 02:12  |  Maureen Ann 01/09/08
      109.   A "Nazi" and anti-Semite working for MSNBC.....???? 02:29  |  Swiss (Dino) 01/09/08
      110.   #29, Natallie, good thinking! 02:33  |  Wally Shu 01/09/08
      111.   Putting things into perspective ... 02:38  |  Morris Valentine 01/09/08
      112.   A Jeremiah Wright supporter put out the Buchanan smear 03:29  |  JM 01/09/08
      113.   Palin - the dems are scared 03:33  |  Jack 01/09/08
      114.   #81 Jewish Doctor - Gun supporter, you bet! 04:57  |  * BEN JABO 01/09/08
      115.   Reform to Decency We need! Yes to Mme. Palin! 04:49  |  YesToDecency 01/09/08
      116.   the dems are really f`dd 05:18  |  you know it 01/09/08
      117.   #114 Ben Jabo. 06:02  |  Maureen Ann 01/09/08
      118.   Consevative base will never condone Anti-Israel 06:27  |  Q 01/09/08
      119.   Wexler 06:56  |  Looking In 01/09/08
      120.   Who is next to gun down? 07:03  |  leven5 01/09/08
      121.   Palin is an affront to HUMAN intelligence, not only Jewish one. 07:03  |  Fortuna Benmayor 01/09/08
      122.   Jimmy Dhimmi -- wrong you are 07:03  |  bbl 01/09/08
      123.   Gov Palin 07:06  |  Jewish Republican 01/09/08
      124.   Sour grapes....poor democrats! 07:10  |  Yehuda 01/09/08
      125.   eric -- do some research 07:10  |  bbl 01/09/08
      126.   Mike for what is Wexler being investigasted? 07:14  |  bbl 01/09/08
      127.   Obama tops Palin in anti-semetic ties 07:24  |  Suebee 01/09/08
      128.   If this is true, she`s a liar. 07:25  |  NMF 01/09/08
      129.   # 81 to the jewish doc in nyc re: one step 07:28  |  eric 01/09/08
      130.   PALIN - How could Crazy Mc. choose her.. 08:13  |  PADDY 01/09/08
      131.   Connie`s anti-liberalism 08:18  |  small town rabbi 01/09/08
      132.   #78-DocD-Memory or history?Israel had only 1 woman PM-USA none 08:25  |  PK 01/09/08
      133.   # 117 to maureen ann re: "real men" and "guns" 08:36  |  eric 01/09/08
      134.   Palin Has Israeli Flag in Her Office 09:26  |  Ben 01/09/08
      135.   # 124 to bbl re: research 09:30  |  eric 01/09/08
      136.   Come on... 10:17  |  David 01/09/08
      137.   THE ZIONIST WEXLER OF THE U.S SAYS PICKING PALIN IS A AFFRONT TO? 10:32  |  HAFIZ KAZI 01/09/08
      138.   #123 Jewish Republican -PERISH THE THOUGHT! 10:39  |  PADDY 01/09/08
      139.   PALIN SUPPORTED FORBES, WEXLER IS A LIAR 10:55  |  Scott 01/09/08
      140.   #117 Maureen Ann 11:14  |  * BEN JABO 01/09/08
      141.   The HAMAS Still SUPPORTS OBAMA -end of story!! 11:24  |  dr Eric 01/09/08
      142.   McCainPalinObamaBiden - talking heads 11:44  |  eddie - Haifa 01/09/08
      143.   Jewish Rep: In the tank for Obama 12:29  |  Nechama 01/09/08
      144.   Rabbi Jonathan 12:31  |  Nechama 01/09/08
      145.   Setting the Record Straight 16:24  |  Izzy 01/09/08
      146.   Reply to #23 Pro-life 17:06  |  Sherlock Holmes 01/09/08
      147.   Reply to # 112 17:11  |  Motic 01/09/08
      148.   Anyone who believes Obama is moral is deluding himself 19:42  |  PH 01/09/08
      149.   DEMOCRATS! Will they ever face reality? 19:48  |  For McCain 01/09/08
      150.   More Democratic Deceptions 20:32  |  UD 01/09/08
      151.   #62 This are very good news! 20:43  |  Bruni 01/09/08
      152.   Neocons parting shot.. 00:00  |  Edithann, USA 02/09/08
      153.   #117-2 Maureen Ann - Let`s talk about "Real Ladies" 01:41  |  * BEN JABO 02/09/08
      154.   Why Jewish Americans Vote Democratic 02:02  |  Terri 02/09/08
      155.   Revisionist Wexler 02:31  |  Jack 02/09/08
      156.   Wexler the fraud-Biden the motor mouth 03:53  |  Jerry Magliano 02/09/08
      157.   Gov.Sarah Palin 05:42  |  Charles Price 02/09/08
      158.   She a SUPPORTS Israel - Biden Tells Israel to talk with Iran 06:12  |  Steven 02/09/08
      159.   DISLOYAL jews ruining america 21:27  |  tony cosentino 02/09/08
      160.   Shame on Jewish Republicans 06:59  |  Leah James 03/09/08
      161.   Buchanan is a Nazi sympthizer 07:02  |  Leah James 03/09/08
      162.   # 161 so tell us leah james...what sayeth the adl of palin? 11:44  |  eric 03/09/08
      163.   That Pat Buchanan is pro Arab and anti Israel and 18:53  |  Steve the American 03/09/08
      164.   #162 eric - the ADL isn`t the only source 03:12  |  * BEN JABO 04/09/08
      165.   # 164 to ben jabo regarding palin (2nd try) 10:53  |  eric 05/09/08
      166.   #165 Eric - You are know by the company u keep 15:27  |  * BEN JABO 05/09/08
      167.   # 166 ben...you`re an incurable sponge for propagandists 09:42  |  eric 06/09/08
      168.   Palin is from Aryan Nations 21:31  |  shari 06/09/08
      169.   # 168 how stupid 01:38  |  eric 07/09/08
      170.   #167 2ND TRY Eric - I hate to tell you 15:50  |  * BEN JABO 09/09/08
      171.   Wexler is a jerk 18:35  |  The Floridian 12/09/08
      172.   Obama Will Talk with Iran 09:37  |  Kathy Hayes 19/09/08
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