President Bush was in Israel the other day and gave a speech to the Knesset. Its perspective was summed up by his closing anecdote — a departing British officer in May 1948 handing the iron bar to the Zion Gate to a trembling rabbi and telling him it was the first time in 18 centuries that a key to the gates of the Jerusalem was in the hands of a Jew. In other words, it was a big-picture speech, referencing the Holocaust, the pogroms, Masada — and the challenges that lie ahead. Sen. Obama was not mentioned in the text. No Democrat was mentioned, save for President Truman, in the context of his recognition of the new state of Israel when it was a mere 11 minutes old.
Nonetheless, Barack Obama decided that the president's speech was really about him, and he didn't care for it. He didn't put it quite as bluntly as he did with the Rev. Wright, but the message was the same: "That's enough. That's a show of disrespect to me." And, taking their cue from the soon-to-be nominee's weirdly petty narcissism, Nancy Pelosi, John Kerry, Joe Biden and Co. piled on to deplore Bush's outrageous, unacceptable, unpresidential, outrageously unacceptable and unacceptably unpresidential behavior.
Honestly. What a bunch of self-absorbed ninnies. Here's what the president said:
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BTW, the media did say that sources in the White House stated the speech was talking about Obama. They could have been lying to create a story, but I'm not sure why Obama should take it that way. He's going to take every opportunity he can to argue policy with one of the most disliked Presidents in history. Why shouldn't he?
Also, if he's not talking about Obama, who is he talking about? I know of no one that wants to give parts of a country away to Iran as was done for Hitler in 1928. Carter went to talk to them, but since he has no power to give them anything, I'm not sure where the comparison is there. Comparing Iran to Germany is a reach as well.
Also, If you think the US is a lefty state...I'm not sure why you would. The rest of the western world is far to the left of us. Democrats are fairly conservative in comparison.
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