Casey and MoveOn.org

[MODU]

Let me just note now that I don't think this is too big of an issue for Casey.  However, I think it is an interesting article for discussion purposes:

"A Mighty Democrat Has Struck Out"

$168,591.

By any standard that's a good sized campaign contribution. It may also be turning out to be one more hurdle in an increasing series of self-created stumbling blocks in Pennsylvania State Treasurer Robert Casey, Jr.'s campaign to oust Republican Senator Rick Santorum.

Records on file with the Federal Election Commission reveal that MoveOn.org, the far-left interest group, has "bundled" $168,591 for Casey's Senate campaign.

The problem? MoveOn is increasingly being accused of pushing an anti-Semitic agenda, as the folks over at Israpundit have documented in great detail here here. The language from participants in MoveOn's "Action Forum" has been so raw ("jew Lieberman," "media-owning Jewish pigs" and much more -- and worse) that it drew the ire of Abraham Foxman, the head of the Anti-Defamation League. While MoveOn's Eli Pariser eventually apologized and removed the offending posts, articles (as opposed to reader comments) that charged Jews in the Bush administration with "dual loyalties" to America and Israel have also appeared. The thrust of these pieces is that Jewish Americans in government cannot be trusted to put America's interests first.

Were Casey elected he would be working side-by-side with Pennsylvania's senior Senator, Republican Arlen Specter. Specter, of course, is Jewish. As is Pennsylvania Governor and Casey's fellow Democrat Ed Rendell.

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[Rob]

Oh, it's the right-wing meme that liberals hate Jews. *Yawns*

[NewFederalist]

What is a "meme"?

[Rob]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme

[NewFederalist]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme

Wow! Am I old! Thanx!

[Rob]

No problem.

[GOP = Terrorists]

Well according to the neo-cons if you don't believe in "Greater Israel" you are a anti-semite.  Don't support Israeli foriegn policy 100% well you're an anti-semite.  You think that specific people have Israel's interests infront of Americas?  Anti-Semite.

But then again in reality it is the evangelicals who are the anti-semites and worse since they only want "greater israel" so that the world will end.  And they can all go off to happy fairy tail land.

[Ebowed]

MoveOn cannot be held responsible or accused of any sort of agenda based on what its forum users write; that would be like claiming that Dave Leip holds the views of every forum member here (which, while a ridiculous accusation to make, is also impossible).  The articles mentioned later in that paragraph don't sound all that horrible either, unless they stated all Jewish politicians have this "problem."  Remember, MoveOn is a big fan of Russ Feingold, who is Jewish.