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AIPAC apologizes for cheering of Trump’s Obama knock.

In an emotional apology, the AIPAC leadership expressed regret to President Barack Obama for an attack on him from its stage by Donald Trump, and for the loud applause it earned.

“While we may have policy differences, we deeply respect the office of the President of the United States and our President Barack Obama,” Lillian Pinkus, the newly installed president of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, said Tuesday, joined by other AIPAC lay and professional leaders.

AIPAC’s evident anguish in the aftermath of Trump’s remarks — delivered to its annual conference Monday night in Washington, D.C. — seem to reflect a divide among the 18,000 members in attendance.

While many in the arena leapt to their feet in appreciation of the hard-line positions on Iran, terrorism and the current administration by the Republican presidential front-runner, others sat on their hands or even absented themselves from the event.

“There are people in our AIPAC family who were deeply hurt last night and for that we are deeply sorry,” Pinkus said, her voice choking. “We are deeply disappointed that so many people applauded a sentiment that we neither agree with or condone.”

Launching a critique of Obama’s U.N. policy, Trump, a real estate magnate, started a sentence Monday evening, “With President Obama in his final year –“ Then he stopped himself and said “Yay!”

Cheers, laughter and applause arose from the crowd packed into the Verizon Center, a sports arena used by the lobby for the first time to accommodate record-breaking numbers.

“He may be the worst thing to ever happen to Israel, believe me, believe me,” Trump said. “And you know it and you know it better than anybody.”
Pinkus said AIPAC does not “countenance ad hominem attacks.”

“We take great offense at those that are levied against the president of the United States of America from our stage,” she said.

Misty » 22 Mar 2016 5:17 pm » wrote:If I didn't care about what happens to my country so much I would almost wish that this piece of **** con-man would win the WH, just so we could see him fall flat right on his big fat orange face.
It's easy to be a tough guy from behind a keyboard.

Misty » 22 Mar 2016 7:09 pm » wrote:Has there been a serious emergency in the U.S. that only The Carnival Barker knows about?

Misty » 22 Mar 2016 6:52 pm » wrote:The Jackhole can't control himself.

Trump Says He Will Delegate Supreme Court Appointments To The Heritage Foundation (Jim DeMint)

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump, in an apparent bid to placate conservativeswho fear that he could appoint an insufficiently ideological justice if elected president, plans to release a list of 5-10 names sometime in the next week. He says that, if given the opportunity to name a Supreme Court justice, he will limit his selection to the names on that list.

At a press conference on Monday, Trump also revealed an unusual detail about how he is determining which names should be on the list. “Heritage Foundation and others are working on” the list,” according to Trump.

Heritage is a think tank known for its stridently conservative views and its unorthodox approach to mathematics. They oppose marriage equality, defend discrimination against LGBT Americans, and they have a surprisingly long history of reversing their own stances on health policy when doing so is useful to opponents of Obamacare.

Their former chief “economist” is an ex-newspaper columnist and anti-tax activist with no doctorate in economics.

Misty » 22 Mar 2016 8:42 pm » wrote:
In 2015 Drumpf dropped (was pushed) out of a Heritage foundation event.
Now they are embracing the Birther.
Trump drops out of Heritage event after birther backlash.

About the president of Heritage.....
Jim DeMint: Here Are His 7 Craziest Moments

crimsongulf » 22 Mar 2016 8:47 pm » wrote:Looks like it gonna be him and the WSW and this is gonna be so damned much fun. Bernie is gaining some ground, but he ain't got a chance against the Dem establishment. Trump has the GOP establishment **** bricks.
I am set either way so am gonna have a **** of beer n popcorn fun on this one.
gonna be nasty and I don't think Billary can handle it.

Just to drive him a little bit crazy, I took to referring to him as a “short-fingered vulgarian” in the pages of Spy magazine.
That was more than a quarter of a century ago.
To this day, I receive the occasional envelope from Trump.
There is always a photo of him—generally a tear sheet from a magazine.
On all of them he has circled his hand in gold Sharpie in a valiant effort to highlight the length of his fingers.
I almost feel sorry for the poor fellow because, to me, the fingers still look abnormally stubby.
The most recent offering arrived earlier this year, before his decision to go after the Republican presidential nomination. Like the other packages, this one included a circled hand and the words, also written in gold Sharpie: “See, not so short!”
I sent the picture back by return mail with a note attached, saying, “Actually, quite short.”
Which I can only assume gave him fits.

http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2015/ ... nald-trump

crimsongulf » 22 Mar 2016 8:50 pm » wrote:who ya talking to

Misty » 22 Mar 2016 9:17 pm » wrote:



ISIS lost 22 percent of its territory in the past 15 months, study finds.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/03/17 ... finds.html

Misty » 22 Mar 2016 9:24 pm » wrote:I can only surmise that Huey ate a bunch of leaded paint chips as a child.

crimsongulf » 22 Mar 2016 9:23 pm » wrote:In the big scheme that ain't a lot. Especially since this is not a territorial conflict.

crimsongulf » 22 Mar 2016 9:26 pm » wrote: Not sure I understand what you are trying to say there marlo.

Misty » 22 Mar 2016 9:34 pm » wrote:
What I'm trying to say is that Huey is an obsessive freak.
I have him on ignore, and he swears that he doesn't reply to my posts, but as you can see, he does.
Constantly.
And so does his BFF Golfboy.
I'm sick of them filling up my Notifications page.
They are worse than Clem.

crimsongulf » 22 Mar 2016 9:23 pm » wrote:
In the big scheme that ain't a lot. Especially since this is not a territorial conflict.