Posted on 04-06-2008
Filed Under (Politics) by mike

AIPAC had another conference with the speakers being the two presidential hopefuls showing support for Israel. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee hosted the event at a point where candidate Obama has apparently clinched the Democratic Party’s primary selection process but Clinton is reluctant to concede.

Part of the background events going on involve Hillary Clinton’s reported $11 million campaign debt that was put up by her and husband, former president, Bill Clinton that needs to be resolved.

Bill Clinton has had a significant role to play in the primary, not just financial. His appearances have both helped and hurt his wife’s campaign. Bill Clinton can still draw a crowd and his on and off camera behavior is controversial, sometimes angry, sometimes preachy, and sometimes cavalierly indiscreet.

A former Bill Clinton senior adviser, Rep. Rahm Emanuel, was the last Illinois holdout to endorse Obama. Emanuel is a former Israeli soldier and strong advocate for Israel. He was with Obama at the AIPAC meeting.

AIPAC has been lobbying Obama intensely since he announced he was willing to talk to Iran, a fierce denouncer of Israel.

Bill Clinton and AIPAC have a long history especially while Bill Clinton was in the White House 1992 - 1999. AIPAC lobbied continuously while Bill Clinton implied support for Palestinian rights. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has continued for 61 years since the beginning of the declaration of the state of Israel.

AIPAC may have been a large contributor to the financial funding for Bill Clinton’s campaigns, which led to charges of the US foreign policy being for sale. However AIPAC was also critical of the way Bill Clinton had behaved during the Monica Lewinsky scandal.

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bloggingzoom.com on 4 June, 2008 at 3:50 pm #

AIPAC & Bill Clinton…

Back room politics continues even as Hillary Rodham with all her ‘experience’ and connections refuses to concede she lost according to the rules set out by her own new deal party.
She will not go quietly and has racked up a huge debt to finance her c…


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