Obama and Netanyahu to speak to Israel supporters at #AIPAC2011

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At 10am EDT or 7am PDT the video rectangle in the upper right portion of the page in the link below will go live with speeches from the morning session at AIPAC. It is also on CSPAN.  Obama will speak this morning. Twitter is abuzz with people in line at AIPAC and getting double frisked, by the usual AIPAC screeners and the Secret Service.

http://www.aipac.org/pc/

The Washington Post opined:

The president blew it on Thursday. Obama articulated a major shift in U.S. policy at odds with prior administrations and agreements that the United States is party to or helped negotiate. Some have called this “no big deal” or “no big change” from past presidents’ positions. This — to the Israelis, the American Jewish community, and close observers and participants in the peace process — is inaccurate. In fact, the Obama team knew it was a big deal when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton belatedly called Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to explain what Obama was about to spring on him....

In the lack of coordination with our ally and the distinctly pro-Palestinian slant, Obama confirms his distinction as the president least sympathetic to Israel and most disruptive of the peace process.

That was the background to Friday’s extraordinary scene at the White House. A stone-faced Obama with head in hand (disrespectful, if not hostile, body language) listened to Netanyahu correct the record, as a parent or teacher would instruct a misguided or ignorant minor. (One who perhaps doesn’t know what the Knesset is.)...

Soon Obama will enter the room. I suspect many of the attendees share the view of Rep. Theodore E. Deutch (D-Fla.), who put out a statement that read in part: “Should Israel find a partner for peace who is willing to join Prime Minister Netanyahu at the negotiating table, Israel cannot be expected to make any territorial concessions that do not acknowledge the reality on the ground. The 1967 borders are indefensible.”

If Obama had said that, he wouldn’t be in the current fix. The crowd’s reaction (after explicit pleas by AIPAC’s executive director to be courteous, something never before required for a president) and Obama’s comments are a decisive moment for him, the U.S- Israel relationship and the American Jewish community. The high tensions speak volumes about how Obama is perceived by friends of Israel.

It's true. An email was sent out to AIPAC delegates to instruct them to behave courteously to guests at "our house".

Dems need to work on their message

Did Obama say that he needs more money to "rebuild crumbling infrastructure" in his State of the Union speech last night? Did he really say that? Does he think we are idiots? Never mind. I think I know the answer to that question. It is almost like groundhog day two years ago. Does Obama think we don't remember how he promised shovel-ready jobs two years ago? How can he think he will get away with promising infrastructure jobs again? And how stupid would we be to believe him?

I saw Nancy Pelosi's interview with Greta last night myself, and I swear it was frustrating. I thought we got rid of that woman. Is there a reason we couldn't have a Republican interviewed on that program? In the meantime, Pelosi says that the way to create jobs is to fix the educational system. This is political speak for a government takeover. I for one think it would be awesome if Pelosi and her cronies could sink their hooks into my kids and indoctrinate them for 12 years straight. A fantastic idea {sarcasm}.

What do I think of the Dems' message? It is awful. Why is that? Because their spend, spend, tax and takeover policies are killing this nation. They are killing the economy. They are spending borrowed/printed money we don't even have. Are there any right-thinking people who love this country who think we should spend money we don't have? Even if you don't have kids that will shoulder this debt, do you understand that the bad economy it creates kills your job prospects right here and right now?

We must support the Republicans and encourage them to make deep spending cuts. The Dem's profligate spending of the past few years makes this a necessity, instead of just a good idea.

The Donald says we should tax China's products