Schumer Cites Hagel’s Tears, but Smears Jewish Conservatives
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Sen. Schumer said Chuck Hagel was "almost in tears" over anti-Semitic slur
As evidence continues to mount about why former Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel is so high on the dance card of Iranian regime supporters and so low on the dance card of most pro-Israel supporters, the politicians supporting Hagel have begun to sound desperate.
New York’s senior senator, Chuck Schumer, may have just relocated this debate from the staid halls of congress and plopped it directly onto the high school dramatics level of bathos.
Schumer, who initially attracted attention when he publicly stated he was not sure about the Hagel nomination, then had an intimate tête á tête (multiply the last digit by many orders of magnitude) with Hagel in the White House.
It was during that bull session that the former Nebraska senator – perhaps with some assistance from others present – apparently convinced Schumer that Hagel was the right man to head the department of defense.
In the weeks since Hagel received Schumer’s hecksher, instead of soaring, Hagel’s star faltered as it grew ever more tarnished, with multiple revelations of anti-Israel and anti-American slurs.
But Hagel’s poor performance at his confirmation hearing was sufficient to convince enough congressional members to block the nomination’s movement to the full senate for a vote there.
There was concern in particular about documents that had not been turned over addressing compensation from potential worrisome sources. In addition, some were uncomfortable with Hagel’s inability to field questions put to him during the vetting process. And then there were the questions of where the former senator stood with respect to various players in the Middle East, based on earlier comments and votes.
Now, while the senate is on a brief hiatus, revelations continue.
And just to show how low Hagel’s star has fallen, we learned that Wednesday morning, while Schumer was giving a talk to some business groups in Manhattan, he shared with them some of the details about the famous conversation he had with Hagel, the one that moved him onto the pro-Hagel for secretary of defense team. Those details were not discussed previously, as they had been described as confidential.
What did Schumer learn? He learned that deep down, Hagel is an uber sensitive guy. All Schumer had to do was explain why it was so hateful to Jews for Hagel to refer to them as the “Jewish lobby,” to share the pain of the double standard Jews have had to endure, and Hagel was cured!
According to Schumer, the scales fell from Hagel’s eyes. And Hagel repented. He felt their pain. How do we know that?
We know that because Schumer brought his Wednesday morning audience into that intimate space with him, and told those listening what he felt. “And he really, you know, he almost had tears in his eyes when he understood. So I believe he will be good.”
Schumer provided inaccurate information about other matters Wednesday morning. He said that “there is not a major Jewish organization against Hagel.”
That’s not true.
The Zionist Organization of America and the Endowment for Middle East Truth (EMET) have been on record opposing the nomination of Chuck Hagel since President Obama first named him as his choice for secretary of Defense.
The centrist American Jewish Committee has been at least softly opposed to Hagel’s nomination even before the nod was officially given by the president. Back in December, the AJC’s president, David Harris said, “what message would it send to have a Pentagon chief who has very different views on strategies for dealing with Iran, the central foreign policy challenge of our time, than the White House has had to date? Or questions the designation of Hezbollah as a terrorist group at the same time the Administration is urging the European Union to add the group to its terrorism list?”
And the politically centrist, Democratic Party-leaning Anti-Defamation League joined the AJC in strongly questioning the nomination after information about some of Hagel’s comments, in particular that he was recorded as saying that the “U.S. State Department is an adjunct of the Israeli Foreign Ministry,” at a speech at Rutgers University in 2007.
AIPAC NOT TAKE POSITIONS ON NOMINATIONS
Much has been made of the lack of opposition by the powerful American Israel Public Affairs Committee, but AIPAC never takes a position on a political nomination. The absence of one in this situation should give no comfort to Hagel supporters, or signal anything else to those who have questions and are looking to organizational leadership for direction.
tell a friendAbout the Author: Lori Lowenthal Marcus is the US correspondent for The Jewish Press. She is a recovered lawyer who previously practiced First Amendment law and taught in Philadelphia-area graduate and law schools.
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Mr Schumer should receive no more Jewish votes. His actions are not forgivable.
Just in case you didn't know that there are Jewish groups (not just actual, conservative Jewish individuals) opposed to Hagel. You already know about how slick Schumer is…
Just in case you didn't know that there are Jewish groups (not just actual, conservative Jewish individuals) opposed to Hagel. You already know about how slick Schumer is…
Just a kapo out of the closet. I wonder how much money soros promised hum to relay the "tears" to all of us?
you are still ignorant, rude and nasty!
Schumer is faithless. His main concerns are reflected in the huge donations he receives from those who needs he represents. Other wise he is all oratory with nothing to say that is substantial.
Churck Schumer has always sided with Israels opposition – this is just another example. Why don't you "take back his membership card" and not allow him in your great Country! Schumer screws America as well – he sides with the devil in every instance that America needs a friend. We stand together, Israel, on being taken to the cleaners…usually by "American Jews". Obama is in office because of their generous vote – and now Israel will reap the results as well as Americans.
I am SHOCKED, SHOCKED to find another opinion piece by Ms. Marcus mis-labelled as news. JUST SHOCKED. Not bad as a polemic, but grade "F" as "news."
If anyone plopped the debate over the Hagel nomination into "the high school dramatics level of bathos" it is Lori Lowenthal Marcus. Love and support of the Nation of Israel does not demand worshiping Netanyahu or the Likud Party. As I said before US Foreign and Defense Policy should be made in Washington no Jerusalem and vice-versa. Ms. Marcus almost claims that if Washington officials do not support a unilateral attack of Iran then they are Iranian sympathizer.
Her histrionics not withstanding attacking Iran will have the severest consequences fo Israel and the US. Netanyahu tried to interfere with US elections a No No and He has not shown leadership in trying to bring about a Peace, but it is not my role as a US citizen to tell Israelis who should govern them. It is my role to participate in the decision of US involvement in any military action against Iran. I say No, not util every other option is exhausted. Mr, Marcus You need to put aside your hatred of the Obama Administration and grow up.
No debate! Hagels is a Jew hater and a supporter of terrorists. And no amount of your obama talking-points or schumer's kapo obfuscation will change that
Let's review hagel's credentials:
He routinely uses the Protocols of the Elders of Zion as a guide in pushing the age old canard that the "Jews run the government" and that the "State department is an extension of the Israeli foreign ministry." I find that latter comment more interesting considering that since BEFORE the inception of the modern Jewish State, it has always been the State Dep't that has been opposed to Israel, including their objections to recognizing the State to routine attacks by SoS up to and including Kerry and Clinton. Simply put State is the foundation of Jew hatred in the US government. But every time the Anti-Jew hagel is caught, he apologizes, says he 'misspoke" in that event, after which yet another event is found and the cycle continues.
hagel's lobby firm gas as a client – IN FACT THEIR ONLY CLIENT – CAIR, recognized by FOUR SEPARATE FEDERAL COURTS as the front for terror groups hamas and hezbollah. YES the same hezbollah that massacred 243 US Marines in Beirut. The SAME hezbollah promoted by hagel.
FACT: This is not about Iran. It is about yet another Jew hater terror supporter in obama's inner circle. (:ike Brennan now identified as REFUSING to admit to the reality that Jews or Israel even exist – as proven by numerous videos now out of speeches he has given in the past yr).
If obama was eevr interested in peace ANYWHERE, why has he started over 40 NEW WARS globally?
Honesty about the obama administration is not hatred!! That comment however falls in line that any critique of obama is "driven by racism." GET OVER IT!! The CITIZENS of the US are finally waking up and a rebellion is starting. How many people of ALL races creeds colors and sexes are you preparing to call "histrionic racists?"
And how about hagel's promotion of a group that MURDERED HUNDREDS OF US MARINES? Perhaps you will respond that we "should get over it," and to quote the leadership of obama's team…..
"What difference does it (murder of Americans) make?"
I have no intention of allowing that to stand.
sorry to bring this up, but it is a Jew like you who causes people to be anti-semitic!
Arie, you make some serious charge but show little evidence. There is a term for that: Slander. You accuse Hagel of antisemitism, Treason and bigotry. serious charges yet where is your evidence? You need to seek professional help. I also take umbrage at your characterization of Shumer as a Kapo and your mis-characterization of my views. You need a chill pill.
If anyone plopped the debate over the Hagel nomination into "the high school dramatics level of bathos" it is Lori Lowenthal Marcus. Love and support of the Nation of Israel does not demand worshiping Netanyahu or the Likud Party. As I said before US Foreign and Defense Policy should be made in Washington no Jerusalem and vice-versa. Ms. Marcus almost claims that if Washington officials do not support a unilateral attack of Iran then they are Iranian sympathizer.
Her histrionics not withstanding attacking Iran will have the severest consequences fo Israel and the US. Netanyahu tried to interfere with US elections a No No and He has not shown leadership in trying to bring about a Peace, but it is not my role as a US citizen to tell Israelis who should govern them. It is my role to participate in the decision of US involvement in any military action against Iran. I say No, not util every other option is exhausted. Mr, Marcus You need to put aside your hatred of the Obama Administration and grow up.