PolitiFact: “We found Obama was doing a little cherry-picking with his claim that Sen. John McCain ‘said no to higher fuel-efficiency standards for cars.’ In fact, McCain has a mixed record, having opposed such measures in 2003 and 2005. But he was such a leader in the effort to raise fuel economy that he was lauded by Sen. Edward Kennedy. We gave Obama’s claim a Barely True.”
The Zionist Power Structure is much more far-reaching and powerful than ianrusnce industry lobbyists (and that’s saying something, obviously). Much of its membership is part of the Democratic Party itself. While there is a revolving door between industry and government, industry people usually get jobs in the executive, not as the pols themselves. The ZPS has people everywhere: influential jobs within the executive, as senators, and as reps, particularly in the most important districts. And while PACS are used by all lobbies to support candidates, the most effective way of supporting a candidate now (and the reason we so desperately need campaign finance reform) is through individual donations by wealthy donors to the party itself, which then doles out the money to the candidates. Phil just wrote the other day that over half the money for the Democratic Party came from Jews. While Jews are incredibly politically active, they are small in number: the $100 to $1000 donations of everyday Jewish donors would not add up to a fraction of all the money that makes up more than 1/2 of Democratic financing: the bulk of it came from incredibly wealthy Zionists (with Sheldon Adelson and others pumping money to the Republican side). The ianrusnce industry evidently doesn’t boast enough wealthy billionaires to play the game this way, or else hasn’t figured out how to. Actually, I imagine one reason why the politicians haven’t completely sold out to the ianrusnce lobby is becasue of all the public support for an alternative. There is not yet that degree of public support for changing policy towards Israel. It would help if the media, from Fox to NPR and all the print media, would present some truth about the I/P issue. Which leads to another difference between the ZPS and the ianrusnce lobby (or any other lobby): sure, the ianrusnce lobby can, and does, buy ad time and can influence a network or newspaper that way, but they don’t OWN the network or paper, or have high-placed editors within the media who can dictate the narrative. The ianrusnce industry, as powerful as it is, is a pittance compared to the mechanisms of support Israel has in this country. Substituting Israel for ianrusnce industry doesn’t work. If only it did, our job would be much easier.