Bernie Sanders will likely in fact pay a price for supporting the linkage of American support for Israel to progress on the peace process, for dramatically overstating Palestinian casualties in the 2014 Gaza War, and for branding Israel’s responses to Palestinian violence as disproportionate.
Just because Hillary Clinton is the likely Democratic nominee doesn’t mean that Israel will be getting a pass from the Democrats this primary season. And in all fairness, Bernie Sanders has let all of us know.
With all the joy and eagerness of a patient about to have her teeth drilled, Nevada’s caucus-goers gave Hillary Clinton a badly needed win, and left Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) asking what comes next. When all the shouting was over, Clinton, 68, had defeated her 74-year-old Brooklyn-born opponent by less than 700 votes out of the roughly 11,800 cast.
Murder is up in New York City, New Orleans, D.C., Baltimore and Chicago, just to name a few Deep Blue hot spots. For Democrats that’s a nightmare. Barack Obama is our President, but he’s their guy, and the cities are their base. Hope and change weren’t supposed to be so bloody, and so dystopic. Yet, sadly they are. Crime is back as a political issue.
Politically, this latest bombshell means that Clinton can no longer rely on the Trump Circus as a protective cocoon. Trashing illegal aliens and humiliating Lindsey Graham are one thing. Like it or not, much of America applauds. But a Secretary State of State who jeopardizes classified information for personal convenience is a completely different story. Can you say betrayal?
Left meets right, or at least establishment right, at the Biltmore in Miami.
Team Clinton’s craving for cash and ethical myopia are again in the headlines. Yes, Clinton Inc. is a billion-dollar operation. Time reports that the Clintonites project spending $1.7 billion to elect her in 2016–but a chunk of that change may well
