MY SAY: IN PRAISE OF CHARLES SCHUMER
My e-mails are crowded with columns on Charles Schumer…some praise and some doubt about his motives, and lots of reminders that he is a liberal.
When he ran for office Schumer had no middle ground pretensions…he was always a liberal and he gratified those who elected him by remaining a liberal. And, he did support and campaign for Obama in 2008. So did the majority of voters in New York state.
Now, he has defied the party line- an act of courage- and here is something you may not know. The late Chairman of Americans for a Safe Israel, Harb Zweibon and I visited Congressman Schumer’s office on a number of occasions and we were always welcome. We always pressed the case for the “settlements” in Israel and he was so friendly that he spoke at an early AFSI conference. Furthermore, although he supports the liberal line of a two state solution, he has never, not once, joined the chorus of invective against Israel and vociferously defended Israel’s blockade and actions in Gaza.
He was elected by liberals and now he has taken a stance which they oppose. Being angry at him for being an uber liberal is akin to being mad at a zebra because it is not a horse….rsk
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