Of course, for Gore’s sake, losing the Oval Office may have been the best thing that even happened to him. Not only dind he have a lot more sleep and less headsaches during the past 7+ years, but triumphed over Bush and Co. by winning both an Oscar and the Nobel Prize.

Sometimes, by losing, one winds up winning!

McCain does have a big problem with “Huck” who will pick up more ultra conservative votes in the months ahead – especially if Barack Obama keeps up his pace.

Glad to see you reading our blog. While some of your points are valid
(up to a point) I would like to remind you and others who may not have
visited of lived in Israel, that the only way to really know what is
going on here is TO BE HERE!

The Jews of Israel are part of a very small world minority of fewer
than 16 million. The Palestinians, most of them anyway, are part of
Dir al Islam or the world community of Islam numbering more than
1.3 Billion. And at least 80% of this number don’t want Jews or Israelis to have their own country – especially in the Middle East.

Israelis wouldn’t oppress or kill Palestinians (or Lebanese, Syrians,
etc.) if these groups would leave Israelis alone. Unfortuneately, they
do not. Thousands of Gazans used to work in Israel and supported their
families with the monies earned. Now this is not the case, and the onus of responsibility rests on the Palstinians themselves.

That’s where the matter stands, and this bit about “human rights” can
work both ways. A lot could be accomplised if Israelis and Palestinians could work together, but this is not likely to happen – perhaps ever.

If so many overseas Israelis are eager for B. Obama to win the nomination and November election, then I hope those of you in Israel are ready for him to criticize Israel for its actions against the Palestinians. Just as he was early in criticizing our going to Iraq, he talked very early in 2005 about dialog with the Palestinians and Israel. As a brand-new senator at the time, he was told to “shut up” and he has in most cases other than broadly talking about dialog with those we like and those we don’t like.

Like him, I also don’t approve of most of Israel’s over the top actions. You seem to break your eggs with a sledge hammer and then wonder why you can’t make scrambled eggs.

Yes, Hamas is wrong about shooting rockets but very few have killed or hurt anyone. As Human Rights Watch and others have mentioned over the past decade or so, Israel has killed more than 10 people to each one of Israel’s that died. Ninety percent of those killed by Israel were civilians and children but more than 50% of those killed by Hamas were Israeli soldiers. Israel’s prime minister has stated more than once that Israel will use violence whenever necessary.

Then Israel wonders why people protest its actions and the UN speaks out against it. I DON’T!!