Op-Ed: Obama's Boys Campaign from Tel Aviv-Ted Cruz Responds
Jan 30, 2015
The White House is "dismayed," "displeased," "angry" over Prime Minister Netanyahu's upcoming address to Congress.
The White House's "Dismay over Netanyahu Visit Extends to (Israeli) Ambassador."
This is beyond ironic; in fact, it is one Big very fat Lie.
As Thomas Rose at Breitbart points out: Obama met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel prior to recent German elections. Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown met with Obama twice—each time before the British elections.
But no matter. This President rules as if he is a divinely appointed King. He can do whatever he wants—especially in this, the "last quarter" of his 8 year Presidency.
Although you will probably not read about this in the mass media, (the New York Times, etc.), Obama's 2012 campaign field director was selected to head a "five man Obama team" to run a campaign, Obama-style, on the ground, in Israel. Chicago-style, Alinsky-style, grassroots, young people, urging others to drink the Kool-Aid of "change," engaging more and more volunteers to go from apartment to apartment.
This Obama-initiated campaign has been reported by Breitbart, Bizpac Review, PJ Media, Truth Revolt, and Haaretz, but only in Hebrew, not in their English edition. The estimable Carolyn Glick pointed this out in a tweet andIndependent Media Review and Analysis translated it into English. Glick is quoted by Thomas Rose in Breitbart:
"Obama won't meet Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington when he addresses the Joint House of Congress in March because of Netanyahu's visit's proximity to the Israeli elections. And Obama, of course, believes in protocol and propriety which is why he won't get involved. He is just sending his 2012 field campaign manager to Israel to run a campaign to defeat Netanyahu."
No interference at all.
Dr. Aaron Lerner notes that "foreign funding bankrolls Anti-Netanyahu Campaign—Flies in 5-Man Obama Team."
Journalist Roi Arad, in Haaretz, happily announced that the foreign funded organization "One Voice" is bankrolling the V-2015 campaign to defeat Binyamin Netanyahu in the 2015 elections.
Jeremy Bird, the Obama campaign's national field director is running a grassroots, Obama-style campaign from an office in Tel Aviv which takes up the entire ground floor of the building. V-2015 is not supporting a specific party. They are for anyone, "just not Bibi." Therefore, the foreign funding pouring into the campaign will not be subjected to Israel's campaign finance laws.
Obama may not know anything about the economy, foreign policy, military strategy, health care, or universal human rights but, as BizPac painfully points out, "if Obama has a singular talent, it's this: He knows what it takes to win an election."
Imagine what this means: Obama is trying to unseat a democratically elected President of Israel's most stable and militarily prepared ally in the Middle East.
Todays' New York Times describes Israeli Ambassador, Ron Dermer, as "a political operative, not really an Ambassador." This is what Daniel Kurtzer, a former American Ambassador to Israel says—and Kurtzer goes further. He would not be surprised if Dermer were to be declared "persona non grata" or at least "reprimanded or removed."
And why? Because he is thought to have engineered House Speaker John A. Boehner's invitation to Netanyahu to address Congress about many things, especially that of Iranian nuclear power.
Obama wants to give Iran all the time it may need to develop nuclear power by refusing to strengthen sanctions and by delaying crucial deadlines. And, he does not want Americans to hear any other view at this time.
Part II:
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Congressman Lee Zeldin, R-NY-1, today sent a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry asking for information regarding media reports that U.S. taxpayer dollars are being used to fund efforts to influence upcoming elections in Israel.