Barack Obama: Hatin' on Israel

So we said yesterday, we said:

Regardless, anyone who thinks this man will be any type of a friend to the Jews, let alone Israel, should be smacked Gilligan-style upside the head with a sailor's hat....

Well, over at The Electronic Intifada (gee, guess whose side they're on!), we get a report on Obama's previous campaign positions towards Israel, and get to hear an offhand comment that says much:

... In 2000, when Obama unsuccessfully ran for Congress I heard him speak at a campaign fundraiser hosted by a University of Chicago professor. On that occasion and others Obama was forthright in his criticism of US policy and his call for an even-handed approach to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict....

The last time I spoke to Obama was in the winter of 2004 at a gathering in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood. He was in the midst of a primary campaign to secure the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate seat he now occupies. But at that time polls showed him trailing.

As he came in from the cold and took off his coat, I went up to greet him. He responded warmly, and volunteered, “Hey, I’m sorry I haven’t said more about Palestine right now, but we are in a tough primary race. I’m hoping when things calm down I can be more up front.” He referred to my activism, including columns I was contributing to the The Chicago Tribune critical of Israeli and US policy, “Keep up the good work!”

Israel-bashing as "good work".

What a uniter we have in Barack Messiah Hussein Obama!