Political Roundup

Well, I better post this now before later with the blogger downtime tonight and the Cards game tonight as well...not to mention to the night class.

In entertainment news, SCTV returns to the small screen by way of DVD seasons.

Go behind the scenes of the hit television comedy talk show, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

There's a documentary about Andrew Horne that will be aired later this year on the Discovery Times Channel.

Could the Cardinals Senate be evenly split in the upcoming season session. Baseball fever is on my mind.

AIPAC condemed efforts by Republican activists who claim voting against their candidate meant disloyalty to Israel.

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee condemned Republican activists who said failure to support their candidate amounted to “disloyalty” to Israel.
Jonathan and Irit Tratt earned boos and walkouts at an event last week in Scottsdale, Ariz., when they spoke on behalf of U.S. Rep. J.D. Hayworth, who is fighting a tough challenge from Democrat Harry Mitchell, the mayor of Tempe.

The Tratts faced questions about Hayworth’s endorsement of the late Henry Ford’s writings on “Americanization” of immigrants, which included anti-Semitic passages.

According to news accounts, Jonathan Tratt told the audience that because Hayworth was a steadfast Israel supporter, such questions showed “disloyalty” to the Jewish state.

He also said Hayworth, a regular churchgoer, was a “more observant Jew” than those in attendance because he opposed abortion.

As audience members walked out in disgust, Irit Tratt reportedly remarked “no wonder there are anti-Semites.”

This is strange...and surprising. Congressman John Conyers has CHIDED former President Jimmy Carter for the title of his new book.

A leading U.S. black congressman called former President Carter to chide him for titling his new book “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid.”
Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) said the use of apartheid in the title “does not serve the cause of peace and the use of it against the Jewish people in particular, who have been victims of the worst kind of discrimination, discrimination resulting in death, is offensive and wrong.”

In his statement Tuesday, Conyers said he called Carter “to express my concerns about the title of the book, and to request that the title be changed. President Carter does not build upon his career as a proponent of peace in the Middle East with this comparison and I hope he and his publisher will reconsider this decision.”

Conyers, a 20-term representative, is a founder of the Congressional Black Caucus.

Carter’s book is due to be published next month by Simon and Schuster.

The Northup Exposure has been launched.

GO CARDINALS!