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Reason #38, 37, 36 and 35 to VOTE FOR Obama/Biden


Folks, I’m heading into Rosh Hashana – tomorrow is Erev and Tuesday and Wednesday are the holy days (for an explanation of why Jews in the Diaspora celebrate two days of most, though not all, holidays, read here).  Then, the following week, Kol Nidre (or the evening that the fast of Yom Kippur begins) is Wednesday October 8.  So I’m going to have be efficient here and post these reasons in advance.  I’ll try to post each one on the days as they come, setting them up in advance, but just in case I get sidelined:

First, starting with this reason, I will include the link to all the previous reasons: Reason #39.

Here are four reasons to vote for Obama/Biden, all related to Israel and national security:

#38 Obama co-sponsored the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006 (Senate Bill 2370), which outlaws direct assistance to any Palestinian entity until it renounces violence and recognizes Israel.  This bill was signed into law by President Bush in December 2006. You can read the Congressional Research Service’s summary of the bill here.

#37 Obama authored and introduced as the primary sponsor the Iran Sanctions Enabling Act in May 2007 (Senate Bill 1430).  Obama’s bill makes it easier for state and local governments to divest from companies that invest in Iran’s energy sector, providing the revenue Iran uses to pursue nuclear weapons and sponsor terrorism. You can read the CRS summary here. For those Ohioans so stunned into awe by State Rep. Josh Mandel’s efforts to get Ohio pensions to divest, I would certainly expect you to be supporting and heralding Obama’s efforts to do something similar at the appropriate national level of government, where such foreign policy legislation is supposed to occur.  John McCain is not one of the co-sponsors, but Joe Lieberman and several Republicans are.  Here’s an op-ed from August 2007, written by Obama, about the bill.

#36 Obama cosponsored the Iran Counter Proliferation Act (Senate Bill 970), which calls for sanctions on Iran and other countries assisting Iran’s nuclear program.  McCain is also one of the 72 co-sponsors.  The bill was introduced in 3/07 but has not gone anywhere since then. Here’s the CRS summary and here’s testimony from a Brookings Institute fellow who appeared before the Senate Finance Committee in 4/08.  It includes explanations of concerns about the legislation.

#35 Obama was an original cosponsor in July 2006 of the Senate resolution (Senate Resolution 534) expressing support for Israel in its conflict with Hezbollah, condemning the Hezbollah attacks, and calling for strong action against Iran and Syria. Here’s an interesting CRS report on the conflict, published that Fall.

I have several other reasons to list as to why Obama/Biden are the best ticket for stability, security and peace in the Middle East and will post those during Yom Kippur.

On November 4, vote for Obama/Biden.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:37 pm September 28th, 2008 in 57ReasonsObamaBiden, Barack Obama, Israel, Joe Biden, Politics, WH2008 

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  1. 1 Reason #37 to VOTE FOR Obama/Biden | Writes Like She Talks on September 29th, 2008 3:35 pm

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