Moran, a long-time incumbent liberal Democrat, broke taboo on mentioning Jewish power
A Virginia congressman who faces an aggressive primary challenge next week is denying allegations he made a critical remark against Jews at a campaign staff meeting, reports Matthew Barakat for the Associated Press:
“The allegation against Democratic Rep. Jim Moran [pictured] was leveled by his former pollster, Alan Secrest, who said Friday that Moran made the remark in March. Secrest said the comment prompted him to resign.
“Secrest would not repeat Moran's exact words but characterized the slur as a ‘dismissive characterization of a group of Democrats ... belittling them and characterizing them by their religion as a basis for their approach.’
“Moran, who is seeking the nomination for an eighth term in Tuesday's primary, said Secrest's claim was a ‘fabrication.’"
Rep. Moran, as reported in the Washington Times (03-26-04), violated the taboo of openly discussing the extent of Jewish power and influence in America last year by blaming Jews in America for instigating the war in Iraq:
"If it were not for the strong support of the Jewish community for this war with Iraq, we would not be doing this," he said at a gathering of antiwar activists in Reston a year ago. "The leaders of the Jewish community are influential enough that they could change the direction of where this is going, and I think they should."
Sen. Ernest Hollings, a South Carolina Democrat, wrote a speech that appeared in several newspapers asserting that the U.S. war against Iraq represented a decision by President George Bush to protect Israel and ensure American Jewish support for his reelection:
“He came to office imbued with one thought -- re-election. Bush felt tax cuts would hold his crowd together and spreading democracy in the Mideast to secure Israel would take the Jewish vote from the Democrats. You don't come to town and announce your Israel policy is to invade Iraq. But George W. Bush, as stated by former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill and others, started laying the groundwork to invade Iraq days after inauguration. And, without any Iraq connection to 9/11, within weeks he had the Pentagon outlining a plan to invade Iraq. He was determined.”
Hollings later said in a floor statement, commenting on the powerful Zionist organization AIPAC: "You can't have an Israel policy other than what AIPAC gives you..."
"I can tell you no president takes office, I don't care whether it is a Republican or a Democrat, that all of a sudden AIPAC will tell him exactly what the policy is...," he said.
In Moran’s congressional district, Nicholas F. Benton, Editor-In-Chief of the Falls Church News Press has given his paper’s endorsement to the embattled Moran:
“This election is not about Moran's ability to lead, or about news headlines accusing him of questionable public statements or personal finances. It's about a cabal of powerful Washington, D.C.-based interests backing the Bush administration's support for rightwing Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon's handling of the Middle East conflict trying to upend an outspoken and powerful Democratic opponent.”
The absolutely unverifiable accusation by Secrest that Moran violated the quasi-religious taboo against open referral to Jewish solidarity and power -- and the promotion given to this accusation in newspaper articles and television reports across the country, far more than such a local political story warrants -- is just one salvo in the Jewish supremacists' efforts to remove Moran, who has proved himself too independent for their liking. This is how "American" "democracy" works.
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