He was kind of a douchebag in the Senate, but he's done more good in his "retirement" gigs than most of us do over a lifetime.

My, my, my, my Mitchell.

Unless, the Arabs play for the Boston Red Sox, who apparently NEVER do steroids according to the Mitchell report.

One of the best possible picks, ever.

I'm wondering when this Obama guy is gonna get off his ass and DO something!

To be fair, the Arab world thought they were getting B-12 shots and flax seed oil.

As a Maine-iac, George Mitchell is about the only politician I can feel proud about. I wish him the best of luck.

LaChanz: As a Maine-iac, George Mitchell is about the only politician I can feel proud about. I wish him the best of luck.

Hear hear!

Howie Spankowitz: I'm wondering when this Obama guy is gonna get off his ass and DO something!

I'm thinking of starting a meme that whenever Obama accomplishes something, making a headline that reads "Obama fails to fulfill yet another campaign promise, does (name of campaign promise)

This many posts and no conservative butthurt yet? Unpossible!

Drew Rosenhaus is going to Gitmo!!

The Mitchell Report II: Middle Eastern Boogaloo

Edsel: This many posts and no conservative butthurt yet? Unpossible!

tis night, they are feeding.

cameroncrazy1984: Howie Spankowitz: I'm wondering when this Obama guy is gonna get off his ass and DO something!

I'm thinking of starting a meme that whenever Obama accomplishes something, making a headline that reads "Obama fails to fulfill yet another campaign promise, does (name of campaign promise)


Forced meme is forced.

/but funny though
//i approve

I hear they prefer pills in those parts.

xanax, valium, etc...

"In 1982 AIPAC weighed in heavily in Maine, helping to pull off the upset victory of George Mitchell over Representative David Emory. Mitchell had never before won an election. In a post-election call Mitchell thanked AIPAC's Dine for his critical support and said, "I will remember you."

Time to cash in the chips?

Isitoveryet: Edsel: This many posts and no conservative butthurt yet? Unpossible!

tis night, they are feeding.

I think they are suck in the other thread.

cameroncrazy1984: Howie Spankowitz: I'm wondering when this Obama guy is gonna get off his ass and DO something!

I'm thinking of starting a meme that whenever Obama accomplishes something, making a headline that reads "Obama fails to fulfill yet another campaign promise, does (name of campaign promise)

cameroncrazy1984's meme is bad news... for Obama.

GoodasGold: "In 1982 AIPAC weighed in heavily in Maine, helping to pull off the upset victory of George Mitchell over Representative David Emory. Mitchell had never before won an election. In a post-election call Mitchell thanked AIPAC's Dine for his critical support and said, "I will remember you."

Time to cash in the chips?

The Jews control everything, panic.

I don't think he's going to help anything over there.



Hot like George is not.

DrillSergeantPoopyPants: I don't think he's going to help anything over there.



Hot like George is not.

His face-scruff looks like hobo make-up in an eighth-grade play.

GoodasGold: "In 1982 AIPAC weighed in heavily in Maine, helping to pull off the upset victory of George Mitchell over Representative David Emory. Mitchell had never before won an election. In a post-election call Mitchell thanked AIPAC's Dine for his critical support and said, "I will remember you."

Time to cash in the chips?


You stupid mutherfukker, he's half Lebonese Arab. The hard Lukids are pissed at the pick.

At least get your anti-semite shiat right asshole. I mean, at least work at it.

By the way, I don't recall AIPAC doing shiat with him. I think you just made up that quote. In fact, I'm certain of it.

I prefer this George Michael

NeverDrunk23: I think they are suck in the other thread.

QFT

Where does the "bad news... for Obama" meme come from. Without knowing, i've always thought it was the dumbest meme on fark. It pains me more than the constant misuse of the "just kidding" meme. I hope that knowing where it came from will raise its status some. (not counting on it).

Damn, that guy looks almost as scary as Cheney...

sickofchoosing: Where does the "bad news... for Obama" meme come from. Without knowing, i've always thought it was the dumbest meme on fark. It pains me more than the constant misuse of the "just kidding" meme. I hope that knowing where it came from will raise its status some. (not counting on it).

during the election McCain coulda called Obama a "ninja" and it would of been bad news... for Obama some how.

brainiac-dumdum: sickofchoosing: Where does the "bad news... for Obama" meme come from. Without knowing, i've always thought it was the dumbest meme on fark. It pains me more than the constant misuse of the "just kidding" meme. I hope that knowing where it came from will raise its status some. (not counting on it).

during the election McCain coulda called Obama a "ninja" and it would of been bad news... for Obama some how.

things that were obviously good news for Obama would get spin in some crazy centrifuge and the media would find some crazy way it could be bad for Obama.

PascalsGhost: You stupid mutherfukker, he's half Lebonese Arab. The hard Lukids are pissed at the pick.

At least get your anti-semite shiat right asshole. I mean, at least work at it.

By the way, I don't recall AIPAC doing shiat with him. I think you just made up that quote. In fact, I'm certain of it.


God you people are full of HATE and ANGER. No wonder that palistinians suffer so much.

The quote was from Paul Findley the courageous American congressman.
The Likudniks are not the only Jews trying to influence American Foreign policy in favor of Israel. You don't think Obama was under a lot of pressure to put in another David Ross?

We can only pray that Obama can stand up to the big Democratic donors and go after a real peace. After watching the last 30 years or so of American foreign policy I am justifiabley pessimistic.

CynicalLA: GoodasGold: "In 1982 AIPAC weighed in heavily in Maine, helping to pull off the upset victory of George Mitchell over Representative David Emory. Mitchell had never before won an election. In a post-election call Mitchell thanked AIPAC's Dine for his critical support and said, "I will remember you."

Time to cash in the chips?

The Jews control everything, panic.

Why not make a movie about that? But change it from Jews to Amish. You could cast Jeff Goldblum as me. And he could save the day.

GoodasGold: PascalsGhost: You stupid mutherfukker, he's half Lebonese Arab. The hard Lukids are pissed at the pick.

At least get your anti-semite shiat right asshole. I mean, at least work at it.

By the way, I don't recall AIPAC doing shiat with him. I think you just made up that quote. In fact, I'm certain of it.


God you people are full of HATE and ANGER. No wonder that palistinians suffer so much.

The quote was from Paul Findley the courageous American congressman.
The Likudniks are not the only Jews trying to influence American Foreign policy in favor of Israel. You don't think Obama was under a lot of pressure to put in another David Ross?

We can only pray that Obama can stand up to the big Democratic donors and go after a real peace. After watching the last 30 years or so of American foreign policy I am justifiabley pessimistic.

Tru Dat.

GoodasGold

Good that you don't live in Nashville, isn't it? [due to your tenuous grasp of English]

Isn't it possible that Findley lost his seat due to voters being dissatisfied with him? He claimed that Adlai Stevenson III was also tossed out by "pro-Israel" forces, but Stevenson didn't run for congress in 1980, and in 1982 was running for Governor of Illinois, where there is little interaction with Israel itself (although there are many Jews in Chicago area).

GoodasGold: God you people are full of HATE and ANGER. No wonder that palistinians suffer so much.

You people? I'm a fukking barefoot hillbilly from West Virginia asshole.

The quote was from Paul Findley the courageous American congressman.

No it wasn't. It was a complete fabrication.


The Likudniks are not the only Jews trying to influence American Foreign policy in favor of Israel.

They are by far the worst.

You don't think Obama was under a lot of pressure to put in another David Ross?

Yes, that has nothing to do with this you dumb bastard.

We can only pray that Obama can stand up to the big Democratic donors and go after a real peace. After watching the last 30 years or so of American foreign policy I am justifiabley pessimistic.

No, you are a total moran. I'm not exactly Israel's biggest fan, but you are just a dumbass. I get it, your schtick is being an anti-semetic troll. At least put some effort in it dude. Mitchell is A FUKKING LEBANESE ARAB. AIPAC and others were already biatching about him maybe being picked. You made up a quote nobody would believe in a million years.

In short, if you can't even do enough with your life to be a decent TROLL, kill yourself.


"Dur!!! George Mitchell is backed by the JEws!!!"


Fukkin weak ass punk shiat.

GoodasGold: CynicalLA: GoodasGold: "In 1982 AIPAC weighed in heavily in Maine, helping to pull off the upset victory of George Mitchell over Representative David Emory. Mitchell had never before won an election. In a post-election call Mitchell thanked AIPAC's Dine for his critical support and said, "I will remember you."

Time to cash in the chips?

The Jews control everything, panic.

Why not make a movie about that? But change it from Jews to Amish. You could cast Jeff Goldblum as me. And he could save the day.

I don't why, but I can't stop laughing. I would pay to see it.

chicagogasman: GoodasGold: PascalsGhost: You stupid mutherfukker, he's half Lebonese Arab. The hard Lukids are pissed at the pick.

At least get your anti-semite shiat right asshole. I mean, at least work at it.

By the way, I don't recall AIPAC doing shiat with him. I think you just made up that quote. In fact, I'm certain of it.


God you people are full of HATE and ANGER. No wonder that palistinians suffer so much.

The quote was from Paul Findley the courageous American congressman.
The Likudniks are not the only Jews trying to influence American Foreign policy in favor of Israel. You don't think Obama was under a lot of pressure to put in another David Ross?

We can only pray that Obama can stand up to the big Democratic donors and go after a real peace. After watching the last 30 years or so of American foreign policy I am justifiabley pessimistic.

Tru Dat.

You think Mitchell is backed by the Jews too? How do you remember to breathe?

Fukking dumbass troll brings bad shiat and somebody is stupid enough to buy it.

I remember when trolls had pride.

with this pick, I think the moooslims might be "in the clear.."

PascalsGhost: Mitchell is A FUKKING LEBANESE ARAB

The Lebanese come from Ireland?

GoodasGold did not make up the quote. It appears in http://www.wrmea.com/backissues/0798/9807021.html
and is attributed to the author of that article, Paul Findley.

CynicalLA: I don't why, but I can't stop laughing. I would pay to see it.

Think of me as a goy Lenny Bruce.

I'm getting out of here. I will leave the discussion to the more sober minded.

Mitchell's parents are from Ireland and Lebanon. This makes him an Irish-Lebanese-American, or preferably, American.

mikemoto: Unless, the Arabs play for the Boston Red Sox, who apparently NEVER do steroids according to the Mitchell report.

Mitchell will base most of his reports on the region on the testimony of two low level government employees in Saudi Arabia.

proteus_b: Paul Findley

And Findley is a crank. Nothing he says or accuses is backed up with anything other than "I heard that!". He's a hack. A joke.

Mitchell's parents are from Ireland and Lebanon. This makes him an Irish-Lebanese-American, or preferably, American.

Which, according to genetics, makes him half Lebanese.


GoodasGold: CynicalLA: I don't why, but I can't stop laughing. I would pay to see it.

Think of me as a goy Lenny Bruce.

I'm getting out of here. I will leave the discussion to the more sober minded.

Good. get out of here until you come up with better shiat. Really, you should be ashamed. WEAK.

Here's a quote from Findley, GoodasGold:
The New York Times gave public attention to views of both Killgore and myself. The newspaper reported that I have blamed AIPAC for my re-election defeat in 1982 and quoted me, accurately, as referring to the U.S. government as "Israeli-occupied territory." In fact, AIPAC's Thomas Dine has stated publicly that over 90 percent of $750,000 in funds that went to my opponent that year came from pro-Israel sources from across the country.

Now, if you went door-to-door in 1982 and asked Americans about their feelings towards Israel, I'd imagine most were pretty "pro". This was in the years after Entebbe, after Munich.

Findley might as well have declared that he was defeated by football watchers.

I lol'd, subby.

The best part about this pick is the head of the ADL came out against it because he said Mitchell has too much of a "reputation as an honest broker", and is "too fair and even handed".

Dude, you're not supposed to actually say that out loud.

apistat: The best part about this pick is the head of the ADL came out against it because he said Mitchell has too much of a "reputation as an honest broker", and is "too fair and even handed".

Wait, What?
where did you see that.

Party Boy: apistat: The best part about this pick is the head of the ADL came out against it because he said Mitchell has too much of a "reputation as an honest broker", and is "too fair and even handed".

Wait, What?
where did you see that.

http://www.thejewishweek.com/viewArticle/c37_a14675/News/National.html (new window)

Some Jewish leaders say the very qualities that may appeal to the Obama administration - Mitchell's reputation as an honest broker - could spark unhappiness, if not outright opposition, from some pro-Israel groups.

"Sen. Mitchell is fair. He's been meticulously even-handed," said Abraham Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League. "But the fact is, American policy in the Middle East hasn't been 'even handed' - it has been supportive of Israel when
JTS it felt Israel needed critical U.S. support.

"So I'm concerned," Foxman continued. "I'm not sure the situation requires that kind of approach in the Middle East."

Nevermind, I

Checked it myself

Some Jewish leaders say the very qualities that may appeal to the Obama administration - Mitchell's reputation as an honest broker - could spark unhappiness, if not outright opposition, from some pro-Israel groups.

"Sen. Mitchell is fair. He's been meticulously even-handed," said Abraham Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League. "But the fact is, American policy in the Middle East hasn't been 'even handed' - it has been supportive of Israel when it felt Israel needed critical U.S. support."

"So I'm concerned," Foxman continued. "I'm not sure the situation requires that kind of approach in the Middle East."

Ok. Foxman has been on a roll lately.
First it was. on Olmert shaming rice

"I have no problem with what Olmert did," said Abraham Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League. "I think the mistake was to talk about it in public."

Then He went full wharrgarble on Bill Moyers
(has to bee seen to be believed)

Not sure if it matters "who" (*), so much as "what" they bring -- whether it be the offers of help or hurt, and whether the principals are interested. One doesn't necessarily have to go as far as Nixon and Kissinger's use of lowering DEFCON to underscore seriousness, but rational states are going to look more at cost/benefit than personal charm... and for long-standing crises like the Palestinian mess, it is not entirely unlikely that practically every plausible option has already been suggested and analyzed in some detail. Everybody has an opinion on it; there's even an op-ed on it from everybody's favorite visionary Colonel in a recent NYT.

(*) So long as the 'who' doesn't look like a deliberate insult. Appointing Fred Phelps ambassador to the Vatican would be unwise, unless the objective is actually to offend them.