Bipartisan?
Alana Goodman puts the lie to J Street's claims of 'bipartisan support.' The Washington Jewish Week’s Adam Kredo published a list earlier today of 56 members of Congress who attended the J Street gala. Shortly after, Fortenberry’s office called him to make it clear he had not been at the dinner or had RSVP’d.Maybe the Republicans were afraid of the Emergency Committee for Israel? Heh.
“Soon after posting this list, Rep. Jeff Fortenberry’s office called me up to clarify his inclusion. They say he neither RSVP’d for nor attended J Street’s conference,” wrote Kredo. “Amy Spitalnick, J Street’s spokesperson, maintains that Fortenberry’s office said he’d attend.”
I contacted Blackburn’s office and was also told by her communications director that she never showed up at the dinner. Spitalnick told me over e-mail that the list contained only the names of those who RSVP’d and that certain members were unable to make the event at the last minute.
J Street may not want to view itself as a group with partisan leanings, but when 100 percent of its dinner guests are Democratic members of Congress, what other conclusions can be drawn from that?
Labels: Emergency Committee for Israel, J Street, partisanship, pro-Israel pro-peace
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 1:04 PM
1 Comments:
Yup. J-Street is as bipartisan as it is pro-Israel.
But don't let Jeremy Ben Ami tell you both aren't exactly true.
As this past week's shindig revealed.
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