OBAMA IN ISRAEL: PHONY PRAYER NOTE AND A MISSING VISIT... AND UNIQUE PRAISE FOR THE DOME

IT'S BEEN PROVEN THAT THE PRAYER NOTE OBAMA PUT IN THE WALL WAS A PR STUNT.

HOW RESPECTFUL.

AND, (AS THE WISE MAN ASKED)... IF OBAMA REALLY IS A CHRISTIAN, THEN WHY DIDN'T HE VISIT THE HOLY SEPULCHER?

WOULDN'T A REAL CHRISTIAN IN THE HOLY LAND FOR ONLY THE SECOND TIME WANT TO DO THAT? HE'D BEEN THERE ONCE IN 2006. IS THAT ENOUGH? WHY NOT RETURN? ESPECIALLY IN THIS PERSONALLY MOMENTOUS YEAR?

JUST ASKING...

HERE'S AN EXCERPT FROM WHAT OBAMA WROTE ABOUT THAT FIRST TRIP - PLEASE NOTE WHICH "HOLY SITE" GETS HIS UNRESERVED PRAISE:

The next day, and the final full day in Israel, we spent finally doing a little bit of sight-seeing and traveling through the old city of Jerusalem. Those of you who have been here know the incredible magic of the city.

As the sun rises over 2,000-year old walls - walls built by David, Soloman, the Turkish Empire, we visited the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, where the site of Calvary and Jesus' tomb is located. Just a stone's throw away, the Western Wall; across from there you have the magnificent Dome of the Rock, gilded in gold.

OBAMA SAYS: "the magnificent Dome of the Rock, gilded in gold" - IT'S A REVEALING FREUDIAN SLIP - (AND ONE WITH A STUPID REDUNDANCY. AND THE WALLS ARE 3000 YEARS OLD.)

• OBAMA DOESN'T SAY "MY LORD JESUS" OR EVEN "THE EXTRAORDINARY HOLY SEPULCHER".

• HE USES THE BLAND TERM "WESTERN WALL" FOR JUDAISM'S HOLIEST EXTANT SITE.

• BUT HE HAS UNRESERVED PRAISE FOR THE MUSLIM SITE.

THIS IS VERY REVEALING.

ASIDE: HIS FIRST TRIP HAD A LITTLE HITCH:

Obama will split off from the others to travel to Jordan and Israel and the Palestinian territories. His itinerary will change as a result of the massive stroke suffered by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Wednesday. He had been scheduled to meet with Sharon.

HMMM... STRANGE TIMING ON SHARON'S PART...

HERE'S ANOTHER REPORT ABOUT OBAMA AND ISRASEL FROM 2006:

Barack Obama Disappoints Re Israel/Palestine

December 20, 2006

• Barack Obama
• Charles Schumer
• Chicago
• Edward Said

I heard a report that Sen. Barack Obama's position on Israel/Palestine is no different from the Democratic mainstream, that in fact he abandoned a more progressive view—which you might expect given his multicultural/international backstory—to get there.

I asked someone who would know, Ali Abunimah (of electronic intifada), who lives in Chicago. Abunimah wrote me back:

I used to know Obama when he was my state senator.

I met him several times in different contexts, and he was often very progressive about Israel-Palestine.

He attended fundraisers in the Palestinian community, one in which the keynote speaker was Edward Said.

That's what really made me believe in him at first.

But then it all went out the window when he started his climb up the greasy pole.

I wrote about this a bit in the book [One Country, an argument for a binational state in all of former Palestine], and how disappointed I was to see him basically adopting AIPAC positions.

I went to see his legislative staffer in DC a couple of weeks ago and left a signed copy of the book.

I got an email, ostensibly from Obama (I am sure people write these things for him), thanking me.

Basically the guy has calculated that pissing off the lobby is not the way to the top, so I will eat my shoe (like Tucker Carlson) if he ever says anything remotely useful about Palestine.

He is a master triangulator.

Poppa's got a brand new bag!

THERE IS A REAL SOUND BASIS FOR BEING HIGHLY SKEPTICAL OF OBAMA'S SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL.

VOTE ACCORDINGLY.