US Internal Politics and Isreal [Zionist] LobbyIsrael and Palestine
Most agree that the US is key to resolving the conflict but what are the US internal political ramifications? Is the US held hostage to its own internal politics and religious pressures? Recent discussion has brought the "Israel Lobby" more clearly into focus ...
Monday, June 07, 2004
'Terror threat political game': accused US administration of using terror warnings to manipulate voters ahead of the presidential election
'Terror threat political game': "06/06/2004 17:18 - (SA)
Berlin - Former White House counter-terrorism adviser Richard Clarke on Sunday accused members of the US administration of using terror warnings to manipulate voters ahead of the presidential election in November.
Clarke, who resigned last year, said the conflicting assessments of the risk of terror attacks presented by US Homeland Security Department Secretary Tom Ridge and US Attorney General John Ashcroft last week showed how some officials sought to inflate the threat for political gain. "
Wednesday, June 02, 2004
Bush Campaign Seeks Help From Thousands of Congregations: Liberals claim violates tax-exempt status and separation of church and state
The New York Times > Washington > Campaign 2004 > Bush Campaign Seeks Help From Thousands of Congregations: "By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK | Published: June 3, 2004
The Bush campaign is seeking to enlist thousands of religious congregations around the country in distributing campaign information and registering voters, according to an e-mail message sent to many members of the clergy and others in Pennsylvania.
Liberal groups charged that the effort invited violations of the separation of church and state and jeopardized the tax-exempt status of churches that cooperated. Some socially conservative church leaders also said they would advise pastors against participating in such a partisan effort. ...
