Boca Raton, FL – Obama Mulled Freeing Pollard, But Biden Vehemently Opposed

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    EPA FILEBoca Raton, FL – The NYT reported Saturday that in a meeting between Biden and 15 rabbis in Florida – meant to bolster the Jewish community’s support of the presidential campaign – the vice president was asked about the Obama administration’s reluctance to release Pollard, who was imprisoned in 1986, after he was convicted of spying for Israel.

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    “President Obama was considering clemency, but I told him, ‘Over my dead body are we going to let him out before his time.’ If it were up to me, he would stay in jail for life,” U.S. Vice President Joe Biden was quoted as saying during a meeting with rabbis in Florida in a New York Times article published on Saturday.

    The Times article reported that U.S. President Barack Obama has turned to Biden to shore up support amongst U.S. Jews.

    According to the Times article, Democratic party officials believe that Obama will not lose the support of U.S. Jews, especially after Obama’s pro-Israel speech at the United Nations last week.

    Concerns were raised, however, by the Republican victory last month in an election for Congressional seat in a district of New York with many Orthodox Jews.

    The Democratic loss in that election led the Obama administration to enlist a number of well-known officials, including Biden, with good ties with Jewish leaders to work to ensure Jewish support for Obama in the 2012 presidential election.


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    12 years ago

    Please don’t tell me he isn’t anti Semitic. The 15 “Rabbi’s” should have walked out on him.

    KVETCH
    KVETCH
    12 years ago

    I agree .let it be over his dead body ,gd willing

    12 years ago

    what type “rabbi’s” i am curious….

    Brian
    Brian
    12 years ago

    I don’t believe it for a second. Obama sent Biden to say this. If Obama thought that it would help him shore up the Jewish vote by freeing pollard, he wouldn’t give a flying falafel what Biden felt. I don’t think Biden would even tell Obama such a thing.

    qazxc
    qazxc
    12 years ago

    Sounds like Obama & Co. are just another term of the Bush presidency. Anti-settlements, pro- 1967 borders, anti-Pollard, kissing up to the Saudi Arabians.

    Where’s the change?

    12 years ago

    If Obama was smart, he would dump Joe Biden, and choose a different Vice Presidential candidate to run with him in 2012. The latter action is not without precedent. In 1972, Sen. McGovern removed Sen. Eagleton from the Vice Presidential ticket. In 1976, President Ford removed V.P. Nelson Rockefeller from the ticket. FDR did the same thing, as he had more than one V.P. There is no constitutional requirement for the President to run with the same incompetent V.P., especially someone who continuously shows a lack of intelligence, and is constantly placing his foot in his mouth.

    UseYourHead
    UseYourHead
    12 years ago

    This is why Biden is usually kept holed up where he can’t open his mouth and do any damage. His job is to be white, and let Obama do the talking.

    12 years ago

    Biden is as dumb as they come.

    DRSLZ
    DRSLZ
    12 years ago

    Perfect. He credits for thinking about it and might have done if only he was not opposed by Joe.

    bigwheeel
    bigwheeel
    12 years ago

    The mystery here is, that so many officials, who are seemingly sympathetic to Jewish causes refuse to consider clemency for Jonathan Pollard. What is more puzzling is that none of them will be specific and state exactly for what offense he deserves such a long sentence. Even longer than any others who spied for the old Soviet Union. Like (Former Admiral) John Walker, who has been paroled long ago.

    MaverickThinker
    MaverickThinker
    12 years ago

    Suppose Obama sees trouble getting elected because of the economy. He announces that it’s time for a woman to run the show, and he suggests Hillary Clinton as the Democratic candidate for president, with himself as maybe vice-president or SecState. She could serve one or two terms and then he could run again later for his second term. Yeah, they thought it was a little out there at shul today.

    12 years ago

    Was the puppeteer soros or oybama pulling biden’s strings

    Berl
    Berl
    12 years ago

    And Slo Joe whose brain got tossed out when he had brain surgery but the Dr. left the aneurism is still on good terms with Jews now?
    So Biden the brain dead VP who has a mouth like a toilet bowl filled with diarrhea after a meal of Mexican food has veto power over the POTUS? Verrrrrrrrrrrrrrry interesting.
    And of course this policy will endear the current administration to the numb and dumb Jews of America who voted for them last time!