Lieberman lauded by Arabs

[Herschel]

Joseph Lieberman, unlikely to win much Arab support in his bid for the presidency, may have made the best impression of all the Democratic candidates appearing at an Arab American forum this weekend.
The Connecticut senator, whose Jewish faith and pro-Israel record was an issue for Arab Americans when he ran for Vice President in 2000, earned points just by showing up last Friday at the Arab American Institute conference.

"It was classy that he came," said Rami Naser, a Palestinian-born student at Florida State University. "I give him full props."

Lieberman made headlines when he was booed for saying that Israel is a democratic state and for refusing to describe Israeli demolitions of Palestinian homes as terror.

But the hecklers were a minority and were quickly shushed by others — and the ensuing controversy helped fuel his popularity.

"I´m so grateful he came, for his honesty and integrity, whether or not I agree with his agenda," said Samia El-Badry, a demographer from Austin, Texas. "I´m more than embarrassed for our community to ask a guest and then to speak out of turn and to boo him."

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It is good to see Joe Lieberman get some credit after enduring unruly and anti-semitic behavior.

[Terwilliger]

1. would those be the 'self-hating' Semites?

Maybe Lieberman would get on better with a lot less hatred...THINK OF THAT?!?!

[Darranar]

2. How was it anti-semitic?

Heckling because he was yelling Likud talking points?

[Herschel]

3. He was the only canidate

met with such misbehavior. Others support Israel. Yet they weren't.

[Darranar]

4. Did any of the others...

defend the wall?

[DuctapeFatwa]

5. Hey Joe, Rami called, you can chill, the check cleared

And those Bosnian virgins were an unexpected bonus and a really sweet thought.

[Herschel]

6. Explain yourself

What does this verbage mean?

[DuctapeFatwa]

7. Those Hashemites sure have a lot of cousins!

And the entire Dyncorp family would like to thank them.

[Darranar]

8. What's the relationship between Dyncorp and Lieberman?

Am I missing something?

[DuctapeFatwa]

9. It is a reference to the extraordinary security needs of Hamid Karzai

the Hashemites, and other collaborators with the bush and sharon regimes.

edit typo.

New keyboard has given me acute typosis!

[Darranar]

10. So you're implying that Lieberman is a collaborator?

[DuctapeFatwa]

12. Well, Lieberman is more of a collaboree, I am implying that

the mysterious "Rami" and ilk are doing a great service to the children of Dyncorp employees who really need a new PlayStation II.

[The Magistrate]

13. Apparently, Mr. Darranar

The quoted student, Rami Naser, is either himself a collaborator in the pay of Dyn-Corp and Sen. Lieberman, or the sort of person who requires protection by Dyn-Corp agents to exist for any length of time in the Islamic world: our Mr. Fatwa is being too gnomic for certainty as to just which degree of moral failure in the struggle against Crusaders is indicated. Of course, he could simply be a polite young man who respects an honest difference of views.

[IndianaGreen]

11. Lieberman has been booed everywhere he goes

and he mostly gets well-deserved boos from Democrats. Why is this man still in the race is beyond me.

Bill Bennett and Lynne Cheney's best friend is no friend of liberals!