Cori Bush exposes the radical left for what it is … antisemitic
Democrat Congresswoman Cori Bush has been one of the most outrageous and unhinged members of the House since her election from St. Louis, Missouri’s 1st District in 2022.
Of course, the biased media avoided any critical reports of her over-the-top nasty rants during her single term in office. In fact, Bush has been a periodic guest on the most left-wing news platforms — giving voice and credibility to Bush’s divisive and mendacious rhetoric. That is nothing new. Left-wing media personalities have been doing that with other crazies – such as California Congresswoman Maxine Waters and New York Congressman Jamaal Bowman –a fellow squad member famous for intentionally pulling the fire alarm in the Capitol to open a door.
Despite her offensive and hateful behavior, Bush was able to retain the support of key Democrat leaders. Rather than be condemned for outrageous statements, they praised her. Bush maintained the support of St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones and House Minority Whip Katherine Clark of Massachusetts. Both campaigned alongside Bush in the final week of the campaign.
Usamah Andrabi, spokesman for the radical left Justice Democrats, said “We lost one of our most important members of Congress last night.”
Despite the favorable treatment Bush had received from the left-wing media, Democrat political leaders and left-wing activists, the Democrat voters of Missouri had had enough of the histrionics of Cori Bush. They defeated her in the party primary.
Like Bowman, Bush attributed her defeat to money from the Jewish American Israel Public Affairs Committee political action committee (AIPAC), which put $8 million into the effort to defeat one of the most antisemitic members of Congress.
Money was not the only reason for Bush’s defeat – and may not even be the most important factor. She proved herself to be too radical and too irrational for the average voter. Bush’s defeat was due more to buyers’ remorse for her one term in Congress than campaign contributions.
Bad and unhinged as Bush has shown herself to be throughout her mercifully brief and inconsequential congressional career, she revealed her worst attributes in response to her defeat. She carried out an irrational and threatening rage against Jews.
The unleashed Bush responded to her defeat by blaming the AIPAC and shouted, “All they did was radicalize me, so now they need to be afraid.” That smacks of violence.
She got more specific, saying, “AIPAC, I’m coming to tear your kingdom down.” That is a biblical allusion to the destruction of the Kingdom of Satin.” Comparing Jews and the Jewish state as satanic is the mantra of antisemitic terrorists.
Apparently, voters are doing what Democrat party leaders were unwilling to do – and that is to rid the party of the antisemitic voices that serve in high offices. But even as voters have booted Bowman and Bush, the Democratic Party still endorses and promotes the remainder of the antisemitic faction.
So, there ‘tis.
The democrats party have the same attitude that Cori has. It’s a damned shame that a party like that is allowed to exist. I solemnly swear that they will never govern me. A great number of people have become sovereign citizens Others have posted this on this site
Archie has not a clue about ALL Democrats. How could he? He does not want us to exist. Sorry, you are not going to be successful in those efforts. They govern you today, how can you avoid it? Don’t you know who the President is and who controls the Senate? Are you avoiding all the new laws Biden and company have passed —- some even bipartisan. You know bipartisan, right?
My new idiom for current events in conservatism is: “be careful what you ask for.” Biden is old and demented: be careful what you ask for: here comes Kamala. Kamala is DEI: be careful what you ask for: he comes old white guy Walz. Look at my crowds: be careful what you ask for: now you have to lie about AI-generated crowds and chew on that little piece of lying shoe leather. I won’t be governed by the likes of you: be careful what you ask for: that’s what the 1.6.2021 fools in jail said until they cried “don’t lock me up, it’s Trump’s fault,” crying like babies about to be governed to hell and back in the pokey.
Horist summarizes: “Apparently, voters are doing what Democrat party leaders were unwilling to do – and that is to rid the party of the antisemitic voices that serve in high offices. But even as voters have booted Bowman and Bush, the Democratic Party still endorses and promotes the remainder of the antisemitic faction.” Antiemetic? Whatever happened to “free speech extremist?” Be careful what you ask for. First, no doubt that the Democratic party is becoming more liberal every day. That happens when your core beliefs are challenged as evil, satanic, and worse. When you get blamed for a 20-yr old Republican attempting assassination of your felon rapist King. When Republicans create a plan to fire tens of thousands of Democrats and already have their hit list of Democrats to be fired once Trump gets his way, plus they already have an active replacement candidate list that’s being fully trained for jobs they never had —- as I type. When you do that, be careful what you ask for. Of course, we are becoming more liberal as you put us in your ever-shrinking box of hate, insensitivity, and actual physical threats. I am a moderate liberal who tends to set your hair on fire in what you call my “radical” views. It’s pretty hard to bring my kids to moderatism against that type of attack. It just drives them to the progressive side no matter what I say. What did you expect when you put our backs up against the wall announcing you will end many of our careers because you don’t like what we think about our country’s future? Think that moderates us? Makes us want to join your crusade? Or inflames and incites us?
You call us antisemitic if we disagree with Israel, the country, and its current practices of apartheid and mass murder so far over the top of the offenses as to be a pathetic cry for help from God. Is being against apartheid make you antisemitic? Is being against the mass murder of civilians being un-Jewish? I went to a heavily Jewish high school, Jewish dates and girl friends, Jewish roomy in college, worked more Mitzvahs, weddings and high holy days, than most Rabbis, and had serious conversations with numerous numerically-tattooed gents from that generation. And all respect, and may agree, with my stand against Israel’s actions, before and during the current war.
You’re just looking for cannon fodder to feed your hate in your holy war against Democrats that you take advantage of any opportunity to skew the facts to pick a fight.
All Democrats are not antisemitic. All progressives are not either. Most Democrats are not progressive. But many stand against apartheid and the current status of the war. Give Palestinians their freedom or their human rights. Period. You have had many decades to do something to improve that. South Africa did, what’s your problem? Stop the mass murder of civilians. We gave you fucking smart bombs, fucking use then versus the 50% of everything you drop being unguided.
That’s not antisemitic; that’s being humane and human. Articles like this just create more hard-left radical progressives and does very little to make things better. IMO.
Here’s a neat piece from PEW, it’s 2021, but I am sure, it’s similar today. If anything, it’s just moved towards greater polarization by BOTH PARTIES. *https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2021/11/09/beyond-red-vs-blue-the-political-typology-2/*
Household word.
Some very good points Frank. As an Independent, this is what I see:
1) You are correct in my view. The more the right pursues name calling, shaming, etc., the more harsh their rhetoric, the more people that will move left. The universe (and we are a part of it) tries to seek balance in all things. You know, the ying and yang thing.
2) What I think I am seeing in my mind is a line with a mark in the center, a mark on the left end, and a mark on the right end. In years gone by, like in the days of Reagan, the left seemed to be half way between the center mark and the left edge mark and the right was about the same towards the right. And the majority of all of us were a bit more centrist thinking and clustered within a circle a quarter way from center in each direction. Nowadays, what I see as happening in this new era of Trumpism is that the right has gone very right very close to the right edge mark to the point where now A) no room for moderate Republicans; B) the distance between where the left is and where the right is has increased because of the severe move to the right. And as you know, for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction – which you described quite well. So now, what amazes me is that what used to be fairly centrist thinking within the aforementioned circle, has become labeled”leftist” thinking by the right because the right has moved so far right that the center is now considered left. And what used to be labeled free speech is gone. Just look at what happens when anyone mentions something against the way Larry’s far right brain believes – you get name calling, shaming, but not much in the way of counter facts with citations.
3) On fodder and hate. This is another result of the right moving so far right. The party used to be attended by centrists from both party, and we all discussed issues energetically at the same table. But now, with the severe shift to the right of Trumpism, the right that used to find some common ground with centrists from both parties now sits at their own table because they share nothing of the values of many Americans. Thus they now hate all of us Dems, GOPs, Indies, and others that sit at the same table and robustly discuss issues. The hate comes from the far right not having any matching values that will get them a ticket at the other table. Thus they sit at their little table filled with hate, jealousy, loathing all of us at the other table.
4) You are correct. Not all Dems are antisemitic, and I will add, not all antisemitics are Dems. In a recent poll, where military aid was held up by Speaker Johnson and his right wing, it was shown that two-fifths of the vote to hold up aid was by GOP representatives. There is a sizeable antisemitic wing in the GOP that they like to keep silent!!!
5) The ideals and moralities such as being humane, humaness, compassion, moderation, truthfulness, collaboration and all of the other things that were in that circle in #2, line 3, during the Reagan years when we had the winning party and the loyal minority party, is now gone because of that severe move to the right. Sad.
6) I have pointed out in many of my comments that Larry is very conflicted about Israel, specifically being so anti-abortion but being so radically supportive of Israel which is the second easiest state to get an abortion in within the whole wide world! Larry is full of old school thinking on many issues. He is locked in the 1950 – 70’s. And there he will stay! Larry sits at that little table watching all of us at the big table having a robust discussion, and wishing he could unlock his brain so that he could join us. But this will never happen. And its sad, he is a dying breed. The last Mahican who feels he must force his beliefs on his readers and does not mind demeaning them, demoralizing them, calling them names, using slurs, whatever it takes to beat his readers into submission. Its a form of collapse that reveals well ingrained social defects.
As usual, Larry is calling every Democrat who is against the indiscriminate slaughter of innocent Palestinians by the 10’s of thousands “antisemitic”. AIPAC is going after members of Congress who criticize Israel for human rights abuses and its clear policy of ethnic cleansing.
After Palestinian extremists in Hamas killed 1200 Israelis, The IDF has killed 40,000 civilians, mostly women and children. It bombs hospitals and schools. It tells refugees to go to one area, then bombs them there. The Hamas attack didn’t come out of the blue. Israel has had an apartheid system for Palestinians since it took over the country in 1949. Israel (and Netanyahu in particular) have ignored peace treaties that were brokered by the US. Israel has systematically stolen Palestinian land and killed thousands of Palestinians over the years. Besides the fact that Netanyahu knew about Hamas and supported them, the leader of Hamas had his whole family murdered by Israeli forces when he was a boy. Hamas was reacting to the abuses of the Israelis.
AIPAC has targeted the elections of members of Congress who criticize Israel, not all Jews. Even many Jews, especially in the US, are criticizing Israel. AIPAC is acting in the interests of the state of Israel, not the best interest of Jews. This is not the first article from Larry accusing people who criticize Israel for its actions as being antisemitic. What they are guilty of is criticizing human rights abuses, something that both parties used to do. Now, Trump Republicans have Nazi followers all around the country, yet they have the gall to criticize Democrats for promoting human rights.
JSB you are correct. Larry likes to call people antisemitic when they disagree with what Israel is doing. The history of the area is very complex. I once posted an article on the history. Back in 1910 there were about 13,000 Jews in Palestine. Then the Jews started buying up land and homes legally from wealthy Arab owners who did not even live in those homes. The number of Jews quickly swelled to about 140,000 and more by 1940. When Hitler invaded the area, Palestinians were on Hitlers side though they never officially declared such. Hitler needing allies in the area allowed Palestinians to take over the homes of Jews living in Palestine. After Hitler lost, Israel was carved out and they instituted a policy that basically stated that if any Jew possessed a legal pre-WWII title to a home, they could legally get the home back. And then came the 7 day war and Moshi Dyan and the hostilities got worse – and he set Israel on a much more aggressive path which magnified the hostilities.
I have always been a strong supporter of Israel and its right to exist. Israel’s situation has always been precarious at best being surrounded by anti-Jewish State countries. From a faith based view, the God of Israel has in their scriptures required them to eliminate whole populations such as the Edomites, Midianites, and several others. Many Palestinians today have DNA that traces back to these anti-Israel populations which often were the original aggressors. So I have been fairly silent on the whole issue. And even now, with Netanyahu being cut in the mold of the Zealots, he is calling for the extermination of Hamas – which quite frankly is much more of a concept/ideology than an ethnicity. Hamas will not be elimiinated. Its leaders are disbursed and running their government from afar – two being killed recently in Iran. And they, Hamas, will continue to shield themselves with humans. We need to be clear that Palestinians are being killed because they are being used as Human shields by Hamas, and Bibi wants all Hamas eliminated – which he will never be able to do. Thus it seems like the military campaign that began as a response to Hamas’es genocide intentions has turned into a campaign of Israeli genocidal intentions. Again, we must realize that Israel is surrounded by Hamas, Houthi, Iran, Syria – all wishing genocide on Israel. Thus I have been soft spoken on Israel but am aware and concerned about the numbers of collateral victims. While the U.S. can attempt to broker a deal to end the killing, it is really up to the regional countries to make it happen. And I do not think the Qataris are being honest brokers. They seem to favor Hamas.
It is said that the only thing that beats an idea, is a better idea. And I do think the best idea is for Israel, U.S., UK, Qatar to come up with a better idea and convince the Palestinians that the better idea will stop the killing and lead to prosperity. The problem seems to be that several deals have been offered but Hamas is the one stalling. And I feel sorry for the average Palestinian caught in the mess, which most are.
Had Democrats’ Criticized Hamas from the 1st day of their unprovoked
attack on Israel, everyone including Israel would have had to take a different position.
But they DID NOT!
This would mean they cited with Hamas in the attack!
Not that they were even silent, as silence can be deafening, but
were out right backing the attack.
Except everyone, including the vast majority of Democrats, and 100% of Democratic leadership did not criticize Hamas; they condemned them and their actions.
I don’t know what you are squawking about Darren.
The herd
Darren, you are believing false info.
According to “The Hill”, in a 412-10-6 vote, the House chamber voiced strong support for Israel after Hamas launched a surprise attack against the country earlier this month that left 1,400 Israeli citizens dead and more than 200 others held in hostage by Hamas.
Nine Dems voted against Israel. Most of the nine are in what is called “The Squad”. All of the rest of the Dems voted pro-Israel and condemned the attack. I think what you are referring to is the Dem backlash to the Palestinian body count that Israel is accumulating. This backlash has occurred due to the relentless air strikes that are killing so many, and, due to U.S. societal demonstrations by pro-Palestinian organizations.
The real issue the U.S. should be focusing on is how to get Iran out of the equation. Iran is the villian that is stimulating the conflict, and arming Hamas, Houthi, and Hezbollah against Israel because Iran does not want peace and cooperation between Israel and Saudi Arabia, now that the Saudi’s have signed a peace accord with the Iranians.
By the way Darren, you can read The Hill at *https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4276005-these-democrats-voted-against-resolution-backing-israel/* Its a short quick read on this issue. Enjoy!
Destruction of Satin? The fabric?
Brian with the hit parade!!! Good job at critical reading :>)
I remember, Knights in White Satan, …….but it always made me moody and blue.
hey, finally a band I never saw in concert!!!!
Household word. The herd.
Heard.
Not.
Truth be told, IMO, Frank, Tom, and JSB are in the know and well informed on this issue. Where Horist is not.
Larry, your vision is blurred and confused with prioritizing your hubris filled anti-democratic party rhetoric coloring your thinking with each piece you post. Strong opinions held against an issue drown out any possibility of objective reasoning. no matter where on the political continuum any of us find ourselves. Larry, for whatever your personal reasons you inhabit a place on the before mentioned continuum that is very much stuck in the region that’s right of center.
Americans historically by a majority have occupied the middle region on the line. if you are more familiar with a Bell Curve. the highest point on the curve is the middle population. Half are to the right of center and half are to the left. To the extremes right and left are the tails accounting for the ultra right and ultra left. Trump entering the equation resulted in a flattening of the curve, Meaning more people in the tails and a wider distribution across the middle. The so called swing states populate the middle.
I myself am one who identifies with that centrist majority. Persons like me who populate the political middle do not fiercely identify with either political party’s philosophy, dogma, and promotional tactics. All candidates up for election during normally charged emotions due at election season, receive our consideration based on the individual candidate’s position on the issues appearing closest to our opinion.
Since 2015 and DJ Trump inserting himself into the American political arena at the federal level, nothing about elections and the presidency has registered in the normalcy range compared to elections previous to Trump. American Election Season has long been conducted as what looks to other countries’ as a three ring circus variety insanity. Always there has been drama. between the right and left political poles. That was normal every 4 years behavior during the several months prior to Election Day. Then, after the winner is declared and January 20th Inauguration Day, we about two months time for either celebration or mental/emotional adjustment. By Inauguration Day life would go on without the emotional insanity national elections create. That was then, and that’s very much not the mental/emotional state of being Americans are experiencing this election season. What we have here is a massive failure in understanding how to practice positive personal character. Civility seems to be a bridge to far when relating to people assumed different from us in opinions about most subjects. In fact, civility has disappeared from general practice.
Our culture encourages poor manners and undisciplined language speaking in public. An example is the proliferation of saying the F-Bomb. What was once was word and phrase heard only spoken by society’s lowest characters in an angry shout down match. That ugly distasteful word and phrase seems to have breached all barriers to decent and acceptable speech having been added to vocabulary in common use. Men, women, young people, and Senior Citizens, too, I have witnessed them all dropping it in general conversations with others and without apologies.
in the piece being considered here Larry has made a sweeping generalization that is stating something about Democrats and in particular that the Party’s philosophy includes anti-Semitism. That you would post this statement as an assertion of true fact, Larry, is you flaunting some expertise possessed on both subjects, Democrat Party Philosophy and anti-Semitism in general. In addition to assuming expertise on those two subjects in error. Your assertion is suspect at the outset because it reads like page ripped from Trump’s Teleprompter. . Since, it’s Trump speak and common knowledge regarding Trump and not your original erroneous opinion, this post has more than a dark cloud of suspicion hanging over head. It’s all wet from rain water. You will vote for Trump out of Party loyalty even with knowing the man is not generally seen as one who has ever been and is still a credible material resource . Then, your opinion rests on your say so alone. One does not need to hold a Ph.D. in the history of logic and philosophy with a second in world history to understand who the anti-Semites are and what defines them.
Your making examples of a few Democrat legislators who may arguably have appeared to you as anti-Semites, has carries no weight in a debate you pose on a contention that the Democratic Party as a whole is ant-Semitic. If you were to post this in a comment on a site with broad readership, you would receive a flood in comments disapproving of your scholarship if not your claims as a journalist. Journalism does not include every opinionated fake news pushing hack. As a group of writers who esteem integrity in themselves and in their co-writers, your game is not in their league. PBP is your home where everyone knows your name.
Agree with or don’t at all. Its all the same to me. If any comments are made, keep them clean, civil, and polite. You usual denigration style is unseemly to do. Yet you are the poster guy for disunity’s spread. That’s an objective true fact.