Who knew?

    A few weeks ago, I was thrilled when Joe Sestak beat Arlan Spector  in the Democratic primary in Pennsylvania, because Spector was one of the Senators who really needed to go. He had been in Congress too long. Of course, as a Democrat, I don't want him to win, and recent stories have come to light, that might make his attempt to become a Senator unsuccessful. 
   In a story in WorldNetDaily.com, on the 4th of July, we found out that Sestak is backed by MoveOn.org. I wonder if they are going to use the same people to falsify voter registration forms that they used in the '08 election to help get Obama elected...oh, I think most of them are still in jail, or on probation. Guess they will have to train others.Sestak's campaign also expected heavy voter support and financial backing from the Jewish community until a recent controversy came to light about Sestak's affiliation with C.A.I.R.,the Council on American-Islamic relations.
   This week's edition of the Philadelphia Jewish Exponent has a large ad reminding voters that Sestak was the keynote speaker at a fundraising dinner for CAIR in 2007. 'Jewish American's for Sarah Palin', a group headed by Buddy Korn, a veteran activist for the Philadelphia Jewish community, and a former Editor-In-Chief for the Jewish Exponent, is running the ad. The ad states that Sestak was the keynote speaker at the fundraiser, despite substantial evidence that Cair has "ties to terrorism" according to Senator Charles Shumer, D-NY, in 2003. More than a dozen Cair officials have been either indicted or convicted on terror charges, including one who was active in 'Lashkar-e-Taiba, the group who carried out the attack last year on the Chabad Center in Mumbai, India. A rabbi and his wife were tortured and killed during the attack.
   CAIR has been confirmed as a terrorist co-conspirator by the Justice Dept. Still, they are trying to keep alive a lawsuit against two investigators behind the expose' "Muslim Mafia: InsideThe Secret Underworld That's Conspiring to Islamize America", which documents the D.C.-based group's founding and current activity as a front for the Muslim Brotherhood, and Hamas, the terrorist group of the Palestinians. 
   At a meeting in 2007, members of the local Jewish community pleaded with Sestak to withdraw as Keynote Speaker at the CAIR event, but he refused.
   The ad also points out that Sestak refused to sign a Pro-Israeli letter that had been signed by 329 members of Congress last year, urging Obama to work closely with Israel , so as to advance peace. Sestak again refused an opportunity to sign another pro-Israel congressional letter this past March affirming that the U.S. and Israel are "close allies".
   However, Sestak did sign a January letter, blasting Israel for using "collective punishment" against the Palestinians in Gaza, which sought to pressure Israel to to ease blockades against Hamas, which is still bombing Israel almost daily. "This is not a case of one isolated incident, or remark," according to Korn. "Joe Sestak has a record of embracing Muslim extremists and giving Israel the back of his hand. He would be the anti-Israel Senator that Washington has ever seen."Complicating matters more for Sestak, his Republican opponent, Pat Toomey, a fiscal Conservative,is a strong proponant for Israel.
   Korn stated that Pennsylvania voters have a clear choice between someone who is an advocate for Israel and one who seems to embrace Muslim extremists. Recent polls have Toomey ahead of Sestak by 7 points,but political observers expect a close race. 
   This race doesn't affect me in any way at all, except to find it interesting. I want the Republican to win, of course, only because I want anyone but a Democrat to win this year. The very integrity of our way of life is at stake, and embracing Israel as we always have is only one of several reasons.