CHARLES BARRON, NEXT GUY TO REPRESENT NEW YORK'S 8TH DISTRICT?



Ever heard of a guy by the name of Charles Barron? Keep that name in mind for the next time you find yourself arguing with someone on the Left over toxic influences in the Democrat Party. And when they very smugly remind you that they at least keep their crazies in check, have this guy’s name at the ready when they throw out their standard line, “at least we don’t let the Farrakhan types hold Federal office!"

Using a recent story from the Weekly Standard is your guide, or as your weapon of choice, that excuse is now completely worthless. Because of one Charles Barron, New York City Councilman, former Black Panther, anti-Israel demagogue and probable Democratic nominee to be the next Congressman from New York’s 8th district. Just how bad is Mr. Barron’s anti-Israel zealotry? Consider these lovely quotes from the Standard article:  “In 2010, he told a reporter that in New York’s Crown Heights neighborhood, Jews “only make up 20 percent of the population, but they’ve always walked these streets as if they owned them, and acted as if they are the only ones in the community that matter.”[...]

Barron has also called into question the legitimate existence of Israel. “Where should we start [the discussion]?” he said at a Brooklyn church in 2010. “Should we start with the 1906 Zionist Convention, or in 1914, with the Balfour Declaration? With Menachem Begin, the terrorists, all the wars, you want to discuss Israel becoming a state in 1948 when it should not have? Who are the terrorists? You want to talk about the definition of terrorism? How do you define acts of piracy?” Not bad enough? Well, how about this jewel? Barron has compared Israel’s handling of the Palestinians in Gaza to concentration camps.

This is how he put it: “Israel is out of control. They’re off the hook, they’re out of line; and Barack Obama has to stand strong and so do does Hillary Clinton, the secretary of state, to say that this kind of aggressive, terroristic behavior and act of piracy will not be tolerated and the blockade should be lifted immediately, immediately. There’s too many children and women and innocent men of Gaza dying because you’re isolating them and not allowing anything in. It’s like having a concentration death camp. It’s horrible, and the whole world is and should be outraged."

I guess this is now what makes one proud to be a Democrat. And really, are the views held by this guy so different than how our current presidents feels about Israel and the Jewish people. I think no! Barry has made it painfully clear on any number of occasions that he care very little for the Jewish State. And the only time he, like any other Democrat, gives a rats ass about those who are Jewish, at least in this country, is at election time.