CATERING TO KEY CONSTITUENCY
Biden reassures Jews
In Florida, Biden touts record on Israel
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON
Associated Press Tuesday, 2 August 2008
DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. — Sen. Joe Biden assured older Jewish voters Tuesday that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will be strong on protecting Israel, which he said is less secure now than when President Bush took office.
Biden, Obama’s vice presidential running mate, laid out his own
history on Israeli issues for the audience of several hundred at
a Broward County retirement community and emphatically said
Obama stands right along side him on Israel.
Biden said he has fought the sale of sophisticated weapons
to Arab nations, has known every Israeli prime minister since
Golda Meir and has co-sponsored legislation to fight Palestinian
terrorism.
“I am chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee,” Biden said.
“I give you my word as a Biden — I would not have given up
that job to be Barack Obama’s vice president if I didn’t in my
gut and in my heart and in my head know that Barack Obama is
exactly where I am on Israel. And he is.”
Biden told the crowd to ignore the “scurrilous” things said about
Obama on the Internet, including rumors that the Christian
Obama is a Muslim.
Says threat to Israel has increased
“To the extent you trust me and understand where my heart is,
I promise you the stuff you’re getting on the Internet is simply
not true,” he said.
He also said the terrorist threat to Israel has increased, along
with the threat from Iran as it tries to develop nuclear weapons.
“By any objective fact, Israel is less secure today in the world
than it was eight years ago,” Biden said. “I promise you …
we will make it more secure.”
The trip was his first to Florida since joining the Democratic
presidential ticket. He planned another town hall Tuesday
evening in Palm Beach County, before heading to Florida’s Gulf
Coast on Wednesday to discuss women’s economic issues.
Biden was introduced by a Holocaust® survivor, and later
talked about taking his sons to Germany and visiting a
former concentration camp. He also said he held hearings on
anti-Semitism and stressed that society must remember the
Holocaust® so that genocide can be stopped wherever it occurs.
“Genocide is genocide is genocide and if we remain silent, it will
happen again and again and again,” Biden said to loud applause.
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