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J-GOP on Monday, November 03, 2008 9:28:18 AM
Republican Jewish Coalition Executive Director Matt Brooks responded today to the comments made by Rep. Jerrold Nadler's (D-NY) at a forum in Boca Raton, Florida yesterday. Rep. Nadler, acting as an Obama surrogate, said Obama didn't leave Trinity United Church, after learning of Rev. Jeremiah Wright's anti-American and anti-Israel rhetoric, because he "didn't have the political courage to make the statement of walking out."
"It is ironic that Obama's own surrogate recognizes Obama lacks the political courage to stand up for what is right," said Brooks. "Having failed to stand up to anti-American and anti-Israel rhetoric in the past, one has to wonder if Obama will have the courage to stand up to it as president? Because Obama has not stood up to this type of rhetoric and because of Obama's choice of associates and advisers, the Jewish community remains deeply concerned about an Obama Presidency. Even Obama surrogate Rep. Jerrold Nadler acknowledges that when faced with tough decisions in the past, Obama lacked the political courage to do what is right."
Watch the video of Rep. Nadler's comments.