Kristol’s Emergency Committee for Israel gave Tom Cotton nearly $1 million in his race for the Sen

[Ichingcarpenter]

I don’t know who wrote the letter, but I can tell you whose fingerprints are on it: the only folks who are supporting it publicly, the hard-right Israel lobby. Even as Cotton himself splutters on national television, rightwing lobby groups are the main voices out there defending the letter.

Like Bill Kristol of the Emergency Committee for Israel:

Cotton open letter: “Just so you know, we’re a constitutional democracy. Congress (or next president) has a say.” Dem response: Hysteria.

J Street’s Dylan Williams fingers Bill Kristol for writing the letter:

Who gave @SenTomCotton & others the awful idea for the Iran letter? Seems like Sarah Palin-for-VP-level bad advice doesn’t it @BillKristol ?

There’s a reason for Williams’s suspicion. Kristol’s Emergency Committee for Israel gave Tom Cotton nearly $1 million in his race for the Senate just five months ago, Eli Clifton reported. “Cotton received $960,250 in supportive campaign advertising in the last month.” (Thanks to Kay24 in comments).

Cotton also got $165,000 from Elliott Management Paul Singer’s hedge fund. Singer is the billionaire who is trying to stop Obama’s Iran talks (Clifton’s reporting again). He funds the Israel Project too– Josh Block’s efforts.

Josh Block has been standing up for the letter on Twitter. And the rightwing Israel Project offered support for the letter in an email last night:

- See more at: http://mondoweiss.net/2015/03/israel-fingerprints-republican#sthash.1ixesjKB.dpuf

[djean111]

1. So, Netanyahu was the first shot across the bow, looking for war, and now Cotton is the second shot.

Israel wants war. Looks like our MIC wants war - in Iran and in the Ukraine. This is insane.

[misterhighwasted]

2. What's in Cotton's private emails???

He should be investigated and turn over his private email
acct.
You want a scandal??
That's the one.

[octoberlib]

3. Always follow the money with these assholes.

[Aerows]

4. That explains a lot.

Has Bill Kristol *ever* been right on anything? It should be a warning sign -


Bill Kristol Thinks This Is A Good Idea

kind of like

[Scuba]

5. There are financial ties between Cotton and Sheldon Adelson too.

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/gop-hawks-raise-cash-for-tom-cotton-93509.html

The event for Cotton, which raised more than $100,000 from a group of donors that included casino magnate Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam, was held at the home of Dan Senor, a former foreign policy adviser to Mitt Romney and spokesman for the Bush administration on the Iraq war.