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Related: About this forumHillary Clinton to Address AIPAC
http://jewishinsider.com/6884/hillary-to-speak-at-aipacs-policy-conference/Hillary Clinton is expected to address AIPACs Policy Conference in Washington, D.C.., later this month, AIPAC announced on Wednesday.
AIPAC is pleased to announce that former Secretary of State and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is confirmed to join us live at AIPACs 2016 Policy Conference, the largest pro-Israel lobby in the United States said in an email. It is our honor to host presidential candidates this year, just as we have in previous election cycles.
The 2016 AIPAC Policy Conference is scheduled for March 20-22. Plenary sessions will take place at the Verizon Center.
AIPAC extended invitations to all of the current presidential candidates. Clinton, who also addressed the annual gathering in 2008, was the first candidate to confirm her attendance.
AIPAC is pleased to announce that former Secretary of State and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is confirmed to join us live at AIPACs 2016 Policy Conference, the largest pro-Israel lobby in the United States said in an email. It is our honor to host presidential candidates this year, just as we have in previous election cycles.
The 2016 AIPAC Policy Conference is scheduled for March 20-22. Plenary sessions will take place at the Verizon Center.
AIPAC extended invitations to all of the current presidential candidates. Clinton, who also addressed the annual gathering in 2008, was the first candidate to confirm her attendance.
Per the data, Hillary stands with the super-majority of Americans and a decisive margined majority of her party:
Hence, why she, and only she, has my vote!
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Hillary Clinton to Address AIPAC (Original Post)
ericson00
Mar 2016
OP
Hopefully Senator Sanders will find some time in his busy schedule for this also
Freddie Stubbs
Mar 2016
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Freddie Stubbs
(29,853 posts)1. Hopefully Senator Sanders will find some time in his busy schedule for this also
ericson00
(2,707 posts)2. he won't; his wing of the party, which hates Israel and AIPAC even worse
won't let him. Thank god the data shows they're indeed the fringe.
JackRiddler
(24,979 posts)8. This is a lie and anyway Israel is not AIPAC.
BillZBubb
(10,650 posts)3. So, you're a one issue voter? That's pretty sad.
Anyway, my vote cancels your vote!
ericson00
(2,707 posts)4. no, or I vote Democratic because I agree on:
-the environment
-LGB rights
-abortion
-economy
but stopping anti-Israel bigotry, for which even some Jews can be useful idiots for (Sanders, Chomsky, etc.), is important.
Mufaddal
(1,021 posts)5. Time to kiss the ring again already?
JackRiddler
(24,979 posts)6. Why are you trying to suppress support for Hillary Clinton?
ericson00
(2,707 posts)7. given that the majority of Democrats, by a 2.5:1 margin support Israel,
I'm simply pointing out that she stands with the majority of Democrats, per the data.
Gwhittey
(1,377 posts)9. AIPAC is a Lobby group.
So you think our next POTUS should endorse a lobby group that is using foreign money to influence Our politicians? Do you HRC supporters even stop and think for a minute before you post stuff?
TSIAS
(14,689 posts)10. AIPAC
Lobbied hard against Obama's trade deal. Since she's so closely allied herself to Obama in this primary, hopefully she comes down hard of them, or at least says to "cut it out".