Comments on: This is Shocking-Only 6% of Israelis Think US Government is Pro-Israel

By: petermlopez

petermlopez — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:18:28 +0000

Scrivener, Bitsy: I think all it would take would be a strong statement from a top political leader in support of Israel to start changing perception. It doesn’t have to be Obama, necessarily, although that would help. It could be Hillary or Biden or someone else equally high profile. And then we rebuild from there. It’s not impossible, but it’s going to take deliberate efforts. I think Christians can make a difference in this respect.

By: Bitsy Griffin

Bitsy Griffin — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:01:19 +0000

hiscrivener – that’s exactly what I meant with the statistically nothing comment. It might as well be 0% with that low of a number. How do we rebuild from 6%? I don’t think we can with this administration. It’s such a sad commentary that with a change in leadership, perception (with all of its ramifications) has changed so radically.

This isn’t one of the consequences I expected from the US electing Obama. Now I’m wondering why I didn’t except that there were so many to anticipate.

By: hiscrivener

hiscrivener — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:10:56 +0000

Perception is reality… in politics. Ask anyone who voted for Bush if we were pro-Israel? OH YEAH! Ask anyone in Israel if we were during the Bush administration. OH YEAH!

However, when you have a president who would rather gallivant across Muslim stomping grounds than visit the Holy Land for high tea, that “perception” stares into the toilet.

Bitsy, you’re right. “Statistically” it is nothing… except for the people whose perception is that America has changed its mind.

By: petermlopez

petermlopez — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:20:02 +0000

Thanks for reading. I will check it out.

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By: petermlopez

petermlopez — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:15:18 +0000

The same poll says the perception of Bush’s administration was 88% pro-Israel…, but, see the remainder of my comment to hiscrivener.

By: petermlopez

petermlopez — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:12:46 +0000

The funny thing is, I’m not entirely sure there’s much difference between Clinton, Bush or Obama in this area. I think a lot of it is perception, but that’s still important.

By: petermlopez

petermlopez — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:11:30 +0000

It’s almost unbelievable, actually. But, it is what it is, I suppose.

By: Bitsy Griffin

Bitsy Griffin — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:43:50 +0000

6% is statistically nothing. I wonder what that number was during the Bush administration since hiscrivener brought it up. Surely it was more but I don’t remember seeing the numbers. I guess that old “perception is everything” is raising it’s head in this case.

By: hiscrivener

hiscrivener — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:17:12 +0000

What a difference an Administration change makes. Just sayin’.