PLACING CAREERISM ABOVE FIGHTING ANTI-SEMITISM?:

Publicly and privately, Jewish groups
plan to press Iran issue at U.N. (Uriel Heilman, 09/16/2008, JTA)

With hundreds of world leaders, including Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, slated to come here next week for the annual opening of the U.N. General Assembly, Jewish groups will be campaigning both privately and publicly against the Iranian regime.

The centerpiece of the public effort will be a mass protest rally Sept. 22 at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, across from the United Nations.

Clinton blindsided by scheduled event with Palin (DEVLIN BARRETT, 9/16/08, AP)

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has canceled an appearance at a New York rally next week after organizers blindsided her by inviting Republican vice presidential candidate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, aides to the senator said Tuesday.

Several American Jewish groups plan a major rally outside the United Nations on Sept. 22 to protest against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. [...]

Clinton aides were furious. They first learned of the plan to have both Clinton and Palin appear when informed by reporters.

"Her attendance was news to us, and this was never billed to us as a partisan political event," said Clinton spokesman Philippe Reines. "Sen. Clinton will therefore not be attending."

It's only partisan if she doesn't attend and no one represents Democrats in opposition to Ahmedinejad.

Posted by Orrin Judd at September 17, 2008 7:55 AM