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Schumer Sticks Up For Obama Over Terror Funding Cuts

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Photograph of Senator Schumer eating a Philly cheesesteak last fall from his Flickrstream
Senator Charles Schumer, who said folks at the White House "just don't get it and are not doing right by New York City on anti-terrorism funding" after it was revealed that funding for regular transit and port security was cut by 25%, now says, "I think it is unfair to blame this on the President." Instead, Schumer blames other White House departments: "Folks at OMB and at Homeland Security - they should have seen this and caught it.

But don't worry, the Daily News reports that Schumer spoke to Attorney General Eric Holder and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. Schumer added, "No one can doubt [President Obama's] sympathy for New York, his understanding of the threat we're under. That's one of the reasons he's going and visiting the NYPD this afternoon. But we need to take that sympathy and that understanding and translate it into action and dollars."

The White House says that counterterrorism funding to NYC actually increased, thanks to stimulus funds. Schumer doesn't happen to count the stimulus funding and grouses, "In this round, New York got 11% of the transit anti-terror funding and the port anti-terror funding. We get far more than 11% of the threat; we're far more than 11% of the target. We seem to be 75% to 100% of the target. So 11% is way out of line."

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  • jpeditor

    "Schumer has his daggers out for Obama, which in the long run will hurt NY."

    So Schumer makes a small attempt to remind Øbowmao that while his administration ass-licking the jihadists worldwide, he should try and make kissy-face with the stupid jinos in NYC who were guilt suckered into voting for the ropes and chains.

    And in your opinion, Øbowmao will, out of pique and revenge, NOW F*CK NYC as badly as he is F*CKING OUR ALLY ISRAEL (and with your approval, no doubt).

  • BDS=(Boycott.Divest.Sanction)

    hey old, check out this good article. and have a fantastic weekend. peace and love.

    http://original.antiwar.com/giraldi/2010/05/12/many-voices-singing-one-song/

    Several weeks ago the redoubtable Charles Schumer of New York announced the Yahweh himself had anointed him Israel’s defender in the US Senate. In a radio interview Schumer explained "You know, my name …. comes from the word shomer, guardian, watcher. My ancestors were guardians of the ghetto wall in Chortkov. And I believe Hashem (God) actually gave me that name. One of my roles, very important in the United States senate, is to be a shomer — to be the shomer Yisrael. And I will continue to be that with every bone in my body …"

    Schumer’s very interesting comments, suggesting that he has a rather narrow view of his responsibility to represent all the people of New York State, were not reported anywhere in the mainstream media. It was apparently not considered newsworthy that a Senator from the Empire State had pledged love and loyalty to a foreign country. Schumer’s affections are particularly noteworthy as he is being spoken of as the next Senate Majority leader if Harry Reid takes a well deserved fall in the midterm elections. Schumer is, of course, not alone in his sentiments. His colleague from New Jersey Frank Lautenberg, who has traveled to Israel more than 80 times, has also been called Israel’s Senator, though perhaps it should be one of Israel’s Senators as there are clearly multiple candidates. Who could exclude Joe Lieberman of Connecticut? If one includes only Schumer, Lieberman, and Lautenberg Israel still has more senators representing its interests than any state in the union.

    Both Joe Biden and Sarah Palin effused about their love for Israel during their vice presidential debate in 2008. Many lower house federal legislators could rightly be termed Congressmen from Israel, including Howard Berman, Eric Cantor, Jerrold Nadler, Anthony Weiner, Shelley Berkley, and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. Eliot Engel recently described Israel as the "best ally the United States has in the Middle East, but I would argue the best ally in the world"…adding that if the US pressures Israel "you’re going to hear it from me." Congresswoman Jane Harman actually agreed to help an Israeli intelligence officer by using her influence to derail the trial of two American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) officials. Harman is still sitting in her plush office on Capitol Hill instead of in jail, where she belongs.

  • jpeditor

    Schumer = schmuck

    antiwar = al jazeera for the lefturds.

  • BDS=(Boycott.Divest.Sanction)

    Schumer has his daggers out for Obama, which in the long run will hurt NY.

    The was it what Chuck was saying about Obama two weeks ago to the politically conservative Nachum Segal Show

    http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0410/Schumer_Obamas_Counterproductive_Israel_policy_has_to_stop.html

    "I told the President, I told Rahm Emanuel and others in the administration that I thought the policy they took to try to bring about negotiations is counter-productive, because when you give the Palestinians hope that the United States will do its negotiating for them, they are not going to sit down and talk," Schumer told Segal. "Palestinians don’t really believe in a state of Israel. They, unlike a majority of Israelis, who have come to the conclusion that they can live with a two-state solution to be determined by the parties, the majority of Palestinians are still very reluctant, and they need to be pushed to get there.

    So I called up Rahm Emanuel and I called up the White House and I said, 'If you don’t retract that statement you are going to hear me publicly blast you on this,'" Schumer said.



    "You have to show Israel that it’s not going to be forced to do things it doesn’t want to do and can’t do. At the same time you have to show the Palestinians that they are not going to get their way by just sitting back and not giving in, and not recognizing that there is a state of Israel," Schumer said. "And right now there is a battle going on inside the administration, one side agrees with us, one side doesn’t, and we’re pushing hard to make sure the right side wins and if not we’ll have to take it to the next step."

  • inoyourider

    "Sticks up for Obama"

    A little of the ole Gothamist embellishment, don't you think?

    This is just politics, you don't call out the President's resolve to fight terror nowadays if you like being on his good side.

    You call out his underlings, thus allowing you to convey a message while allowing the Pres to save face.

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