This sounds familiar

It sounds just like “criticism of Bush = support for Osama”, which we heard for years after 9/11.

Or “criticism of Petraeus = against the troops.”

These people have no imagination whatsoever.

this gets my vote. The “criticism of AIPAC = anti-Semitism” canard needs to be thoroughly discredited.

http://www.henrywaxman.house.gov/contact.htm
8436 West Third Street, Suite 600
Los Angeles, CA 90048-4186

Can someone explain Waxman’s relationship with AIPAC, or point to a decent article about that?

This whole subject is greatly complicated by the fact that most of the criticism of Waxman’s handling of investigations opposed by AIPAC has come from the other side of the isle. For instance, Phil Giraldi, retired CIA head of counterrorism, is quoted as stating in American Conservative (04/23/07): wotisitgood4.blogspot.com/2007/04/new-phil-giraldi-article-about-sibel.html

investigations already carried out by the FBI would demonstrate that three former senior officials were involved in illegal weapons sales and other activities that would justify charges of espionage and possibly even treason against them. The three are leading Pentagon neoconservatives Douglas Feith and Richard Perle, as well as former State Department number three Marc Grossman. Edmonds is no crackpot and is considered to be a credible witness, most of whose charges were substantiated both by former FBI officials in 2002 and by the Department of Justice in 2005. Waxman appears to be uninterested in pursuing the matter, however, possibly because Israeli officials and the country’s defense industry are believed to have been involved in the weapons diversion activity.

Congressman Waxman is regarded as close to Israel’s principal lobby, AIPAC, and even promised Jewish voters back in November 2006 that there would be no Democratic congressional committee chairmen involved with Middle Eastern policy who were not completely supportive of Israel.

I hope that this does not mean that the Congressman, who I still have great hopes for, isn’t saddled with a conflict of interest involving AIPAC. We would all welcome an explanation for why he has not had hearings into this matter. Even more, we would cheer his dispelling any and all questions raised, and schedule hearings this session.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/9/19/14364/2409

Defend Cong. Moran from AIPAC Media Attacks (Updated)
by Rabbi Michael Lerner
Wed Sep 19, 2007

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/9/19/14364/2409