Jewish Lobbyists Are Expert in Emotional Blackmail
by
coolrepublica
10/04/2007, 1:54 PM
Hey if everyone could be honest for a second they will admit to the simple fact that Jewish lobbyists are not better at making their points to Senators and Congressmen on Capitol Hill. They are simply better, and more willing, to use emotional blackmail.
No one wants to vote against what the state of Israel wants because you don't want to be the guy who goes against "poor Israel." The general belief in Washington is that the Jews have suffered in Hitler's hand and they don't want to be the cause of anymore of their suffering by refusing to give in to any of their demands. Give Israel what it wants so it can finally be happy.
Children have been using emotional blackmail on their parents for millennia. Emotional blackmail has a success rate of 90 percent. The Jewish lobbies in Washington did not have to reinvent the wheel. They just had to follow the formula.
These lobbyists have no shame in bringing out the "A" word in conversations with Congressmen, Senators, and I would even say presidents.
I wouldn’t be surprised if during meetings with Senators and Congressmen the lobbyists don't say something resembling this sentence "Either you vote for what we are asking for, or we are going to slander you so bad, you'd wish you were never elected to this office." No running around the subject just straight talk.
Of course, emotional blackmail is way more economical and than bribery which is not as effective. Why buy a congressman plane tickets to play golf with 10 of closest friends if all you have to do is have a little chat with him.
Telling a congressman you are going to call them an "anti-Semite," unless he votes for what you want, is an automatic win. The other lobbyists on Capitol Hill must be so damn jealous. If the car industry lobbyists could just say to a Senator "Sir, if you don't vote against this bill requiring that the gas per mileage on trucks go up, we are going to call you an "anti-car person” worked, these guys would only have to show up for work when there was a bill about to pass, and go on vacation the rest of the year.
The bottom line is that lobbying is a business. I really can't fault the Jewish Lobbies for getting what they want using any means necessary. It is not their job to play fair on Capitol Hill. Their job is to get results. If it gets result to scare a few Senators here and there with threats of labeling them “Anti-Semite,” than so be it.
But it is a Senator's responsibility to say to a lobbyist that is using guilt and history to blackmail him into voting a certain way, to get out of their office. And if states to that lobbyist that if he remotely thinks about calling you an "anti-Semite" for not wanting to go to war to protect Israel's interest, that he would expose him so fast, he’d wish that he never came into his/her office."
But I am a dreamer. I know our lawmakers have no balls. And I know that the state of Israel will continue to use this childish method of getting what it wants, because it’s effective. And I can't really fault the lawmakers because "mommy, if you love me, you would be me ice cream," works on me all the time. I am a sucker for emotional blackmail.