County Democratic official Garcia resigns after emails critical of Israel surface

[Karmadillo]

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County Democratic official Garcia resigns after emails critical of Israel surface
Posted: 07/03/2012 9:04 AM

Evelyn Garcia, a member of the Democratic National Committee from Palm Beach County, resigned the post Monday after emails surfaced in which she sharply criticized Israel’s treatment of Palestinians.

Garcia, a candidate for the State House of Representatives from District 88, which includes parts of West Palm Beach and Riviera Beach, said she would continue to campaign for that seat. She apologized for her remarks and called them “ugly” and “hurtful.”

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“The continued Israeli occupation of Palestine is ugly on moral, ethical, religious and legal grounds,” Garcia said in an email dated July 26, 2011. “Palestinians had nothing to do with the holocaust and it is time that this guilt trip was taken off their backs…. And I deeply resent U.S. taxpayer funds being used to continue Israeli aggression.”

In that same email, Garcia accused Israel of confiscating land and building illegal settlements in occupied territories, as well as “incursions that kill people, destroy civilian homes and infrastructure all over; mass concentration prison camps, etc.”

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[arcane1]

1. Here in America...

telling the truth is a no-no

[Cooley Hurd]

2. She shouldn't have resigned, IMO...

...although her use of the Holocaust as a metaphor is unfortunate.

[Aerows]

3. Bad choice of words

Which is a politicians stock-in-trade.

[Puregonzo1188]

11. What exactly were her bad choice of words?

[Aerows]

14. I should have included the sarcasm tag

I thought it was obvious that I was being sarcastic.

[Comrade Grumpy]

4. You can't speak ill of Israel. The great taboo in American politics.

[movonne]

5. Now you see what telling the truth gets you..he said nothing that wasn't the truth...

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

6. Thou shalt not speak ill of America's Sacred Cows.

[malthaussen]

7. She's not entitled to an opinion?

Very strange. Even if her thinking is somewhat befuddled -- the linkage of Palestine and the holocaust being particularly odd -- I don't see this as something to resign over, or even make a big deal over. No doubt she enraged many a Jewish resident of Palm Beach, but if she really believes what she says, why should she care?

-- Mal

[cpwm17]

8. Evelyn Garcia has detectable morals

We can't have that in government.

Once again the bigots win.

[Larkspur]

9. I don't see anything wrong with what she said

The AIPAC stooges hate the Truth and that's tough.

[Puregonzo1188]

10. Wait what did she say that was wrong? Or ugly? Or hurtful?

Israel's occupation of the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem is pretty much agreed to be illegal under international law.

It's also not really an accusation that Israel builds illegal settlements. It's kind of a undebatable fact.

[MisterP]

12. is there a list of countries that can't be written about by officials?

who else is off-limits? Taiwan? Monaco?

[cpwm17]

13. Israel has some very deluded, rich, and aggressive supporters

There is no equal.