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Harman To Offer ‘Insider’s Look’ At AIPAC Conference

'This photograph doesn't exist.'The American Israel Public Affairs Committee — you know, the lobbying group that secretly writes all of our legislation — recently made headlines when allegations surfaced that Rep. Jane Harman (D-Warblog) had promised to ask the Bush White House to go easy on a couple of AIPAC guys accused of spying. Anyway, this notion that Harman is not just in bed with AIPAC but is literally having sex with it deep into the night and making loud erotic noises that disturb the neighbors was probably not helped by a new announcement.

Harman is scheduled to speak at AIPAC’s annual policy conference. Looky! From the agenda:

AIPAC In-Depth: An Insider’s Look at the Middle East

Today’s exclusive AIPAC In-Depth broadcast brings together four of the world’s most experienced national security specialists to examine the foreign policy challenges facing the United States, Israel and the world.

Panelists

* The Honorable Jane Harman (D-CA)
U.S. House of Representatives
* Maj. Gen. Ido Nechustan
Commander, Israeli Air Force
* Dr. Robert Satloff
Executive Director, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
* Mr. R. James Woolsey
Former Director, Central Intelligence Agency

She will presumably discover some sort of schedule conflict between now and May 3.

AIPAC Policy Conference 2009 Program
Harman Scheduled to Speak at AIPAC Conference [Washington Post]


11:41 AM on Wed April 22 2009
By Sara K. Smith
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  1. Bowdoin says at 11:45 am, April 22nd, 2009

    Fair and Balanced, the way a panel should be set up!

  2. MrsNateSilver says at 11:47 am, April 22nd, 2009

    Is this a typo: “this notion that Harman is in not just in bed with AIPAC”? Or do i not know how to read properly?

  3. StephanieInCA says at 11:47 am, April 22nd, 2009

    Why is she wearing a tweed flight suit? This does not make any sense.

  4. Editor SK Smith says at 11:49 am, April 22nd, 2009

    MrsNateSilver: Well yes there was an extra “in” there, but only for your enjoyment.

  5. BillyClubb says at 11:53 am, April 22nd, 2009

    StephanieInCA: That’s a desert camo uniform. With her hair she’ll be practically invisible out in the sand dunes.

  6. randomsausage says at 11:56 am, April 22nd, 2009

    StephanieInCA: +1. It’s standard IDF issue for Zionist GILFs.

  7. A Better American Than YOU says at 11:58 am, April 22nd, 2009

    Move on. Nothing to see here. Prostitution is a victimless crime. Duke Cunningham in a pantsuit.

  8. Nerdalicious says at 11:58 am, April 22nd, 2009

    Line up the “fall guys” for the torture wrap. Here we go:
    “Sen. Carl Levin: New Report: Bush Officials Tried to Shift Blame for Detainee Abuse to Low-Ranking Soldiers” ~HuffPo.

  9. ihasasad says at 11:58 am, April 22nd, 2009

    Bitch-Ass-Ho-Queen! (btw, that’s what my husband calls me)

  10. Serolf Divad says at 11:59 am, April 22nd, 2009

    “An Insider’s Look at the Middle East”

    It’s an insider’s look because they’re all Arabs, see.

  11. MrsNateSilver says at 12:00 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    It was enjoyable. In, in, out is a good rhythm.

  12. illnoise says at 12:01 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    Did you hear her NPR interview last night? Man, she is guilty as shit. She sounded more pathetic than Blagojevich.

    “Are you saying you didn’t have this conversation?” “I WAS WIRETAPPED WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE! AND I DON’T REMEMBER THE CONVERSATION AND THEY WON’T TELL ME WHAT I SAID.” “well, I can tell you what you allegedly said,” “I WAS WIRETAPPED, DON’T THEY HAVE TO TELL YOU BEFORE YOU’RE WIRETAPPED?” “actually, the *other* party was wiretapped, and no, telling everybody about it would sort of make it pointless…” “I KNOW MY RIGHTS, I KNOW ALL ABOUT WIRETAPPING, AND IT WAS ILLEGAL.”

    Gentle hippie Robert Livingston Siegel pretty much just told her to eat it and hung up on her. The Tweed Battle of 2009 goes to Siegel.

  13. hobospacejunkie says at 12:06 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    AIPAC’s gonna be awfully jealous when it discovers she’s gay-married to a chick named Sidney. She may say she’s got a scheduling conflict, but the truth will be she’s in Iowa getting gay-divorced.

  14. thefrontpage says at 12:07 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    Jane Harman and her conversations do not exist anymore.

    Jane–they don’t have cheap cosmetics and hair dye in jail. So get used to life without make-up and bleached blond hair.

    By the way, the NSA was investigating suspects in an espionage case–and you were caught talking to them and making illegal deals, including saying, “this conversation does not exist.”

    The wiretaps–in an espionage case–was completely, 100 percent legal. If you don’t understand that as someone who’s on a Congress intelligence committee, you should resign from office, effective immediately.

  15. ManchuCandidate says at 12:07 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    “As always, should you or any of your AIPAC lobbyists be caught on tape, MOSSAD will disavow any knowledge of your actions. This Congress Woman will self-destruct in five seconds. Good luck, Jane. “

  16. SayItWithWookies says at 12:10 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    illnoise: Hell, she was one of the first to jump on the warrantless wiretapping bandwagon. So if she thinks that jacket looks awful, she should see herself in a petard.

  17. “the foreign policy challenges facing the United States, Israel and the world”

    I knew that the Israeli/Palestine situation was tricky and the US has usually walked a fine line, but did not realize that Israel was actually more of a challenge than the entire rest of the world.

  18. A Better American Than YOU says at 12:13 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    thefrontpage: Fuckin’ Pollyanna. The laws don’t apply to these people. Exceptions can be counted on one hand — Libby, Abramoff, and, uh, those other three people.

  19. Sara Benincasa says at 12:14 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    Oh, adorbs! I’m so glad we waste so much money in Israel. Not saying all of it is wasted, but c’mon. NONE of that fat annual paycheck could be funneled into, oh, I don’t know, a kabillion important things here at home?

    Also, I’d hit it.

  20. DC Hates Me says at 12:14 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    Does she put blush on her cheeks or does someone use her face as a toilet brush?

  21. Red Zeppelin says at 12:19 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    Man, these PUMAs! What is it about the pantsuits that brings out the cold prostitute in these women? It’s like Hillary knockin’ back boilermakers with unemployed bitters. Maybe AIPAC provided Harman with the services of Brooks’s hawt taxi driver.

  22. Tommy Says Soooo, Jugdish! says at 12:19 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    I think AIPAC will pull out all the stops if you’re not careful….pretty soon Gaza will look just like Stockton.

    I wouldn’t hit it unless Gina Gershon was somehow involved.

  23. Cape Clod says at 12:21 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    illnoise: I heard it too, pathetic.
    So long, Jane. Isn’t karma a bitch?

  24. isadelia says at 12:21 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    illnoise: I did hear that last night and thought the same thing, guilty as hell. She was super defensive.

    Damn, I just outed myself as an NPR listener.

  25. Neilist says at 12:25 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    Just remember: “Israel doesn’t torture.”

    Just like the US doesn’t “torture.”

    So the thought of Jane Harman having sex — with anyone or anything - cannot be “torture.”

    Instead, it’s just . . . DISGUSTING.

    (Next: The Sen. Feinstein BlowJob Video! On FOX!”

  26. Hedley Lamar says at 12:25 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    We used to wear tweed flight suits on the Kibbutz all the time.

  27. Gorillionaire says at 12:26 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    illnoise: I heard that too. I am amazed at people. Really honestly, it is just fucking amazing.

  28. “AND I DON’T REMEMBER THE CONVERSATION AND THEY WON’T TELL ME WHAT I SAID.”

    As the eminent Dan Akroyd would say: Jane, you ignorant slut.

  29. Capitol Hillbilly says at 12:28 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    randomsausage: a rich GILF too … just sayin’

  30. Tommy Says Soooo, Jugdish! says at 12:29 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    Whew, I am just glad we will be spared talk of Israel’s influence over the government since it’s not like Harman is a prominent rep or AIPAC is nothing but a concerned citizens’ advocacy group.

  31. Johnny Zhivago says at 12:31 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    Maj. Gen. Ido Nechustan sounds more like a commander of Star Fleet.

  32. Lascauxcaveman says at 12:39 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    I bumped into her on the Venice Beach promenade a few weeks ago. She has the Protocols of the Elders of Zion tattooed on her back, y’know.

    Pretty good skater, though.

  33. jagorev says at 12:39 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    isadelia: Damn, I just outed myself as an NPR listener.

    I heard that too!

    *terrorist fist bump*

  34. Bill_TX says at 12:41 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    see i told you all demoncraps and libruls like jane harmon
    are nothing ut PAWNS of the ZOG and the NWO thye just do
    whatever the jews tell them thats why we need to do more
    tebag parties

  35. randomsausage says at 12:51 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    Lascauxcaveman: I got a picture of her later that day. See below:

    http://www.omgblog.com/images/grandma-bikini01-thumb.jpg

  36. Mad Farmer Manifest says at 12:54 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    ihasasad: Awww. He loves you!

    A Better American Than YOU: Is she going to cry like Duke did?

  37. proudgrampa says at 1:01 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    StephanieInCA: Yeah, whatinhell IS she wearin’?

  38. Georgia Burning says at 1:01 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    Somebody is sure to comment that Sarah Palin has bigger flag pins

  39. Seriously, though. Who the fuck says “This conversation doesn’t exist/never happened” or some variant thereof? I mean, does this bitch not realize that it’s the shadiest possible thing you could say on the phone? If you weren’t a suspect before, you are now. NSA will call you as soon as they figure out a crime to put you with.

    In this day and age, where no words really go away ever, there’s a simple way to prevent people from hearing your awfully suspicious/offensive conversations. It’s to NOT FUCKING HAVE THEM in the first place.

  40. yellowdogdem says at 1:09 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    Bill_TX: I will be happy to listen to you when you learn to craft a coherent sentence.

  41. Mr Blifil says at 1:09 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    I just found out from Roll Call she and her husband donated $20M to the new theatre in DC across from the hockey arena. Nice timing, Zionist stooge.

  42. Cape Clod says at 1:11 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    groove: As I recall, I think she said something like, “I don’t know which conversation they are talking about,” and then two minutes later she said the person she was speaking to was definately not a foreign agent.

  43. x111e7thst says at 1:15 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    Sara Benincasa: what does it for you? The tweed? The blush, the coif?
    I’m just not feelin it.

  44. Lazy Media says at 1:15 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    Bill_TX: OooOOOooh, look at Mr. Fancypants lower-case user. Caps lock not good enough for you, elitist?

  45. Veronica Corningstone says at 1:18 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    The “person she was speaking to” was Saim Haban (the Pink Power Ranger). He’s the Hiltard who tried to bribe the Young Democrats into voting for Hilz.
    On a side note, he’s also the biggest donor to assclown Terry McAuliffe.
    Why does everything around the Clintons smell like dog poo?

  46. Lazy Media says at 1:24 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    I still think she’s gonna walk. It’s almost impossible to prosecute under our system of legalized bribery, er, political free speech. You need a recorded vote or at least phone conversations showing the pol doing the briber’s bidding, and a bag of cash in the freezer. Unless they can turn up some action of hers to show a quid pro quo, she was just talking shit to suck money/influence out of a contributor. Y’know, American democracy.

    And the “this conversation doesn’t exist” is really sleazy, but there’s no law against trying to keep your technically legal shenanigans out of the public eye. SHE thinks she’s guilty of something, obv, but we’ve already seen how good her judgment is.

    So, to sum up: Crook, but gonna get away with it at least until the next election.

  47. Lascauxcaveman says at 1:25 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    Lazy Media: Zing!

    randomsausage: Ew, disturbing. Now I know where silicone implants go if they manage to remain intact for 40+ years.

  48. Buzz Feedback says at 1:27 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    WTF is Cloris Leachman doing in Congress?

  49. ihasasad says at 1:33 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    Veronica Corningstone: I think they planted a female Ginkgo Tree

  50. snideinplainsight says at 1:33 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    It’s a stillsuit. She can survive on the great desert erg for weeks in that, if she uses her body’s water sparingly.

  51. Dave J. says at 1:43 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    illnoise: Yeah, the part where he cold hung up on her was the best part. “I’m out of time, sorry, kthxbye.” It really was the worst interview ever. “Those conversations may or may not have happened, and I don’t know who it was with, but in any event let me tell you something about this one guy, even though I don’t know if the conversation actually happened, but here’s what I said. Also.” Truly, truly horrible. Whoever told her to go on NPR should be fired.

  52. hobospacejunkie says at 2:12 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    illnoise: About that NPR interview — I thought you were kidding, being funny, you know, making up quotes from an imaginary interview to amuse us. And I was amused! But it actually happened! ZOMG! This woman apparently traded Zionist money for her brain cells. Bad choice.

  53. norbizness says at 2:13 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    Man, she looks like a Thundercat in a retirement home.

  54. Mad Farmer Manifest says at 2:22 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    yellowdogdem: Lazy Media: The problem with this site is that I can’t tell if he’s a real troll or a fake troll, for laughs.

    Bill_TX: Are you actually trolling or faking us out? You’re either stupid or brilliant.

  55. as the world burns says at 2:29 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    Bill_TX:
    heh heh heh, you wonketteers do great imitations of those wingnuts. i can’t even tell the difference !

  56. MarieDeGournay says at 2:29 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    norbizness: WIN!

  57. chascates says at 2:52 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    Jesus, what does AIPAC have on people? They’re like the damned mafia! The U.S. population is about 5% Jewish and some of those are for a two-state solution.

  58. Holy Cow!! says at 2:56 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    I’m really tired of paying Israel’s bills. Send her and the rest of our Israeli bribe taking idiots to the middle east. We’ll build a fence. Survivor wins the useless mess they call the ‘holy land.’

  59. arclight says at 2:58 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    Wow, thanks Rep. Harman. In a time when Democrats control the government and progressives are actually getting shit done, you sure are doing your best to make sure that ends at the mid-terms, aren’t ya?! This is the sort of thing that makes Rush Limbaugh more happy than a tumbler full of Oxycodone and a bathtub full of Crisco.

  60. engulfedinflames says at 3:07 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    guess who wrote the “jane you ignorant slut” line on SNL? Senator Al Franken. it,s true.

  61. arclight says at 3:08 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    Oh yeah, for those of you who want to listen to the NPR interview or read the transcript, here ya go!

    http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103330280

    Now don’t ever say yer Uncle Al never did nuthin for ya!

  62. thefrontpage says at 3:14 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    GINA GERSHON FOR PRESIDENT!

    AL FRANKEN FOR VICE PRESIDENT!

  63. S.Luggo says at 3:40 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    Bowdoin: For the sake of adding another perspective, Jonathan Pollard should be on the panel. Jane, make it so.

  64. Scandalabra says at 7:23 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    I didn’t know Phyllis Diller had nailed a house seat.

  65. Buttery1000 says at 8:59 pm, April 22nd, 2009

    I liked her better when she was in Spanglish.

  66. NunnaTheSOBs says at 1:01 am, April 23rd, 2009

    I think I’ll start my own ethnically (ethically ?) biased pac: BLACKPAC, and maybe, I dunno, do a little spying for ZIMBABWE (Mugabe ought to be glad for all the help he can get); invite all those congresspeople, presidential candidates and such to speak at BLACKPAC, while two of IT’S officials are accused of spying against the USA.

    Wonder how many would show up?

  67. tommyj7648 says at 10:31 pm, April 24th, 2009

    George Washington on Israel

    “A passionate attachment of one nation for another produces a variety of evils. Sympathy for the favorite nation, facilitating the illusion of an imaginary common interest in cases where no real common interest exists, and infusing into one the enmities of the other, betrays the former into a participation in the quarrels and wars of the latter without adequate inducement or justification.” ~George Washington, ~page 269 of The 5000 Year Leap.

    “The nation which indulges toward another habitual hatred or habitual fondness is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interests.” ~ George Washington

    “Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.” ~ Thomas Jefferson

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