The Forward Again Blasts The Moran-Dean Alliance

"Peas in a Pod?: Rep. James Moran — the motor-mouth Virginia Democrat who hastily repudiated his remarks last spring blaming the Jewish community for dragging America into the Iraq war — apparently has more than one reason for endorsing Dean for president... The Hartford Courant's David Lightman recently caught Moran complaining about the scripted nature of the presidential candidates — presumably those other than the "straight-talking" Dean. 'They tend to be candidates whose staff can tell you what they say before they say it,' Moran told Lightman."

Kessler concludes that "As for Dean, well, rival campaigns have been whispering to reporters about how interesting it is that a presidential candidate who stepped in it on Israel with his famous, now withdrawn, remark about how the United States 'ought not to take sides' in the Middle East has found a pal in a lawmaker who blamed the Jewish community for the war in Iraq."

Dean's statement about Israel pales in comparison with Moran's multiple repeated statements about Jews and Iraq. Unlike Moran, Dean has not made any negative statements about Jews.

Dean can redeem himself, but only by breaking off his political alliance with the reprehensible Moran.

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