tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260832783315390692.post3559739181793963860..comments2024-02-17T07:29:39.425-08:00Comments on My Corner by Boyd Cathey : Boyd D. Catheyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03350877160810493166noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260832783315390692.post-26457540709152264132019-02-18T07:15:33.504-08:002019-02-18T07:15:33.504-08:00Let me make a small clarification here: It was not...Let me make a small clarification here: It was not AIPAC, strictly speaking, that attempted to defeat Congressman Jones in 2014.The Emergency Committee for Israel, an advocacy group that doesn’t disclose its donors, spent $317,000, and the Ending Spending Fund, a super PAC that partially discloses donors, spent $735,000, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a research group that tracks money in politics. Both groups targeted Jones for his refusal to give a blank check...but, as I indicated, it was not due to any anti-Israeli bias, but to Jones' consistent opposition to foreign aid.Boyd D. Catheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03350877160810493166noreply@blogger.com