James Zogby Quotes on Politics (2 Quotes)

This really is no more than Arab-phobia. For these politicians, the national interest of the United States is synonymous with their next election. They're not thinking this is a real threat. It's an election year, it's an Arab country, and there's a post-911 insecurity they can exploit. It's a lethal brew, and they're stirring it for all it's worth.

It's a really sad commentary on the part of politicians that they can't discern between a port deal and an Arab-American who has been working hard and raising money all these years for the Democratic Party and who had good relations with the Jewish community. They shut off their brains then, and they're shutting them off again.