Rep. Lantos to retire due to cancer

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Tom Lantos, D-Calif., speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington in this June 26, 2007 file photo. Lantos, a California Democrat and chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2008, that he will not seek re-election this year because he has cancer of the esophagus. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

"Rep. Tom Lantos, a California Democrat and chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced on Wednesday that he will not seek re-election this year because he has cancer of the esophagus."

Good-bye and good-riddance. Another die-hard Zionist Israel Firster about to bite the dust ~ and not too soon I say. Lantos could always be counted on to put the interests of Israel before those of America. I hope the good people of California will have the good sense to replace him with a representative that truly represents the interests of America.

Iran: Why Won't We Take Yes For An Answer?

"The Lobby is frantically calling in all its chips in a desperate effort to repair the damage and get their war-wagon rolling again. Congress recently passed a "package" of sanctions on Iran proffered by Rep. Tom Lantos (D-Tel Aviv), who phrases his advocacy of isolating us from the Iranian people in terms of "talking" to Tehran in the language of "carrots and sticks." Which means: first the stick, and then – maybe – a skinny shriveled up little carrot."