Friday, April 11, 2008
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World's Greatest Defender of the Jews Now Blogs...in Hebrew!
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Posted by:
Mary Katharine Ham at
12:00 PM
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Despite the fact that no one has spoken out more fiercely against anti-Semitism than Barack Obama, Jewish and other pro-Israel voters have this sneaking suspicion that the Democrat's fairly pro-Israel rhetoric may not line up with his actual feelings.
Whether it's the fact that he hangs out with former PLO operatives, belongs to a church that lauded the likes of Louis Farrakhan and printed the Hamas manifesto in its church bulletin, is endorsed by the world's foremost sweater-wearing appeasement-monger who wishes to chat it up with Hamas terrorists in Syria, or that you can find anti-Semitic blog posts hosted on his official campaign site, there's always some pesky reason for the paranoid among us to question the great man's commitment to Israel.
But to put our fears to rest, Obama is now offering another blog on his site (this one presumably not fraught with references to the expulsion of Jews from any continent)-- in Hebrew!
Problem solved, Jewish voters. It's the Jedi mind trick.
Though you can make the argument that the Jewish vote won't be a huge deal outside of Florida because it's not huge in swing states, when a candidate is on the receiving end of four or five national news headlines in one day that serve to cast doubt on his commitment to Israel, the meme begins to sink in, and it reverberates beyond just the Jewish vote.
Evangelical Christians, for instance, are some of the most pro-Israel voters in the country and a clear contrast between McCain and Obama on that point can't hurt in getting them to turn out for him instead of becoming Obamacans. Moderates and Independents who are hawkish and pro-Israel find a perfect place to land when given a contrast between the Messiah and the Maverick.
In addition, the association with Carter and Hamas is about the most helpful one the McCain campaign can hope for, playing into everyone's fears that Obama's a nice, naive wimp who would endanger us on the world stage, even if he does it more dashingly than ol' Jimmah.
Update: Here's me talking about it on Fox & Friends this morning. Thanks to MRC for uploading, since I forgot to tell anyone about the appearance:
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What cartoon are you watching? Does W twirl his black mustache while Cheney ties the blond to the track?
Anyway, I just wanted to call JimmaCarta "God's Clown". Ah, I feel better. |
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is that the overwhelming MAJORITY of jews are die-hard liberal democrats.
Just another ridiculous "false argument" from the neocons.
I do have a question, though. Why are rightwing bloggers, whose audience is made up of mostly republicans, spending so much time trying to convince their audience not to vote for the democrats?
Meanwhile, NOT A SINGLE ARTICLE on townhall about how Bush is planning to move the madcow virus onto the mainland (was it Kansas or Kentucky?) right next to populated herds of livestock intended for human consumption.
Shouldn't we be discussing republican issues, or is it just a "bash liberals" agenda we are going for here? |
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Obama is a Dem politician, after all. Thanks for posting the video.
While I have you on the line, there's been a bit of a ruckus kicked up over one of Obama's supporters' posts on a community blog at the campaign web site. I wish I could say I was either first or the tipping point for that, but not only would that be out of character for me, but also untrue. I did, however, put together the timeline (and a screencap of the pulled post) over at my place. |
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The Dems like to kill babies, legally, of course and yet Blacks, Jews, and Catholics STILL vote with them. The Dem party attacked Lieberman, the only decent Dem/lib and have done nothing for blacks since 1964. What gives? Oh, yeah, the Repub Party doesn't DO your life for you. I guess a lot of people don't feel warm and fuzzy about that. |
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If that's the most flattering screen cap you could grab.
Tomorrow will be better. :) |
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What am I smoking? Did I say something that wasn't true, or just something you didn't like?
Just because Bush is a republican, we shouldn't talk about him moving the madcow disease research onto the mainland next to livestock? Or do you not know about this because talk radio hasn't told you yet?
Kimberly is an admitted liberal. I am far from a liberal. But, like a true idiot, if someone disagrees with you, they MUST be a lib, right? I bet you are just the bastion of conservative principles, aren't you, fuzzy?
What are YOU smoking, fuzzy? |
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You're a conservative alright. The Black Helicopter kind, no? |
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Are you a child? How's spring break? |
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http://news.aol.com/story/_a/dangerous-animal-virus-on-us-m ainland/20080411063309990001
From my black-helicopter conspiracy-theory-spewing news source... ::rollseyes::
Like I said, it isn't happening unless your talk radio tells you about it.
Why are you people so stupid? You keep saying you "couldn't see it coming" when disaster happens. Yes, you could have, but you don't listen.
Here's a conspiracy theory for you to discount. Go and mix bleach and ammonia in a closed area. It's a conspiracy. So, now, laugh at me and go try it. |
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Why don't you quit doing the usual Dem/lib tactic of stealth commenting? You're not conservative. You are a gutless beard. |
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Where do you think the CDC is located? The Mojave? Should it be re-located? Based on your Dem/lib logic, it should. You've been busted. Now, go back to your ham radio. |
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Whatever. The fact that you think I am a lib has absolutely no effect on me. Why would I care what some retard on the internet thinks of me?
Like I said, take yer meds. :)
Don't worry, talk radio might give you an opinion about it sooner or later and then you can sound intelligent. Just take yer meds and relax for now. Don't try to think on your own, you might hurt yourself. |
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