Ron Paul slurred as 'anti-semitic' by NY Sun
Neocons don't like Ron Paul. Imagine that. :)
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Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Ryan Sager, Ron Paul And Anti-Semitism
Andrew Sullivan
22 May 2007 09:38 pm
I should begin by saying that I have great respect for Ryan Sager. He's an energetic, careful, enterprising young reporter and I admire his work a lot. That's why I was dismayed to read his off-the-cuff assertion that Ron Paul was anti-Semitic based on an old, probably ghost-written and pretty anodyne statement of disdain for the Israel lobby in Washington. Paul made the statement in the context of lambasting all such lobbies. And it's perfectly consonant with his general isolationist views. Still, we all make quick judgments in online journalism and Ryan has made an honorable effort to review the issue and report some more. His latest piece exonerates Paul to my mind. And I might add I have and have always had no truck with anti-Semitism of any kind. Longtime readers know very well my admiration for the Jewish state and my revulsion at anti-Semitic smears. Here's Ryan's post. In the first paragraph, he writes:
Over at Reason's Hit & Run blog, David Weigel got Ron Paul to comment on the quote I took note of a little while ago that "By far the most powerful lobby in Washington of the bad sort is the Israeli government." I said that I considered this statement anti-Semitic on its face; I still do.
But at the end of the piece, Ryan writes:
At the end of the day, do I still believe Ron Paul is "an anti-Semite" as I said in my initial post? I think that was an overly harsh assessment, and I apologize for it. Nonetheless, I have emailed his campaign spokesman to ask if he stands by the main quotation in question here: "By far the most powerful lobby in Washington of the bad sort is the Israeli government."
My own vote for such an honor, by the way, is the AARP. Of course, I can't even stand the gay lobby, HRC. But I think it's perfectly possible for a politician to believe it is the Israeli lobby for foreign policy reasons, without being anti-Semitic. No doubt some anti-Semites are among that camp. But it doesn't follow that everyone in that camp is therefore automatically anti-Semitic.
"...the Jewish state[.]"
Who is this guy?
He either doesn't know 'what it takes' to maintain a purely "Jewish state" or he doesn't care.
But ignorance is no excuse - either way he stands opposed to Justice.
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"Money" has no value - people do.
i know very little about Ron Paul, and i am not claiming that he is a controlled opposition by any stretch, but fact is that it would not be a surprise if they brought out a candidate tailored for those opposed to zionism.
Ron Paul may or may not be genuine, and that's the worst thing about how things stand, there's no way of knowing.
This MIGHT be a tactic to prevent any kind of civil surgence and real threat of revolution and people doing what the contitution says is to be done when criminals have taken over the government.
The constitution doesn't say "vote for the guy who seems honest".
Ron Paul is consistent with his views and stands strong upon our Constitutional Foundation. No American need apologize nor cower from thinking America First and all other countries, friend or foe, are Second.
Anti-Semite. For the love of Pete! Once again the Zionists and the Pro-AIPAC crowd raise their Ugly heads.
I've been thinking of some 'label' terms to baffle the opposition:
* Khazarian Talmudist
* Ashkenazi Interloper
* Surname Pretender
* Talmudic Adherent
* Nomadic Invader
* Venetian Trader
* Balforian Believer
* Bolshevik Sympathizer
* ________________
* ________________
Honest Abe
Hey ton... don't you reckon that both of your assertions could be true?
Perhaps Ron Paul IS honest and heartfelt about his campaign for liberty (which I believe he is) while at the same time, he has NOT (yet) been overtly attacked by the Zionazi establishment in hopes that he will serve as somewhat of a vent to release steam from any threatening civil unrest... to reassure the more "troublesome" among us that we do, indeed, have representation. Permitted but not controlled opposition.
Are we already beginning to see cracks in the Masters' facade... triggered by Servant Giuliani's outburst the other night and of course Paul's rising profile and popularity in polls?
I sincerely believe that unlike truly controlled opposition, we won't see Paul cowering, retracting his integrity, or disappearing anytime soon. (..Even in the face of pressure, irritating gevalting squawks and death threats from Master Foxman himself.)
At least I hope this is the case.
???
I've been trying to get WYSIWYG to work to no avail.
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"Money" has no value - people do.
Oh, they are just the Yahoo Messenger smilies. I grab their URL's from this page and this page.
There are a couple I've become too dependent on.. not certain I could communicate without them.
cheers and smilies
Khazarian Talmudist
* Ashkenazi Interloper
* Surname Pretender
* Talmudic Adherent
* Nomadic Invader
* Venetian Trader
* Balforian Believer
* Bolshevik Sympathizer
nice one :-)