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Tolerant Progressives Sound Weirdly Anti-Semitic When Raging Against Lieberman

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I was skeptical too, since this is a community that has such a great track record on these issues. But Richard Landes seems to have some pretty compelling examples:

After Sen. Joe Lieberman’s speech at the RNC, I predicted that there would be attacks on the blogs, especially in the comments section, that vilify him in anti-Semitic terms... Here is some of what I found-... "How can you question Joe Lieberman’s patriotism? He clearly loves his country. The only question is which country?" ... "Lieberman is a shill for right-wing AIPAC Jews, and his ONLY interest and role in American politics is ensuring BOTH parties swear allegiance to the right-wing Jew agenda" .... "I was hoping his Republican masters would make Lieberman put on a little show after the speech… perhaps some softshoe to send the delegates home with. Make him earn those 20 silver pieces!... "Yepsen: Lieberman shows courage with pro-McCain speech"... "Lieberman is simply doing the will of Likud, and its neocon thinkers and conservative Jewish money men. When Lieberman didn’t make it with Gore, he decided that the best career move for Lieberman was to do all he could to move the Democratic Party in the direction of Likud. Hillary was totally on board with Likud, ready, like McCain, to “obliterate” Iran whenever needed by Likud. Lieberman’s job was to do all he could to elect McCain for Likud, a much more vital (and no doubt VERY well rewarded) job, now that Hillary’s out and Likud is facing Obama, whom it doesn’t trust at all. So I don’t see how anyone can argue that it was courageous for Lieberman to, in effect, take the Likud money and run last night. It’s just his very well paid JOB. He’s a Likudnik, not an American first and foremost."

There are a couple dozen more examples in his original post. How strange that you would find dual-loyalty canards, "AIPAC", Christ-killing references, "neo-con", and "Likudnik" all clustering together. At least none of those buzzwords are showing up in the speeches of the Democratic candidates for President and Vice President. Because that would be a really uncomfortable indication that the Democratic Party is wallowing in vulgar anti-Semitism at the bottom and marred by tacit unseemliness at the top.

References:
* Republicans and Democrats Both Talk About Jews Making Money. What's The Difference? [MR]
* The Anti-Semitism Comes Out Against Joe Lieberman [Augean Stables]
* Obama Now Actively Channeling Rabid Anti-Israel Academics, Adopting Their Dumbest Anti-Israel Euphemisms [MR]
* Biden Now Actively Channeling Rabid Anti-Israel Partisans, Adopting Their Barely-Veiled Anti-Israel Euphemisms [MR]

Previously:
* Obama Surrogates Now Openly And Demonstrably Lying About Biden's Anti-Israel Policies
* Yet Another Democratic Leader Meets With Yet Another Totalitarian Thug Dedicated To Wiping Out Israel
* Obama Figures Out The Real Problem With Iranian Nuclearization (Plus: Obama's Foreign Policy Kneejerks Provide Excellent Illustration Of Exactly How He'd Screw Israel)

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