Guess The Quote: Obama Appointee Or Kiddie Porn Obsessed Holocaust Museum Shooter?
On one hand this is kind of a cheap shot. None of Obama's current or past advisers support von Brunn's actions or goals. They were undoubtedly horrified by the shooting. None of them harbor violent thoughts or intentions, though at least one has been known to quiver in rage when talking about Jews and Israel.
On the other hand, parts of von Brunn's note do bear striking similarities to on-the-record diatribes from a number of Obama-linked figures. To the extent their anti-Israel foreign policy proposals often exceed what might be recommended by levelheaded analysis, that's far from comforting.
One of these lines is an easily recognizable quote from Rev. Wright, who was an Obama adviser until he ceased having an official relationship with the candidate back in 2008 (all the way back then!) The others are either from post-election appointments or from von Brunn. Try to guess which are which without looking at the answers.
(1) "Jews control the mass media."
(2) "The Lobby" makes sure that "no one in the United States dares to publish" anti-Israel articles.
(3) "The Holocaust is a lie."
(4) "Jews aren't going to let" Obama do what he wants.
(5) Obama's "Jew owners tell him what to do."
(6) "The US sacrifices billions of dollars servicing" Israel.
(7) "Jews captured America's money."
Click through for the answers.
(1) That's von Brunn.
(2) That's failed appointee Chas Freeman, who Obama tried to install at the top of the US's intelligence filtering apparatus.
(3) Definitely Von Brunn. No one in the Obama administration has ever come close to denying the Holocaust. They merely insist that the President of the United States should meet and greet genocidal Holocaust deniers.
(4) Wright.
(5) Von Brunn.
(6) Obama NSC appointee Samantha Power, in the same speech where she complained that "a domestic constituency of tremendous political and financial import" is standing in the way of a US invasion of Israel.
(7) Von Brunn.
Again, this doesn't demonstrate anything about actions or goals. But it does bear heavily on the habits of thought and rhetorical tropes that have popped up again and again around Obama's campaign and Presidency. Almost difficult to understand how we're mere months into the Presidency and already the US-Israeli alliance is at a crisis point.
References:
* Freeman On Iranian TV: "I Shouldn't Have Been Surprised" Obama Threw Me Under The Bus (Oh, And Israel Won't Survive) [MR]
* FBI: Child Pornography Found on Alleged Museum Shooter's Computer [Fox News]
* Controversial minister leaves Obama campaign [MSNBC]
* Obama's New Saudi-Funded Spy Chief: "The Lobby" Controls US Publishing, Shuts Down Arguments About How The "Brutal Oppression Of The Palestinians" Caused 9/11 [MR]
* Rev. Wright Blames "Them Jews" for Keeping President From Talking to Him [ABC News]
* Samantha "We Should Invade Israel" Power Appointed To NSC [MR]
Previously:
* State Dept. Banning Pro-Israel Obama Officials From Speaking Out
* Obama: We Must Achieve Peace By Forcing Israel To Give Up Jerusalem And Open Its Borders
* Israeli Officials: Hey, It's Almost As If Obama's Trying To Detonate The US-Israeli Relationship
