Discussion for article #239466
Are we to think Dr. Carson actually knows a damn thing about the deal? He doesnāt seem to know shit about anythingā¦making him like most surgeons I know.
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Maybe Iām completely tone deaf, but I donāt recall Obama making any anti-Semitic remarks, coded or otherwise.And since Dr. Carson didnāt provide any examples I can only conclude that this is yet another example of Republicans just āmaking shit up.ā
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People who use hyperbole are worse than Hitler.
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I wouldnāt mind betting that not a few Israeli readers are scratching their heads [or yarmulkes] over this āessayā
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Ben who?
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Keep perspective and laugh.
This is a black man running for the nomination of the republican party. So making an appeal to American Jews to cross over and vote for him is perfectly in keeping with the comedy routine.
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To paraphrase a line from āPrincess Brideā:
Dr. Ben, I donāt think the term āanti-Semiticā means what you think it means.
But then, Carson has never been one to let reality undermine his over-the-top rhetoric.
One is not an Israel-resenting anti-Semite simply for questioning the decisions and actions of the Israeli government, nor for seeking a peaceful resolution to our differences with the Iranian government, nor for engaging in dialog with leaders of the American Muslim community, nor for suggesting that the U.S. State Department has taken an excessively dogmatic, non-pragmatic approach to Middle East diplomatic endeavors under previous administrations.
If this were the case, then a significant proportion of the Israeli Jewish population would need to be labeled as āanti-Israelā, as they too have questioned the policies of their own
government in its dealings with the Palestinians and the nationās Arab neighbors.
And considering that Bibiās party barely retained control of the Israeli Parliament, it would seem that Obamaās viewpoints are shared by many of Israelās own citizens.
Bottom line: The POTUS is more concerned about the needs of the American people than he is about the wants of Bibiās administration ā¦ as he should be.
Which begs the question: where exactly do the loyalties of these hawkish conservatives lie?
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He didnāt. The antisemitism in all this is Carsonās. Heās pitching American Jews as foolsā¦and using them.
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Iām Jewish. I support this deal. Ben Carson can go fuck himself.
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Ben really needs to be examined ā neurologically ā
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Youāre in the majority.
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Standard inflammatory Carson mumblingā¦
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The first president to hold a Passover Seder at the White House. Some anti-semite!
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Bless his heart, heās tries sooooooo hard to make impactful statements .
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Thank you for that reminder (seven years in a row). I found this at whitehouse.gov, complete with wonderful sounding menu.
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Instead they come out woeful
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Which begs the question: where exactly do the loyalties of these hawkish conservatives lie?
This question is precisely what the Right are claiming is an anti-Semetic meme ā instead of seeing GOP opposition on all those points as being based on the merits, it implies a loyalty to another group.
In fact, this whole imbroglio as very little to do with the merits of the agreement and a great deal to do with right wing blind opposition to anything Obama. If Israel did not exist, the GOP would have to invent it.
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Ben Carson can go fuck himself.
Objection: Assumes facts not in evidence.
Very true, and if Carson were someone I talked to Iām sure Iād have told him a million times by now not to exaggerate.
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