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Hemingway also faulted Milbank for failing to note that Gabriel “has a thick accent”…

Well, that certainly settles it for me. Clearly not a “real” American. Sort of like Kissinger.

It seems all these folks know is faux outrage!!!

Erving Goffman called it “fake righteous indignation” to be met only with “fake fake righteous indignation.”

Conservatives always have such a struggle climbing up on their crosses each day. Must be tiring work.

You forgot to include the line where we said, “Thank you for being here, so we could attack you.” I mean, we said, “THANK YOU”, for God’s sakes, that makes everything that we said afterward meaningless.

The GOP thug machine goes after anyone who doesn’t print its official version of events.

just doing what they do,

heres texasGop.

two weeks ago.

http://www.star-telegram.com/2014/06/12/5896825/a-muslim-reporters-icy-welcome.html?rh=1

If Milbank had noted Gabriel’s thick accent and Lebanese heritage they would’ve attacked him for it.

A Liberal twisting and misrepresenting facts? No kidding, who knew???

The jerks were caught being jerks, so a strong counter attack is called for. Accuracy or veracity not necessary.

You mean conservative “intellectuals” are entitled to act like asses when talking to foreigners?

Maybe they are entitled to act that way. After all they mostly attended fine Ivy League schools, have never had to make a decision more serious than which wine to pick off the menu, mostly live in Washington and attend meaningless Heritage Foundation circle jerks for a living. I mean attending meaningless Heritage Foundation circle jerks beats working for a living. It probably pays better too.

But really, what does her thick accent have to do with anything other than - hey, you are different from me, hence you are not an American. Sheesh…

Um, I was using sarcasm.

Think how brave this young woman is.

She put herself smack in the middle of a group of crazy white people who hate her because she has dark skin, an accent, and is dressed in the clothing of the right’s “enemy”, and she didn’t pause to speak her mind.

Her balls are bigger than mine.

Come on, Libs. Everyone knows facts have a liberal bias.

Definitely clanks when she walks. One brave lady seems to me. Compares to an African-American speaking up at a Klan rally. The level of hatred on the right is breathtaking in its ferocity and poisonous effect on our political discourse. There is no reasoning with saliva-slinging asshats.

Then they should stay up there longer and spare the schlep!

Just watched the video and I think Milbank was spot on in his description. As for the conservative critics whining that Milbank didn’t mention this comment or that comment from the panelists is sort of like complaining that no one ever bothers to mention the folks Dahamer refrained from eating!

"Hemingway and RedState editor Erick Erickson each pointed out that Milbank did not publish the response from Frank Gaffney, the Sharia law-obsessed lawyer who told Ahmed that no one on the panel “thinks that all Muslims are the problem.”

Well. I’ll be damned. I agree with Son Erick, Son of Erick Erickson’s Son. By all means, Milbank should give more space to the unhinged racist lunacy of Frank Gaffney. Much more.

Milbank can start here: http://muslimmatters.org/2010/02/25/raw-story-frank-gaffney-co-scared-by-missile-agency’s-‘crescent-moon’-logo/