Newsmax.com publishes column, "Obama Breeds Climate of Hate Against Jews," linking Obama to Holocaust Museum shooting
June 11, 2009 7:15 am ET by Media Matters staff
Hours after the Holocaust Museum shooting, Newsmax.com published a column by Rabbi Dr. Morton H. Pomerantz headlined, "Obama Breeds Climate of Hate Against Jews." From the June 10 column:
Our new president did not tell a virulent anti-Semite to travel to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington to kill Jews, but he is most certainly creating a climate of hate against us.
It is no coincidence that we are witnessing this level of hatred toward Jews as President Barack Obama positions America against the Jewish state.
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While Obama acknowledged that "six million Jews were killed - more than the entire Jewish population of Israel today" - his discussion about the Holocaust was followed by this statement: "On the other hand, it is also undeniable that the Palestinian people - Muslims and Christians - have suffered in pursuit of a homeland."
"On the other hand . . . "?
Obama's clever construct comparing the mass genocide of six million Jews to the Palestinian struggle will not be lost on the estimated 100 million Muslims who tuned into to hear him.
Perhaps it was not lost on James W. von Brunn, the 88-year-old white supremacist identified as the alleged attacker Wednesday at the Holocaust Museum. He apparently felt that he could easily take retribution against the Jews for the atrocities Obama implies they are guilty of.
The column is promoted at the top of Newsmax:
Especially considering the shooter was such a fan of the president.
these people are just priceless
This particular noise is so over the top, and their hand is so overplayed here, it's as obvious as daylight, that it's a 'pre-emptive strike' of sorts, to pre-empt any talk of blame or responsibility for the gun crowd, or for the "we're so dissatisfied let's shoot someone" crowd...
Where on this side of the political spectrum, the side you'd call Democratic or progressive or liberal or whatever, where are they saying "let's shoot someone" or "let's use our guns before they're taken away"?
There is a side of the political spectrum that does foster that message...
It's the side that's making this ridiculous "Obama has some responsibility" noise, and making that noise in a lightning quick response to the shooting, because it's meant to be 'pre-emptive', and put people on the defensive who might otherwise charge forward.
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"Liberal Hunting License -- 2009-2013 -- No Bag Limit -- Tagging Not Required."
It's funny how one day peoples words don't cause action and another day they do.