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Addressing ADL, Limbaugh says there are many "Jew-haters" "in the Obama administration or in his circle of friends"

January 22, 2010 5:36 pm ET

From the January 22 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show:

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LIMBAUGH: I was referring to Jew-haters, and Mr. Foxman, this is what's been omitted from what you read that I said. I was alluding to what you know exists. You know that there are Jew-haters out there, and I know there are Jew-haters out there, and many of them are in the Obama administration or in his circle of friends.

And Mr. Foxman, if you really want to go after anti-Semitism, you should first start looking at it on the left and within the Obama administration and within his circle of friends because that's where you're going to find it. You're not going to find any antisemitism on this radio show. You're going to find nothing but love and respect and admiration for the Jewish people and an unwavering support for Israel that has not ever shaken.

Previously:

Limbaugh lies in defense of his comments about Jewish people on Wall Street

ADL blasts Limbaugh's comments about Jewish people on Wall Street as "offensive" and a "new low"

Rush: Many "people on Wall Street are Jewish. I wonder if there's starting to be some buyer's remorse" about Obama

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    • Author by Bennett (January 22, 2010 5:37 pm ET)
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      recover FAIL
      Limbaugh is trying to slide the fact that he is a racist to others.
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    • Author by nerzog (January 22, 2010 5:44 pm ET)
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      Oh, I get it. See, Limbaugh and Beck are executing a Bullsh*t Pincer movement. Beck is telling us that Hitler (who hated Jews) was a Liberal, and Blimpy tells us that the Obama administration (Liberals) is full of Jew Haters.

      This is an obvious, dishonest attempt to turn the Jewish vote against Democrats. Will it work? Who knows... maybe Jews are a little smarter than that.
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      • Author by Sharpe (January 22, 2010 8:06 pm ET)
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        I think most of us would laugh at loud at the prospect of hitler being a liberal. Beck should be embarrassed at himself for distorting history so badly. Hitler's political philosophy could not be considered left or right in today;s american political and social system. Doing so, is just using the all too familiar nazi tactic of fear-mongering propaganda. The closest thing I see to hitler is glen beck himself. He is using the same warped distortions to antagonize his base against his own personal scapegoat - liberals. Sound familiar?
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        • Author by raygun (January 23, 2010 1:04 pm ET)
             
          Both of them also portrayed their scapegoats as powerful oppressors and them as the victim of their chosen strawmen (Jews/liberals).

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    • Author by bintx (January 22, 2010 5:51 pm ET)
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      Of course, there are, you bigot. You got spanked in public by the ADL, so you have to use the childing "well, THEY did it, too" retort. Ya big baby. Admit you said what you said and apologize for it.
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    • Author by AB-001 (January 22, 2010 5:55 pm ET)
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      I posted this elsewhere, but it's worth repeating here. If Obama hates Jews so much and has so many Jew haters "within his circle of friends," as Limbaugh so bluntly states it, then how does he weasel his way around the following?

      Jews in the Obama Administration

      David Axelrod - Senior Advisor to the President
      Jared Bernstein - Chief Economist and Economic Policy Advisor to the Vice President
      Rahm Emanuel - Chief of Staff
      Lee Feinstein - Foreign Policy Advisor
      Gary Gensler - Chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
      Elena Kagan - Solicitor General of the United States
      Ronald Klain - Chief of Staff to the Vice President
      Jack Lew - Deputy Secretary of State
      Eric Lynn - Middle East Policy Advisor
      Peter Orszag - Director of the Office of Management and Budget
      Dennis Ross - Special Advisor for the Gulf and Southwest Asia to the Secretary of State
      Mara Rudman - Foreign Policy Advisor
      Mary Schapiro - Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission
      Dan Shapiro - Head of Middle East desk at the National Security Council
      James B. Steinberg - Deputy Secretary of State
      Lawrence Summers - Director National Economic Council
      Mona Sutphen - White House Chief of Staff

      Source: Jewish Virtual Library

      And just a reminder: support for Israel doesn't always equate "nothing but love and respect and admiration for the Jewish people." Take the case of Jerry Falwell, who love to patronizingly refer to Jews as "the apple of God's eye" Jerry Falwell supported Israel and loved Jews just like Rush!
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    • Author by MickD (January 22, 2010 6:09 pm ET)
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      I believe a few stockholders of Clear Channel blew in a call to whatever Toadie runs interference for the RushBlimp.
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    • Author by mjh (January 22, 2010 6:13 pm ET)
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      Addressing ADL, Limbaugh says there are many "Jew-haters" "in the Obama administration or in his circle of friends"


      Of course there are, Limpy.

      Which is obviously why Obama held the FIRST EVER White House Passover Seder:

      [http://www.bet.com/Assets/BET/Published/image/jpeg/c1dc2287-cfa2-a037-b134-878e317f2069-bhs_passover_seder.jpg]


      [http://voiceofbuffalo.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/failboat_arrival.jpg]
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    • Author by bobpine (January 22, 2010 6:32 pm ET)
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      Rush,your mouth may have put you in this position:

      "check·mate (chkmt)
      tr.v. check·mat·ed, check·mat·ing, check·mates
      1. To attack in such a manner that no escape or defense is possible, thus ending the game.
      2. To defeat completely.
      n.
      1.
      a. A move that constitutes an inescapable and indefensible attack.

      2. Utter defeat.
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    • Author by soze169880 (January 22, 2010 6:37 pm ET)
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      I'm no fan of his, but this thread needs...
      [http://giovanniworld.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/rahm_emanuel_at_obama_inauguration.jpg]
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    • Author by rtejon (January 22, 2010 7:18 pm ET)
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      I'm guessing he means that anyone to the left of Don Feder is a "self-hating Jew," in his view.
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    • Author by Sharpe (January 22, 2010 7:58 pm ET)
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      Jews can usually think for themselves and therefore, they usually can;t stand you rush! We dont need you to defend us. Thanks anyway though. And not all jews are on the left - my uncle and cousins are republicans. It leads to a lot of interesting family gatherings.
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