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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsValerie Plame is NOT taking any prisoners!
This is the kind of Dem we need to send to Washington.
https://crooksandliars.com/2019/09/valerie-plames-us-senate-ad-pulls-zero
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Valerie Plame is NOT taking any prisoners! (Original Post)
11 Bravo
Sep 2019
OP
I said it in a previous thread and I will say it here: A True Badass Woman being a BADASS.
Stinky The Clown
Sep 2019
#8
Sneederbunk
(14,289 posts)1. Hope she wins. Move over AOC.
PJMcK
(22,029 posts)2. Thanks for the link
You're right that this is what Democrats need.
I sent Ms. Plame $25. I hope she kicks ass.
emmaverybo
(8,144 posts)3. Great ad. NT
Quemado
(1,262 posts)4. I live in NM3, and she will get my vote!
Go Valerie!!!
Mosby
(16,298 posts)5. Valerie Plame has some explaining to do
VALERIE PLAME TWEETED ANTISEMITIC CONSPIRACY, NOW CLAIMS JEWISH ANCESTRY
US congressional candidate Valerie Plame, who once tweeted antisemitic conspiracy theories blaming American Jews for causing Americas wars, now claims to be of Ukrainian Jewish descent in a new campaign video. The snazzy new spot shows someone driving backwards in a sports car, while the candidate recalls that she was once an undercover CIA operative, whose identity was leaked.
Plame is running for Congress in New Mexico and in the past was seen as a victim of the Bush administration. But in 2017 she tweeted an article titled Americas Jews are driving Americas Wars which showed a photo of Bill Kristol. Challenged on the offensive headline and antisemitic tweet, she told people to calm down, re-tweets dont imply endorsements. Yes, very provocative, but thoughtful. Many neocon hawks ARE Jewish. She walked back that claim later and said she had skimmed the piece. However she has consistently been contradictory about the tweet, first claiming that the article was provocative and thoughtful, and then claiming that she had just skimmed it. The headline, Americas Jews are driving Americas wars is antisemitic. There is no thoughtfulness in it. And it doesnt say neocons, a term that has been repackaged too often to mean Jews.
Later, on CNN in May 2019 when her candidacy became known she was asked about the tweet. Her story changed again, claiming she hadnt liked the article and that the only thing that I focused on in the article was that I thought it was a bad idea to get out of the Iran nuclear deal. There are tens of thousands of articles arguing why it might have been bad to leave the Iran Deal, why did Plame tweet the one claiming Americas Jews are driving Americas wars from an antisemitic site that spreads conspiracies? Asked by CNN she then claimed that she stupidly did not read the rest of the article. Which is it? She read the offensive headline and tweeted it anyway? Or she skimmed it? Or just read the part about the Iran deal and tweeted the headline anyway? Or she focused on the neocons.
She told CNN she was embarrassed by the whole episode, as if it was just mistake. But most people dont make mistakes and tweet that Americas Jews control America and cause Americas wars, unless they hate Jews. No one in recent memory has run for Congress so prominently and claimed Jews cause Americas wars. Plames contradictory statements raise questions about her judgement and underlying antisemitism or predilection for believing conspiracies. During the original scandal she had told people read the entire article, just for a moment, to put aside your biases and think clearly. So she told people shocked by the antisemitism that they were biased. Then she claimed that she had missed gross undercurrents to this article. Undercurrents? The articles headline said Jews drive Americas wars.
https://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Valerie-Plame-tweeted-antisemitic-conspiracy-now-claims-Jewish-ancestry-601210
US congressional candidate Valerie Plame, who once tweeted antisemitic conspiracy theories blaming American Jews for causing Americas wars, now claims to be of Ukrainian Jewish descent in a new campaign video. The snazzy new spot shows someone driving backwards in a sports car, while the candidate recalls that she was once an undercover CIA operative, whose identity was leaked.
Plame is running for Congress in New Mexico and in the past was seen as a victim of the Bush administration. But in 2017 she tweeted an article titled Americas Jews are driving Americas Wars which showed a photo of Bill Kristol. Challenged on the offensive headline and antisemitic tweet, she told people to calm down, re-tweets dont imply endorsements. Yes, very provocative, but thoughtful. Many neocon hawks ARE Jewish. She walked back that claim later and said she had skimmed the piece. However she has consistently been contradictory about the tweet, first claiming that the article was provocative and thoughtful, and then claiming that she had just skimmed it. The headline, Americas Jews are driving Americas wars is antisemitic. There is no thoughtfulness in it. And it doesnt say neocons, a term that has been repackaged too often to mean Jews.
Later, on CNN in May 2019 when her candidacy became known she was asked about the tweet. Her story changed again, claiming she hadnt liked the article and that the only thing that I focused on in the article was that I thought it was a bad idea to get out of the Iran nuclear deal. There are tens of thousands of articles arguing why it might have been bad to leave the Iran Deal, why did Plame tweet the one claiming Americas Jews are driving Americas wars from an antisemitic site that spreads conspiracies? Asked by CNN she then claimed that she stupidly did not read the rest of the article. Which is it? She read the offensive headline and tweeted it anyway? Or she skimmed it? Or just read the part about the Iran deal and tweeted the headline anyway? Or she focused on the neocons.
She told CNN she was embarrassed by the whole episode, as if it was just mistake. But most people dont make mistakes and tweet that Americas Jews control America and cause Americas wars, unless they hate Jews. No one in recent memory has run for Congress so prominently and claimed Jews cause Americas wars. Plames contradictory statements raise questions about her judgement and underlying antisemitism or predilection for believing conspiracies. During the original scandal she had told people read the entire article, just for a moment, to put aside your biases and think clearly. So she told people shocked by the antisemitism that they were biased. Then she claimed that she had missed gross undercurrents to this article. Undercurrents? The articles headline said Jews drive Americas wars.
https://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Valerie-Plame-tweeted-antisemitic-conspiracy-now-claims-Jewish-ancestry-601210
11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)6. Pure bullshit. Tell Bibi to give you better material.
Valerie Plame tweets story blaming 'America's Jews' for foreign wars
https://thehill.com/policy/international/middle-east-north-africa/351745-valerie-plame-tweets-story-blaming-americas
Former CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson on Thursday tweeted an article that argued American Jews are pushing for war in the Middle East, specifically with Iran.
The article, titled "America's Jews Are Driving America's Wars," is featured in The Unz Review, an online magazine that bills itself as an "alternative" to the "mainstream media."
After several minutes of questions from Twitter users who were shocked by her tweet, Wilson doubled down, arguing critics should read the article and "put aside" any biases.
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After receiving strong backlash on Twitter, Wilson backtracked, saying she didn't read the article thoroughly and had only paid attention to its criticism of neoconservatives.
"OK folks, look, I messed up. I skimmed this piece, zeroed in on the neocon criticism, and shared it without seeing and considering the rest," Wilson tweeted.
The article, titled "America's Jews Are Driving America's Wars," is featured in The Unz Review, an online magazine that bills itself as an "alternative" to the "mainstream media."
After several minutes of questions from Twitter users who were shocked by her tweet, Wilson doubled down, arguing critics should read the article and "put aside" any biases.
...
After receiving strong backlash on Twitter, Wilson backtracked, saying she didn't read the article thoroughly and had only paid attention to its criticism of neoconservatives.
"OK folks, look, I messed up. I skimmed this piece, zeroed in on the neocon criticism, and shared it without seeing and considering the rest," Wilson tweeted.
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madinmaryland
(64,931 posts)7. I just want to her sitting next to Traitor Cheney's daughter in Congress.
The look on little lizzies face will be a wonderful sight.
Stinky The Clown
(67,786 posts)8. I said it in a previous thread and I will say it here: A True Badass Woman being a BADASS.
K&R