Right-Wing Media Attack American Jews For Not Turning On Obama

[oberliner]

The right-wing media is sure that President Obama betrayed Israel and "sided with the terrorists" with his restatement of U.S. policy that the Israelis and Palestinians should come to a peace agreement that results in a "secure Israel" and "viable Palestine" with "borders ... based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps so that secure and recognized borders are established for both states."

But a funny thing happened. American Jews -- 78 percent of whom voted for Obama in the 2008 election -- didn't immediately rise up against the president. So the conservative media found their next target for attack: American Jews.

On May 23, Glenn Beck called Obama's statement an "absolute betrayal" but said "the Jewish community seems to be giving him a pass yet again ... How is that possible?" One of his sidekicks said the reaction of the Jewish community was "unbelievable."

http://mediamatters.org/blog/201105270036

[tanyev]

1. Newflash, Glenn--you don't speak for the Jewish community.

Think about that until your head explodes.

[Chan790]

7. The audacity of it on his part even.

He's not Jewish! He's not even a lapsed or secular Jew. He's got exactly zero legitimacy self-appointing as a spokesperson for the Jewish community; I'd wager he's not even all that terribly cognizant of what Jewish people believe; their customs or religious practices.

Nope. He's just another Christian death-cultist whose interest in Judaism begins and ends with his Thanatos, his death-drive for self-annihilation that he conflates with his faith.

[roguevalley]

15. conservatives don't get it that many Jews know they don't care

about anything but biblical fulfillment of some stupid 'prophecies'. Since those 'prophecies' include forced conversion or death, I don't see why they should support the pugs.

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[Aerows]

3. Because many right-wingers are dumb enough to believe

that one Jewish person speaks for all Jews. Just like one white person speaks for all whites, one black person speaks for all blacks, and one Muslim speaks for all Muslims.

It's to the bone stupidity that manifests itself in things like racism and bigotry.

[Viking 1]

12. But who speaks for crossbow-wielding juveniles?

WHO, dammit, WHO?

[JHB]

14. Link, of course.

[PCIntern]

4. (Almost) None of us are fooled by the back and forth between these countries...

it's been the same for decades...Israel wants us to be critical of them to an extent so they can parlay that at home, meanwhile we rely on Israel for much more than Jaffa oranges and microchips. The vast amount of intelligence is coming thru them to us from the region, and we'll never know the operations conducted against mutual enemies and terrorists from it. The US has just a few real allies who possess superior intelligence and military abilities: England, Israel, Canada, Australia, to name most of them, and quite frankly, some of those are quite wanting.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

5. I'm sure the baffled condescension will win lots of Jewish votes to the GOP.

Wow, how tone-deaf you can be?

[Aerows]

6. Apparently

Very.

[aquart]

8. And we're so terribly impressed.

Nothing wrong in what he said. It is always better to sit down and have a talk.

And if anyone gets an agreement between the two disputants, we'll all have a party.

[proud patriot]

9. disgusting

[pnorman]

10. The ideologic roots of most of these self-proclaimed "Lovers of the State of Israel"

Trace DIRECTLY back to the VIRULENT anti-Semitiem of the 30s, 40s, and 50s in this country. Pour a few beers into some, and they'll soon revert to type!

Per example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb3IMTJjzfo

[LeftishBrit]

11. Just shows that to the RW Christian Zionists, Jews are seen as pawns, not friends

[no_hypocrisy]

13. I just love the irony of Teabagger, fundamentalist Christian calling me a self-hating Jew.

Thanks, guys!

:hi:

[athenasatanjesus]

16. So do they think that all Jews make up a single monolithic entity or something?