Letters to the Editor
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Reply to Holly McLachlan
That's exactly my point. The average listener does not cut and paste. I don't think Glenn's an anti-semite, but I'm a youngster. Elderly Jews in this country remember when antisemitism was rampant in the US. Glenn's careless, ambiguous comments about Israel, combined with right-winger's merciless pandering to Jews, assures Republicans get the older Jewish vote come November.
Secondly, Glenn's ambiguity IS a sign of his criticism of the collective Jewish state (perhaps valid, perhaps not). That criticism should not be combined with criticism of Bush/neocons simply because one group uses the other when convenient. They are separate groups with very different agendas. Glenn is carelessly lumping them together, which is overly harsh to Israel and overly generous to neocons.
The point is, calling Bush a "Jew-lover" is not helping the liberal cause!