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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 12:00 AM

Criticisms, political pressure and Barack Obama

The president-elect's advisors respond to the firestorm created by Sunday's remarks on Guantanamo, illustrating the value of criticizing Obama when he deserves it.

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  • Tuesday, January 13, 2009 05:48 PM

    @Steele

    I thought you started out as a Jew. (I could dredge up the letter from a day or two ago, if you want) There's really nothing you can do about it. Once a Jew, always a Jew, just like me.

    Poor guy, but a valuable find! Quick, get him on ice, pacted and signed! An authentic self-hating Jew!

    Gosh, Steele, we could make millions! Do you know how much Dershowitz would pay for you? Horowitz would try to out-bid him!

    Steele, you just keep up that labored pretension that Zionism, which has been around as a practical force for 50 years, is the same as Judaism around for 2500 years. Just keep pretending that Judaism is centralised, with Jews responding to a central Jewish authority. It's a gold mine!

    You know, together we could make as much as the "Golfing Gorilla" (http://www.thegolfinggorilla.com/)

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